GILLETTE, Wyo. — Halliday’s Sadie Gjermundson and Jamstown’s Laine Hanson each picked up performance victories Wednesday at the National High School Finals Rodeo.
Gjermundson, who graduated from Richardton-Taylor High School this spring, won the evening performance — the first of the second round — in the goat tying with a time of 8.51 seconds. Gjermundson was fifth in the goat tying in her Wednesday morning performance with a time of 10.45 seconds.
With the performance win and a strong second time, Gjermundson stands a chance to return for Saturday’s final round.
Hanson won the Wednesday morning performance — the last of the first round — in the breakaway roping with a 3-second finish.
Towner’s Tyler Thorson finished fifth in his tie-down roping performance Wednesday morning with a time of 13.94 seconds and was fourth in the evening with a time of 11.55 seconds.
Tate Benson, a Scobey, Mont., cowboy who competes for Team North Dakota, was second in the tie-down roping Thursday morning with a time of 11.27 seconds.
National High School Finals Rodeo
Note: Leaders and Team North Dakota contestants are listed in applicable events.
Tuesday morning performance
Barrel racing: 1, Teigan Adams, Castle Dale, Utah, 17.71. 9, Lexus Kelsch, McLaughlin, S.D., 17.972.
Boys cow cutting: 1, Bailey Thurston, El Reno, Okla., 220. 14, Hayes Feilmeier, Watford City, 181.
Girls cow cutting: 1, Whitney Hall, Comanche, Okla., 216. 13, Audri Orwig, Ellendale, 197.
Steer wrestling: 1, Colten Carlson, Wells, Minn., 6.11. 11, Tyler Thorson, Towner, 11.25.
Team roping: 1, Clark Adcock, Smithville, Tenn., Stetson Powers, Decaturville, Tenn., 7.1. 11, Tate Harris, Killdeer, and Logan Schaper, Halliday, 15.51.
Tie-down roping: 1, J.W. Thrush, Gillette, Wyo., 10.29. 9, Cameron Morman, Glen Ullin, 18.72.
Wednesday morning performance
Breakaway roping: 1, Laine Hanson, Jamestown, 3.0.
Tie-down roping: 1, Seth Driggers, Pearcy, Ark., 10.4. 5, Tyler Thorson, Towner, N.D., 13.94.
Bareback riding: 1, Richmond Champion, The Woodlands, Texas, 76. 8, Thomas Kronberg, Forbes, 62.
Barrel racing: 1, Kaci Kamm, Stanfield, Ore., 17.567. 17, Chantel Fettig, Kintyre, 18.549.
Goat tying: 1, Shancee Smith, Malad, Idaho, 9.38. 5, Sadie Gjermundson, Halliday, 10.45.
Pole bending: 1, Loni Lester, Gonzales, Texas, 20.207. 7, Billie Jo Miller, Menoken, 21.253.
Team roping: 1, Quinn Kesler, Holden, Utah, Taylor Winn, Annabella, Utah, 6.42. 6, Pase Kukla and River Voigt, Killdeer, 9.17.
Wednesday evening performance
Bareback riding: 1, Dylan Wahlert, La Junta, Colo., 73. 3, Thomas Kronberg, Forbes, 69.
Barrel racing: 1, Cassidy Kruse, Gillette, Wyo., 17.263. 10, Chantel Fettig, Kintyre, 18.021.
Breakaway roping: 1, Maddy Pendergrass, Adrian, Ore., 2.26. 8, Laine Hanson, Jamestown, 3.47.
Goat tying: 1, Sadie Gjermundson, Halliday, 8.51.
Pole bending: 1, Hannah Beamer, Pinetown, N.C., 20.074. 27, Billie Jo Miller, Menoken, 36.706.
Tie-down roping: 1, Seth Driggers, Pearcy, Ark., 10.26. 4, Tyler Thorson, Towner, 11.55.
Thursday morning performance
Barrel racing: 1, Teigan Adams, Castle Dale, Utah, 17.356. 6, Lexus Kelsch, McLaughlin, S.D., 17.735.
Boys cow cutting: 1, Dalton Davis, Holcomb, Kan., 220. 13, Hayes Feilmeier, Watford City, 180.
Girls cow cutting: 1, Whitney Hall, Comanche, Okla., 217. 12, Audri Orwig, Ellendale, 204.
Steer wrestling: 1, Kal Klovansky, Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan, Can., 4.11. 10, Tyler Thorson, Towner, 9.74
Tie-down roping: 1, Tyler Weber, Reinholds, Pa., 10.72. 2, Tate Benson, Scobey, Mont., 11.27.
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