FORT SCOTT, Kan. – Southeastern's men's team picked up its second title of the season, while the women posted their third-straight second place finish at the Fort Scott CC Rodeo in Fort Scott, Kan., over the weekend.
 
Shelby Whiting took home the All-Around title for the women to lead the team, while the duo of Dalton Titsworth and Kolton White led the men with a team roping title.
 
The win lifted the men to the lead in the Central Plains Region, while the women still maintain their hold on second place regionally.
 
Team Roping
Leading the pack among team ropers were Dalton Titsworth and Kolton White.  The pair turned in a 5.2 in the first round, taking a first-place finish against the 97 competitors.
 
They came back and had a five second penalty making their time a 12.1, but were still good enough to earn them a 3rd place finish in the short go rd. and a 17.3 in the average and a third place finish for the weekend. 
 
Tucker McClain and Gunnar Stapleton came out a stopped the clock with a 5.6 placing them 3rd in the first round of competition.
 
They came back and had some difficulty take a no time in the short go round.  Regionally Dalton Titsworth and Kolton White are leading the team roping heading and heeling.
 
Bareback Riding
Leading it off was Will Martin in the bareback riding competition who came out on his first horse, War Paint, and scored a 77 placing him 3^rd in the opening round of competition.
 
Martin came back in the second round of competition on his second horse, Big Town, and was able to mark a score of 74 placing him 3^rd in the second go round of competition.
 
His combined average score of 151 secured him a second-place finish in the average for the weekend. 
 
Martin is currently tied for the lead in the regional standings in the bareback riding with Jade Taton from PSU.
 
Tie Down Roping
Denton Halford had a strong showing in the tie down and was able to come out and stop the clock with a 9.3 on his first tie down run.  That mark was good enough to place 2nd in the first go round of competition.
 
He came back in the short go round and stopped the clock with a 10.1 splitting 4th/5th place, and Halford's combined average of 19.4 placed him second in the average for the weekend.
 
Garrett Koester was able to come out on his first run and stop the clock with a 9.8, splitting 5th/6th place in the first go rd.
 
He came back in the short go round and clocked a 10.1, splitting with Halford for 5th/6th place.
 
Joester was able to earn a 19.9 in the average placing 3rd for the weekend.
 
Currently Denton Halford has moved into 9th place in the regionally standings.
 
Goat Tying
Freshman Martie Shockley opened with a run of 6.9, leading the event until the Saturday night performance.
 
On Saturday night Whiting came out and clocked a 6.8 in the goat tying to take the lead leaving Shockley splitting a second place in the first go rd.
 
In the Sunday performance Shockley had some difficulties with her run and stopped the clock with a 10.4 leaving her with a combined average of 17.3 and earning her a 9th place finish for the weekend.
 
Whiting came back and clocked a 7.0 placing her 3rd in the short go round, and with an average time of 13.8 she took home a second-place finish for the weekend in the goat tying.
 
Currently in the regional standings ShiAnn Henderson is setting 4th, Lainey Cooper 5th, Whiting 6th, Shockley 7th, and Cierra Doyal 13th. 
 
Barrel Racing
In a loaded barrel racing competition with 118 entries, Whiting was the lone barrel racer to qualify to the top ten performance on Sunday.
 
She clocked a 12.80 in the opening round, giving her a second-place finish in the long go.
 
Whiting came back to the final performance and picked up a 5 second penalty for hitting a barrel which gave her a 9th place finish for the weekend.
 
Shelby was able to place in two events which helped her secure the Women's All-Around title at Fort Scott Community College.
 
Currently Peyton Glenn is leading the region in the barrel racing while Cierra Chapman is in 8th position. 
 
Southeastern will be back in action April 5-7 in Garden City, Kan., at the Garden City CC Rodeo.