Semifinal Field Set in San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO — Bracket competition wrapped up over the weekend at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo and action will heat up with semifinal rounds this week.

Texas Circuit Champion Jill Wilson of Snyder, Texas, pocketed the biggest sum of money during bracket 4 competition with $4,750 after tying for the win in the second round with 2019 Rookie of the Year Carly Taylor and winning the third round. Taylor of Andersonville, Tennessee, was hot on her heels with $4,500 in earnings after also tying for the win in the first round with two-time and reigning world champion Hailey Lockwood in a time of 14.09 seconds.

Fresh off her win at the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo on Friday night, two-time world champion Brittany Pozzi-Tonozzi kept the momentum going placing in all three rounds in the fifth and final bracket of competition to finish with $5,000. Pozzi-Tonozzi of Lampasas, Texas, finished third in the first two rounds but won the third and final round in a time of 14.02 seconds. Jimmie Smith also coming off a recent win at the Dixie National in Jackson, Mississippi, turned in the fastest time thus far in San Antonio in 2020 with a 13.84-second run to win the first round of bracket 5. Her closest competitor in that round was Callahan Tryan in a time of 13.92 seconds. Shali Lord and Freckles Ta Fame also known as Can Man won the second round in a blistering time of 13.98 seconds. All four ladies – Pozzi-Tonozzi, Tryan, Smith and Lord – will have two more shots at advancement to the final round which is based on total money won.

The first of two rounds of Semifinals 1 will start at 7 p.m. on Monday night. Ten contestants in each event will be counting their earnings as they hope to move into the Championship Finals. Five of them will make the cut after Tuesday night’s second round.

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Results as of Feb. 17, 2020

Bracket 1: First round: 1. Taylor Langdon, Aubrey, Texas, 14.03 seconds, $2,500; 2. Emily Miller, Weatherford, Okla., 14.15, $2,000; 3. Tillar Murray, Fort Worth, Texas, 14.16, $1,250; 4. Destri Devenport, Escondido, Calif., 14.24, $750. Second round: 1. Tillar Murray, Fort Worth, Texas, 13.91 seconds, $2,500; 2. Hallie Hanssen, Hermosa, S.D., 14.15, $2,000; 3. Lisa Thornton, Plum, Texas, 14.20, $1,250; 4. Destri Devenport, Escondido, Calif., $750. Third round: 1. Emily Miller, Weatherford, Texas, 13.90 seconds, $2,500; 2. Taylor Langdon, Aubrey, Texas, 14.03, $2,000; 3. Tillar Murray, Fort Worth, Texas, 14.06, $1,250; 4. Lisa Thornton, Plum, Texas, 14.37, $750.

Bracket 2: First round: 1. Ryann Pedone, Sunset, Texas, 14.22 seconds, $2,500; 2. Stevi Hillman, Weatherford, Texas, 14.25, $2,000; 3. (tie) Maggie Poloncic, Gillette, Wyo., and Jessie Telford, Caldwell, Idaho, 14.30, $1,000 each. Second round: 1. Ryann Pedone, Sunset, Texas, 14.21 seconds, $2,500; 2. Stevi Hillman, Weatherford, Texas, 14.34, $2,000; 3. Jessie Telford, Caldwell, Idaho, 14.35, $1,200; 4. Mary Walker, Ennis, Texas, 14.36, $750. Third round: 1. Ryann Pedone, Sunset, Texas, 13.98, $2,500; 2. Jessica Routier, Buffalo, S.D., 14.10, $2,000; 3. Jana Bean, Fort Hancock, Texas, 14.19, $1,200; 4. Teri Bangart, Olympia, Wash., 14.25, $750.

Bracket 3: First round: 1. Kathy Grimes, Medical Lake, Wash., 14.00 seconds, $2,500; 2. Cindy Smith, Lovington, N.M., 14.30, $2,000; 3. Dona Kay Rule, Minco, Okla., 14.33, $1,250; 4. Shelley Morgan, Canton, Texas, 14.40, $750. Second round: 1. Brittney Barnett, Stephenville, Texas, 13.91 seconds, $2,500; 2. Christine Laughlin, Reddick, Fla., 14.30, $2,000; 3. (tie) Leia Pluemer, Bosque Farms, N.M. and Kathy Grimes, Medical Lake, Wash., 14.36, $1,000 each. Third round: 1. Dona Kay Rule, Minco, Okla., 13.99, $2,500; 2. Brittney Barnett, Stephenville, Texas, 14.13, $2,000; 3. Shelley Morgan, Canton, Texas, 14.34, $1,250; 4. Cindy Smith, Lovington, N.M., 14.47, $750.

