By Hayleigh Fenner

Eastern Wyoming College student

The Eastern Wyoming College Lancer Rodeo Team traveled to Chadron, Nebraska for the first college rodeo of the fall. To kick the season off seven Lancer athletes made it back to short go Sunday.

It was a successful weekend for the freshman, Eli Leppell, of Keene, North Dakota. As he came back to head to the finals, known as the short go on Sunday, in two of his three events. Leppell laid down a 10.2 second run in the long round of the bulldogging, which placed him sixth coming into the short go.

He ended the weekend tenth in the average. Leppell also competed in the team roping with his header Jace Hurlburt, of Arcadia Nebraska. Hurlburt, a sophomore at Eastern Wyoming College turned two steers, while Leppell cleaned them up on the backside.
In the long round Hurlburt and Leppell made a solid 11.2 second run placing them fifth coming into the short round.

In the short go, the two Lancer’s made an astonishing run of 8.4 seconds to clinch the aggregate for the weekend.

In the bulldogging Taydon Gorsuch, of Gering, Nebraska, and Wyatt Hajny of Nelson, Nebraska, both stayed very consistent. Gorsuch laid down a 15.5 second run due to a broken barrier, while Hajny laid down a 6.5 second run. On Sunday, both kept it clean. Hajny made a 7.8 second run to sneak into fourth in the average for the weekend. While Gorsuch knew he needed to be quick and he did just that with a 4.4 second run to place second in the short go and seventh in the average for the weekend.

For the calf tying, Colton Zimmerman knew what needed to be done. In the long go the Lancer from Wellington Colorado laid down a 14.6 second run to land him tenth in the average after having some tough luck in the short go.

Now onto the other end of things the bareback rider Cian Daly from Saskatchewan, Canada, covered both horses this weekend in the long go Daly made a 65-point ride and a 64-point ride on short go Sunday, this put him at 129 on two head.

Overall, Daly ended the weekend ninth in the average. For the weekend, both the Lancer rodeo men’s team and women’s team placed fifth, the men’s placing 5th with 180 points on the weekend and the women’s with 130 points. It was a great first rodeo for the Lancer team to get things kicked off and rolling. The Lancers will be competing next at Rustler Roundup, in Riverton, Wyoming, Sept. 20-22.