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February 14, 2011 wingspan.lccc.wy.edu sports Wingspan 35 Rider hopes to earn trip to nationals Emily Graham Team places The Laramie County Community College equestrian team placed fifth in their first show of the spring semester in Fountain, Colo., Feb. 5–6. Results for the team are as follows: • In novice fences, Emily Hamilton placed fourth; • In novice equitation, Emily Hamilton placed fifth twice; • In novice equitation, Krista Quint placed fourth and seventh; • In novice equitation, Leah Santillanes placed fourth; • In intermediate equitation, Emily Graham placed sixth and seventh; • In beginning walk, trot, canter equitation, Natalie Fry placed third and sixth; • In advanced walk, trot, canter equitation, Elizabeth Harris placed fourth and sixth. • In advanced walk, trot, canter equitation, Jordan Matthews placed fifth and sixth; • In walk, trot equitation, Lily Crawford placed fourth and seventh; • In walk, trot equitation, Annie Hoag placed first and third. After disappointing semifinals in New York, Emily Graham hopes to make it to Kentucky By Mark Schafer Sports Writer A Laramie County Community College Equestrian team member shoots for redemption this season. Emily Graham, a sophomore from Oroville, Wash., who is currently a general studies major at LCCC. In addition to her studies, Graham is also a part of the LCCC equestrian team hoping to head to Kentucky for the nationals, getting a second chance after last year’s hard loss in New York. After high school, Graham said she wanted to get away from Washington, so Cheyenne and, eventually, LCCC is where she ended up. “I wanted to leave Washington and ended up in Wyoming and Cheyenne. “I like it here. It has its benefits, and it’s a lot different from home. I like it here in Wyoming,” Graham said. Graham eventually chose to go to LCCC based off the success of the Equestrian team. “I looked at a couple of the schools in Wyoming and finally had it narrowed down to either LCCC or Casper College,” she recalled. “I decided on LCCC because their equestrian team has been successful in the past, and also Casper College didn’t really have an equestrian team.” Riding horses is nothing new to Graham. She has been riding horses since she was 6-years-old and has continued to ride in Wyoming. Graham has also worked since 8 with horses. Recently, one of the horses with which Graham worked qualified for Mare Paint Worlds, showing Graham’s skill as a trainer, the best of the best horses get into this show. When it comes to the equestrian team, Graham credits her mom as one of her biggest influences for her success and continued participation. “My mom really is the one who got me started with equestrian,” Graham said. “She helped me get a chance to ride in front of [LCCC’s equestrian coach] Lanae Koons, and that is what helped me get on the team.” Graham, who has been on the team since last year, said she would like to continue with the success she had last year… and last semester. Already Graham has qualified for regionals in Western equestrian, Koons said. Last year, Graham had a successful year that included a trip to Cazenovia College near Syracuse, N.Y. “One of the best parts of my career at LCCC was last year. I was able to go to New York for semifinals, and, as a freshman, that was kind of a big deal,” Graham said. Although she was able to make semifinals as a freshman, Graham admitted her performance at last year’s semifinals wasn’t as good as it could have been. “I choked at semifinals,” Graham said. However, Graham seems intent on putting the past behind her as she gears up for another semester of competition this spring. “Redemption is something I really want to do this semester,” Graham said. “I really want to qualify for nationals, which are going to be held in Kentucky. I don’t care if I place. I just want to go.” One event in which Graham said she would like to improve is reining, which has not been her strong point, Graham said. Although Graham would like to improve in reining, she said it is also one of her favorite events because during reining she doesn’t have to concentrate as much and can just ride with the horse. In addition to reining, Graham also rides in open horsemanship and enjoys success in the event, admitting she is better in the horsemanship aspect of equestrian than she is in reining. While Graham enjoys riding with the LCCC equestrian team, another area that she enjoys is the comradeship the team has been able to put together. “As a team, we are a lot closer this semester than last,” Graham said. “We get along better, which I think will help in the shows and in practice.” Graham and the rest of the LCCC equestrian team have just started the shows for the spring semester with a show in Colorado Springs. She, along with the rest of the team, will be able to work toward her goal of reaching nationals in Kentucky this spring. Big city food, small town service. 30 minutes east of Cheyenne. 711 Parsons Pine Bluffs, WY 82082 307-245-3111 Intramurals to make comeback in fall Students have a say in what sports they would like to see this upcoming fall. By Christian Ramos Social Media Editor Laramie County Community College’s athletic department is working on getting the student body moving. Diane Drebin, vice president of student services at LCCC, said intramural sports will kick off this coming fall semester after a hiatus. The intramurals department will be overseen by Jason Ficca, LCCC director of athletics. Coordination of each sport will be divided among the full-time LCCC coaches, who will then handle registration, scheduling and oversight of the events. While the program is being re-formed, students will have the opportunity to voice what sports they would most like to see offered. Drebin said students should contact the Associated Student Government to ask for specific sports to be offered. According to the National Intramural Sports Association, the benefits of intramural sports don’t end with increased physical fitness or social opportunities. Intramural sports can also help students in the classroom as well. A student who engages in physical activity while he takes breaks from his books increase his level of focus when he returns to his books. Participating in intramural sports is free for LCCC students. Students will need a valid LCCC student ID to register.
