CNFR 2026 LEADERBOARD SHAKEUP: RISING RODEO STARS BATTLE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS

CASPER, Wyo. (June 17, 2026) — As college rodeo’s best compete at the 2026 edition of the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) in the Ford Wyoming Center, the leaderboard changing often.

The second performance of the rodeo saw the third round of competition getting very tight. In the bareback riding, Clarendon College made a move. The Texas program is home to Carson Hildre, who grew up at Velva, South Dakota. He rode the MoBetta Rodeo horse named Sweet Caroline for 85 points. It was a big ride for the freshman who also competes in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). That gave him the lead in the third round, and put him at the top of the overall standings with a total of 243.25 points. Colton Farrow from the University of Wyoming, who also rode on Wednesday night, is second with 239.50.

Hildre is currently 21^st in the PRCA world standings and leads the Resistol Rookie of the Year race. He would love to take off for the summer rodeo run as the newly crowned college champion.

A year ago, Cameron Haumea from Sul Ross State University left Casper as the college steer wrestling champion. He moved to the third round lead with a 4.0 second run. Unfortunately, a 10-second penalty in the first round will work against him. However, his other times have been fast enough to put him fourth overall. He still has a shot to be in the top 12 to advance to the championship finals.

There is also a new overall leader in that event. Clay Tom Hurt from Sam Houston State University has nearly a four-second advantage over the rest of the field so far. He has a total time of 14.4 seconds on three runs and leads over Texas Tech’s Hadley White with 18.3.

University of Wyoming fans were on their feet during the goat tying when junior Josie Mousel stopped the clock in 6.2 seconds. Mousel is now second in the third round and she took command of the overall standings with a total time of 18.0 seconds. She is also competing in the breakaway roping and is in contention for the women’s all-around championship.

The first team ropers out set the bar high. Denton Parish and Brock Borkman from Weatherford College in Texas stopped the clock in 4.3 seconds. The freshmen are currently fourth overall. Then the next team matched that 4.3 second run. Brothers Sanders and Scout McElroy are going to different schools but are both in the Ozark Region. Sanders is at East Mississippi Community College and Scout is attending Southern Arkansas University.

Heston Harrison from Southwestern Oklahoma State University and Nick Lovins from Kansas’s Garden City Community College moved to the top of the overall standings with a total time of 17.7 on three runs.

Weatherford College is also at the top in bull riding. Mecate Trammell, a junior from Whitt, Texas, rode MoBetta Rodeo’s bull named Uncle Kneebanger for 86.5 points to take the lead in the third round. He has ridden two of three bulls and is looking good for Saturday night’s finals.

The third performance of the CNFR begins at 7 p.m. Thursday where contestants will be in the third round and hoping to be in the top 12 in the overall standings and qualify for Saturday night’s finals.

CASPER, Wyo.—The following are results from the College National Finals Rodeo, June 17, 2026, courtesy of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Complete results are available at www.cnfr.com.

Bareback Riding: (third round leaders) 1, Carson Hildre, Clarendon College (Texas), 85 points on Mo Betta Rodeo’s Sweet Caroline. 2, Colton Farrow, University of Wyoming, 83.75. 3, (tie) Jace Lomheim and Taylon Carmody, both of Tarleton State University (Texas), 81.5. 5, Blayn Hughston, Western Texas College, 78.35. 6, Jackson Lunn, Mid-Plains Community College, 77.25. 7, Judd Pope, Missouri Valley College, 77. 8, TJ Andrews, Bismarck State College, 76.25 (overall leaders) 1, Hildre, 243.25 points. 2, Farrow, 239.5. 3, Carmody, 238.25. 4, Collin Roland, Missouri Valley College, 234.5. 5, Hughston, 232.75. 6, Toby Deidmeu, Odessa College, 232.25.

Tie-down Roping: (third round leaders) 1, Travis Staley, Tarleton State University (Texas), 7.1 seconds. 2, Trey Stembridge, Utah Valley University, 8.5 seconds. 3, Noodle Miller, Walla Walla Community College (Wash.), 8.9. 4, Tyler Hansen, Bismarck State College, 9.1. 5, Ryan Wells, Cal Poly Tech University, 9.5. 6, Tate Talkington, University of Wyoming, 9.6. (overall leaders) 1, Hansen, 28.4 seconds. 2, Clint Southworth, University of Tennessee – Martin, 31.2. 3, Cooper Duffin, Utah Valley University, 34.7. 4, Miller, 35.7. 5, Tommy Jack Rose, Treasure Valley Community College, 36.6. 6, Wyatt Jensen, Montana State University, 40.7.

Breakaway Roping: (third round leaders) 1, Joslyn Arnold, Walla Wall Community College (Wash.), 1.8 seconds. 2, Payton Levine, New Mexico State University, 2.1. 3, (tie) Sloan McFarlane, Blue Mountain Community College, (Ore.), Jessi Everett, Texas Tech University, and Helen Poer, Oklahoma Panhandle State University, 2.2 each. 6, (tie) Sierra Hilgenkamp, Sheridan College (Wyo.), Rayna Billingsley, Sheridan College (Wyo.), and Brooke Bruner, Clarendon College (Texas), 2.5 each. (overall leaders) 1, Everett, 7.0 seconds. 2, Ivy Bone, University of West Alabama, 8.6. 3, Ella Begger, College of Southern Idaho, Levine, 9.3. 4, Regan Russ, Cal Poly Tech University, 10.1. 5, Levine, 19.9. (on two) Hilgenkamp, 4.4.

