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Sundell takes over world standings lead with win in Nampa, Idaho
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – These are heady times to be an Iowa cowboy.
Paul Mayo of Grinnell was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame earlier this month, Kollin VonAhn of Sac City is the reigning world champion team roping heeler, and then there is Wade Sundell.
Sundell, from the teeming metropolis of Boxholm, Iowa (population 215), took over first place in the saddle bronc riding world standings by winning the July 20-24 Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho.
Sundell tied for third place in the first round and won the finals with an 86-point ride on Burch Rodeo’s Vitalix Hippie Chick to win the two-head average over Cody DeMoss by five points (170-165).
“I knew if I won it all at Nampa, I was pretty sure of moving to No. 1,” Sundell said, “but I tried not to think about it too much. I just want to ride broncs, have fun and let (the world standings situation) work itself out.
“When I was back in the pack (33rd in mid-March), I just looked at the person ahead of me in the standings and went to work trying to pick them off one at a time. So much good has happened lately, and now to move into the No. 1 spot for the first time in my career … I don’t know what to think or say.”
Sundell was happy to draw Hippie Chick for the final round at Nampa because she was a horse he knew and on whom he’d enjoyed a recent success – an 83-point ride in the Wild Card round at RodeoHouston.
“It seemed like she bucked even harder this time,” Sundell said. “I dang sure had to bear down. She gives you good effort every time you nod your head, and you know you can place well if you do your part.”
The $7,753 he earned at Nampa was enough to push him past the injured Rod Hay of Canada into first place, and with another check at Joseph, Ore., Sundell moved his season earnings total to $78,323.
If he were to carry his lead all the way through the Dec. 2-11 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Sundell would become the first Iowa roughstock cowboy to win a world championship since Mayo in 1970.
Does he see Mayo’s recent Hall of Fame induction as any sort of omen?
“That would be all right with me if it were,” Sundell said.
Hall of Fame 2010
Denny Flynn One of This Year's Inductees
Often identified as the most talented bull rider never to win a world title, Flynn, of Charleston, Ark., qualified for the National Finals Rodeo 10 times (1974-82, 1985) and set a record for most bull riding average titles won at the NFR (1975, 1981-82), later equaled by Jim Sharp. Flynn, 59, finished second in the PRCA season standings three times, losing the 1980 title to Don Gay by a mere $188.
His 98-point ride on Tommy Steiner’s Red Lightning at Palestine, Ill., in 1979 was a world record for a dozen years and remains the second-highest score in ProRodeo history in any roughstock event. Flynn’s 92-point score on a bull named Ed Pivik at Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days in 1974 stood as the arena record for 15 years. Flynn was inducted in the newly merged notables/lifetime achievement category.
“It was a humbling experience when I saw all my stuff in the display case,” said Flynn, who estimated 60-80 family and friends from Arkansas made the trip for the induction. “Here I was alongside all the greats of the sport. It was all a bit overwhelming. I’m proud to go in with this group. They have all been a big part of my life.”
Cowboy Christmas Good for Guy
Guy moves up in the (steer wrestling) world by staying close to home
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – For steer wrestler Nick Guy, the days following Cowboy Christmas always seem to turn out better than the actual “holiday.” He’s becoming a big fan of the cowboy equivalent of Boxing Day.
While other top bulldoggers were up in Alberta, Canada, for the non-PRCA sanctioned Calgary Stampede, Guy, of Sparta, Wis., stayed close to home and made up ground on the leaders in his bid to qualify for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
A pair of repeat wins at Hamel, Minn., and Decorah, Iowa, July 8-11, plus a third- place finish at Spooner, Wis., added $5,409 to Guy’s ledger and moved him from ninth place in the world standings to fifth with a total of $44,301.
“I had a good week before Cowboy Christmas with checks at Pecos (Texas) and Santa Fe (N.M.) and a good week after it,” Guy said. “When you count Cowboy Christmas (when he won $4,870), I’ve really had three pretty good weeks in a row.
“I’d hardly won any money in the Great Lakes Circuit this year, so this was a great week to come home. I made up some ground in the world standings and probably assured myself of a spot in the circuit finals rodeo all at the same time.”
The biggest boost to his weekend came at the Hamel (Minn.) Rodeo & Bull Riding Bonanza, where he won a round and the two-head average in 8.2 seconds for $2,886. He also successfully defended his title at the Winnieshiek County Fair Pro Rodeo in Decorah, Iowa, with a time of 4.5 seconds.
He had a run of 5.3 seconds at the Heart of the North Rodeo in Spooner, Wis., and just missed the pay window at the Isanti (Minn.) Firefighters Rodeo; his 5.5-second run was a tenth-of-a-second shy of placing.
This is the first time Guy – a four-year member of the PRCA – has really rodeoed hard. He graduated from National American University in 2008 and spent part of last year working on his Master’s degree in business administration at Chadron State (Chadron, Neb.), while also helping coach the rodeo team.
Guy nonetheless did well enough to earn $25,470 and finish 47th in the world standings. When he qualified for the field at RodeoHouston and the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo – the two regular-season PRCA rodeos with the most prize money – he decided to go all out for a Wrangler NFR slot.
“Most of the credit for my success goes to my horse, Tucker,” Guy said. “I’ve had him for about 4-5 years now, and he has really changed my outlook about what is possible. He gives me a chance to do well every time.”
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