Consistency Paying Off for Ryan Jarrett at San Antonio Rodeo

By Susan Kanode
For the San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Rodeo fans would be hard pressed to find anyone that has been more consistent than Ryan Jarrett through two rounds of competition at this year’s San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo.

Jarrett, from Comanche, Okla., competed in bracket 5 in the tie-down roping in the AT&T Center on Sunday. He won the first round of the bracket with an 8.0-second run to earn $2,281. Sunday evening saw him stopping the clock in 7.5 seconds, just one-tenth of a second out of first place. Clint Nyegaard from Cuero, Texas won the round with a 7.4. Jarrett still won $1,711 and leads the money standings in tie-down roping with $3,635 putting him in good shape for the semifinals.

The semifinals starts on Tuesday night and will run two separate competitions over four nights. The top four money earning contestants out of each bracket will compete in one of the two semifinals. Total earnings throughout all of the competition will determine who qualifies for next Saturday night’s championship finals.

Jarrett has yet to win a championship buckle from the San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo. He has qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo nine times and left Las Vegas in 2005 with the gold buckle for being the world champion all-around cowboy. That year he competed at rodeo’s championship event in the steer wrestling as well as the tie-down roping.

He is currently fourth in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world standings. A win here could easily move him up to the top spot and put him in contention for another gold buckle, this time in the tie-down roping.

A group of Canadians are doing really well here in the fifth bracket. Bareback riders Kyle Bowers and Kody Lamb won the first and second round. In the team roping, Levi Simpson and Jeremy Buhler won the first round. Jake Watson tied for the win in the first round of saddle bronc riding and watched fellow Canadian Layton Green win the second round. In fact, 12 out of the 50 contestants in this bracket are from Canada with half of them having won a round here.

The final round of bracket 5 starts Monday night at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday will feature competition from semifinals 1. Semifinals 2 will be held on Thursday and Friday.

The following are results from the San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo which features over $1.65 million in cash and prizes.

Bracket 5, round 1 (13th performance)

Bareback Riding: 1, Kyle Bowers, Drayton Valley, Alberta, 83 points on Kesler Championship’s Garden Party, $2,281. 2, Kody Lamb, Sherwood Park, Alberta, 80, $1,711. 3, Justin Miller, Billings, Mont., 79, $1,141. 4, David Peebles, Redmond, Ore., 77, $570.

Steer Wrestling: 1, Adam Strahan, Decatur, Texas, 4.5 seconds, $2,281. 2, Aaron Vosler, Cheyenne, Wyo., 4.7, $1,711. 3, Mike Gollaher, Cascade, Mont., 5.7, $1,141. 4, Billy Bugenig, Ferndale, Calif., 5.8, $570.

Team Roping: (three times) 1, Levi Simpson, Ponoka, Alberta and Jeremy Buhler, Abbotsford, British Columbia, 5.7 seconds, $2,281. 2, Kolton Schmidt, Barrhead, Alberta and Tommy Zuniga, Centerville, Texas, 5.8, $1,711. 3, Aaron Tsinigine, Tuba City, Ariz., and Chase Hansen, Homedale, Idaho, 9.8, $1,141.

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, (tie) Jake Watson, Hudsons Hope, British Columbia on Andrews Rodeo’s Sandbox and Rusty Wright, Milford, Utah, on Andrews Rodeo’s Bombie, 79 points and $1,996 each. 3, Nick LaDuke, Livermore, Calif., 76, $1,141. 4, Tyler Corrington, Hastings, Minn., 74, $570.

Tie-Down Roping: 1, Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla., 8.0 seconds, $2,281. 2, Marcos Costa, Childress, Texas, 8.1, $1,711. 3, Scot Meeks, Airdrie, Alberta, 8.2, $1,141. 4, Jace Johnson, Hempstead, Texas, 13.2, $570.

Women’s Barrel Race: 1, Sammi Bessert, Grand Junction, Colo., 14.10 seconds, $2,281. 2, (tie) Michele McLeod, Whitesboro, Texas, and Fallon Taylor, 14.15 and $1,426 each. 4, Kaley Bass, Kissimmee, Fla., 14.26, $570.

