Southwest barrel racers find themselves in the running for top spot in the Canadian Cowboys’ Association 2019 Finals Rodeo following the opening performance on Wednesday night.
Valerie Gillespie from Duchess, AB leads the field after a 12.82 second run to earn her 40 championship points. Shayana Moen from Elrose earned the runner up spot at 30 points for a 12.86 second performance. Waldeck’s Mallory Mayert took third place in 12.88 seconds to collect 20 championship points. Bailee Humphrey from Eastend was sixth in 13.15 seconds, Cadillac’s Brooke Lang had a seventh place run in 13.21 seconds, Haley Glasrud from Shaunavon finished eighth in 13.25 seconds.
Lancer’s Chad Hartman made an opening performance statement in the bull riding event, topping the field with an 82 point ride. Hartman was the tenth ranked competitor in the field, but came up with a huge opening night win to collect 40 championship points and an early lead on the rest of the competitors.
Performance One results from Wednesday are as follows:
LADIES BARREL RACING
- Valerie Gillespie, 12.82 seconds
- Shayana Moen, 12.86 seconds
- Mallory Mayert, 12.88 seconds
- Chloe Crossley, 12.89 seconds
- Dana Lovell, 13.11 seconds
- Bailee Humphrey, 13.15 seconds
- Brooke Lang, 13.21 seconds
- Haley Glasrud, 13.25 seconds
- Nicole Pana, 13.46 seconds
- Brianna Gibson, 14.0 seconds.
BULL RIDING
- Chad Hartman, 82 points (40 points)
2 tie. Lonnie Phillips, 79 points (25 points) - tie. Tyson Salmon, 79 points (25 points)
- Quade Hughson, 77.5 points
- K’s Thomson, 76 points
TIE DOWN ROPING
- Stacy Cornet, 9.5 seconds
- Bruce Dunham, 10.5 seconds
- Scott Sigfusson, 11.3 seconds
- Riley Warren, 12.3 seconds
- Tyce McLeod, 13.3 seconds
- Clark Hughson, 19.9 seconds
STEER WRESTLING
- Jeff Heggie, 4.8 seconds
- Zane Marcenko, 5.0 seconds
- Scott Sigfusson, 5.2 seconds
- Travis Munro, 7.0 seconds
5 tie. Tanner Turcato, 7.0 seconds
5 tie. Joe King, 7.0 seconds - Trace Nickolson, 9.5 seconds
- TJ Loeppky, 14.3 seconds
- Tee McLeod, 14.5 seconds
- Chad Hantelman, 15.5 seconds
JUNIOR GIRLS BARREL RACING
- Jewelian Cox, 12.76 seconds
- Kaybree Zunti, 12.96 seconds
3 tie. Kayce Liptak, 13.04 seconds
3 tie. Cassidy Gordon, 13.04 seconds
5 tie. Sayge Turcato, 13.15 seconds
5 tie. Reese Denbow, 13.15 seconds
TEAM ROPING
- Braidy Davies/Brady Chappel, 5.2 seconds
- Clay Ullery/Connor Box, 5.9 seconds
- Kavis Drake/Kent Drake, 6.2 seconds
4 tie. Ty Patton/Jim-Bob Gomersall, 6.8 seconds
4 tie. Clint Buhler/Chase Simpson, 6.8 seconds - Tuftin McLeod/Tyce McLeod, 10.9 seconds
SADDLE BRONC
1 tie. Coleman Watt, 80 points
1 tie. Adam Gilchrist, 80 points
3. Tyler Winters, 78.5 points
4. Logan Young, 77 points
5. Tim Costello, 75 points
6. Colt Smith, 74 points
7. Mike Gordon, 72.5 points
8. Casey Bertram, 66.5 points
BAREBACK
- Travis Heeb, 83.0 points
- Brett Williams, 77.5 points
- Bailey Plaisier, 77 points
- Calder Peterson, 76.5 points
- Kyle Johnson, 74.5 points
6 tie. Colton Ouellette, 73.5 points
6 tie. Brady Bertram, 73.5 points - Blake Link, 72.5 points
- Cassien Haudegand, 63 points
NOVICE SADDLE BRONC
- Chance Sjogren, 64.5 points
- Keagan Crossman, 55 points
NOVICE BAREBACK
- Casey Bear, 68.5 points
2. Cruz McNulty, 67 points