Wrangler National Finals Rodeo: Round 4 Highlights
by: Bobbi LeAnn
The Thomas and Mack Center in Las
Vegas holds yet another sold out crowd for the fourth day in a row. As we begin
the fourth round, the competition will only get tougher. Times will get faster,
cowboys will slip up, and the underdog will pull through as the race for the
world championship continues. On the Justin Sports Medicine injury list, saddle
bronc rider Jesse Wright strained an abdominal muscle in last night’s
performance. Casey Colletti continues to show some pain with his new injury;
however, both Wright and Colletti will be performing tonight in the fourth go
around. Although the Justin Sports Medicine List is creeping up, the good news
is that no has turned out yet.
To begin the night in the bareback
event, Jessy Davis won the fourth round with a score of 86. Ryan Gray and Will
Lowe follow Davis in tonight’s round with scores of 84.5 and 84. Coming into
the fourth round, Lowe sits 60 points out of the lead for the average. Kaycee
Field, two-time world champion, fell in the fourth spot in the round. The fifth
place rider, Caleb Bennett is sitting fourth in the average and has won over
$20,000 already in round performances. Austin Foss made a great ride tonight
scoring an 81; however, he still trails $34,000 for the lead of the world.
On the
other side of the arena in the steer-wrestling event, the real Dean Gorsuch
showed up to perform tonight. Gorsuch made a quick run of 3.1 seconds, just .1
seconds off of the arena record. Bray Armes finished the round in second with a
time of 3.5 seconds, and KC Jones followed with 3.6 seconds. The steer
wrestling made for a tough fourth round as the top three placers all had times
in the three seconds.
In the team
roping, Rich Skelton, a twenty-time Wrangler National Finals qualifier and
eight-time world champion, and partner Nick Sartain took the victory around the
Thomas and Mack Center arena with a time of 4.2 seconds. Travis Graves and
Kaleb Driggers finished in the second spot with a time of 4.9. Following in the
third place position are partners Jade Corkill and Clay Tyran with a time of
5.2 seconds.
Again on
the rough stock side of the arena, Jake Wright wins another round with the
score of an 86. Round three’s winner Wade Sundell finished in second play with
a score of 83. Tyler Corrington and Sterling Crawley fill the third and fourth
places in the fourth round. After four rounds, the two-time champion, Cody
Wright, is sitting last in the average.
In the
tie-down roping event, Cody Ohl was in the drivers seat for most of the round;
however, Ohl and Ryan Jarrett ended up splitting the win for the go around with
a 6.9 seconds. Trevor Brazile, the man who is very familiar with the Wrangler
National Finals rodeo, already has ten all around championships, three tie-down
championships, and a team roping championship all under his belt. Brazile
finished the fourth round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in second place
with a time of 7 seconds. Following Brazile for the third place finish is Scott
Kormos with a time of 8.2 seconds. Shane Slack continues to show consistency as
he ends the round with a time of 9.1 seconds. His performance moves him to
second in the average.
In round
four of the barrel racing, the women ran some fast times with the top eight
places all within 13 seconds. Taylor Jacobs takes her second consecutive round
with the time of 13.49 seconds. Kayley Bass finishes round four with a time of
13.77 seconds and sits sixth in the world. Sherry Cervi is still widening her
lead between Mary Walker as she finishes round four with a time of 13.81 seconds.
After round four, Cervi still sits number one in the average and number one in
the world standings. Shada Brazile took home her first Wrangler National Finals
check with a time of 13.88 seconds.
In the
final event of the night, J.W. Harris takes home the big check for $18,629.81
as he places first in the round with a score of 88.5. During his ride he made
some recoveries but never quit! Harris came in second in the average and has
rode 3 out of 4 bulls. Trevor Kastner and Chandler Bownds split the second
place finish with a score 87.5.
As the
rounds continue, the competition only gets tougher. Times are getting faster
and the run for the world championship only gets more competitive. Keep
following for more updates on the next rounds of the 2013 Wrangler National
Finals Rodeo.
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| Cody Ohl with 6.9 seconds in the tie-down roping |
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