STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Jordan Driver flashed a two-run time of 28.08 seconds to win the barrel racing event and lead the Tarleton State University women’s rodeo team to a first-place finish at the Western Texas College Rodeo in Snyder over the weekend.
Driver’s time included a 13.96 clocking in the championship finals Saturday. Teammate Kaycee Thomas was sixth in the event with her 14.23-14.28-28.51 total.
Breakaway roper Katy King was second, turning in a 2.0 in the preliminary round and adding a 2.1 in the finals for a 4.1 in the average. Tayler Felton’s 2.0-3.3-5.3 was good for sixth.
Tarleton State goat tyers captured five of the event’s top 10 slots, with Shyanne Bauerle taking third overall with a 13.9 two-head time, featuring runs of 6.7 and 7.2 seconds. Brooklyn Balch was fourth with a 6.9-7.3-14.2, Rylee Abel was fifth with her 7.2-7.1-14.3, a 6.5-7.9-14.4 from Tori Brower was sixth and Danielle Bussey finished eighth with a 16.8 that featured a 7.2 in the long go and a 9.6 in the finals.
Tarleton State’s men, led by saddle bronc rider Waitley Sharon’s second-place 166.5, took fifth in Snyder, accumulating 240 points.
Sharon’s 82.5-84-166.5 led a group of four Tarleton State saddle bronc riders who wound up in the top ten in the average. Gus Gaillard took fourth with rides of 84.5 and 80 for a 164.5 fourth-place finish. Montgomery Parsons’ 80-81-161 was fifth and Bailey Small came in seventh with his 81-69-150.
Bareback rider Taylon Carmody turned in an 82, tied for first in the long go, and added an 80 in the finals for his runner-up 162. Roedy Farrell was third in the event with his 80-75-155 and Devon Moore was seventh with a two-head 148 on rides of 70 and 78 points.
Cole Drum and Enrique Munoz claimed fourth in team roping by posting a combined 17.2 time which featured a 5.4 in the preliminary round.
Both Tarleton State teams remain atop the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Southwest Region standings and will be on the road this weekend at the Howard College Rodeo in Big Spring. The 2024-25 regular season winds up April 24-26 with the annual Tarleton Stampede in Stephenville.
A founding member of The Texas A&M System, Tarleton State University is breaking records — in enrollment, research, scholarship, athletics, philanthropy and engagement — while transforming the lives of approximately 18,000 students in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Bryan and online. For 125 years, Tarleton State has been committed to accessible higher education opportunities for all while helping students grow academically, socially and professionally through programs that emphasize real world learning and address regional, state and national needs.