LAS VEGAS — Haven Meged hasn't done anything spectacular at his first National Finals Rodeo - he's just been the most consistent calf roper. But that might lead to the biggest spectacle of all.
The 21-year-old from Miles City moved to No. 1 in the NFR tie-down roping average Tuesday night, after an 8.1-second run in Round 6 pushed him past Taylor Santos, who struggled to a 10.8. Meged now leads the projected world standings race, meaning if the rodeo ended Tuesday night and the average payout was factored in, he would win the PRCA world title.
Meged has clocked between 8.1 and 8.7 seconds in every round of his first NFR, placing in three of them. Former world champion Shane Hanchey looks like his biggest competition with two round wins and three other top-five finishes this week, but his no-time in Round 2 has him sitting just ninth in the average. Meged would earn an additional $67,000 for an average win.
Montana's other world title threat coming into Tuesday was Helena heeler Chase Tryan. Header partner Brenten Hall broke the barrier in Round 6, turning the pair's 4.4 seconds into 14.4, but the only two other pairs who had caught all their calves so far missed, leaving Tryan and Hall at No. 1 in the average. However, it brought World No. 1 heeler Jade Corkill up to the third in the average, which means Tryan has ground to make up.
It's been a rodeo to forget for Ty Erickson. The Helena steer wrestler came into the National Finals with a big lead atop the PRCA world standings but has placed in just one of six rounds after his 4.4 Tuesday night didn't earn him any money. He has now officially dropped to No. 2 in the world.
Butte's Bridger Chambers has fared much better for the second straight year, earning his fourth round check with a 4.0-second run Tuesday, good for fourth.
Corvallis bareback rider Caleb Bennett continued his strong run Tuesday with 88.5 to split the go-round win. He has cashed in five of six rounds - the only miss being a buckoff in Round 2. Richmond Champion didn't place in Round 6 with 84 points, but he still sits third in the average.
Wyoming's biggest title hope is in saddle bronc. Brody Cress scored 85 points in Round 6 to split fourth-, fifth- and sixth-place money. It moved him up to second in the average with 506.5 points on six head, just two points behind Rusty Wright as the only two to cover all six broncs so far. World No. 1 Zeke Thurston was bucked off in Round 6, allowing Cress to creep closer to the lead.
Tuesday's full results, as well as the updated average and world standings, can be found below.
Round 7 is set for Wednesday at 8 p.m. MST.
Sixth Performance Results
Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
Bareback riding: 1. (tie) Clayton Biglow on Pickett Pro Rodeo's Freckled Frog, Tilden Hooper on Cervi Championship Rodeo's RODEOHOUSTON'S Ain't No Angel and Caleb Bennett on Calgary Stampede's You See Me, 88.5 points, $20,872 each; 4. Tim O'Connell, 88, $11,000, 5. (tie) Orin Larsen and Austin Foss, 87.5, $5,500 each; 7. (tie) Kaycee Feild and Steven Dent, 87; 9. Taylor Broussard, 86.5; 10. Tanner Aus, 86; 11. Ty Breuer, 85; 12. Richmond Champion, 84; 13. Clint Laye, 79.5; 14. Trenten Montero, 76; 15. Jake Brown, NS.
Average standings: 1. Clayton Biglow, 523.5 points on six head; 2. Tim O'Connell, 521.5; 3. Richmond Champion, 516.5; 4. Kaycee Feild, 514.5; 5. Tilden Hooper, 510.5; 6. Steven Dent, 510; 7. Trenten Montero, 509.5; 8. Orin Larsen, 507.5; 9. Clint Laye, 500; 10. Caleb Bennett, 439.5 on five; 11. Tanner Aus, 431.5; 12. Austin Foss, 425; 13. Taylor Broussard, 415.5; 14. Ty Breuer, 343 on four; 15. Jake Brown, 258 on three.
World standings: 1. Clayton Biglow, $266,555; 2. Orin Larsen, $232,942; 3. Kaycee Feild, $207,359; 4. Tilden Hooper, $200,162; 5. Richmond Champion, $186,944; 6. Caleb Bennett, $186,056; 7. Tim O'Connell, $172,668; 8. Clint Laye, $149,685; 9. Trenten Montero, $143,219; 10. Tanner Aus, $124,595; 11. Ty Breuer, $120,911; 12. Austin Foss, $108,395; 13. Jake Brown, $105,068; 14. Steven Dent, $103,799; 15. Taylor Broussard, $93,502.
