BY BRETT NIERENGARTEN
Six different pairs have taken the team roping victory lap and Wednesday night saw Charly Crawford/Logan Medlin add their names to that list with a 3.8-second run.
“It’s great, I get to go home and practice and watch my wife during the day in the breakaway roping. It’s awesome, I love it here,” Crawford said. “The weather is great, I love Texas and I love the fans here and the city.”
Crawford, who has qualified for the Wrangler NFR 10 times, was able to help deliver a win for his partner, a wide-eyed NFR rookie.
“Any win is important when this is what you do for a living,” Medlin said. “There’s never a time when it’s not important. It was exciting; any time you win a go-round at the NFR is something every kid dreams of, and to live it out firsthand was quite the experience.”
After a no-time from Dustin Egusquiza/Travis Graves, Erich Rodgers/Paden Bray moved to first in the average as the only pair with seven clean runs.
Graves leads the heeling race while Luke Brown leads on the head side.
NFR TEAM ROPING RESULTS
First Round: 1. Erich Rogers/Paden Bray, 4.8 seconds, $26,231 each; 2. (tie) Luke Brown/Joseph Harrison and Dustin Egusquiza/Travis Graves, 4.9, $18,192 each; 4. Clay Smith/Jade Corkill, 5.1, $11,000; 5. Brenten Hall/Chase Tryan, 5.2, $6,769; 6. Cody Snow/Junior Nogueira, 5.7, $4,231.
Second Round: 1. Dustin Egusquiza/Travis Graves, 3.8 seconds, $26,231 each; 2. Colby Lovell/Paul Eaves, 4.4, $20,731; 3. Nelson Wyatt/Levi Lord, 4.5, $15,654; 4. Chad Masters/Wesley Thorp, 4.7, $11,000; 5. Andrew Ward/Buddy Hawkins II, 4.9, $6,769; 6. Charly Crawford/Logan Medlin, 5.0, $4,231.
Third Round: 1. Dustin Egusquiza/Travis Graves, 4.2 seconds, $26,231 each; 2. Andrew Ward/Buddy Hawkins II, 4.3, $20,731; 3. Levi Simpson/Shay Dixon Carroll, 4.4, $15,654; 4. Luke Brown/Joseph Harrison, 4.5, $11,000; 5. Chad Masters/Wesley Thorp, 5.0, $6,769; 6. Jeff Flenniken/Tyler Worley, 5.5, $4,231.
Fourth Round: 1. Brenten Hall/Chase Tryan, 4.2 seconds, $26,231 each; 2. (tie) Nelson Wyatt/Levi Lord, Clay Tryan/Jake Long and Luke Brown/Joseph Harrison, 4.8, $15,795 each; 5. (tie) Chad Masters/Wesley Thorp and Levi Simpson/Shay Dixon Carroll, 4.9, $5,500 each.
Fifth Round: 1. Clay Smith/Jade Corkill, 3.6 seconds, $26,231 each; 2. Clay Tryan/Jake Long, 3.7, $20,731; 3. Cody Snow/Junior Nogueira, 4.0, $15,654; 4. Andrew Ward/Buddy Hawkins II, 4.1, $11,000; 5. Levi Simpson/Shay Dixon Carroll, 4.7, $6,769; 6. Erich Rogers/Paden Bray, 5.0, $4,231.
Sixth Round: 1. Cody Snow/Junior Nogueira, 3.9 seconds, $26,231 each; 2. Clay Tryan/Jake Long, 4.0, $20,731; 3. Colby Lovell/Paul Eaves, 4.1, $15,654; 4. Luke Brown/Joseph Harrison, 4.2, $11,000; 5. Chad Masters/Wesley Thorp, 4.3, $6,769; 6. (tie) Dustin Egusquiza/Travis Graves and Jeff Flenniken/Tyler Worley, 4.5, $2,115 each.
Seventh Round: 1. Charly Crawford/Logan Medlin, 3.8 seconds, $26,231 each; 2. Clay Smith/Jade Corkill, 4.3, $20,731; 3. Kolton Schmidt/Hunter Koch, 4.4, $15,654; 4. Jeff Flenniken/Tyler Worley, 4.7, $11,000; 5. Nelson Wyatt/Levi Lord, 4.8, $6,769; 6. Erich Rogers/Paden Bray, 5.3, $4,231.