36 Wingspan By Cody Tucker Sports Editor After its most successful stretch in recent memory in the first semester of the 2010 season, the Laramie County Community College men’s rodeo team is in uncharted territory— sitting in the Top-Five of the ultra-competitive Central Rocky Mountain Region of college rodeo. The resurgence on the men’s side can be credited to the breakout season of sophomore bull rider Loncey Johnson. The North Platte, Nebr., native has dominated the CRMR staying on every bull except one in the first semester— which has not only landed him the top spot in the region, but first place overall in the nation for a stretch. Highlighted by a championship win in the Shawn Dubie Memorial rodeo Oct. 15–17, and another buckle winning performance at the Central Wyoming College rodeo Sept. 17–19, in Riverton, Johnson has been a model of consistency for head coach David Browder’s Golden Eagle program. Johnson currently sits in the second spot in the nation with 480 total points overall, just 10.5 points behind Cody Teel of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. With a strong performance in the second semester, Johnson could find himself at the Casper Events Center competing for a National Championship at the College National Finals Rodeo, a place his former and soonto-be teammate again Justin Thomas knows all too well. Thomas, one of the most dominating athletes in LCCC rodeo history, was the only Golden Eagle to advance to the CNFR the past two seasons. After spending the first semester with the nations top bull rider Teel at SHSU, Thomas will be coming back to the Capitol City and riding for LCCC in the fall of 2012. Sidelined with injuries to his collar bone and wrist have Thomas sitting out the rest of the season. Now out of competition, Thomas can sit back and watch two of his friends battle it out for the top spot in the nation and a once in a life time chance to compete for college rodeo’s top prize—the CNFR. The first semester climb to the top of the standings was also aided by 445 points and a No. 21 in the nation ranking earned by Canadian bareback rider Ty Taypotat. Taypotat carried the load for the injury plagued bareback duo which includes Kiowa, Colo., cowboy Garrett Goggin. Goggin was lost for the first sports Rodeo analysis semester and possibly the rest of his LCCC career with a broken femur in his right leg which required a rod and three screws. If Goggin can indeed ride in march, he will have missed eight straight months of competition. After a fifth place finish at LCCC’s home rodeo Oct. 17, Taypotat, the fourth place overall bareback rider in the CRMR, left the Golden Eagle program for undisclosed reasons. With Goggin possibly lost for the season, this leaves LCCC with zero bareback riders on the current roster. With so many of the teams points coming from Taypotat, Browder and the Golden Eagles must find someone to step up and fill the giant void left with the departure of a serious national contender. Riders that could help fill in for Taypotat are up-and-comers like saddle bronc rider and Hawk Springs, Wyo., native Jake Buckhaults. Buckhaults had an up-and-down first semester, but has shown promise finishing 10 th overall in the CRMR. The team roping duo of header Canler Sterkel and heeler Dillon Evenson had a big first semester for LCCC and could also help gain some much needed points for the men’s side. Sterkel and Evenson, who took home the championship buckle at the final rodeo of the semester in Cheyenne on Oct. 17, are currently sitting at No. 21 in the nation and third overall in the CRMR. With momentum on the duo’s side, it will be imperative to the Eagles success that they earn points at every college rodeo. Another source of points for the Golden Eagles could come from the return of Cody, Wyo., bull rider February 14, 2011 wingspan.lccc.wy.edu Refreshed, ready for a second-half run Kadie Floud Pony Express: Iowa cowgirl Ashley Kroul breaks for the finish line during her long go run at the Shawn Dubie Memorial Rodeo Oct. 15–17, in Cheyenne. Expectations for Kroul and others are at an all-time high. Garrett Lowham. Lowham spend much of the 2009–10 season in the Top seven of the CRMR, but was unable to ride in the first semester for LCCC because he tore all the ligaments in his shoulder after his fourth of July ride in the Greeley Independence Stampede that required surgery. With speculation that his career at LCCC might be over, Lowham has made the decision to stay in Cheyenne and says he is “100% healthy.” If LCCC expects to stay with the pack of powerhouses like Gillette College, Casper College and the University of Wyoming, they will need more production out of their steer wrestlers and tie down ropers. In the first semester, only Evenson landed a ninth place finish at the first rodeo in Chadron on Sept. 12, in steer wrestling. Although the team members of these two events are small in number, they have got to find a way to produce. The Wyoming tandem of tie down ropers, Tyler Jacobs and Colten Wakely failed to place at any rodeos in the first semester and steer wrestler JW Harwanger also landed the Golden Eagles zero points. With no points coming out of the bareback spot, besides ones coming from the departed Taypotat, LCCC cannot have three events not producing any points. 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