Graff Wins WTC Rodeo
April 9, 2024
FPC Brings home back to back Championship Titles from the Western Texas College Rodeo!!
FPC Sophomore Pre-nursing Major & Goat-tyer Jacee Graff from St. George, UT wins the WTXC College Rodeo Goat-tying Championship! The Sophomore won the long round with a blasting fast time of 6.1 beating her competitors by 3 tenths of a second, then she placed 4th in the Short Round, and won the aggregate with a combined time of 13.2!
Athletic Director Gerald Ewing stated, "This doesnt suprise me as she has been doing this all year." Some other notable showings include..
Sophomore Teammate & Agri-Communications Major, Jacelyn Frost from Randlett, UT also qualified for the WTXC Saturday night Championship Round in the Goat-tying with a time of 6.9!
In the Women’s Event of Breakaway-roping there were 196 contestant entries & the Top 10 Qualifying Times was a short 1.9-2.0 seconds. FPC Sophomore Sierra Holder from Georgetown, TN turned in a 2.1 & FPC Sophomore Jacee Graff a 2.2.
In the Womens Event of Barrel-racing Sophomore Sierra Holder turned in a time of 14.16 seconds to place 14th out of 146 contestant entries. The last qualifying time to make the Top 10 Championship Round was 14.11.
In the co-Ed event of Team-roping FPC Freshman Grace Perez from Santa Clarita, CA turned in a time of 8.7 placing 13th out of 120 contestant entries!
The FPC Womens Team placed 3rd overall at the Western Texas College Rodeo out of the 17 competing colleges & universities!
1st Texas Tech 230
2nd Clarendon College 155
3rd Frank Phillips College 145
FPC travels to Big Springs, TX April 11-13 for the Howard College Rodeo!