RIVERTON, Wyo. – Chadron State senior Bridget Romey of Hot Springs, South Dakota won the barrel race at the Central Wyoming College rodeo at Riverton over the weekend.  

Riding her gray gelding named Six, Romey won the long go-round in 17.62 seconds, 29 hundredths of a second faster than any of the other contestants had in that go-round. 

Romey and Six's time of 17.81 in the finals on Sunday was just the sixth fastest, but they were still the overall winners with an aggregate time of 35.43 seconds. That was a tenth of a second ahead of McKinlee May of Colorado State at Fort Collins and Sydney Oedekoven of Laramie County Community College at Cheyenne, who shared second and third place overall. 

After also placing fourth in the barrels at the Chadron State rodeo that opened the season in the Central Rocky Mountain Region, Romey and Six are off to a great start in the regional standings.  

There were 96 barrel racers at the CWC rodeo.  It took a run of 18.13 seconds or better to make the finals. Chadron State senior Brooke McCully was 14^th in the long go in 18.23 seconds and freshman Breezy Amiotte was 18^th in 18.35 seconds.

Chadron State senior Cinch Kiger of Overton, Nebraska, the bareback riding winner at the CSC rodeo, also did well at Riverton. He was fourth in the first go-round with 69 points and won the finals with a score of 75 to place second overall. Central Wyoming's Eian Smith was the bareback winner with scores of 76 and 73 points.

Two more CSC seniors were finalists in tie down roping at Riverton. Sid Miller was fifth in both go-rounds in 11.1 and 11.7 seconds and also finished fifth overall while Pepper Rhyne won the long go-round in 9.1 seconds, but took a no time in the finals.

The region's third rodeo of the fall season will be this weekend at Sheridan College.