90-Point Rides, Blazing Fast Times Highlight San Angelo Rodeo Finals

SAN ANGELO, TX – Kolton Schmidt needed that in every way possible.

The team roping header – originally Barrhead, Alberta, now living in Stephenville, Texas –  has been oh-so close to winning the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo. He was the runner-up in 2020 while roping with Hunter Koch; he finished third in 2022 while roping with Wyatt Cox.

A short-lived partnership with Will Woodfin of Marshall, Texas, just happened to provide the magic touch. The tandem placed in two of three rounds and finished with a three-run cumulative time of 14.0 seconds to claim that elusive championship inside CRC Roofers Coliseum.

“I’ve come close to winning it,” Schmidt said. “I’m happy to finally break the ice. I felt like it was a much-needed time, and I’m happy to have it.”

Any win is important, but there are other factors that come into play in the game of rodeo. The payouts are not only how contestants make a living but it’s also how they earn the right to compete on the highest level. Dollars equal championship points, and the world standings is based on a money list.

Schmidt entered this week 44th in the heading standings with just $13,277. Only the top 15 at season’s end advance to the National Finals Rodeo, the sport’s grand championship. The Albertan has earned two trips to the finale in 2016 and ’20. He wants to find his way back, and wins like what he collected in San Angelo can go a long way toward that.

Schmidt’s West Texas take should net him around $10,000. That could put him within the top 20 with five months remaining in the regular season.

Schmidt and Woodfin closed out their San Angelo campaign with a 5.4-second run during Friday’s championship round. It wasn’t the fastest run – that came Thursday night when Clay Smith and Coleby Payne stopped the clock in 3.5 seconds to win the second round – but it was solid.

“With what happened in front of us, you never really know how it’s going to go,” said Schmidt, who was competing at just his second rodeo with Woodfin. “It can always go either way where you’ve got to max one out or just complete the course, and I would say we just completed the course.

“It always comes down to the fact that you don’t win unless you stop the clock. Sometimes it requires speed, and sometimes it doesn’t.”

Tie-down roper Shad Mayfield was plenty fast, roping and tying three calves in a cumulative time of 23.9 seconds. He placed in the first and final rounds, posting 7.7-second runs each, and was solid in his second-round run to win the title.

“I’ve never rally had the best of luck here, so it’s awesome to come out here and get that,” Mayfield – the 2020 tie-down roping and 2024 all-around world champion – told Janie Johnson of The Cowboy Channel. “The best calf roping fans in the world are right here tonight, and we couldn’t do it without them. It makes us try harder. I thank San Angelo for that.”

T.J. Gray won the bull riding title after following up an 89 in his first performance with a 90 in Friday's finals.

The 23-year-old Oregon cowboy finished fourth in the world last year, and he's off to another strong start this season.

Another Oregon competitor, Jesse Brown, brought home the steer wrestling title with a combined time of 10.7 seconds on three runs.

Idaho's Sage Allen won the bareback riding title after back-to-back rides of 89 and 89.5.

Dawson Hay of Alberta, Canada, held off a crowded leaderboard to win in saddle bronc. It took a 90 in the finals to give Hay a one-point win over Zac Dallas. Hay was two points ahead of Ryder Wright, Stetson Wright and Thayne Elshere.

New Mexico's Bailey Bates won the breakaway roping title with a three-run time of 5.7 seconds.

Defending world champion Kassie Mowry from Dublin, Texas, won in barrel racing with a three-run time of 44.11 seconds.

San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo

April 4-18

Bareback riding: 1. Sage Allen, 89 points on Penthouse Rodeo’s Cosmic Stardust; 2. Cole Reiner, 88; 3. Cole Franks, 87.5; 4. (tie) Jess Pope, Tucker Carricato and Mason Stuller, 87; 7. (tie) Taylor Broussard, Tilden Hooper and Clay Jorgenson, 86; 10. Waylon Bourgeois, 85.5; 11. Jayco Roper, 84.5. Finals: 1. Sage Allen, 89.5 points on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Worth The Whisky; 2. Waylon Bourgeois, 89; 3. (tie) Taylor Broussard and Tilden Hooper, 88; 5. Cole Franks, 86.5; 6. Jess Pope, 85. Average: 1. Sage Allen, 178.5 points on two rides; 2. Waylon Bourgeois, 174.5; 3. (tie) Cole Franks, Tilden Hooper and Taylor Broussard, 174; 6. Jess Pope, 172; 7. Cole Reiner, 171; 8. Clay Jorgenson, 170.5.

