Men Finish Fourth at Colby

September 14, 2008

WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Southwestern Oklahoma State University men’s rodeo team finished among the leaders at the year’s first rodeo event held at Colby Community College. The SWOSU men placed fourth with 315 points and trailed only winner Oklahoma Panhandle State University with 485 points, Rogers State with 380, and Southeastern Oklahoma State University with 350. SWOSU had three cowboys earn a berth in the short round of the bareback riding competition. Jared Parker and Dusty Gracia split third and fourth in the average. Parker placed second in the long round and fifth in the short round while Gracia split third, fourth and fifth in the long round and second in the short round. One other cowboy, Cody Teel, placed sixth in the long round but did not place in the short round and did not qualify for the average. In calf roping, Matt Fleming finished fourth in the average after taking sixth-place in the long round and splitting third and fourth in the short round. In steer wrestling, Aaron Allen placed second in the average after splitting second and third in the long round and finishing third in the short round. Finally, in bull riding Jesse Jackson had a 71-point ride in the long round that allowed him to finish fourth in the average. No cowboy stayed on the required eight seconds to score points in the short round.

SWOSU’s next rodeo will be Oct. 10-12 at Pratt Community College.