43 Athletes Advance to The American Rodeo Championship Weekend from East Regional in Lexington – All One Step Closer to Competing for $2 Million

LEXINGTON, KY – As three days of top-tier western sports action at The American Rodeo East Regional came to a close inside Kentucky Horse Park’s Alltech Arena on Saturday night, the Top 5 athletes in each discipline immediately punched their ticket to advance to The American Rodeo Championship weekend. 

Held at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas – the championship weekend, May 22-23, is the final step in their journey toward a potential life-changing $2 million bonus.

Live results, scoring and more can be found online – HERE. The Top 5 athletes advancing in each discipline from Lexington are: 

BAREBACK 

1 Tilden Hooper – $10,000

2 Tanner Aus – $5,500

3 Richmond Champion – $2,000

4 Chett Deitz – $2,000

5 Bodee Lammers – $500

BREAKAWAY 

1 Emmry Edwards- $10,000

2 Rickie Fanning- $5,500

3 Lydia Townson- $2,500

4 Kelsie Domer- $1,500

5 Beau Peterson – $500

TEAM ROPING 

1 Luke Brown / Buddy Hawkins- $10,000 

2 Owen Gillespie / Cole Walker- $5,500 

3 Clay Smith / Coleby Payne – $2,500 

4 Coy Rahlmann / Logan Medlin- $1,500 

5 Cory Kidd / Carson Johnson- $500 

SADDLE BRONC 

1 Ryder Sanford- $10,000 

2 Dawson Hay- $5,500

3 Ben Anderson- $2,500

4 Layton Green- $1,500 

5 Kole Ashbacher- $500 

STEER WRESTLING

1 Tristan Martin- $10,000 

2 Gavin Soileau- $5,500

3 Bridger Anderson- $2,500

4  Shane Frey- $1,500 

5 Clayton Culligan- $500 

TIE DOWN ROPING 

1 Bryce Derrer – $10,000 

2 Cason Kingsbury- $5,500 

3 Andrew Burks- $2,500 

4 Cole Clemons- $1,500 

5 Zack Jongbloed- $500 

BARREL RACING 

1 Dusky Lynn Hall- $10,000

2 Randee Prindle- $5,500

3 Missy Jean Etheridge- $2,500 

4 Tabitha Dyal- $1,500 

5 Bayleigh Choate- $500 

BULL RIDING

1 Jayden Roy-$10,000

2 Jeremy Maisonneuve-$5,500

3 Jesse Petri- $2,500

*Remaining two leaderboard positions not filled

Replays of the semi-final action in the arena from Lexington will be on Cowboy+ and fans can register at https://get.cowboyplus.com. Replays of the Saturday night finals will be available on FS1, check local listings for dates and times. 

Fans still have the opportunity to cheer on other dedicated Qualifiers in addition to professional athletes that fell outside of the Top 5 (No. 6-20) in the standings, as they put it all on the line at the remaining Central Regional event being held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma April 17-18 and the West Regional in Las Vegas, Nevada May 1-2. Tickets are available HERE. 
More information and tickets for The American Rodeo at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas can be found at www.americanrodeo.com. To apply for media credentials to cover the events, please visit www.americanrodeo.com/media-credentials.