STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Both Tarleton State University rodeo teams scored first-place finishes this past weekend at the Texas Tech National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Southwest Region stop in Lubbock.
The men’s team accumulated 370 points to top runner-up Western Texas College by 40 while the women amassed 385 points to easily outdistance host Texas Tech’s 220-point total.
Tarleton State’s men claimed their fourth straight win led by steer wrestler Landris White, who posted a first-round 4.2 and a 4.6 in the championship finals for an 8.8 total and first place in the event.
Bareback rider Roedy Farrell took second with his two-ride 153 featuring a long-go 79 and a 74 in the finals. Teammates Tuker Carricato and Taylon Carmody were seventh and eighth in the event. Carricato scored a 78-68-146 and Carmody earned a 69-76-145.
Saddle bronc rider Bailey Small scored a 76 in the preliminary round for seventh.
Tarleton State’s women were paced by breakaway roper Jordan Driver and goat tyer Tori Brower. Each captured top honors in their events.
Driver’s 2.6-3.0-5.6 was a scant .01 better than teammate Tayler Felton’s 5.7, which included a first-round best 2.2 and a 3.5 in the short go.
Brower edged teammate Hattie Haynes for first in the event, flashing a 7.5-7.2-14.7 to Haynes’ 14.8 on twin 7.4s.
Barrel racer Taber Garcia added a sixth-place 35.19 tally on rides of 17.59 and 17.6.
Both teams will wrap up the fall season at the Vernon College Rodeo Nov. 7-9.
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.