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Daily Newspaper and Travel Guide
for Pecos Country of West Texas
Lifestyle
Friday, May 31, 2002
Harrison earns trip to College National Finals
Brandi Harrison of Pecos will be representing West Texas A&M College
Rodeo Team at the 2002 College National Finals Rodeo June 11-15 in Casper,
Wyoming. She will be competing in the breakaway roping.
Harrison is a member of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association
(NIRA).
The NIRA is the governing body of College Rodeo in the United States.
There are eleven regions that comprise the NIRA represented by over 135 member
colleges and universities and many other colleges and universities represented
by independent members. There are over 3,500 student member rodeo athletes
from the United States and beyond competing in over one hundred rodeos every
year working toward the road to the College National Finals by way of the
Conference Finals Rodeo.
Last year, 2001 was the inaugural year for the Conference Finals Rodeo
held in Hobbs, N.M. This event, begun by NIRA last year is the final step
for college athletes across the United States to advance to the College National
Finals Rodeo in Casper. The CNFR is dubbed as the "Rose Bowl" of college
rodeo where the nation's best college cowboys and cowgirls from the 11 different
regions center into the CNFR arena in an effort to win national titles in
saddle bronc, bareback, bull riding, steer wrestling, calf roping, team roping,
barrel racing, breakaway roping, and goat tying.
The all-around cowboy and cowgirl and the National Mens and Womens Teams
are also determined at the national event in Wyoming. Student athletes will
also be competing for over $200,000 in scholarships from the US Smokeless
Tobacco Co. Scholarship Awards Program.
Natividad named queen at Whitaker Headstart
Cheyenne C. Natividad was named Queen of Whitaker Headstart in Odessa
recently.
She won a $100 cash prize, was featured in the Odessa American and also
rode in the Cinco De Mayo Parade in Odessa.
Natividad is the daughter of Lori Candia of Odessa and Augustin M. Natividad
Jr. currently serving in the USAF Station in Osun, South Korea.
Maternal grandparents are Jesus and Anna Candia of Pecos.
Paternal grandparents are Augustin and Laura Natividad also of Pecos.
Pecos Enterprise
York M. "Smokey" Briggs, Publisher
Division of Buckner News Alliance, Inc.
324 S. Cedar St., Pecos, TX 79772
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