College National Finals Rodeo Comes To Close
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CASPER, Wyo.--- The 60th annual College National Finals Rodeo came to a close at the Casper Events
Center on Saturday.

Winning the first championship of the night was second generation cowboy Kaycee Feild. The son of five
time Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Lewis Feild, Kaycee had an 84.5 point ride on Vold
Rodeo’s horse named Hypnotic to win the final round and dominate the over-all standings.

He won the national championship with 325 points for Utah Valley State College where his dad is also his
coach. Feild won the title by 20 points ahead of the man in second place, Matt Smith from the University
of Tennessee—Martin finished behind Feild with 305.5 points.

In tie-down freshman Johnny Salvo a freshman at New Mexico State University left the arena with the
fastest total time of 41.6 seconds. Salvo’s final run here of 9.5 seconds put him second in the finals behind
Jake Pratt of the University of Wyoming who stopped the clock in 9.3 seconds. Pratt finished in second
over-all with 43.8 seconds.

There were several ties in spite of the fact that each contestant that won a title competed here four times.
Hope Thompson from McNeese State University and Krista Johnson from Panhandle State University
both had total times of 11.9 seconds to tie for the breakaway roping. In goat tying it was Kobi Olineck
from Dickinson State University and Megan Albrecht from New Mexico State University tied with times
of 27.6 seconds.

There was also a tie for the women’s all-around championship. Arena de la Cruz from Weatherford
College and Jordan Crossley from Walla Walla Community College each had 260 points. Crossley
competed in barrel racing and breakaway roping and de la Cruz qualified in team roping and break away
roping.

The men’s team championship went to Walla Walla Community College. Their total of 740 points earned
them $14,000 in scholarships from U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company. The women’s team champions
were the University of Nevada – Las Vegas. They earned $7,000 in scholarships.

Wyoming’s governor Dave Freudenthal was on hand to watch the championship round. “Wyoming is
honored to host the College National Finals Rodeo,” Governor Freudenthal said. “Casper goes all out to
make sure that this is a great event for the spectators and for the contestants. We’re delighted to have it
here and look forward to it staying here.”

National Intercollegiate Rodeo Assn. Champions

Bareback Riding, Kaycee Field, Utah Valley State College, 325 points
Tie-Down Roping, Johnny Salvo, New Mexico State University 41.6 seconds
Breakaway Roping, (TIE) Hope Thompson, McNeese State University and Krista Johnson,
Panhandle State University 11.9 seconds.
Saddle Bronc Riding, Chuck Schmidt, Black Hills State University, 301 points
Steer Wrestling, Cody Wade, Weber State University, 16.2 seconds
Goat Tying, (TIE) Kobi Olineck, Dickinson State University, and Megan Albrecht, New Mexico
State University, 27.6 seconds.
Team Roping, Kyle Roberts, Eastern New Mexico /Kory Bramwell, Ranger College 27.1 seconds
Barrel Racing, Bailey Gow, New Mexico State University, 57.92 seconds
Bull Riding, Dustin Jenkins, University of Montana, 303 points
Men’s All-Around, Wyatt Althoff, New Mexico State University, 290 points
Women’s All-Around, (TIE) Arena de la Cruz, Weatherford College and Jordan Crossley, Walla Walla
Community College, 260 points
Men’s Team, Walla Walla Community College, 740 points
Women’s Team, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 470 points

CASPER, Wyo.---The following are final results from the College National Finals Rodeo, Saturday, June
21, 2008 courtesy of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Complete results are available at
www.cnfr.com. Over-all winners are total on four.

Bareback Riding: (final round winners) 1, Kaycee Feild, Utah Valley State College, 84.5 points.
2/3, Bubba Hudson, Tarleton State University, and Matt Smith, University of Tennessee – Martin, 77.5.
4, Bobby Peters, Montana State University, 75. (over-all winners) 1, Feild, 325. 2, Smith, 305.5.
3, Karlon Knudson, Panhandle State University, 302. 4, Tyler Scales, Garden City Community College, 300.5.
5, Hudson, 297. 6, Colton Bair, Tarleton State University, 295. 7, Ryan Little, 291. 8/9, Luke Creasy,
Western Texas College and Peters, 288.

Tie Down Roping: (final round winners) 1, Jake Pratt, University of Wyoming, 9.3 seconds. 2, Johnny
Salvo, New Mexico State University, 9.5. 3, Clinton Arave, Idaho State University, 10.1. 4/5, Sam Levine,
University of Montana – Western, and Ryle Smith, Tarleton State University, 10.7. (over-all winners)
1, Salvo, 41.6, 2, Pratt, 43.8. 3, Wyatt Altohoff, New Mexico State University, 45.3. 4, Smith, 45.8. 5,
Arave, 46.2. 6, Cody Prescott, Southern Arkansas University, 48.3. 7, Levine, 48.9. 8, Drew Hummel,
College of Southern Idaho, 59.9

Breakaway Roping: (final round winners) 1/2, Lainey Kyle, Texas A & M University and Hope Thompson,
McNeece State University, 2.1. 3, Krista Johnson, Panhandle State University, 2.7. 4, Whitney Gollehon,
University of Montana—Western, 2.9. (over-all winners) 1, Thompson, and Johnson, 11.9. 3, Kyle, 12.3.
4, Gollehon, 13.9. 5, Natasha Parker, University of West Alabama, 21.7. 6, Jacki Smith, College of
Southern Idaho, 22.8. (on three) , 7, Sarah Mulholland, University of Wyoming, 9.2. 8, Jacque Murray,
South Dakota State University, 9.6.

