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Cuesta College Rodeo Club to compete nationally 

Photo from cuestacollegerodeo.com.

Photo from cuestacollegerodeo.com.

Four members of the Cuesta College Rodeo Club will compete at the 2015 College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) in Casper, WY, from June 13-20. Three of the student athletes will compete in team roping; the fourth qualified in bull riding. Each placed in the top three of their event over the course of the 2014-15 season in the West Coast Region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA), which includes California and Nevada. Over 400 students from more than 100 universities and colleges will participate in the competition.

“It is amazing that Cuesta College, in its first year of having a rodeo club, is sending four student athletes to the College National Finals Rodeo,” said volunteer coach Clint Pearce, who will be joining the students in Casper. “The quality of competitors on our team is world class and I am extremely proud of them.”

The club, which was formed during the fall 2014 semester via the Associated Students of Cuesta College, consists of 19 members who are both passionate about rodeo and dedicated to their education; each member is a full-time Cuesta College student. According to Pearce, the membership may double in fall 2015 due to its popularity.

“The goals for the Cuesta College Rodeo Club are to motivate our student athletes to excel in the classroom and the rodeo arena,” said Pearce. “There are many talented and highly competitive rodeo athletes who attend Cuesta and this organized club allows them to compete in the sport they’re so passionate about, while maintaining good grades and staying fully engaged in their collegiate experience in order to stay eligible to compete.”

Additionally, the club has forged a partnership with Cal Poly; members practice at the Cal Poly rodeo arena alongside the university’s rodeo club members.

For more information on the Rodeo Club, please contact the Associated Students of Cuesta College (ASCC) office at (805) 546-3289 or visit www.cuestacollegerodeo.com.

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