Three-peat; Tech Ranch Horse Team reigns as ASHA nat'l champs again
Texas Tech's Ranch Horse Team galloped to back-to-back-to-back national championships on April 15-16 at the annual American Stock Horse Association National Championship Show at the Taylor County Exposition Center in Abilene. The competition featured 13 teams from Texas, Colorado, Tennessee, Nebraska and Ohio.
During the event each competitor competed in four categories: stock horse pleasure, stock horse trail, reining and working cow horse, said Levi Williamson, the team's coach and a graduate animal science major from Abilene. Texas A&M won second place at the competition, and New Mexico State University brought home third place.
Texas Tech team members in the Non-Pro Division included:
"Dusty Burson, an animal science major from Silverton
"Cooper Cogdell, an agribusiness major from Silverton
"Brianne Hight, an animal science major from Clovis, N.M.
"Pate Stewart, a wildlife management major from Munday
"Jordan Williams, an economics major from Weatherford
Texas Tech team members in the Limited Non-Pro Division included:
"Jennifer Bouse, a math major from Angleton
"True Burson, an animal science major from Silverton
"Blaze Cogdell, an agricultural economics major from Silverton
"Echo Dickson, an agricultural education major from Cheyenne, Wyoming
"Mattie Dunshee, an agricultural communications major from Alpine
"Luke England, an animal science major from Winters
"Kelsey Stokes, an agricultural economics and business major from Afton
Texas Tech team members in the Novice Division included:
"Brandyl Brooks, an animal science from Lampasas
"Parke Greeson, an agricultural economics major from Victoria,
"Hannah Langendoerfer, an exercise and sport sciences major from Idalia, Colo.
"Mackie McDuff, an interdisciplinary agriculture major from Vernon
"Spencer Perkins, an animal science major from Canton
"Megan Williamson, an animal science major from Abilene
"Rustin Williams, an animal science major from Baird
Williamson noted that the competition's purpose is to encourage and provide opportunities for competitors to enter the stock/ranch horse industry. In addition, participants advocate for the preservation of the heritage and tradition of the functional ranch horse.
Among the individual award winners were:
Non-Pro Division "" Individual:
Reining
"Second - Dusty Burson
"Fifth - Brianne Hight
"Eighth - Pate Stewart
Cow
"First - Jordan Williams
"Sixth - Dusty Burson
"Seventh - Cooper Cogdell
Trail
"First - Dusty Burson
"Sixth - Brianne Hight
Pleasure
"Third - Dusty Burson
"Eleventh - Brianne Hight
All-Around Non-Pro
"First - Dusty Burson,
"Seventh - Brianne Hight
Limited Non-Pro Division "" Individual:
Reining
"Second - Mattie Dunshee
"Fifth - Jennifer Bouse
"Tenth - Kelsey Stokes
Cow
"First - Luke England
"Second - Blaze Cogdell
"Third - Mattie Dunshee
"Fourth - Kelsey Stokes
Trail
"Second - Echo Dickson
"Third - Kelsey Stokes
Pleasure
"Second - Kelsey Stokes
"Sixth - Luke England
All-Around Limited
"First - Kelsey Stokes
"Third - Luke England
"Fourth - Mattie Dunshee
"Sixth - Blaze Cogdell
"Tenth - Jennifer Bouse
Novice Division "" Individual:
Reining
"First - Parke Greeson
"Fourth - Brandyl Brooks
"Fifth - Megan Williamson
"Sixth - Rustin Williams
Cow
"Second - Parke Greeson
"Fifth - Mackie McDuff
"Sixth - Megan Williamson
Trail
"First - Brandyl Brooks
"Third - Hannah Langendorfer
"Sixth - Megan Williamson
"Ninth - Rustin Williams
Pleasure
"Second - Megan Williamson
"Sixth - Brandyl Brooks
"Eleventh - Rustin Williams
All-Around Novice
"First - Megan Williamson
"Third - Brandyl Brooks
"Fourth - Parke Greeson
"Sixth - Mackie McDuff
"Seventh - Hannah Langendorfer
Written Norman Martin
CONTACT: Levi Williamson, Ranch horse Team Coach, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Texas Tech University at (806)742-2805 or levi.williamson@ttu.edu
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