Bracket 4: First round: 1. (tie) Carly Taylor, Andersonville, Tenn., and Hailey Lockwood, Cotulla, Texas, 14.09 seconds, $2,250 each; 3. Brooke Wills, Kamloops, British Columbia, 14.18, $1,250; 4. Sabra O’Quinn, Ocala, Fla., 14.16, $750. Second round: 1. Carly Taylor, Andersonville, Tenn., and Jill Wilson, Snyder, Texas, 14.24 seconds, $2,250 each; 3. Brooke Willis, Kamloops, British Columbia, 14.34, $1,250; 4. Lois Ferguson, West, Texas, 14.39, $750.Third round: 1. Jill Wilson, Snyder, Texas, 13.96 seconds, $2,500; 2. Jackie Ganter, Abilene, Texas, 13.97, $2,000; 3. (tie) Hailey Lockwood, Cotulla, Texas, and Kricket Ginter, Eau Claire, Wis., 14.21, $1,000 each.

Bracket 5: First round: 1. Jimmie Smith, McDade, Texas, 13.84 seconds, $2,500; 2. Callahan Tryan, Huntley, Mont., 13.92, $2,000; 3. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, Lampasas, Texas, 14.06, $1,250; 4. Amberleigh Moore, Keizer, Ore., 14.30, $750. Second round: 1. Shali Lord, Lamar, Colo., 13.98 seconds, $2,500; 2. Ivy Conrado-Saebens, Hudson, Colo., 14.19, $2,000; 3. Brittany Pozzi-Tonozzi, Lampasas, Texas, 14.25, $1,250; 4. (tie) Jimmie Smith, McDade, Texas and Amberleigh Moore, Keizer, Ore., 14.43, $375 each. Third round: 1. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, Lampasas, Texas, 14.02 seconds, $2,500; 2. Callahan Tryan, Huntley, Mont., 14.22, $2,000; 3. Lacinda Rose, Willard, Mo., 14.32, $1,250; 4. Michelle Darling, Medford, Okla., 14.32, $750.

Advancing to Semifinals:

Tillar Murray, Fort Worth, Texas, $5,000 – Bracket 1
Emily Miller, Weatherford, Okla., $4,500 – Bracket 1
Taylor Langdon, Aubrey, Texas, $4,500 – Bracket 1
Hallie Hanssen, Hermosa, S.D., $2,000 – Bracket 1
Ryann Pedone, Sunset, Texas, $7,500 – Bracket 2
Stevi Hillman, Weatherford, Texas, $4,000 – Bracket 2
Jessie Telford, Caldwell, Idaho, $2,250 – Bracket 2
Jessica Routier, Buffalo, S.D., $2,000 – Bracket 2
Brittney Barnett, Stephenville, Texas, $4,500 – Bracket 3
Dona Kay Rule, Minco, Okla., $3,750 – Bracket 3
Kathy Grimes, Medical Lake, Wash., $3,500 – Bracket 3
Cindy Smith, Lovington, N.M., $2,750 – Bracket 3
Jill Wilson, Snyder, Texas, $4,750 – Bracket 4
Carly Taylor, Andersonville, Tenn., $4,500 – Bracket 4
Hailey Lockwood, Cotulla, Texas, $3,250 – Bracket 4
Brooke Wills, Kamloops, BC, CN, $2,500 – Bracket 4
Brittany Pozzi-Tonozzi, Lampasas, Texas, $5,000 – Bracket 5
Callahan Tryan, Huntley, Mont., $4,000 – Bracket 5
Jimmie Smith, McDade, Texas, $2,875 – Bracket 5
Shali Lord, Lamar, Colo., 2,500 – Bracket 5

Courtesy of WPRA