Men's Rodeo Finishes Third in Spring Opener

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Southeastern men's rodeo wrapped up a solid outing to open the spring as Jarvis Demery helped lead the Savage Storm to a third-place team finish at the Kansas State Rodeo in Manhattan, Kan.

Demery would finish as reserve champion in the all-around for the weekend after advancing to the finals in the tie down roping and the steer wrestling, leading a total of 10 final qualifications across four events.
 
Demery would post a third-place finish in the opening round of the tie down roping after clocking a 9.8. He would close out the event with a blazing 7.7 in the finals to win the round and lift himself to first place in the average by a full three seconds.
 
He was joined in the finals of the tie down by Rodney Jackson who split fifth/6^th in the long-go with a time of 10.6, but a no time in the finals would take him out of the average.
 
Demery made the finals in steer wrestling as well after posting a 6.1 to split fifth/sixth in the opening round. He would come back it he finals with a time of 8.7 which was good for seventh in the round and seventh in the average.
 
It was Ry Clark who would overshadow in the steer wrestling, splitting first/second in the opening round with a run of 4.4. That was followed by a 5.0 in the finals which was good for second place in the round and lifted him to the top spot in the average.
 
Jackson would also reach the finals in steer wrestling, finishing eighth in the first round before winning the finals with a time of 4.7, bringing his average up to a fourth-place finish.
 
The Storm would send an event-high four finalists into the bareback riding finals, with Montana Duvall leading that group.
 
He would open with a 71 to finish fifth in the first round and turned in a second-place finish in the finals with a 76, moving up to fourth in the average for the weekend.
 
Braden Tyrer was sixth-place in the long-go with a 70 before following it up with a 67 in the finals which was good for fifth place in the round and fifth in the average.
 
Denton Jacobson and Luke Thrash each advanced to the finals after splitting seventh place with matching rides of 67, but both would take a no score in the finals and miss out on the average competition.
 
Caleb Meeks was the final Storm rider to qualify, doing so in the saddle bronc competition.
 
He opened the weekend with a 78 to finish third and closed the finals with a 71 point ride which finished second in the round and moved him to third in the average.