Saddle Bronc Riding: (final round winners) 1, Cody Angland, Western Texas College, 76 points. 2, Ty
Atchison, University of Tennessee-Martin, 74.5. 3, Chuck Schmidt, Blackhills State University, 74. 4,
Trel Etbauer, Panhandle State University, 72.5. (over-all winners) 1, Schmidt, 301. 2, Angland, 291.5. 3,
Etbauer, 290. 4, James Irish, University of Montana – Western, 289. 5, Atchison, 287. 6, Mert Bradshaw,
Cochise College, 277.5. 7, Kirk Nelson, Missouri Valley College

Steer Wrestling: (final round winners) 1, Justin Miller, Dickinson State University, 3.4 seconds. 2/3, Sean
Santucci, Walla Walla Community College, and Wes Lockard, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 3.5.
Russell Lincoln, Western Texas College, 3.7. (over-all winners) 1. Cody Wade, Weber State University,
16.2 seconds. 2, Kody Woodward, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, 16.3. 3, Sean Santucci, 16.4.
4, Wes Lockard, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 16.6. 5, Lincoln, 17.0. 6, Justin Miller, Dickinson
State University, 17.9. 7/8, Seth Murphy, Dickinson State University and Brad Johnson, Gillette college, 18.4.

Goat Tying: (final round winners) 1, Chelsea Moore, Central Wyoming College, 6.4 seconds. 2/3, Megan
Albrecht, New Mexico State University, and Kassi Venturacci, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 6.5.4,
Brittany Striegel, New Mexico State University, 6.6. (over-all winners) 1/2, Kobi Olineck, Dickinson State
University, and Albrecht, 27.6. 3, Nikki Steffes, University of Wyoming, 27.7, 4, Mackenzie Pratt, Weber
State University, 28.4. 5, Tanaye Carroll, University of Wyoming, 28.5. 6/7, Striegel and Moore, 28.6. 8,
Hilary Bair, Weber State University, 28.9.

Team Roping: (final round winners) 1/2, Arena de la Cruz, Weatherford College and Tyrel Flewelling,
Eastern New Mexico University; and Wyatt Althoff and Matt Garza, New Mexico State University; 6.6
seconds. 3, Kyle Roberts, Eastern New Mexico University and Kory Bramwell, Ranger College, 6.7. 4,
Celvin Brevik and K.C. Curtis, Howard County Junior College, 10.1. (over-all winners) 1, Roberts and
Bramwell, 27.1. 2, de la Cruz and Flewellen, 32.1. 3, Rob Webb and Bo Patzke, Walla Walla Community
College, 33.7. 4, Cole Dorenkamp and Josh Fillmore, Lamar Community College, 39.2. 5, Althoff and
Garza, 39.4. 6, Brevik and Curtis, 41.6. 7, Ryan VonAhn and Trevor Connolly, Southeastern Oklahoma
State University, 42.9. 8, T.J. Teague, University of Wyoming and Quincy Opela, Eastern Wyoming
College, 47.2.

Barrel Racing: (final round winners) 1, Bailey Gow, New Mexico State University, 14.22. 2, Jordan
Muncy, Panhandle State University, 14.33. 3, Italy Sheehan, College of Southern Idaho, 14.40. 4, Courtney
Sokol, Texas A & M University, 14.42. (over-all winners) 1, Gow, 57.92. 2, Nellie Williams, University
of Nevada – Las Vegas, 57.95. 3, Jordan Crossley, Walla Walla Community College, 58.11. 4, Sokol, 58.25.
5, Muncy, 58.27. 6, Sheehan, 58.47. 7, Nikki Steffes, University of Wyoming, 58.57. 8, Rachel Tiedeman,
University of Wisconsin – River Falls, 58.65.

Bull Riding: (final round winners – three qualified rides) 1/2, Dustin Jenkins, University of Montana and
Seth Glause, Central Wyoming College, 84. 3, Zack Elliott, College of Southern Idaho, 74. (over-all winners)
1, Jenkins, 303. (on three) 2, Craig Begay, Central Arizona College, 226. (on two) 3, Glause, 171.5.
4, Hutch Haslam, Montana State University 159.5. 5, Josh Verburg, Cal Poly State University – San Luis
Obipo, 157. 6, Bradley Pierce, Western Texas College, 153.5. 7, Elliott, 153. 8, Cameron Wheddle,
Northeastern Junior College, 146.5.

Team Standings: (men’s) 1, Walla Walla Community College, 740 points. 2, Western Texas College, 567.5.
3, University of Tennessee– Martin, 520. 4, Panhandle State University, 450. (women's) 1, University of
Nevada – Las Vegas, 470 points. 2, New Mexico State University, 432.5. 3, Panhandle State University,
427.5. 4, University of Wyoming, 368.33.

All-Around: (men’s) 1, Wyatt Althoff, New Mexico State University 290 points. 2, Wes Lockhard,
University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 240. 3, Ryle Smith, Tarleton State University 185. 4, Cody Prescott,
Southern Arkansas University, 115. (women's) 1, (tie) Arena de la Cruz, Weatherford College, and Jordan
Crossley, Walla Walla Community College, 260. 3, Jordan Muncy, Panhandle State University, 250. 4,
Bailey Gow, New Mexico State University 225.