BILLINGS — Not even a day after winning his second consecutive College National Finals bareback championship, Weston Timberman was already on his way to another rodeo on Sunday afternoon.
“As of right now I am driving to Fallon, Nevada,” the 19-year-old who lives in Columbus told The Billings Gazette and 406 MT Sports on Sunday. “We aren’t taking any time off and jumping right back into it and going to a bunch of professional rodeos and making our shot for the Finals.”
Timberman was a perfect 4 for 4 at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper, Wyoming, to claim the championship. He had scores of 80.5, 81, 80.5, and 79 for an average of 321. Cooper Filipek of Gillette College (Wyoming) finished second with an average of 320.5. He had a score of 81 in the short go to make things with Timberman tight.
“I went into that last go round, the short go, with a three-point lead and I was pretty confident in myself to keep that lead,” Timberman explained. “I kind of had a little stumble at the end of my ride and when I got off, I wasn’t nervous…