Steer wrestling: First round: 1. Jesse Brown, 2.9 seconds; 2. Dalton Massey, 3.2; 3. Mike McGinn, 3.4; 4. Winsten McGraw, 3.5; 5. (tie) Bridger Chambers and Tyler Waguespack, 3.6; 7. (tie) Teel Sikes and Brandon Harrison, 3.7. Second round: 1. Tyler Waguespack, 2.8 seconds; 2. (tie) Denell Henderson, Bridger Anderson and Dakota Eldridge, 3.3; 5. Jesse Brown, 3.5; 6. Tanner Brunner, 3.6; 7. (tie) Matt Reeves, Weston Taylor, Hunter Cure and Cash Robb, 3.7. Finals: 1. (tie) Rowdy Parrott, Dalton Massey and Dkota Eldridge, 3.8 seconds; 4. Will Lummus, 3.9; 5. Cody Devers, 4.2; 6. (tie) Stetson Jorgensen and Jesse Brown, 4.3; 8. Bridger Anderson, 4.4. Average: 1. Jesse Brown, 10.7 seconds on three runs; 2. Dakota Eldridge, 11.1; 3. Dalton Massey, 11.4; 4. (tie) Rowdy Parrott and Will Lummus, 11.8; 6. Bridger Anderson, 11.9; 7. Hunter Cure, 12.2; 8. Stetson Jorgensen, 12.4.

Team roping: First round: 1. (tie) Clay Tryan/Nicki Northcott and J.C. Yeahquo/Ross Ashford, 3.8 seconds; 3. Brye Crites/Tyler Worley, 3.9; 4. (tie) Hiyo Yazzi/Shawn Murphy, Jhett Trenary/L.J. Yeahquo, Nelson Wyatt/Jonathan Torres and Dawson Graham/Dillon Graham, 4.0; 8. (tie) Chet Weitz/Blake Walker and Korbin Rice/Cooper Freeman, 4.1. Second round: 1. Clay Smith/Coleby Payne, 3.5 seconds; 2. Shay Carroll/Logan Moore, 3.7; 3. (tie) Dustin Egusquiza/Levi Lord and Luke Brown/Trey Yates, 3.8; 5, (tie) Aaron Tsinigine/Jade Corkill, Devon Johnson/Boogie Ray, Tanner Tomlinson/Travis Graves, Cyle Denison/Lane Mitchell, Kolton Schmidt/Will Woodfin and Riley Kittle/Landen Glenn, 3.9. Finals: 1. Manny Egusquiza/Walt Woodard, 4.5 seconds; 2. Korbin Rice/Cooper Freeman, 5.1; 3. (tie) Roan Oldfield/Creed West and Chet Weitz/Blake Walker, 5.2; 5. (tie) Bubba Buckaloo/Joseph Harrison and Kolton Schmidt/Will Woodfin, 5.4. Average: 1. Kolton Schmidt/Will Woodfin, 14.0 seconds on three runs; 2. Manny Egusquiza/Walt Woodard, 14.1; 3. (tie) Roan Oldfield/Creed West and Chet Weitz/Blake Walker, 14.4; 5. Bubba Buckaloo/Joseph Harrison, 14.5; 6. Korbin Rice/Cooper Freeman, 14.8; J.C. Yeahquo/Ross Ashford, 8.1 seconds on two runs; Jhett Trenary/L.J. Yeahquo, 8.7.

Saddle bronc riding: 1. (tie) Logan Hay, on New Star Rodeo’s True Gritt, and Zac Dallas, on J Bar J Rodeo’s Stacked Deck, 87.5 points; 3. (tie) Ryder Wright, Stetson Wright and Blaise Freeman, 86; 6. (tie) Thayne Elshere, Ben Anderson and Dawson Hay, 85.5; 9. (tie) Kade Bruno and Bailey Small, 85; 11. (tie) Jake Finlay, Gus Gaillard and Ryder Sanford, 84.5. Finals: 1. Dawson Hay, 90 points on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Rough Motion; 2. Thayne Elshere, 88; 3. (tie) Ryder Wright and Stetson Wright, 87.5; 5. (tie) Ben Andersen and Zac Dallas, 87.5. Average: 1. Dawson Hay, 175.5 points on two rides; 2. Zac Dallas, 174.5; 3. (tie) Ryder Wright, Stetson Wright and Thayne Elshere, 173.5; 6. Ben Andersen, 712.5; 7. Kade Bruno, 170; 8. Bailey Small, 168.5.  

Tie-down roping: First round: 1. Kason Dyer, 7.4 seconds; 2. (tie) Brodey Clemons, Tyson Durfey, Ryan Jarrett and Shad Mayfield, 7.7; 6. Kincade Henry, 7.9; 7. Britt Bedke, 8.2; 8. (tie) Sam Lewis and Dean Holyan, 8.4. Second round: 1. Ty Harris, 7.0 seconds; 2. Marty Yates, 7.3; 3. Tyler Calhoun, 7.5; 4. Colton Suther, 7.6; 5. Shane Hanchey, 7.9; 6. (tie) Tate Teague, Cory Solomon and Marcos Costa, 8.0. Finals: 1. Marty Yates, 7.6 seconds; 2. (tie) Cory Solomon and Shad Mayfield, 7.7; 4. Kincade Henry, 7.8; 5. Chance Fleming, 8.0; 6. Dylan Hancock, 8.2; 7. Daxton Hill, 9.7; 8. Kody Mahaffey, 9.8. Average: 1. Shad Mayfield, 23.9 seconds on three runs; 2. Marty Yates, 24.0; 3. Kincade Henry, 24.5; 4. Chance Fleming, 25.1; 5. Cory Solomon, 25.4; 6. Dylan Hancock, 25.8; 7. Garrett Jacobs, 27.3; 8. Kody Mahaffey, 27.4.