Steer wrestling: 1. Tyler Waguespack, 3.8 seconds, $26,231; 2. (tie) Scott Guenthner and J.D. Struxness, 3.9, $18,192; 4. Bridger Chambers, 4.0, $11,000; 5. (tie) Will Lummus and Cameron Morman, 4.1, $5,500; 7. (tie) Kyle Irwin, Tyler Pearson and Tanner Brunner, 4.3; 10. Ty Erickson, 4.4; 11. Dakota Eldridge, 4.9; 12. Hunter Cure, 5.3; 13. Riley Duvall, 5.5; 14. Matt Reeves, 6.6; 15. Stetson Jorgensen, 13.5.
Average standings: 1. Tyler Waguespack, 25.5 seconds on six head; 2. (tie) Riley Duval and Matt Reeves, 30.0; 4. Cameron Morman, 30.2; 5. Hunter Cure, 31.0; 6. Bridger Chambers, 36.9; 7. Dakota Eldridge, 37.6; 8. Tyler Pearson, 37.8; 9. Kyle Irwin, 42.4; 10. Scott Guenthner, 44.6; 11. Ty Erickson, 45.7; 12. Stetson Jorgensen, 50.1; 13. J.D. Struxness, 20.2 on five; 14. Will Lummus, 21.9; 15. Tanner Brunner, 27.3 on four.
World standings: 1. Tyler Waguespack, $177,925; 2. Ty Erickson, $174,273; 3. J.D. Struxness, $163,342; 4. Hunter Cure, $158,568; 5. Bridger Chambers, $151,785; 6. Scott Guenthner, $148,853; 7. Dakota Eldridge, $140,180; 8. Will Lummus, $128,267; 9. Stetson Jorgensen, $127,015; 10. Kyle Irwin, $123,934; 11. Tyler Pearson, $112,712; 12. Cameron Morman, $111,807; 13. Riley Duvall, $111,617; 14. Matt Reeves, $96,259; 15. Tanner Brunner, $84,950.
Team roping: 1. Riley Minor/Brady Minor, 4.0 seconds, $26,231 each; 2. Clay Smith/Jade Corkill, 4.2, $20,731; 3. (tie) Clay Tryan/Jake Long and Erich Rogers/Kyle Lockett, 4.3, $13,327 each; 5. Matt Sherwood/Hunter Koch, 4.6, $6,769; 6. Cody Snow/Wesley Thorp, 4.9, $4,231; 7. Ty Blasingame/Travis Graves, 5.6; 8. Luke Brown/Paul Eaves, 9.5; 9. Brenten Hall/Chase Tryan, 14.4; 10. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, Coleman Proctor/Ryan Motes, Chad Masters/Joseph Harrison, Tate Kirchenschlager/Tyler Worley, Tyler Wade/Cole Davison and Jake Cooper/Caleb Anderson, NT.
Average standings: 1. Brenten Hall/Chase Tryan, 38.6 seconds on six head; 2. Cody Snow/Wesley Thorp, 25.1 on five; 3. Clay Smith/Jade Corkill, 26.7; 4. Riley Minor/Brady Minor, 28.4; 5. Matt Sherwood/Hunter Koch, 29.5; 6. Luke Brown/Paul Eaves, 32.1; 7. Chad Masters/Joseph Harrison, 33.0; 8. Tate Kirchenschlager/Tyler Worley, 59.6; 9. Tyler Wade/Cole Davison, 25.8 on four; 10. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 28.7; 11. Erich Rogers/Kyle Lockett, 32.3; 12. Jake Cooper/Caleb Anderson, 40.3; 13. Ty Blasingame/Travis Graves, 16.1 on three; 14. Clay Tryan/Jake Long, 18.4; 15. Coleman Proctor/Ryan Motes, 27.2.
World standings (headers): 1. Clay Smith, $234,551; 2. Chad Masters, $164,759; 3. Riley Minor, $160,534; 4. Kaleb Driggers, $153,558; 5. Coleman Proctor, $153,241; 6. Clay Tryan, $147,222; 7. Brenten Hall, $139,119; 8. Tyler Wade, $135,856; 9. Cody Snow, $131,707; 10. Luke Brown, $123,708; 11. Matt Sherwood, $117,935; 12. Erich Rogers, $112,980; 13. Ty Blasingame, $111,490; 14. Tate Kirchenschlager, $93,071; 15. Jake Cooper, $90,524.
