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PRCA Standings Shuffle: 24 Move Up in Top 15

By Matt Naber

Cowboys continued to strike gold while earning some green during the third week of July. With 24 ProRodeo competitions offering more than $1.25 million in prize money, July 15-21 saw 24 cowboys move up within the Top 15 of the PRCA | RAM World Standings.

ProRodeo athletes have been cashing in on a weekly basis with more than $12 million in prize money on the table since the beginning of June:

• June 3-9: $1.35 million
• June 10-16: $954,326
• June 17-23: $946,509
• June 24-30: $2.07 million
• July 1-7: $3.69 million
• July 8-14: $1.82 million
• July 15-21: $1.25 million

Cowboys know it’s easier to maintain a position at the top than it is to play catch-up when trying to qualify for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Every dollar counts, and making the Top 15 in the world standings during the summer run establishes a solid base and builds a cowboy’s confidence during the summer run.

Nobody knows this better than steer wrestlers Will Lummus and Stetson Jorgensen as both bulldoggers jumped five spots within the Top 15 last week. Lummus moved from 13th to eighth and Jorgensen moved from 15th to 10th.

Lummus’ move was thanks to placing fifth at the Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho, for $6,353 and picking up $3,269 at California Rodeo Salinas.

Jorgensen’s move was made possible by placing third in Salinas for $4,515 and tying for third in Nampa for $5,050.

Lummus, 27, qualified for his first Wrangler NFR in 2018, placing in seven rounds to finish the year ranked third in the world standings. So far this season he’s won the 142nd Silver Spurs Rodeo in Kissimmee, Fla., and the 71st Annual PRCA Rodeo in Crossett, Ark.

Jorgensen, 26, is working toward his first Wrangler NFR qualification since joining the PRCA in 2015. He ended the 2018 season ranked 38th with $37,601 and has surpassed that amount by more than $20,000 this season thanks to splitting the win at the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up and the Annual Fourth of July Celebration in Window Rock, Ariz.

With some of the biggest checks on the line in the coming weeks, big jumps are sure to happen again.

The following cowboys also moved up within the Top 15 last week.

Four Spots

• Clay Tryan moved from 13th to ninth in team roping heading.
• Clint Laye moved from 14th to 10th in bareback riding.
• Tanner Aus moved from 15th to 11th in bareback riding.

Three Spots

• Spencer Wright moved from ninth to sixth in saddle bronc riding.
• Travis Graves moved from 13th to 10th in team roping heeling.
• Shay Good moved from 16th to 13th in steer roping.
• Tyler Worley moved from 17th to 14th in team roping heeling.
• Nano Garza moved from 18th to 15th in team roping heeling.

Two Spots

• Haven Meged moved from eighth to sixth in tie-down roping.
• Colt Gordon moved from 13th to 11th in saddle bronc riding.
• Ty Harris moved from 14th to 12th in tie-down roping.

One Spot

• Hunter Cure moved from third to second in steer wrestling.
• Paul Eaves moved from fifth to fourth in team roping heeling.
• Tuf Cooper moved from fifth to fourth in tie-down roping.
• Kyle Irwin moved from seventh to sixth in steer wrestling.
• Jade Corkill moved from seventh to sixth in team roping heeling.
• Chet Herren moved from seventh to sixth in steer roping.
• Adam Gray moved from 11th to 10th in tie-down roping.
• Jake Cooper moved from 12th to 11th in team roping heading.
• Caleb Anderson moved from 12th to 11th in team roping heeling.
• Riley Pruitt moved from 12th to 11th in tie-down roping.
• Rocky Patterson moved from 12th to 11th in steer roping.
• Daylon Swearingen moved from 15th to 14th in bull riding.
• Koby Radley moved from 16th to 15th in bull riding.

Cowboys on the bubble for a spot in the Top 15 can find themselves a few dollars short of qualifying for the Wrangler NFR. The following cowboys climbed the standings to No. 16.

• Bareback rider Wyatt Denny moved from 18th and is $1,579 away from breaking into the Top 15.
• Steer wrestler Nick Guy moved from 18th and is $2,302 away from breaking into the Top 15.
• Team roping header Brenten Lee moved from 17th and is $2,625 away from breaking into the Top 15.

Check back with ProRodeo.com next week to see who the leaders are in the PRCA | RAM World Standings.

Courtesy of PRCA

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