Friday, June 18, 2021

CNFR: NMSU's Bethanie Shofner sets arena record in breakaway roping


 Friday night's breakaway roping produced the average leader through three go-rounds as well as an arena record at the College National Finals Rodeo.

Lassen Community College's Grace Felton took the lead in the average with a 2.3-second run to give her a three-run time of 7.6 seconds. The freshman leads another freshman, Idaho State's Zoie Bedke, by three-tenths of a second.

...Later in the performance New Mexico State senior Bethanie Shofner tied the arena record with a 1.6. Southwest Texas Junior College's Taylor Lawson had set the standard just three nights earlier.

"I was hearing from people all day telling me I needed to be faster," Shofner said, "but I wasn’t thinking 1.6, maybe 2.0. That was out of my comfort zone, for sure."

When the time was displayed on the video board and her time was announced, the crowd at the Ford Wyoming Center voiced their appreciation.

"That feeling you get when the crowd …," Shofner said, shaking her head. "It’s hard to explain."  LINK

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