Athletes in the Great Plains Region wrapped up their regular season last weekend at the Cornhusker College Rodeo in Lincoln. The top three year-end finishers in each event will represent their schools at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming this June. Here is a complete list of CNFR qualifiers, per the Great Plains Region:
*Athletes from Nebraska or representing Nebraska rodeo teams are represented in BOLD.
Placing | Name | Hometown (if known) | School | Year End Points |
Men’s Team
1st | Mid Plains Community College | 5,558 pts. |
2nd | Black Hills State University | 5,195 pts. |
3rd | Iowa Central Community College | 4,606 pts. |
Women’s Team
1st | Black Hills State University | 3,575.5 pts. |
2nd | South Dakota State University | 2,124.5 pts. |
3rd | Dickinson State University | 2,108 pts. |
Men’s All Around
1st | Dion Kahiwa Augustiro | Hoʻolehua, Hawaii | Mid Plains Community College | 1,607 pts. |
2nd | Austin Madison | Black Hills State University | 1,402 pts. | |
3rd | Riley Staton | Black Hills State University | 1,085 pts. |
Women’s All Around
1st | Haven Jones | Black Hills State University | 1,273 pts. | |
2nd | Cashae McGee | Black Hills State University | 1,270 pts. | |
3rd | Opal Harkins | South Dakota State University | 1,245 pts. |
Saddle Bronc Riding
1st | Cash Owens | Iowa Central Community College | 891 pts. | |
2nd | Holden Eisemann | Mitchell Technical College | 713 pts. | |
3rd | Cody Owens | Iowa Central Community College | 631 |
Bareback Riding
1st | Drew Lind | Iowa Central Community College | 1,566 pts. | |
2nd | Jackson Lunn | Whitecourt, AB | Mid Plains Community College | 1,233 pts. |
3rd | Dion Kahiwa Augustiro | Hoʻolehua, Hawaii | Mid Plains Community College | 462 |
Bull Riding
1st | Lathan DeMontigny | North Dakota State University | 680 pts. | |
2nd | Koby Jacobson | Haiku, Hawaii | Mid Plains Community College | 565 pts. |
3rd | Dion Kahiwa Augustiro | Hoʻolehua, Hawaii | Mid Plains Community College | 445 pts. |
Tie Down Roping
1st | Luke Mavity | Black Hills State University | 612 pts. | |
2nd | Jory Boote | Dickinson State University | 515 pts. | |
3rd | Treg Thorstenson | Black Hills State University | 470 pts. |
Steer Wrestling
1st | Austin Madison | Black Hills State University | 962 pts. | |
2nd | Rex Day | Bartlett, NE | Mid Plains Community College | 575 pts. |
3rd | Kaden Wooters | Elwood, NE | South Dakota State University | 570 pts. |
Team Roping Header
1st | Trey Frank | South Dakota State University | 710 pts. | |
2nd | Lan Fuhrer | South Dakota State University | 620 pts. | |
3rd | Jory Boote | Dickinson State University | 423 pts. |
Team Roping Heeler
1st | Riley Staton | Black Hills State University | 710 pts. | |
2nd | Clayton Backhaus | Black Hills State University | 620 pts. | |
3rd | Jaxton Starr | North Platte, NE | Mid Plains Community College | 370 pts. |
Barrel Racing
1st | Sierra Steele | University of Wisconsin – River Falls | 770 pts. | |
2nd | Arabella Cook | South Dakota State University | 615 pts. | |
3rd | Rachel Werkman | Iowa Central Community College | 522 pts. |
Breakaway Roping
1st | Jaya Nelson | Bassett, NE | University of Nebraska – Lincoln | 486.5 pts. |
2nd | Riley Donnelly | Black Hills State University | 445 pts. | |
3rd | Whitney Jennings | Seneca, NE | Mid Plains Community College | 365 pts. |
Goat Tying
1st | Cashae McGee | Black Hills State University | 1,060 pts | |
2nd | Opal Harkins | South Dakota State University | 815 pts. | |
3rd | Haven Jones | Black Hills State University | 735 pts. |