CASPER, Wyo. Montana State University-Bozeman rodeo standout Troy Solomon, a Havre native, improved to 22nd overall in bareback riding at the College National Finals Rodeo.
Solomon recorded a score of 72 in the second-go Tuesday to climb 10 spots up the standings. His total after two rounds is 131.
His teammate, Andy Bolich, had a rodeo-best score of 76 to earn 80 points for his team and move into third overall in the points standings with a total of 147.5.
Clint Evers of Fort Scott C.C. still holds the overall lead with 151.5 points, and Western Texas College's Trevor LaValley is in second with 148.5.
STEER WRESTLING (third round) 1, Robert Kelly, Northeast Oklahoma A & M College, 4.1. 2, Beau Franzen, Dawson Community Collegee, 4.3. 3, Jonathan Ragatz, National American University, 5.0. 4-6, Dale Smith, Central Arizona College; Will Pearson, University of West Alabama; and Justin Robb, Utah State University - Uintah; 5.1. (total on three) 1, Smith, 14.0. 2, Ragatz, 14.1. 3, Robb and Franzen, 14.9.
BAREBACK RIDING (second round is complete) 1, Andy Bolich, Montana State University, 76, 80 points. 2, Tyson Thompson, Western Texas College, 75.5, 70 points. 3, Trevor LaValley, Western Texas College, 75.0, 60 points. 4, Jessy Davis, College of Southern Idaho, 74.5, 50 points. 5-7, Nick Alderson, National American University; Clint Evers, Fort Scott Community College; and Cody Demers, College of Southern Idaho, 74, 30 points. 8/9, Ross Ericsson, Howard County Junior College, and Heath Ford, University of Wyoming, 73.5, 5 points. (total on two) 1, Evers, 151.5. 2, LaValley, 110. 3, Bolich, 147.4, Demers, 146.
GOAT TYING (third round) 1, Suzanne Montero, University of Nevada - Las Vegas, 6.7. 2, Josey Stubblefield, Hill College, 6.9. 3, Jennifer Heisman, Southwest Oklahoma State University, 7.0. 4, Lee Bingham, Weber State College, 7.1. (total on three) 1, Montero, 20.5. 2, Stubblefield, 21.6. 3, Heisman, 22.8. 4, Kriston Looper, Hill College, 23.3.
CALF ROPING (third round) 1, Houston Hutto, Western Texas College, 8.5. 2, Scott Kormos, Hill College, 9.0. 3, Scott McCulloch, California State University - Fresno, 9.5. 4, James Miller, West Hills College, 10.6. (total on three) 1, Hutto, 27.1. 2, McCulloch, 30.7. 3, Kormos, 31.5. 4, Bill Snure, Central Arizona College, 33.2.
BREAKAWAY ROPING (third round) 1, Tibba Smith, Western Texas College, 2.1. 2/3, Michelle Alley, Tarleton State University, and Stacy Gaston, Garden City Community College, 2.5. 4, Jill Childers, Tarleton State University, 2.7. (total on three) 1, Kelly McGee, University of West Alabama, 9.4. 2, Nora Hunt, University of Nevada - Las Vegas, 9.5. 3, Rebecca Boothe, Cal Poly State University, 10.5. 4, Jackie Olson, Dickinson State University, 17.5.
TEAM ROPING (third round) 1, Benny Barnes Oklahoma State University and Justen Nokes, Southwest Oklahoma State University, 5.7. 2, Ted Williams and Adam Young, Idaho State University, 7.6. 3, Jay Tittel, University of Souther Colorado and Justin Hammerich, Northeastern Junio College, 11.4. 4, Trey Miller, and Jason Thomas, West Texas A & M University, 11.6. (total on three) Miller and Thomas, 25.6. 2, Williams and Young, 34.4. 3, Heath Nolte and Wendall Stanley, Northeast Oklahoma A & M, 42.8. 4, Cecil Pankonin, National American University and Dustin Schrunk, Northeast Community College, 43.1.
SADDLE BRONC RIDING (second round is complete) 1, Cody Wright, College of Southern Idaho, 74.5. 2-4, John Todd, Western Texas College; Matt Elliott, Panhandle State University; and Cody Demers, College of Southern Idaho; 72. 5-6, Cody DeMoss, Northeast Texas Community College; Cody Taton, Dawson County Community College; John Gragnani, California State University - Fresno; 71.5. 8/9, Brandon Mun, Laramie County Community College, and Jessy Davis, College of Southern Idaho.
BARREL RACING (third round) 1, Janae Ward, Oklahoma State University, 13.81. 2, Kassie Mowry, Western Texas College, 14.21. 3, Mandy Sproul, Cochise, College, 14.34. 4/5 Jana Himes, Texas Tech University - Lubbock, and Gretchen BenBenek, Oklahoma State University, 14.35. (total on three) Ward, 42.47. 2, BenBenek, 14.37. 3, Mandi Walters, Hill College, 43.70. 4, Johnna Garcia, Eastern New Mexico University, 43.71.
BULL RIDING (second round is complete) 1, Robby Newkirk, Fort Scott Community College, 78.5, 80 points. 2, Bryan Mann, Wharton County Junior College, 78.0, 70 points. 3, Marcus Michaelis, University of Nevada - Las Vegas, 73.5, 60 points. 4/5, Justin Hermanson, Southwest Oklahoma State University and Jake Charlston, Tarleton State University, 72.5. (third round) 1, Dustin Elliot, Chadron, State College, 79. 2, Cameron Mulrony, University of Idaho, 74. (total on three-only one qualified) 1, Elliott, 211.5.
