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Sheridan College Rodeo Team Starts 2024-25 Season At Chadron State College Event
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Student-athletes from the Sheridan College Men’s and Women’s Rodeo Teams traveled to Chadron, Neb. over the weekend to participate in the first fall rodeo of the Central Rocky Mountain Region 2024-25 season.
Three team members earned spots in the final round on Sunday.
Barrel racer Sierra McGregor placed sixth in the first round with a time of 17.79 seconds and ran a time of 18.00 flat in the short go on Sunday.
With a combined time of 35.79, McGregor placed eighth.
Right at her heels was teammate Josie Johnson who in the first round came in seventh with a time of 17.89 seconds.
Johnson tied for ninth/tenth in the second round with a time of 18.02 and had a combined time of 35.91 on her two runs, which placed her ninth in the average.
On the Men’s Team, saddle bronc rider Jake Schlattmann made a 75-point ride in the first round, earning fifth place.
Schlattmann scored 76 points in the final round, which was a tie for fourth/fifth, and earned him fifth place in the average.
Coach Zane Garstad spoke on the team’s performance for this first rodeo, “The first rodeo of the season is the most stressful for all the student-athletes, but our team worked their process and handled the situations well; some were more successful than others.”
This was the first rodeo for new assistant rodeo coach, Bobby Harris.
Harris is a world champion team roper and was inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in 2022.
“We are fortunate to have Bobby as part of our Sheridan College rodeo coaching staff,” said Garstad. “Coach Harris is doing a great job with the team and providing the guidance you only get from a World Champion Rodeo Athlete. This team will only get better as long as they continue to put in the work.”
Teams will travel to Central Wyoming College in Riverton, Wyo. September 20-22 for the second rodeo of the fall season.