After 15 performances at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, four qualifiers from each bracket in each event now make up the Semifinals.
There are two Semifinal rounds per event and each round will produce five finalists. Additionally, there will be one wild card competitor who qualifies for the Short Go. The cowboy with the most total money at the end of the rodeo, wins.
Of the five brackets, here is a look at the steer wrestlers that you will see in the Semifinals.
Dakota Eldridge $6,250
Eldridge placed in the top two in every round of Bracket 5. He had two runs of 3.8, one of which tied to be the fastest run of Round 3 and picked up $2,250 while the slowest run he made was still good enough to be second in Round 1.
J.D. Struxness $5,750
Struxness won the first round, was second in the second round and tied for third in the third round. He had the help of the fan favorite bull dogging horse of the year, Tyson.
Will Lummus $4,500
Lummus is coming off of average win at the National Finals Rodeo and he is currently the No. 10 cowboy in the world. He won the second round of Bracket 4 and he placed second in Round 1.
Jesse Brown $4,250
Brown placed in two of three rounds and is another one of the lucky cowboys to be mounted with the best, Tyson. The two-time NFR qualifier is sitting at the No. 9 spot in the World and a San Antonio win could catapult him to the top.
Ty Erickson $4,000
Erickson tied for third in the first round of Bracket 4 before he went on to win Round 3 by besting his Round 1 time by two full seconds.
Stockton Graves $3,750
Graves came in hot in Bracket 2 with a 4.0 second run to get the Round 1 win. He tied for third in Round 3 getting him enough money to be the No. 1 guy in Bracket 2 to make it into the Semifinals.
Jacob Edler $3,750
Edler took a break last year and he is back with a Round 1 win that earned him $2,500 before he tied for third in Round 3 to make him the No. 2 money earning steer wrestler of Bracket 5.
Kyle Irwin $3,500
Irwin had a fourth-place finish in Round 1 before he made a run of 3.3 seconds in the third round of Bracket 1 to bring in $2,500 and secure his place in the Semifinals.
Marc Joiner $3,500
The reigning Resistol Rookie of the year won Round 1 with a 3.7 and finished fourth in the second round with a 4.1 second run.
Tristan Martin $3,500
Martin hit a hot streak back in September, hit the gas and hasn’t looked back. Coming off of a big win from Fort Worth, Martin placed in all three rounds of Bracket 3. He tied in two rounds and was fourth in one to secure his spot in the Semifinals.
Bridger Anderson $3,500
Anderson is off to a good start for the 2022 season. He got faster with every round to finish third in Round 1, be just out of the money in Round 2 and second in Round 3.
Rowdy Parrott $3,250
Parrott was a 3.5 in Round 2 to be second and a 3.9 in Round 3 making the Louisiana bull dogger the third highest money earner of Bracket 1.
Tyler Waguespack $3,250
Waguespack knows what it is like to be the champion at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo and he is headed towards success again. With a 4.8 in Round 1 and a 3.8 in Round 3, the previous San Antonio Champion secured his spot in the Semis.
Jace Melvin $3,000
Melvin tied in Round 1 and Round 3 of Bracket 1 to get into the Semfinals but he was nothing if not consistent. It was a 3.8 and a 3.9 that brought in $3,000 for the South Dakota cowboy.
Dalton Massey $3,000
Massey’s fastest run came in Round 2 of Bracket 2 when he was a 3.9 to finish second. His slowest run of the three performances was a 5.4 in Round 1 and it was still fast enough to get a check.
Payden McIntyre $2,500
McIntyre was the first steer wrestler out in Round 3 of Bracket 2 and he knew he had to go for it. He ended up winning the third round and it earned him enough money to advance to the Semifinals.
Taz Olson $2,500
Olson was quick in Round 2. A 3.6 second run got him a first place finish and that check was enough to move him on into the Semifinals.
Wyatt Jurney $2,500
Jurney is making his first appearance at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo and he was excited to get the first round win of Bracket 4 with a time of 3.8 seconds.
Shane Frey $2,500
Frey was on another stand out bull dogging horse, Dr. Pepper, to get the Round 2 win of Bracket 5. He stopped the clock at 3.7 and won the right amount to cinch his spot in the Semifinals.
Jacob Talley $2,000
Talley is the final man to make the Semifinals after winning $2,000 with a 4.2 second run and a second-place finish in Round 2 of Bracket 4.
These 20 semifinalists are split into the two Semifinals performances and the race is on to see who will make the Final Round of the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. You can catch it all on The Cowboy Channel and The Cowboy Channel+ App.
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