Men Win Team Title, Women 5th at FHSU

HAYS, Kan. – Southeastern's men's team climbed back to the top spot and took home the team title at the Fort Hays State Rodeo, while the women turned in a fifth place finish in the regular-season's penultimate event.
 
The win preserves the men's team's lead in the Central plains Region standings, holding a 75 point lead over Panhandle State in second and an 820 point lead over Fort Scott CC in third.
 
The women maintain their third-place spot in the regional rankings, trailing Panhandle state who is in second by 642 points.
 
The men got their biggest boost from the dominant performance of Dalton Titsworth and Kolton White in the team roping event, hauling in 180 points by taking home the long go, the short go and the average titles.
 
The win secured a regional championship for the duo who lead the second-ranked header and heeler by 285 points heading into the final event of the season.
 
In the process, White finished second on the weekend in the all-round, adding a sixth-place finish in the bull riding event.
 
Will Martin added a fourth-place all-around finish as well, taking home a third-place finish in the bareback competition while adding a seventh-place finish in the steer wrestling.
 
Martin continues to hold the top spot in the bareback riding regional standings, holding a 45 point lead over second place heading into the season finale.
 
Laramie Warren posted a second-place run in the steer wrestling event and finished with 100 point and continues to be ranked two spots behind White in the all-around as well regionally.
 
Hayden Harris picked up a fourth-place finish in the bull riding, while Dustin Brewster picked up a seventh-place finish in the saddle bronc.
 
On the women's side, Martie Shockley posted the highest combined scores in an event, finishing third with 100 points in the goat tying event while ShiAnn Henderson finished ninth.
 
Shockley continues to hold fifth place regionally in the event, while Henderson is currently seventh.  SE's Cierra Doyal is ranked sixth regionally, while Shelby Whiting is ninth and Lainey Cooper ranks 10^th.
 
Cierra Chapman posted the only other scored finish for the Storm, turning in a fifth-place mark in the barrel racing.
 
Her run helped lift her to fifth in the regional standings in barrel racing, while Peyton Glenn is fourth, with both of them within striking distance of the top-three to qualify to the CNFR.
 
Rodeo will head into its final regular season weekend of competition at the Panhandle State Rodeo in Goodwell, Okla., April 25-27.