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VERNON, TX The Eastern New Mexico University mens rodeo team won the team title at the Vernon College Rodeo, Oct. 10-12 in Vernon, Texas. The Greyhounds were led by James Gililland (So., Tularosa, NM), who won team roping with partner Josh Morris of West Texas A&M University, and by Dusty Higgins (So., Roswell, NM), who took first place in bull riding. ENMU accumulated 285 points in taking first place. West Texas A&M finished second with 210 points. Western Texas College followed in third with 190 points, while fourth place went to Tarleton State University with 117 points. Behind TSU was Odessa College in fifth place with 113 points. Vernon College claimed sixth place with a score of 105, and was followed by South Plains College (15 points), Weatherford College (5 points) and Texas Tech University (2.5 points). Gililland and Morris recording the fastest team roping times in both the long go, at 5.2 seconds, and the short go, at 5.6 seconds. They earned a combined time of 10.8 seconds, to win the event by nearly three seconds over Colby Schneeman of TSU and Andy Paul Jones of Frank Phillips College, who achieved an overall time of 13.7 seconds. Higgins scored a 79 in the long go of bull riding, then
earned an 84 in the short go. His total score of 163 gave him a five-point
victory over Dustin Domangue of Odessa College, who scored 158 overall
(77 - 81). Higgins 84 in the finals was the best score of the rodeo. Parsons finished ahead of Looper in the long go, but Looper scored a 4.1 in the short go to make take the lead. With points earned at Vernon College, Parsons has a commanding lead for first place in the Southwest Region in steer wrestling. Jordan Ward, took third place in calf roping for Eastern, clocking in at 9.1 seconds in the long go, and 10.4 seconds in the short go, to earn a total time of 19.5 seconds. Calf roping was won by Michael Otero from Odessa College, who recorded 8.0 seconds in the long go and 9.5 seconds in the short go, for a combined time of 17.5 seconds to outdistance the competition by 1.6 seconds. Cade Swor of Vernon College was second at 19.1 seconds overall. Jeff Cavey (Jr., Odessa, TX), another ENMU cowboy, tied for fourth place in saddle bronc riding. He scored 62 in the long go and 72 in the short go, and earned a combined score of 134 points. J.W. Todd of West Texas A&M won the event by riding a 69 in the long go and an 83 in the short go for 152 points. Austin Griffith of Tarleton State University won the bareback
riding, with an overall score of 145 points. Griffith registered 75 points
in the long go and 70 points in the short go. Barrel racing was won by Skye Holman of Tarleton State, who finished the long go in 17.20 seconds and also completed the short go in 17.20 seconds (34.40 seconds overall). First place in break-away roping went to Stephanie Smith of South Plains, who earned a time of 3.1 seconds in the long go and finished her run in 2.6 seconds in the short go (5.7 seconds overall). The Zias failed to score any team points. Tarleton State won the rodeo with 220 points. Second place went to Vernon College with 165 team points. New Mexico Junior College claimed third place by tallying 80 points. Texas Tech and Western Texas College both scored 30 points to tie for third place. There were no other points scored in the womens team competition. Swor was named All-Around Cowboy, after making the short go in calf roping and steer wrestling. In addition to placing second in calf roping, Swor was fourth in steer wrestling with an overall tie of 12.2 seconds (6.5 - 5.7). Holman was the All-Around Cowgirl after winning barrel racing and goat tying . The Greyhounds and Zias will return to action Oct. 24-26 at the rodeo hosted by Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. It will be the last rodeo of the semester for the Hounds and Zias, as they attempt to earn points toward qualifying for the College National Finals Rodeo in May, 2003.
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