Breakaway roping: First round: 1. Martha Angelone, 1.7 seconds; 2. Taylor Munsell, 1.8; 3. (tie) Shai Schaefer, Jordi Edens, Bailey Bates, Kelsie Domer and Jenna Dallyn, 1.9; 8. (tie) Jill Tanner, Joey Williams and Cadee Williams, 2.0; 11. Abby Cox and Shelby Boisjoli-Meged; 13. Cheyanne McCartney, 2.2; 14. (tie) Shalee King, Ellie Meeks, Kirsty Stewat, KC-Gail Churchill and Madalyn Richards, 2.3. Second round: 1, Summer Williams, 1.7; 2. (tie) Kieley Walz, Josie Conner and Haiden Thompson, 1.8; 5. (tie) Megan Powel, Rylee George, Bailey Bates, Cheyanne McCartney, Martha Angelone, TiAda Gray and Shelby Boisjoli-Meged, 1.9; 12. (tie) Carlee Potter and Aspen Miller, 2.0; 14. (tie) Shalee King, Amanda Terrell and Jenna Dallyn, 2.1. Finals: 1. Bailey Bates, 1.9 seconds; 2. (tie) Shelby Boisjoli-Meged and Jenna Dally, 2.3; 4. Cheyanne McCartney, 2.5; 5. Sawyer Gilbert, 3.2; 6. TiAda Gray, 3.5; 7. Jordi Edens, 12.3; no other qualified runs. Average: 1. Bailey Bates, 5.7 seconds on three runs; 2. (tie) Shelby Boisjoli-Meged and Jenna Dallyn, 6.3; 4. Cheyanne McCartney, 6.6; 5. TiAda Gray, 7.8; 6. Sawyer Gilbert, 8.1; 7. Jordi Edens, 16.4; 8. Martha Angelone, 3.6 seconds on two runs; 9. Shalee King, 4.4; 10. Kirsty Stewart, 4.8; 11. Ellie Meeks, 5.1; 12. (tie) Taylor Munsell and Josie Conner, 5.2; 14. (tie) Shai Schaefer, Cheyenne Brittain and Emilee Charlesworth, 5.4.

Barrel racing: First round: 1. Abby Fields, 15.70 seconds; 2. Tiany Schuster, 15.71; 3. Tana Renick, 15.86; 4. (tie) Jordon Briggs, Hailey Kinsel, Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi and Cheyenne Wimberley, 15.88; 8. Jodee Miller, 15.91; 9. Leslie Smalygo, 15.94; 10. Krystal Dillman, 15.95. Second round: 1. Kassie Mowry, 14.01 seconds; 2. Alyssa Urbanek-Wade, 14.02; 3. Jordan Driver, 14.04; 4. Jymmy Cox, 14.05; 5. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 14.18; 6. Sophie Palmore, 14.20; 7. (tie) Heather Crowley and Cheyenne Wimberley, 14.23; 9. Fallon Taylor, 14.24; 10. (tie) Jo Fisher and Katie Halbert, 14.28. Finals: 1. Kassie Mowry, 14.02; 2. Alyssa Urbanek-Wade, 14.11; 3. Cheyenne Wimberley, 14.22; 4. Tiany Schuster, 14.35. Average: 1. Kassie Mowry, 44.11 seconds on three runs; 2. Alyssa Urbanek Wade, 44.25; 3. Cheyenne Wimberley, 44.33; 4. Tiany Schuster, 44.52; 5. Julie Plourde, 44.71; 6. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 49.25; 7. Jymmy Cox, 49.34; 8. Jordan Driver, 49.40; 9. Lindsey Muggli, 49.66; 10. Krystal Dillman, 49.78.

Bull riding: 1. T.J. Gray, 89 points on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Justified; 2. (tie) Dustin Boquet and Grayson Cole, 87; 4. T. Parker, 86.5; 5. Lukasey Morris, 86; 6. Elijah Mora, 85.5; 7. (tie) Bryce Jensen and J.R. Stratford, 85; 9. (tie) Jessi Petri and Maverick Smith, 84.5; 11. (tie) Mason Spain and Ky Hamilton, 84. Finals: 1. T.J. Gray, 90 points on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Red Dot; 2. Ky Hamilton, 85.5; no other qualified rides. Average: 1. T.J. Gray, 179 points on two rides; 2. Ky Hamilton, 169.5; 3. (tie) Dustin Boquet and Grayson Cole, 87 points on one ride; 5. T Parker, 86.5; 6. Lukasey Morris, 86; 7. Elijah Mora, 85.5; 8. (tie) J.R. Stratford and Bryce Jensen, 85.