World standings (heelers): 1. Jade Corkill, $192,676; 2. Joseph Harrison, $167,508; 3. Brady Minor, $160,534; 4. Ryan Motes, $158,089; 5. Jake Long, $150,954; 6. Junior Nogueira, $150,877; 7. Kyle Lockett, $137,711; 8. Chase Tryan, $136,537; 9. Cole Davison, $134,371; 10. Paul Eaves, $128,216; 11. Hunter Koch, $126,038; 12. Wesley Thorp, $123,950; 13. Travis Graves, $113,165; 14. Caleb Anderson, $89,723; 15. Tyler Worley, $88,524.
Saddle bronc riding: 1. Dawson Hay, 88.5 points on Mo Betta Rodeo's Sue City Sue, $26,231; 2. (tie) Jacobs Crawley and Sterling Crawley, 85.5, $18,192 each; 4. (tie) Chase Brooks, Colt Gordon and Brody Cress, 85, $7,333 each; 7. Jesse Wright, 84.5; 8. Spencer Wright, 83.5; 9. (tie) Jake Watson and J.J. Elshere, 81.5; 11. Rusty Wright, 78; 12. Ryder Wright, Zeke Thurston and Mitch Pollock, NS; Bradley Harter, INJ.
Average standings: 1. Rusty Wright, 508.5 points on six head; 2. Brody Cress, 506.5; 3. Spencer Wright, 430 on five; 4. Zeke Thurston, 343 on four; 5. Jacobs Crawley, 334.5; 6. Colt Gordon, 329; 7. Chase Brooks, 261 on three; 8. Jake Watson, 260.5; 9. Dawson Hay, 260; 10. Jesse Wright, 259.5; 11. Ryder Wright, 171.5 on two; 12. J.J. Elshere, 168; 13. Sterling Crawley, 166; 14. Bradley Harter, 86.5 on one; 15. Mitch Pollock, 84.
World standings: 1. Zeke Thurston, $251,722; 2. Ryder Wright, $241,258; 3. Rusty Wright, $195,884; 4. Spencer Wright, $179,323; 5. Brody Cress, $174,539; 6. Jacobs Crawley, $169,089; 7. Chase Brooks, $167,181; 8. Dawson Hay, $152,196; 9. Jake Watson, $150,522; 10. Sterling Crawley, $149,389; 11. Jesse Wright, $132,736; 12. Bradley Harter, $127,543; 13. J.J. Elshere, $119,004; 14. Colt Gordon, $110,519; 15. Mitch Pollock, $109,542.
Tie-down roping: 1. Ty Harris, 7.1 seconds, $26,231; 2. Riley Pruitt, 7.3, $20,731; 3. Tyson Durfey, 7.4, $15,654; 4. (tie) Shane Hanchey and Marty Yates, 7.5, $8,885 each; 6. Tyler Milligan, 7.8, $4,231; 7. Caleb Smidt, 8.0; 8. Haven Meged, 8.1; 9. Cooper Martin, 9.6; 10. Taylor Santos, 10.8; 11. Tuf Cooper, 11.0; 12. Michael Otero, 11.6; 13. Shad Mayfield, 12.7; 14. Rhen Richard and Adam Gray, NT.
Average standings: 1. Haven Meged, 50.4 seconds on six head; 2. Tyson Durfey, 51.8; 3. Marty Yates, 52.1; 4. Taylor Santos, 52.3; 5. Tuf Cooper, 53.0; 6. Tyler Milligan, 60.9; 7. Riley Pruitt, 63.3; 8. Caleb Smidt, 72.1; 9. Shane Hanchey, 37.6 on five; 10. Michael Otero, 48.2; 11. Rhen Richard, 49.4; 12. Shad Mayfield, 52.4; 13. Cooper Martin, 52.8; 14. Ty Harris, 32.3 on four; 15. Adam Gray, 45.5.
World standings: 1. Shane Hanchey, $209,928; 2. Ty Harris, $173,438; 3. Riley Pruitt, $171,728; 4. Marty Yates, $170,970; 5. Haven Meged, $167,744; 6. Tyson Durfey, $158,417; 7. Tuf Cooper, $152,823; 8. Taylor Santos, $150,753; 9. Caleb Smidt, $141,900; 10. Tyler Milligan, $139,205; 11. Shad Mayfield, $127,075; 12. Michael Otero, $111,924; 13. Adam Gray, $107,673; 14. Cooper Martin, $100,491; 15. Rhen Richard, $98,661.
