CASPER – Kaylee Smith, a native to Jay Em, qualified to compete in the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper for the goat tying event as a member of the Oklahoma Panhandle State University rodeo team.
Smith sat third in the Central Plains regional standings at the end of the rodeo season with 715 points and the top-three in each event earned a spot at the CNFR. She had a stellar fall season, including a first-place finish at Colby Community College and a second-place finish at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. In the third rodeo of the fall, she finished sixth.
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CASPER – Kaylee Smith, a native to Jay Em, qualified to compete in the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper for the goat tying event as a member of the Oklahoma Panhandle State University rodeo team.
Smith sat third in the Central Plains regional standings at the end of the rodeo season with 715 points and the top-three in each event earned a spot at the CNFR. She had a stellar fall season, including a first-place finish at Colby Community College and a second-place finish at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. In the third rodeo of the fall, she finished sixth.
“I had a really good fall rodeo season,” Smith said. “This spring, overall, I was happy with it. I was able to come out of the gutter and do well.”
Part of the problem in the spring was two injuries she had to deal with. She had a strained hip flexor and a strained quad muscle that limited her practice time and forced her to fight through the pain during competitions. Despite the injury, she still finished first twice this spring, winning at the Southwestern Oklahoma State University and Fort Hays State University’s rodeos.