Bull Riding: (two rides) 1, Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo., 84.5 points on Lyndel Hurst Rodeo’s Sexy 2, $2,281. 2, Caleb Sanderson, Hallettsville, Texas, 71, $1,711.

Bracket 5, round 2 followed by total money (14th performance)

Bareback Riding: 1, Kody Lamb, Sherwood Park, Alberta, 80 points on Calgary Stampede’s Knight Rocket, $2,281. 2, Orin Larsen, Inglis, Manitoba, 78, $1,711. 3, David Peebles, Redmond, Ore., 77, $1,141. 4, Justin Miller, Billings, Mont., 74, $570. (total money) 1, Lamb, $3,992. 2, Kyle Bowers, Drayton Valley, Alberta, $2,281. 3, (tie) Larsen, Peebles and Miller, $1,711 each.

Steer Wrestling: 1, Baylor Roche, Tremonton, Utah, 4.2 seconds, $2,281. 2, Tanner Milan, Cochrane, Alberta, 4.5, $1,711. 3, Adam Strahan, Decatur, Texas, 4.7, $1,141. 4, Gary Gilbert, New Underwood, S.D., 5.1, $570. (total money) 1, Strahan, $3,422. 2, Roche, $2,281. 3, (tie) Milan and Aaron Vosler, Cheyenne, Wyo., $1,711.

Team Roping: 1, Aaron Tsinigine, Tuba City, Ariz., and Chase Hansen, Homedale, Idaho, 4.7 seconds, $2,281. 2, Dylan Gordon, Comanche, Okla., and Tyler Worley, Stephenville, Texs, 4.8, $1,711. 3, Levi Simpson, Ponoka, Alberta and Jeremy Buhler, Abbotsford, British Columbia, 6.8, $1,141. 4, Clayton Van Aken, Descanso, Calif., and Monty Joe Petska, Turlock, Calif., 11.1, $570. (total money) 1, (tie) Tsinigine and Hansen; and Simpson and Buhler; $3,422 each. 3, (tie) Gordon and Worley; and Kolton Schmidt, Barrhead, Alberta and Tommy Zuniga, Centerville, Texas, $1,711.

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Layton Green, Meeting Creek, Alberta, 83 points on Kesler Rodeo’s Navajo Sun, $2,281. 2, Jake Watson, Hudsons Hope, British Columbia, 78.5, $1,711. 3, (tie) Andy Clarys, Riverton, Wyo., and Rusty Wright, Milford, Utah, 78, $855 each. (total money) 1, Watson, $3,707. 2, Wrigth, $2,851. 3, Green, $2,281. 4, Nick Laduke, Livermore, Calif., $1,141.

Tie-Down Roping: 1, Clint Nyegaard, Cuero, Texas, 7.4 seconds, $2,210. 2, (tie) Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla., and Marcos Costa, Childress, Texas, 7.5, $1,426 each. 4, Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 7.8, $570. (total money) 1, Jarrett, $3,636. 2, Costa, $3,136. 3, Nyegaard, $2,210. 4, Scot Meeks, Airdrie, Alberta, $1,141.

Women’s Barrel Race: 1, Kelly Tovar, Rockdale, Texas, 13.84, $2,281. 2, Brenda Mays, Terrebonne, Ore., 14.03, $1,711. 3, Sammi Bessert, Grand Junction, Colo., 14.12, $1,141. 4, Alicia Stockton, Stephenville, Texas, 14.19, $570. (total money) 1, Bessert, $3,351. 2, Tovar, $2,281. 3, Mays, $1,711. 4, (tie) Fallon Taylor and Michele McLeod, Whitesboro, Texas, $1,426 each.

Bull Riding: (one ride) 1, Jeff Askey, Athens, Texas, 83 points on Andrews Rodeo’s Red Heat, $2,281. (total money) 1. (tie) Askey and Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo., $2,281 each. 3, Caleb Sanderson, Hallettsville, Texas, $1,711.

Courtesy of PRCA