CNFR 2026 CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS IS SET AS TOP COLLEGIATE RODEO ATHELTES ADVANCE IN CASPER

CASPER, Wyo. (June 19, 2026) — Dreams of becoming a National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association champion are close for 102 athletes after the fourth performance of the College National Finals Rodeo on Friday.

Starting last Sunday every competitor has had the opportunity to compete three times. Their scores and times have been added together with the top 12 in bareback riding, tie-down roping, breakaway roping, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, goat tying, team roping, barrel racing and bull riding advancing to the championship round.

At stake are individual titles as well as men’s and women’s team and all-around championships. For many of these athletes, college rodeo is the end of their arena pursuits. For those that go on to compete professionally, it is a big stepping stone.

One of those is bareback rider Kooper Heimburg, from San Tan Valley, Arizona, who is finishing his college career at Missouri Valley College. Heimburg won the first round of competition here, finished outside the top eight in round two and came back on Friday night determined to do better.

That’s exactly what the ag business major did. He had the high marked ride on Friday at 81.75 points to finish third in the round and move to the top overall. Heimburg edged Carson Hildre from Clarendon (Texas) College by a mere point. Heimburg has 243.50 to be at the top of the leaderboard. He finished as the reserve champion one year ago and is hoping to stay in that number one spot and earn his first title..

Rodeo fans might not have heard of Andrew Morian, from Gardnerville, Nevada, but if Friday night was any indication, that will change. Morian is a sophomore at Clarendon (Texas) College and took command of the leaderboard. He stopped the clock in 3.7 seconds to win the third round. Combined with his previous two times, he now comes into the finals in first place with 12.2 seconds on three runs. He has a 1.4-second lead over Bismarck State College’s Parker Sandstrom who is now second.

No one has had more success at this year’s CNFR than saddle bronc rider Tagg Bond from Edna, Kansas. With his 85-point ride on Summit Pro Rodeo’s horse named Devil’s Star on Friday night,, the Clarendon (Texas) College freshman has won every round in the Ford Wyoming Center so far. He has a total of 254.75 points on three rides and leads the overall standings by nearly five points.

Saturday night’s championship round starts at 7 p.m. in the Ford Wyoming Center. At the conclusion of the competition, champions will be crowned and the 2025-2026 college rodeo season will come to a close.

CASPER, Wyo.—The following are results from the College National Finals Rodeo, June 19, 2026, courtesy of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Complete results are available at www.cnfr.com.

Bareback Riding: (third round winners) 1, Carson Hildre, Clarendon College (Texas), 85 points on Mo Betta Rodeo’s Sweet Caroline. 2, Colton Farrow, University of Wyoming, 83.75. 3, Kooper Heimburg, Missouri Valley College, 81.75. 4, (tie) Jace Lomheim and Taylon Carmody, both of Tarleton State University (Texas), 81.5. 6, Jason Wilson, Missouri Valley College, and Daxton Feild, Tarleton State, 81.25 each, 8, Gauge McBride, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 80.

(finals qualifiers) 1, Heimburg, 243.5 points. 2, Hildre, 243.25. 3, Feild, 241.5. 4, Farrow, 239.5. 5, (tie) Carmody and Wilson, 238.25. 7, McBride, 235.25. 8, Wyatt Warneke, Clarendon College, 234.75. 9, Collin Roland, Missouri Valley College, 234.5. 10, Blayn Hughston, Western Texas College, 232.75. 11, Toby Deudney, Odessa College (Texas), 232.25. 12, Jence Griffith, Fort Scott Community College, 232.

Tie-down Roping: (third round winners) 1, Travis Staley, Tarleton State University (Texas), 7.1 seconds. 2, Trey Stembridge, Utah Valley University, 8.5 seconds. 3, Cutter Pareo, Eastern New Mexico University, 8.7. 4, Noodle Miller, Walla Walla Community College (Wash.), 8.9. 5, Tyler Hansen, Bismarck State College, 9.1. 6, Ryan Wells, Cal Poly Tech University, 9.5. 7, Tate Talkington, University of Wyoming, 9.6. 8, Wyatt Jensen, Montana State University, 10.1.

(finals qualifiers) 1, Hansen, 28.4 seconds. 2, Pareo, 30.3, 3, Clint Southworth, University of Tennessee – Martin, 31.2. 4, Blake Carter, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 31.2. 5, Daniel Miranda, Cal Poly Tech University, 33.8. 6, Cooper Duffin, Utah Valley University, 34.7. 7, Miller, 35.7. 8, Tommy Jack Rose, Treasure Valley Community College (Ore.), 36.6. 9, Lucas Cruz, New Mexico State University, 37.5. 10, Jhett VanderHamm, Garden City Community College, 37.7. 11, Jensen, 40.7. 12, Garrett Jepson, Blue Mountain Community College (Ore.), 41.2.

