National Western (Denver) results: Bracket 1, Round 1 leaderboard

The first performance in the PRCA brackets kicked off Thursday night in Denver at the National Western Stock Show.

The Stock Show itself started almost a week ago, which also included several different rodeos events like the Mexican Rodeo Extravaganza, Colorado vs. The World, and the PBR Velocity Tour. With the start of the bracket format, the more traditional PRCA rodeos begin. The format itself is a still a little unconventional, but on par with other major rodeos throughout the year.

Spanning 20 perfs over 11 days, the format begins with the brackets. Those are essentially a two-header. Contestants compete in two full rounds in each bracket. From there, those that qualify move on to the semi-finals in a tournament style format, eventually progressing to the short-go for the finals. Contestants that competed on Thursday night get another go this afternoon in a Friday matinee.

Here is the leaderboard after round one of the first bracket:

Timed Events

Steer Wrestling: 1. (tie) Tristan Martin and Gavin Soileau, 3.9 seconds each; 3. Eli Lord, 4.8; 4. (tie) Sam Daly and Gage Davis, 5.0 each; 6. Rooster Yazzie, 6.0.

Team roping: 1. Kolton Schmidt/Landen Glenn, 4.7 seconds; 2. Quinton Parchman/Derrick Crawford, 11.9; 3. Jr. Dees/JC Flake, 13.6; 4. David McCallister/Brandon Baca, 16.0; no other qualified runs.

Tie-down roping: 1. Tyler Milligan, 8.3 seconds; 2. Brody Stallard, 8.6; 3. (tie) John Douch and Chet Weitz, 9.1 each; 5. Chisum Allen, 9.8; 6. Bodie Mattson, 10.4.

Roughstock

Bareback riding: 1. Clay Jorgenson, 83.5 points on The Cervi Brothers’ Merry Berry; 2. Ben Kramer, 83; 3. Tristan Hansen, 81.5; 4. Richmond Champion, 80; 5. Myles Carlson, 78.5; 6. Hunter Carlson, 75.5.

Saddle bronc riding: 1. Brody Cress, 84 points on The Cervi Brothers’ Fancy Frank; 2. Statler Wright, 82.5; 3. K’s Thomson, 79.5; 4. Talon Elshere, 78.5; 5. Garrett Uptain, 78; 6. Lucas Macza, 75. 

Bull Riding: 1. Scottie Knapp, 85 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Vitalix Midnight Flyer; 2. Scott Wells, 83.5; 3. Jacob Carige, 81; 4. Dalton Walling, 75.5; no other qualified rides.

Barrel Racing

1.Kelly Yates, 14.81 seconds; 2. Oceane Veilleux, 14.86; 3. Jennifer Sharp, 14.96; 4. Chloe Woods, 15.03; 5. Ashley Day, 15.07; 6. Karson Bradley Berger, 15.09.

Source: PRCA