Dodge City rodeo team traveled down to Stillwater, Oklahoma to keep the fall season going competing at the Oklahoma State University Rodeo and were led by an event winner.
 
The tie-down roping event featured strong performances by the Conquistadors, including De'odrick Fitzgerald, who won the competition. Fitzgerald posted the fastest time in the long round going 9.8 to qualify for the short round and had an even better performance on Sunday with a 8.4 to win the event. 
 
Jackson Wykert joined his teammate in the short round of the tie-down roping event and tied for fifth place overall. After going 12.1 in the long round, he went sub-10 with a 9.9 in the short round to earn that fifth-place finish. 
 
Behind Fitzgerald and Wykert's performances, the Conqs men's rodeo team finished sixth overall at the OSU Rodeo. 
 
Several other Conqs also had solid outings at the OSU Rodeo. Chestin Smith-Rohman just missed the short round in the tie-down roping competition, recording a time of 13.8 in the long round. 
 
In the team roping competition, Pancho Wiebe qualified for the short round after posting a time of 9.8 in the long round with his brother, who competes with another school. Meanwhile, Keelin Faulkner and Kooper Wright ran 12.2 in the long round and missed the short round by four spots. 
 
Goat tying competition saw Raegan Graber have the best performance for the Conqs as she was 8.2 in the long round. The last qualifying time was 7.8, and she was not far behind that. 
Conqs have one more rodeo left in the fall season, as they will compete October 29^th-31^st at the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rodeo in Alva, Oklahoma.