Rodeo Hits CNFR Midway Point

CASPER, Wyo. – Every Southeastern athlete has completed at least two of their three attempts through mid-day Wednesday at the College National Finals Rodeo, with the men's team sitting 10th after the second go round.
 
The Savage Storm awaits the completion of the third-go-round for the allotment of those points as well as the final word on advancing to the finals which are set for 7 p.m. on Saturday night.
 
Beginning Wednesday night, the evening performances through the finals on Saturday night at the CNFR will be carried on ESPN3. ESPN3 is a 24/7 live digital network available on WatchESPN.  WatchESPN is the app and website that allows you to watch the ESPN networks – live, anytime, and anywhere.
 
SE has had its best runs of the week in the team roping where the dup of Dalton Titsworth and Kolton white have posted top-10 finishes in their first two runs.
 
The pair opened the week with an 8.1 in its first run and finished that round ninth. They would come back with a significant improvement and clock a 5.2 in the second round to finish third in the round.
 
Their third and final qualifying run is slated for the Friday night performance.
 
White added a 12^th place finish in the first round of the bull riding event with a score of 67.5, but did not last the eight seconds on his second run took a no score.
 
Teammate Hayden Harris took no scores in the first and second go of the event as well.
 
Both White and Harris are scheduled to take their final qualifying rides during Friday night's performance.
 
Like White, Laramie Warren is competing in a pair of events, with his best showing coming in the steer wrestling event.
 
In the opening round he posted a speedy 4.8 run to finish tied for fifth, but slipped off that pace in round two with a time of 13.6 which was good for 32^nd.
 
His final run in the steer wrestling is slated for the Friday night performance.
 
Warren has also made a run at the tie down roping, opening the event with a 16.5 in the first go to finish 26^th. He followed that with a 14.1 in the second round to finish 24^th, and he is the only SE competitor to have completed all three runs in an event as he took a no time in his final tie down run.
 
Will Martin has been solid in the bareback competition, posting an opening ride of 72.5 to finish tied for 14^th and following that up with a 73.0 ride in round two to finish tied for 10^th.
 
He will make his third qualifying ride on Thursday night during the performance.
 
SE's lone woman qualifier opened with a run of 14.80 to finish 15^th in the first round and followed it up with a 14.73 run in the second round which was god for 22^nd place in the round.
 
Her final run is set for Wednesday night's performance.