By LUCIA BARRANTES VEGA
Sports Editor
Northwestern Rodeo teams started the spring season on Feb. 15-17, with both men’s and women’s teams traveling to Manhattan, Kansas, for their first event.
In that weekend, freshman, Savannah Greenfield earned points in the three women’s events: barrel racing, goat-tying and breakaway roping.
Greenfield stopped the clock in 3.2 seconds to secure her spot in the championship round.
She was 3.4 seconds in the final performance to finish fourth in the short round and in the two-run aggregate.
Ranger Trisyn Kalawaia continued his dominance in steer wrestling. He led the way for three Rangers steer wrestlers in the short round, joined by Grady Aasby and Cam Fox.
Kalawaia knocked his steer down in 4.4 seconds to share the first-round win, and then was 6.5 seconds to finish fourth in the final round. His two-run cumulative time of 10.9 seconds held up for third place overall.
He added 125 points to his season total to extend his lead in the Central Plains Region standings. He has 610 points, twice as many as his teammate, Fox, who is second.
Senior Jaci Traul has been competing with Northwestern for two years now.
Talking about the last season, she said it was a good one.
“I think our men’s team ended decently,” she said. “We had about three kids make it to the college finals.
Our women’s team did well too. Overall we could have done better, but it was good.”
The rodeo goal this season is to win.
“We strive to get good grades, go to class— why we are here, the main reason,” Traul said. “We want to show up. We want to win.”
The teams are getting ready for the upcoming events.
“We practice every day,” she said. “Practice, practice. We make sure our grades are good and we practice every day to be ready for what are we going for.”
Five events remain in the spring semester. The next one will be at Fort Scott Community College this weekend.
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