The All Around-Oct 2010

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October 2010 Volume 16 • Number 10 $2.00

USTRC Southwest Regional Finals

Open - Nelson R. Linares (Plant City, FL) / Cole Bigbee (Tuscumbia, AL), 39.41 on 5, $5,000 Story and pictures courtesy of SuperLooper Magazine

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he Southwest Regional Finals in Albuquerque, New Mexico kicked into gear August 19, 2010. The event was four days of action packed team roping and welcomed ropers from across the country. Expo New Mexico is the perfect home for the event and provided a perfect climate for team roping. The Open division was first on the agenda. Seth Hall and Bobby Baize qualified to the short round in the number one position and captured their last steer, giving them first place in the Average. “I woke up this morning with this win on my mind,” said Hall. “It is awesome to win that kind of money. It came at a really good time and will keep me on the road.” Baize actually won this roping last year as well with Colorado header Calvin Brevik.

“I have been coming to this roping my whole life and to win it two years in a row is awesome,” said Baize. “I just wanted to catch the last steer and fortunately we did and it worked out great.” The win gave them $5,000, plus trophy Gist bits and twenty points each for the US Open Tour. Second place in the Average was the team of Gabriel SantaMaria and Cody Pearson who also earned first place in the Incentive Average. Third place in the Average was Brandon Gonzales and Pedro Maestas. The #15 Preliminary was a great roping. Horse racing jockey Casey Lambert teamed up with Brandon Gonzales and they roped well qualifying to the short round in the number two position. The team made a run of 8.33 seconds on their final steer bringing their average total to 30.57 seconds on four steers. The high team back of Paul Gutierrez and Gralyn Elkins had to be 9.97 on their final steer to win the roping. They ended up catching a leg and brought their four steer average time to 32.34 seconds, securing second place in the Average. Lambert and Gonzales won $2,644, trophy Gist bits and a USTRC National and Regional Shoot-Out worth $8,000 in USTRC Flex Earnings. Third place in the Average was the team of Roy Montoya and Bode Baize and fourth was Jackie Gillispie and Kyle Pratz. The #15 Shoot-Out was the final roping

of the day. Roy Montoya and Bode Baize were the second call back to the short round. They put the pressure on the high team by catching their final steer in 6.24 seconds and bringing their total of five steers to 37.76 seconds. Gabriel SantaMaria and Aaron Tsinigine were the high back and had to be 6.46 seconds to win the roping. They encountered some bad luck and received a no time. “We kind of had to go for it and I knew if I could just catch, Bode would make up the rest,” said Montoya. The win paid Montoya and Baize $5,404, trophy Martin saddles and a USTRC National Shoot-Out worth $6,000 in USTRC Flex Earnings. “I am excited about the win and the money,” said Baize. “It will let me keep entering.” Second in the Average went to Kory Bramwell and Cole Jackson, while Bramwell and Calvin Brevik secured third place. The second day of team roping at the Southwest Regional Finals began in fine form. The team of Chris Francis and Cade Passig were the superstars of the #13 Preliminary. They caught their short round steer in 8.90 and ended up with a time of 34.89 on four steers. That time was good enough to earn them first place in the

#15 Shoot-Out - Richard Hall IV (Clarksville, TN) / Derrick D. Crawford (Lebanon, TN), 40.61 on 5, $5,516, National Shoot-Outs worth $3,000 in USTRC Flex Earnings each

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