Breakaway Roping: (third round winners) 1, Joslyn Arnold, Walla Walla Community College (Wash.), 1.8 seconds. 2, (tie) Hailey Hicks, Cuesta College (Calif.), and Jenna Fulton, Tarleton State University (Texas), 2.0 each. 4, (tie) Hayden Corta, College of Southern Idaho and Payton Levine, New Mexico State University, 2.1 each. 6, (tie) Sloan McFarlane, Blue Mountain Community College, (Ore.); Jessi Everett, Texas Tech University; Emily Ward, Weatherford College; Emma Ricke, Southeastern Oklahoma State University; Olivia Lay, University of Wyoming, and Helen Poer, Oklahoma Panhandle State University, 2.2 each.

(finals qualifiers) 1, Everett, 7.0 seconds. 2, Ivy Bone, University of West Alabama, 8.6. 3, Kassidy Robertson, South Plains College (Texas), 9.2. 4, (tie) Ricke and Ella Begger, College of Southern Idaho; 9.3 each. 6, Arlee Morrisson, Treasure Valley Community College (Ore.), 9.5.7, Regan Russ, Cal Poly Tech University, 10.1. 8, Quincy Downey, Central Arizona College, 17.9. 9, Staheli Adams, Gillette College (Wyo.), 18.3. 10, Levine, 19.9. 11, Addison Amzen, Blue Mountain Community College (Ore.), 26.9. 12, Zaran Kirkpatrick, South Plains College, 28.0.

Saddle Bronc Riding: (third round winners) 1, Tagg Bond, Clarendon College (Texas), 85 points on Summit Pro Rodeo’s Devil’s Star. 2, Waitley Sharon, Tarleton State University (Texas), 84.5. 3, Traven Sharon, University of Wyoming, 82. 4, Wyatt Lavergne, McNeese State University (La.), 80.5. 5, Kaden Miranda, New Mexico State University, 79. 6, Jack Ford, McNeese State University (La.), 78.75. 7, Cardell Laughery, University of Montana Western, 78.25. 8, Jett Williams, Fort Scott Community College (Kan.), 77.75.

(finals qualifiers) 1, Bond, 254.75 points. 2, Waitley Sharon, 249. 3, Ford, 241.75. 4, Dane McPhail, Fort Scott Community College, 236.5. 5, Bryett Larsen, Western Texas College, 235.75. 6, Traven Sharon, 235.25. 7, Magner, 227.75. 8, Matt Cicisly, Cal Poly Tech University, 226.5. 9. Darcy Waockner, Western Texas College, 226. 10, Skinny Parsons, Tarleton State University, 221.25. 11, Caleb Miller, McNeese State University, 219.75. 12, Lonnie Dunn, Sheridan College (Wyo.), 219.25.

Steer Wrestling: (third round winners) 1, Andrew Morian, Clarendon College (Texas), 3.7 seconds. 2, Cameron Haumea, Sul Ross State University (Texas), 4.0. 3, Parker Sandstrom, Bismarck State University, 4.6. 4, Tydon Tsosie, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, 4.8. 5, (tie) Jacob Wang, University of Wyoming, and Nathan Duvall, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, 5.0 each. 7, (tie) Dawson Doggett, Southeast Community College, (Neb.), and Evan Bourdon, University of West Alabama, 5.1 each, 6, 5.4. 75.5.

(finals qualifiers) 1, Morian, 12.2 seconds. 2, Sandstrom, 13.6. 2, Clay Tom Hurt, Sam Houston State University (Texas), 14.4. 4, Emmett Edler, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, 16.2. 5, Hadley White, Texas Tech University,, 18.3. 6, Will Collier, Northwest Community College, 18.5, 7, Damian Padilla, New Mexico State University, 19.8. 8, Nathan Duvall, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, 23.4. 9, Haumea, 24.1. 10, Kaden Haake, Southeast Community College (Neb.) 25.9. 11, Caleb Lake, Angelo State University (Texas), 28.6. 12, Doggett, 33.5.

Goat Tying: (third round winners) 1, (tie) Kaylie Garza, Tarleton State University (Texas), and Addyson Derr, Missouri Valley College, 6.0 seconds each. 3, Josie Mousel, University of Wyoming, 6.2. 4, (tie) Ayssa Gary, McNeese State University; Kaylee Stroud, Texas Tech University, and Jacee Graff, Weatherford College, 6.3 each. 7, (tie) Josie Menzel, Miles Community College (Mont.), and Faith Marshall, Montana State University, 6.5 each.

(finals qualifiers) 1, Mousel, 18.0 seconds. 2, Faith Lundberg, Tarleton State University (Texas), 19.0. 3, Gary, 19.1. 4, Marshall, 19.2. 5, Ashley Barratt, Utah Valley University, 19.5. 6, (tie) Molly Rotenberger, Dickinson University; Lucy Richards, Texas A&M University, and Greeley Eastep, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 19.6. 9, Menzel, 19.7. 10, Haley Husted, Black Hills State University (S.D.), 19.8. 11, (tie) Michaela McCormick, Montana State University; Stroud; Jaysee Jones, Dickinson University (N.D.) and Macie Fowlie, Cochise College (Ariz.), 20.1 each.