Barrel racing: 1. Amberleigh Moore, 13.55 seconds, $26,231; 2. Ivy Conrado-Saebens, 13.69, $20,731; 3. Hailey Kinsel, 13.70, $15,654; 4. Shali Lord, 13.85, $11,000; 5. Cheyenne Wimberley, 13.87, $6,769; 6. Nellie Miller, 13.88, $4,231; 7. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 13.95; 8. Lisa Lockhart, 14.00; 9. Dona Kay Rule, 14.02; 10. Ericka Nelson, 14.10; 11. Emily Miller, 14.42; 12. Jessica Routier, 18.80; 13. Lacinda Rose, 19.05; 14. Jennifer Sharp, 24.02; 15. Stevi Hillman, NT.
Average standings: 1. Emily Miller, 83.01 seconds on six runs; 2. Ivy Conrado-Saebens, 83.05; 3. Nellie Miller, 83.77; 4. Shali Lord, 83.88; 5. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 83.96; 6. Hailey Kinsel, 87.79; 7. Dona Kay Rule, 88.09; 8. Jessica Routier, 88.25; 9. Lisa Lockhart, 88.47; 10. Lacinda Rose, 89.86; 11. Amberleigh Moore, 92.14; 12. Ericka Nelson, 93.96; 13. Jennifer Sharp, 94.08; 14. Cheyenne Wimberley, 99.26; 15. Stevi Hillman, 84.51 on five.
World standings: 1. Hailey Kinsel, $210,482; 2. Amberleigh Moore, $207,982; 3. Emily Miller, $196,991; 4. Lisa Lockhart, $181,313; 5. Nellie Miller, $179,841; 6. Dona Kay Rule, $174,623; 7. Ivy Conrado-Saebens, $161,654; 8. Jessica Routier, $138,736; 9. Shali Lord, $132,776; 10. Stevi Hillman, $130,989; 11. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, $122,273; 12. Jennifer Sharp, $114,024; 13. Ericka Nelson, $110,202; 14. Cheyenne Wimberley, $107,130; 15. Lacinda Rose, $103,167.
Bull riding: 1. Boudreaux Campbell, 92.5 points on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Priefert's Tequila Worm, $26,231; 2. Jordan Spears, 90, $20,731; 3. Sage Kimzey, 89.5, $15,654; 4. Daylon Swearingen, 88, $11,000; 5. Tyler Bingham, 87, $6,769; 6. (tie) Stetson Wright and Trevor Kastner, 86, $2,115; 8. Clayton Sellars, 85.5; 9. Koby Radley, 83.5; 10. Trey Kimzey, 82; 11. Josh Frost, Jeff Askey, Garrett Smith, Jordan Hansen and Trey Benton III, NS.
Average standings: 1. Sage Kimzey, 437 points on five head; 2. Koby Radley, 435; 3. Boudreaux Campbell, 354.5 on four; 4. Tyler Bingham, 346; 5. Jordan Spears, 342.5; 6. Stetson Wright, 269.5 on three; 7. Trey Benton III, 264.5; 8. Clayton Sellars, 256; 9. Daylon Swearingen, 180 on two; 10. Jordan Hansen, 179.5; 11. Garrett Smith, 178.5; 12. Jeff Askey, 170.5; 13. Trey Kimzey, 168; 14. Trevor Kastner, 86 on one; 15. Josh Frost, NS.
World standings: 1. Sage Kimzey, $330,252; 2. Boudreaux Campbell, $222,374; 3. Stetson Wright, $216,999; 4. Koby Radley, $178,849; 5. Trey Benton III, $175,995; 6. Tyler Bingham, $173,277; 7. Garrett Smith, $171,769; 8. Jordan Hansen, $163,811; 9. Trevor Kastner, $161,216; 10. Daylon Swearingen, $159,068; 11. Jordan Spears, $157,779; 12. Clayton Sellars, $144,691; 13. Josh Frost, $129,561; 14. Jeff Askey, $127,925; 15. Trey Kimzey, $124,930.
All-Around Standings: 1. Stetson Wright, $247,576; 2. Clay Smith, $245,402; 3. Tuf Cooper, $206,986; 4. Caleb Smidt, $155,190; 5. Trevor Brazile, $129,754; 6. Daylon Swearingen, $118,151; 7. Landon McClaugherty, $112,119; 8. Steven Dent, $111,577; 9. Rhen Richard, $104,653; 10. Josh Frost, $92,732.
