Full Field of Athletes Announced for The American Championship Weekend 

129 Qualifiers from West, East and Central Regionals will battle it out on Friday, May 22 in hopes of moving on to face the top pros in the Sport for a potential $2 million bonus on Saturday, May 23

ARLINGTON, Tex. – Ahead of The American Championship Weekend at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas -the culmination of a full year of hard work- the final field of athletes has been announced. 

The action-packed weekend, with a total potential payout of over $3 Million, begins on Friday, May 22 as 129 hopeful athletes advancing from three regional finals held in the East, Central and West will go head-to-head. As Friday night rolls to a close, the leaderboard will ultimately decide the Top 5 that will advance onward to Saturday, May 23. 

As two rounds kickoff on Saturday the advancing qualifiers will face the top professionals in the sport. In addition to the $100,000 payout to each discipline winner there is a life changing potential $2 million bonus on the line for qualifiers.  

Friday night from Arlington will unfold live on FS2 at 8:30PM ET. Fans can then tune in live on FS1 for the Showdown Round at 1:30PM ET on Saturday followed by the championship round at 5PM ET on FOX.  

Cowboy+ will feature pre-shows for the Semi-Finals and Championship. Subscribe at https://get.cowboyplus.com to tune in and see the schedule.

The Qualifiers advancing to the Friday night semi-finals are: 

BAREBACK

1 Keenan Hayes (West)

2 Weston Timberman (West)

3 Daxtyn Feild (West) 

4 Mason Stuller (West) 

5 Jayco Roper (West)

6 Tilden Hooper (East)

7 Tanner Aus (East)

8 Richmond Champion (East)

9 Chett Deitz (East) 

10 Bodee Lammers (East)

11 Ty Pope (Central)

12 Leighton Berry (Central)

13 R.C. Landingham (Central)

14 Jacob Lees (Central)

15 Kade Berry (Central)

BREAKAWAY ROPING

1 Hadley Thompson (West)

2 Madison Outhier (West)

3 Fallon Ruffoni (West)

4 Maddy Jacobs (West)

5 Sutton Mang (West)

6 Emmry Edwards (East)

7 Rickie Fanning (East)

8 Lydia Townson (East)

9 Kelsie Domer (East)

10 Beau Peterson (East)

11 Timber Allenbrand (Central)

12 Kali Jo Bannister (Central)

13 Macy Hancock (Central)

14 Jackie Crawford (Central)

15 ShyAnne Jarrett (Central)

TEAM ROPING

1 Pedro Egurrola / Michael Calmelat, Jr (West)

2 Dustin Egusquiza / JC Flake (West)

3 James Arviso / Levi Lord (West)

4 Trevor Brazile / Treston Brazile (West)

5 Kellan Johnson / Trae Smith (West)

6 Luke Brown / Buddy Hawkins (East)

7 Owen Gillespie / Cole Walker (East)

8 Clay Smith / Coleby Payne (East)

9 Coy Rahlmann/ Logan Medlin (East)

10 Cory Kidd / Carson Johnson (East)

11 Coleman Proctor / Travis Graves (Central)

12 Billy Bob Brown / Blaine Vick (Central)

13 Conley Kleinhans / Kyler Kanady (Central)

14 Chad Masters / Jace Helton (Central)

15 JC Yeahquo / Logan Moore (Central)

SADDLE BRONC

1 Allen Boore (West)

2 Sage Newman (West)

3 Logan Hay (West)

4 Mitch Pollock (West)

5 Gus Gaillard (West)

6 Dawson Hay (East)

7 Ben Andersen (East)

8 Layton Green (East)

9 Kole Ashbacher (East)

10 Brody Cress (East)

11 Shorty Garrett (Central)

12 Wyatt Casper (Central)

13 Kade Bruno (Central)

14 Ethan Cart (Central)

15 Will Pollock (Central)

STEER WRESTLING

1 Kaden Greenfield (West)

2 Justin Shaffer (West)

3 Dalton Massey (West)

4 JD Struxness (West)

5 Rooster Yazzie (West)

6 Tristan Martin (East)

7 Gavin Soileau (East)

8 Bridger Anderson (East)

9 Shane Frey (East)

10 Clayton Culligan (East)

11 Riley Duvall (Central)

12 Travis Munro (Central)

13 Bray Armes (Central)

14 Don Payne (Central)

15 Riley Barber (Central)

Tie-Down Roping

1 Cory Solomon (West)

2 K.C. Miller (West)

3 Tuf Cooper (West)

4 Dylan Hancock (West)

5 Lane Webb (West)

6 Bryce Derrer (East)

7 Cason Kingsbury (East)

8 Andrew Burks (East)

9 Cole Clemons (East)

10 Zack Jongbloed (East)

11 Chizm Kuykendall (Central)

12 Ty Harris (Central)

13 Trevor Hale (Central)

14 Ryan Thibodeaux (Central)

15 Bobby Abernathy (Central)

BARREL RACING

1 Hailey Krahenbuhl (West)

2 Taylor Armenta (West)

3 Tayla Moyekens (West)

4 Blake Molle (West)

5 Autumn Snyder (West)

6 Dusky Lynn Hall (East)

7 Randee Prindle (East)

8 Missy Jean Etheridge (East)

9 Tabitha Dyal (East)

10 Bayleigh Choate (East)

11 Heidi Gunderson (Central)

12 Katelyn Scott (Central)

13 Samantha Willoughby (Central)

14 Hadlee Landers (Central)

15 Mindy Holloway (Central)

BULL RIDING 

1 Kase Hitt (West)

2 Kaiden Loud (West)

3 Luciano De Castro (West)

4 Jayden Roy (East)

5 Jeremy Maisonneuve (East)

6 Jesse Petri (East)

7 Daniel Caetano Feitosa (Central)

8 Shane Scott (Central)

9 Matt Palmer (Central)

The invited pros that fell in the Top 5 in the 2025 world standings are: 

BAREBACK

1 Rocker Steiner

2 Sam Petersen 

3 Jess Pope

4 Kade Sonnier

5 Wacey Schalla

BREAKAWAY ROPING

1 Taylor Munsell

2 Shelby Boisjoli-Meged 

3 Josie Conner

4 Rylee George

5 Aspen Miller

TEAM ROPING

1 Andrew Ward / Jake Long

2 Kaleb Driggers / Junior Nogueira

3 Clint Summers / Jade Corkill

4 Kolton Schmidt / Jonathan Torres

5 Tanner Tomlinson / Kaden Profili 

SADDLE BRONC

1 Statler Wright

2 Ryder Wright

3 Stetson Wright

4 Damian Brennan

5 Zeke Thurston

STEER WRESTLING

1 Tucker Allen 

2 Will Lummus

3 Jesse Brown 

4 Rowdy Parrott

5 Stetson Jorgensen (Will not compete due to injury)

Tie-Down Roping

1 Riley Webb

2 Shad Mayfield  (Will not compete due to injury)

3 Kincade Henry

4 Joel Harris

5 John Douch

BARREL RACING

1 Kassie Mowry

2 Tricia Aldridge

3 Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi

4 Hayle Gibson-Stillwell

5 Carlee Otero

BULL RIDING 

1 Stetson Wright

2 T.J. Gray

3 Ky Hamilton  (Will not compete due to injury)

4 Wacey Schalla

5 Tristen Hutchings
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