Team Roping: (third round winners) 1, (tie) Denton Parish and Brock Borkman, Weatherford College (Texas) and Sanders McElroy, East Mississippi Community College, and Scout McElroy, Southern Arkansas University, 4.3 seconds each. 3, Dexton Hoelting, Western Oklahoma State College, and Colter Snook, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, 4.8. 4, Ty Taylor and Tommy Jack Rose, Treasure Valley Community College, 5.6 seconds. 5, (tie) Blake and T.J. Bowler, Southern Utah University; Heston Harrison, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, and Nick Lovins, Garden City Community College (Kan.); and Caleb Miller, Western Oklahoma State College, and Rydan White, Fort Scott Community College (Kan.), 5.9 each. 8, Marcus Marriott, Blue Mountain Community College (Ore.), and Sam Saunders, Treasure Valley Community College (Ore.), 6.0.

(finals qualifiers) 1, Harrison and Lovins, 17.7 seconds. 2, (tie) Jett Stewart and Belden Cox, Weatherford College (Texas), and Marriott and Saunders, 18.7 each. 4, Canton and Sonnier, 19.5. 5, Bowler and Bowler, 20.7. 6, Drew and Jess Harper, Gillette College (Wyo.), 21.3. 7, Parish and Borkman, 22.9. 8, Hunter Helton and Jeryn Ellerd, Weatherford College (Texas), 23.5. 9, Miller and White, 24.5. 10, Tyler Hansen, Bismarck State College, and Justin Gukenberger, Iowa Central Community College, 25.6. 11, Bryson Crawford, Pearl River Community College (Miss.), and Stone Reeves, University of West Alabama, 29.2.  12, Swade and Preston Olson, Snow College (Utah), 31.2.

Barrel Racing: (third round winners) 1, Devin Young, Texas A&M University, 13.62 seconds. 2, Madison Murphy, University of West Alabama, 13.65. 3, Baylee O’Leary, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, 13.66. 4, Morgan Addison, Texas Tech University, 13.73. 5, Molly Harper, Odessa College (Texas), 13.86. 6, McKinlee Paschal, Texas A&M University, 13.89. 7, Acey Pinkston, Weatherford College (Texas), 13.91. 8, Jada Trosper, Oklahoma State University, 13.93.

(finals qualifiers) 1, Young, 41.20 seconds. 2, Pinkston, 41.36. 3, Addison, 41.50. 4, Raegan Chance, Northwest Mississippi Community College, 41.85. 5, Brylee Grubb, Gillette College, 42.03. 6, McKinlee Paschal, Texas A&M University, 42.07. 7, Emma Ricke, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 42.11. 8, Ceily Simpton, Texas A&M University, 42.14. 9, Anneliese McCurry, Montana State University, 42.56. 10, O’Leary, 42.20. 11, Harper, 42.23. 12, Lauryn Motley, Sam Houston State University, 42.36

Bull Riding: (third round winners) 1, Mecate Trammell, Weatherford College (Texas), 86.25 on Mo Betta Rodeo’s Uncle Kneebanger. 2, Hayden Welsh, Odessa College, 83.75. 3, Braden Cayce, Wharton County Junior College (Texas), 80.25. 4, Trace Scarlavai, Mid-Plains Community College (Neb.), 79. 5, Ashton Zabriskie, College of Southern Idaho, 77. 6, Mason Reine, College of Southern Idaho, 76.25. 7, Lane Vaughan, Western Texas College, 75.75. 8, Kahl Wasilow, Laramie County Community College (Wyo.), 75.

(finals qualifiers- on two) 1, Welsh, 163.5 points. 2, Vaughan, 155.25. 3, Brock Cooper, Treasure Valley Community College (Ore.), 147.75. 4, Gavin Knutson, University of Montana Western, 143. 5, Trammell, 137.75. (on one) 6, Jace Hensley, Missouri Valley College, 84.5. 7, Dakota Smith, Northwest Mississippi Community College, 80.5. 8, (tie) Cayce and Mossy Waite, Treasure Valley Community College (Ore.), 80.25. 10, (tie) Scarlavai and Wyatt Davis, Mid-Plains Community College, 79. 12, Tucker Taylor, Treasure Valley Community College (Ore.), 78.75.

Men’s All-Around leaders: 1, Tyler Hansen, Bismarck State College. 2, Coleman Canton, Southwest Texas College. 3, Garrett Jepson, Blue Mountain Community College (Ore.).

Women’s All-Around leaders: 1. Josie Mousel, University of Wyoming. 2, Quincy Morgan-Montoya, New Mexico Junior College. 3, Emma Ricke, Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Men’s Team leaders: 1, Clarendon College (Texas). 2, Weatherford College (Texas). 3, Tarleton State University. 4, Missouri Valley College. 5, Sam Houston State University (Texas).

Women’s Team leaders: 1, Texas A&M University. 2, Weatherford College. 3, University of Wyoming. 4, Texas Tech University. 5, Tarleton State University.

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