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The Northwest College Trapper men’s rodeo team placed third and the women’s team fourth at the Miles Community College rodeo in Miles City, Mont., last weekend. Eric Fleming finished fourth in the men’s all-around standings for the Trappers.
Success by the Trapper team ropers helped key much of the weekend scoring. Northwest finished 2-3-4 in the event with the tandem of Jessica Ehlers and Cole Owens faring best. Fleming and Samuel Shelton placed third with Pamela Vanek and Justin Miller-Kraft coming in fourth overall.
Northwest College also fared well in bull riding over the weekend as it had three riders place among the top five. Troy Vernon was the event runner-up in Miles City, scoring 74 points. Fleming was third with a ride of 72 points while Jaylee Britt placed in a tie for fourth place with 71 points.
Big Sky Region season-leading bareback rider Jordan Gill placed second overall to remain atop the regional standings for another week.
On the women’s side, Haily Hamlin placed fifth in the breakaway roping to register the only non-team roping points for the Trapper women.
Through four of 10 rodeos for Northwest College this season, the women’s team remained in fourth place and the men’s team in fifth in the overall standings. Both teams remain in pursuit of the University of Montana in their drive to move up the rankings.
Gill’s lead in the individual bareback standings sits at 114 points over Miles’ Brendon Lemmon. Trapper Clinton Griffis is fifth in the event standings.
Cayd Kluesner slid to fourth in the bull riding season standings this week. Troy Vernon (seventh) and Fleming (ninth) also sit inside the top 10 at present.
Shelton is eighth overall in steer wrestling. Jessica Ehlers and Cole Owens are ninth in the team roping standings.
The top three individuals at year’s end earn spots in the College National Finals Rodeo.
In women’s events, Haily Hamlin is fifth overall in breakaway roping. Steffani Hofrichter was seventh through four events.
Pamela Vanek sits in sixth place in goat tying while Hofrichter is ninth overall. Dannielle Marcin rounds out the roster of Trapper women in the top 10, residing in eighth place on the barrel racing points chart.
Fall semester rodeo action wraps up this weekend. The Trappers travel to Dillon, Mont., to participate in the Montana-Western rodeo.