FORT DODGE, Iowa – The Black Hills State University men's and women's rodeo teams completed their fifth and final rodeo of the fall schedule this past weekend, as the women's team recorded a third place finish with 210 points and the men's team was eighth place with 160 points at the Triton Stampede at the Webster County Fairgrounds. Leading the way on the women's side were three individual titles as Keira Mavity won the all-around competition, while Taylor Price won the goat tying and Linley Schmitz won the breakaway roping. On the men's side the pair of Hadly Erickson and Burel Erickson closed out the fall slate with their third top-6 team roping finish of the year. 

HOW IT HAPPENED – MEN'S RODEO 

• Consistently among the top team roping duos in the Great Plains Region, the pair of Hadly Erickson and Burel Erickson notched their third top-6 finish this fall as they recorded an overall time of 25.2 seconds for fourth place. They posted a time of 14.0 seconds in the long go and was second in the short go with a time of 11.2 seconds. 

HOW IT HAPPENED – WOMEN'S RODEO 

• Black Hills State placed six individuals into the top-8 of the goat tying competition, which included Taylor Price earning the title with an overall time of 13.4 seconds. She tied for second in the long go with a time of 6.8 seconds and won the short go with a time of 6.6 seconds, the only sub-7 second time in the round. Finishing third and fourth in the event respectively was Cale Redlin and Kaydence Feia, who posted overall times of 14.0 seconds and 14.5 seconds respectively. Redlin notched a 7.0 second run in both the long go and short go, where her time in the short go was second-best in the round. Feia recorded times of 6.8 seconds in the long go and 7.7 seconds in the short go, as her long go time tied for the second-fastest in the round. 
• Rounding out the group of Yellow Jackets in the goat tying were Keira Mavity who was sixth place with an overall time of 15.2 seconds, Bailey Verhulst who was seventh place with an overall time of 16.7 seconds, and Raylee Fagerhaug who was eighth place. Mavity won the long go with a time of 6.4 seconds and added a short go time of 8.8 seconds, while Verhulst notched a long go time of 7.2 seconds and a short go time of 9.5 seconds. Fagerhaug was fifth in the long go with a time of 6.9 seconds but was unable to record a time in the short go. 
• Linley Schmitz captured the title in breakaway roping, posting an overall time of 6.1 seconds after recording a 3.2 second long go and a 2.9 second short go which was second-best in the round. An additional four Yellow Jackets placed in the event, which saw Kate Weborg and Kamry Davis finish fifth and sixth place respectively, while Feia and Jayda Reinert were tenth and 11th place respectively. Weborg rounded out the top-5 with a 3.3 second long go and a 14.1 second short go. The remaining three BHSU athletes were only able to post times in the long go as Davis won the round with a time of 2.4 seconds, while Feia was fifth in the round with a time of 3.1 seconds, and Reinert notched a time of 3.7 seconds. 
• The pair of Kashlin Bettelyoun and Feia posted a sixth place finish in the team roping, clocking an overall time of 28.4 seconds. They were fifth in both the long go and short go with times of 13.9 and 14.5 seconds respectively. 
• A quartet of Black Hills State athletes placed within the top-10 of the barrel racing competition, led by Mavity and Reinert with sixth and seventh place finishes respectively. The pair went one-two in the long go, with Mavity winning the round with a time of 15.31 seconds, while Reinert was second with a time of 15.42 seconds. Mavity then added a time of 19.97 seconds, the sixth-fastest of the short go for an overall time of 35.28 seconds. Reinert added a time of 19.98 seconds in the short go for an overall time of 35.40 seconds. 
• Rounding out the top-10 of the barrel racing was Teagan Homelvig and Sierra Steele who were ninth and tenth place respectively. Homelvig posted times of 15.96 seconds in the long go and 20.39 seconds in the short go for an overall time of 36.35 seconds, while Steele clocked times of 15.61 seconds, the fifth-fastest time of the long go, and 24.93 seconds in the short go for an overall time of 40.54 seconds. 
• Mavity earned the women's all-around title with 160 points, earning 80 points in both the goat tying and barrel racing competitions. A close second place in the all-around standings was Feia with 140 total points on the weekend, with 90 points in goat tying, 30 points in team roping, and 20 points in breakaway roping.

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Black Hills State men's and women's rodeo will be back in action in the spring with the second half of their 2026-27 season schedule beginning in March. The complete spring schedule will be announced at a later date this winter.