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Tayla Moeykens and Jaden Whitman Win Third Round Titles While Five Bobcats Advance to CNFR Finals
6/14/2024 10:28:00 PM | Men's Rodeo, Women's Rodeo
Moeykens and Whitman are joined by Trav Johnson, Wyatt Jensen and Bode Spring
Tayla Moeykens posted the best barrel racing run of the week, finishing as winner of the third go-round and setting up a showdown between two national champions in Saturday's Championship Round.
The Bobcat senior took the third round with a mark of 13.70 and enters Saturday's finals with 41.72 seconds on three runs. West Alabama's defending national champion Taycie Matthews leads the competition with 14.66 on three, with the final run added to the first three to find the 2024 CNFR.
Four other Bobcats enter Saturday's championship go in good standing. Trav Johnson is currently fourth in the steer wrestling with teammate Jaden Whitman fifth. Wyatt Jensen and Bode Spring are tied for sixth in tie-down roping. The event begins at 7 pm MT at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper, Wyoming. The event is available on ESPN3, with results available here.
Along with Moeykens' third round title, Whitman captured the go in steer wrestling, and Trav Johnson finished sixth. Wyatt Jensen was seventh in calf roping, and Bode Spring 14th. Monte Bailey took sixth in bronc riding, Meghan McGinley tied for 12th in breakaway, and Alexis McDonald finished 13th in barrel racing.
CUMULATIVE MSU RESULTS
BAREBACK: Wes Shaw – 1st Go: 74.5 (15th); 2nd Go: 69.5 (19th); 3rd Go: NS.
BAREBACK: Cole Gerhardt – 1st Go: NS; 2nd Go: 73.0 (13th); 3rd Go: NS
SADDLE BRONC: Monte Bailey – 1st Go: NS; 2nd Go: 70 (19th); 3rd Go: 77.5 (5th)
STEER WRESTLING: Cole Gerhardt – 1st Go: 15.2 (25th); 2nd Go: NS; 3rd Go: NS
STEER WRESTLING: Trav Johnson – 1st Go: 4.8 (4th); 2nd Go: 6.4 (19th); 3rd Go: 4.8 (T5th)
STEER WRESTLING: Jaden Whitman – 1st Go: 6.8 (14th); 2nd Go: 5.6 (15th); 3rd Go: 3.8 (*1st)
TIE-DOWN ROPING: Wyatt Jensen – 1st Go: 13.6 (17th); 2nd Go: 9.0 (6th); 9.3 (7th)
TIE-DOWN ROPING: Wes Shaw – 1st Go: NS; 2nd Go: NS; 3rd Go: 12.9 (21st)
TIE-DOWN ROPING: Bode Spring – 1st Go: 11.0 (10th); 2nd Go: 10.5 (15th); 3rd Go: 10.4 (14th)
BARRELS: Tayla Moeykens – 1st Go: 14.03 (3rd); 2nd Go: 13.99 (2nd); 3rd Go: 13.70 (1st)
BARRELS: Alexis McDonald – 1st Go: 14.55 (25th); 2nd Go: 14.66 (15th); 3rd Go: 14.32 (13th)
BREAKAWAY: Tayla Moeykens – 1st Go: NS; 2nd Go: 3.9 (31st); 3rd Go: 3.1 (*5th)
BREAKAWAY: Meghan McGinley – 1st Go: NS; 2nd Go: NS; 3rd Go: 2.6 (9th in go)
GOAT TYING: Breyer Newman – 1st Go: 6.6 (11th); 2nd Go: 7.9 (34th); 3rd Go: 7.1 (19th)
GOAT TYING: Jessica Stevens – 1st Go: 6.7 (13th); 2nd Go: 10.3 (42nd); 3rd Go: 7.5 (*11th)
*-Round in progress, Tuesday's results in italics
#GoCatsGo
The Bobcat senior took the third round with a mark of 13.70 and enters Saturday's finals with 41.72 seconds on three runs. West Alabama's defending national champion Taycie Matthews leads the competition with 14.66 on three, with the final run added to the first three to find the 2024 CNFR.
Four other Bobcats enter Saturday's championship go in good standing. Trav Johnson is currently fourth in the steer wrestling with teammate Jaden Whitman fifth. Wyatt Jensen and Bode Spring are tied for sixth in tie-down roping. The event begins at 7 pm MT at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper, Wyoming. The event is available on ESPN3, with results available here.
Along with Moeykens' third round title, Whitman captured the go in steer wrestling, and Trav Johnson finished sixth. Wyatt Jensen was seventh in calf roping, and Bode Spring 14th. Monte Bailey took sixth in bronc riding, Meghan McGinley tied for 12th in breakaway, and Alexis McDonald finished 13th in barrel racing.
CUMULATIVE MSU RESULTS
BAREBACK: Wes Shaw – 1st Go: 74.5 (15th); 2nd Go: 69.5 (19th); 3rd Go: NS.
BAREBACK: Cole Gerhardt – 1st Go: NS; 2nd Go: 73.0 (13th); 3rd Go: NS
SADDLE BRONC: Monte Bailey – 1st Go: NS; 2nd Go: 70 (19th); 3rd Go: 77.5 (5th)
STEER WRESTLING: Cole Gerhardt – 1st Go: 15.2 (25th); 2nd Go: NS; 3rd Go: NS
STEER WRESTLING: Trav Johnson – 1st Go: 4.8 (4th); 2nd Go: 6.4 (19th); 3rd Go: 4.8 (T5th)
STEER WRESTLING: Jaden Whitman – 1st Go: 6.8 (14th); 2nd Go: 5.6 (15th); 3rd Go: 3.8 (*1st)
TIE-DOWN ROPING: Wyatt Jensen – 1st Go: 13.6 (17th); 2nd Go: 9.0 (6th); 9.3 (7th)
TIE-DOWN ROPING: Wes Shaw – 1st Go: NS; 2nd Go: NS; 3rd Go: 12.9 (21st)
TIE-DOWN ROPING: Bode Spring – 1st Go: 11.0 (10th); 2nd Go: 10.5 (15th); 3rd Go: 10.4 (14th)
BARRELS: Tayla Moeykens – 1st Go: 14.03 (3rd); 2nd Go: 13.99 (2nd); 3rd Go: 13.70 (1st)
BARRELS: Alexis McDonald – 1st Go: 14.55 (25th); 2nd Go: 14.66 (15th); 3rd Go: 14.32 (13th)
BREAKAWAY: Tayla Moeykens – 1st Go: NS; 2nd Go: 3.9 (31st); 3rd Go: 3.1 (*5th)
BREAKAWAY: Meghan McGinley – 1st Go: NS; 2nd Go: NS; 3rd Go: 2.6 (9th in go)
GOAT TYING: Breyer Newman – 1st Go: 6.6 (11th); 2nd Go: 7.9 (34th); 3rd Go: 7.1 (19th)
GOAT TYING: Jessica Stevens – 1st Go: 6.7 (13th); 2nd Go: 10.3 (42nd); 3rd Go: 7.5 (*11th)
*-Round in progress, Tuesday's results in italics
#GoCatsGo
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