| Written by Phil Smith |
| Thursday, 23 June 2011 07:32 |
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The phrase “cowboy up” is more than just a saying around the UW community. A group of UW students are currently doing just that as they compete within the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association.
More specifically, UW’s rodeo team competed in the Central Rocky Mountain Region conference where both the men and women are currently ranked third overall last week.
They frequently faced-off against familiar opponents such as Colorado State and Air Force and are currently ranked higher than both.
For those unfamiliar with what an NIRA event is like, compare it to a track and field meet.
Although events such as bull riding may get the most attention from the general public, there are actually 11 different events going on at each meet. These events include tie down roping, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding, bareback riding, team roping header and healer, barrel racing, breakaway roping, and goat tying. The scoring system is based upon the total points earned by individuals competing within these various events.
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| Written by Jeremiah James |
| Thursday, 26 May 2011 07:53 |
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12 University of Wyoming track student-athletes are competing in the NCAA preliminary championships today in hopes of moving forward to the next stage of the championships.
Two weekends ago, after the conference championships, UW head coach Don Yentes said all the qualifiers looked good, and he was confident they would be ready for the challenge of championships.
Yentes said, “They (Greg Miller and Lenyn Leonce)look super, and it won’t be surprising if they made it all the way.”
“We had 13 athletes qualify for the meet which is the most in this school’s history,” Yentes said.
The 4-by-100-meter relay team may have taken a hit as event qualifying Sophomore Mario Harris suffered a hamstring injury. Because of the severity of the injury, he will not be participating in the meet. Yentes said he expressed deep regret for his Mario’s injury.
Portland forecasts called for weather to be in the low 50s with rain during the preliminaries. “Fortunately for us, we are used to this same kind of weather” Yentes said. “We are the only team with such harsh conditions and we are used to this type weather.”
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| Written by Seneca Flowers |
| Thursday, 26 May 2011 07:51 |
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The University of Wyoming club baseball team narrowly missed a Division II National Club Baseball Association World Series title after losing to No. 2 seeded Penn State 13-11 in extra innings in Tuesday’s championship game.
The Cowboys were seeded first going into the tournament.
They started the championship on a good note, holding an 11-5 lead going into the third inning, but were unable to hold onto their lead.
“Penn State was a team we knew would hit hard, and they did. We gave it our all, but we didn’t keep up though,” head coach Aaron Lozano said.
He added that he felt great having had the opportunity to represent both the university as well as the state at the tournament.
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| Written by Zach Greubel, Tom Hesse |
| Tuesday, 26 April 2011 21:06 |
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In the final edition of the BI roundtable, the writers look back at their favorite moment from Wyoming sports from the past year.
Mike Morris:
The best moment of the year in Wyoming Cowboy athletics was something that transpired outside of the realm of competition and, as a result, completely transcended sport.
Five evenings after the tragic death of freshman linebacker Ruben Narcisse, the Wyoming Cowboys traveled to Austin with unimaginably heavy hearts to play the then No. 5 ranked Texas Longhorns in one of the most anticipated road games in recent program history.
Instead, the prospect of football was transcended by something much, much more important: the memory of a promising and beloved young man who was taken far too soon.
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| Written by Tom Hesse |
| Wednesday, 20 April 2011 20:50 |
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The Wyoming Rodeo Team had four top-three finishers en route to a first place finish in Casper last weekend.
The team picked up 585 points in the total team regional standings on the way to their first top finish of the spring, and now sit 632 points out of the second spot in the Central Rocky Mountain Region, according to the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association.
Wyoming Rodeo coach George Howard has been waiting for his teams to make a breakthrough, and he says that breakthrough came this weekend.
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