Jacey Thompson

The Eastern Wyoming College Lancer Rodeo just hosted their home rodeo where the Women’s Team won second and the Men’s Team won third.

The women’s team was led by sophomore Jacey Thompson who qualified for the short round in 3 events: goat tying, breakaway roping, and team roping. She won the goat tying with a total time of 13.8 seconds. She won the short round with a time of 6.5 seconds, the fastest time of the rodeo.

Thompson and teammate Karissa Rayhill tied for 2^nd in the breakaway roping. They each had a 2.6 in the first round and a 2.4 in the short round.

Freshman Teigen Marchant from Newcastle, WY, placed 2^nd in the steer wrestling average. He split 3^rd and 4^th in the first round and won 2^nd in the short round. He had a total time of 10.1 seconds on 2 steers.

Chadron Coffield, freshman, placed 2^nd in the first round of the tie down roping and won the short round to finish the weekend 2^nd in the average with a total time of 20.9 on two. Colton Reed, sophomore, Wiley, CO, placed 4^th in the first round.

In the team roping, Braden Pirrung and partner Jace Engesser, Gillette College, were 5^th in the first round, 3^rd in the short round and 3^rd in the average. The sophomore team of Ty Truchan and Brendan Butterfield tied for 1^st in the first round, were 4^th in the short round and 4^th in the average. Thompson and partner Colin Dibbern, Chadron State College, qualified for the short round.

The Lancers will travel to Fort Collins, Colorado for the Colorado State University rodeo on April 5-7.