UT MARTIN WOMEN’S TEAM TAKES THIRD PLACE, MEN PLACE SIXTH IN ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO RODEO – UTM Athletics

MONTICELLO, Ark. – After a one-week hiatus, the College of Tennessee at Martin rodeo squads had been again in motion this weekend at Arkansas-Monticello because the Skyhawk ladies positioned third and the boys’s crew completed sixth within the standings.
           
The UT Martin ladies’s crew earned its third top-three end of the 2021-22 season, piling up 150 factors. On the flipside, the Skyhawk cowboys had been answerable for 195 factors over the three-day occasion.
           
Blake Leamon tallied factors in bareback driving as his 58 within the opening spherical break up fifth whereas his 108 common was ok for sixth place.
           
In calf roping, Clint Southworth managed factors in all three phases. The sophomore from Bagdad, Ky. completed fourth in common (19.7), fourth within the quick go (9.8) and fifth within the opening spherical (9.9).
           
Jack Smithson accounted for 90 complete factors in saddle bronc driving, ending in fourth place throughout the board (120 common, 61-point first-round trip, 59-point quick go efficiency).
           
The UT Martin males’s crew additionally acquired an enormous elevate out of Jesse Keysaer, who stood out within the steer wrestling occasion. His time of 4.6 seconds break up second within the opening go earlier than he positioned fourth in each common (17.6) and within the quick spherical (13.0).
           
A pair of Skyhawk cowgirls collected factors in goat tying, led by Emma Kate Wilder. The freshman out of Millington, Tenn. boasted the perfect time (7.9 seconds) within the first spherical and adopted that with a second-place effort in common (16.4) and a third-place end within the quick go (8.5). Lauren Heck moreover secured factors within the occasion, splitting third following a time of 8.5 seconds within the first spherical.
           
Madison McFall put the ending touches on a profitable rodeo for the ladies’s squad, excelling in barrel racing. She positioned second within the opening spherical (14.7), fourth within the quick go (14.74) and fourth in common (29.44).
           
UT Martin concludes the common season subsequent weekend when it heads to Senatobia, Miss. for a rodeo hosted by Northwest Mississippi Neighborhood Faculty on April 28-30.