Saddle Bronc Riding: (third round leaders) 1, Kaden Miranda, New Mexico State University, 79 points on Summit Pro Rodeo’s Hello Darlin’. 2, Jack Ford, McNeese State University (La.), 78.75. 3, Bryett Larsen, Western Texas College, 76.50. 4, (tie) Zane Magner, Fort Scott Community College, and Mitchie Story, Weatherford College (Texas), 76.25 each. 6, Jake Schlattmann, Sheridan College (Wyo.), 75.5. 7, Koy McAllister, Mid-Plains Community College, 75. 8, Chance Frost Cal Poly Tech University, 74.75. (overall leaders) 1, Ford, 241.75. 2, Larsen, 235.75. 3, Magner, 227.75. 4, Skinny Parsons, Tarleton State University (Texas), 221.25. 5, Miranda, 205. (on two) 6, Story, 158.5.

Steer Wrestling: (third round leaders) 1, Cameron Haumea, Sul Ross State University (Texas), 4.0 seconds. 2, Jacob Wang, University of Wyoming, 5.0. 3, Clay Tom Hurt, Sam Houston State University (Texas), 5.4. 4, Hadley White, Texas Tech University, 5.5. 5, (tie) Will Collier, Northwest Mississippi Community College, Sam Gallagher, University of Wyoming, and Justus Peterson, Montana   Technological University, 5.6 each. (overall leaders) 1, Hurt, 14.4 seconds. 2, White, 18.3. 3, Collier, 18.5, 4, Haumea, 24.1. 5, Caleb Lake, Angelo State University (Texas), 28.6. 6, Ryder Gaasch, Montana State University, 33.9.

Goat Tying: (third round leaders) 1, Addyson Derr, Missouri Valley College, 6.0 seconds. 2, Josie Mousel, University of Wyoming, 6.2. 3, (tie) Ayssa Gary, McNeese State University, and Jacee Graff, Weatherford College, 6.3 each. 5, Josie Menzel, Miles Community College (Mont.) 6.5. 6, Layni Stevens, University of Wyoming, and Zaran Kirkpatrick, South Plains College (Texas), 6.6. each. 8, Macie Fowlie, Cochise College (Ariz.), 6.7. (overall leaders) 1, Mousel, 18.0 seconds. 2, Gary, 19.1. 3, Ashley Barratt, Utah Valley University, 19.5. 4, Greeley Eastep, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 19.6. 5, Menzel, 19.7. 6, (tie) Michaela McCormick, Montana State University and Fowlie, 20.1 each.

Team Roping: (third round leaders) 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, Ty Taylor and Tommy Jack Rose, Treasure Valley Community College, 5.6 seconds. 4, (tie) 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. 6. Jantsen and Jayden Morris, South Plains College (Texas), 6.3. 7, (tie) Coleman Canton, Southwest Texas College, and Carson Sonnier, Wharton County Junior College; and Kendall Patterson and Collin Snyder, Fresno State University, 6.6 each. (overall leaders) 1, Harrison and Lovins, 17.7 seconds. 2, Canton and Sonnier, 19.5. 3, Drew and Jess Harper, Gillette College (Wyo.), 21.3. 4, Parish and Borkman, 22.9. 5, Miller and White, 24.5. 6, Bryson Crawford, Pearl River Community College (Miss.), and Stone Reeves, University of West Alabama, 29.2.  

Barrel Racing: (third round leaders) 1, Devin Young, Texas A&M University, 13.62 seconds. 2, Madison Murphy, University of West Alabama, 13.65. 3, McKinlee Paschal, Texas A&M University, 13.89. 4, Jada Trosper, Oklahoma State University, 13.93. 5, Raegan Chance, Northwest Mississippi Community College, 13.94. 6, Emma Ricke, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 14.03. 7, Bridget Romey, Chadron State College (Neb.) 14.07. 8, Reese Bryant, Cuesta College (Calif.), 14.07. (overall leaders) 1, Young, 41.20 seconds. 2, Chance, 41.85. 3, Paschal, 42.07. 4, Ricke, 42.11. 5, Anneliese McCurry, Montana State University, 42.56. 6, Romey, 42.56.

Bull Riding: (third round leaders-four rides) 1, Mecate Trammell, Weatherford College (Texas), 86.25 on Mo Betta Rodeo’s Uncle Kneebanger. 2, Ashton Zabriskie, College of Southern Idaho, 77. 3, Mason Reine, College of Southern Idaho, 76.25. 4, Kahl Wasilow, Laramie County Community College (Wyo.), 75. (overall leaders- on two) 1, Brock Cooper, Treasure Valley Community College (Ore.), 147.75. 2, Gavin Knutson, University of Montana Western, 143. 3, Trammell, 137.75. (on one) 4, Jace Hensley, Missouri Valley College, 84.5. 4, Dakota Smith, Northwest Mississippi Community College, 80.5. 5, Mossy Waite, Treasure Valley Community College (Ore.), 80.25. 6, Hayden Welsh, Odessa College, 79.75.

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