How the tables have turned for Haven Meged's 2020 National Finals Rodeo.
After not placing in the first three rounds of the NFR, Meged completed his third straight night of placing in the money with his best performance yet, winning the sixth go-round of the tie-down roping at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
Meged, the reigning world champion in tie-down roping, completed his run in 6.8 seconds to win $26,231. The Miles City native moved up four spots in the world standings to No. 5 with $115,248 earned. Shad Mayfield, who did not place in the money on Tuesday, leads the world standings with $187,399.
Circle's Lisa Lockhart also had another big night at the NFR. After winning the third go-round on Saturday, Lockhart took second on Tuesday with a time of 17.07 seconds to win $20,731. Lockhart, who now resides in Oelrichs, South Dakota, moved up three spots to No. 4 in the world standings with $108,866. Hailey Kinsel, who did not place in the money on Tuesday, leads the world standings with $187,884.
For the third straight night, Billings' Clay Tryan and partner Jake Long of Coffeyville, Kansas, finished in second place in the team roping. Tryan and Long completed their run in 4.0 seconds to win $20,731. Tryan moved up one spot to No. 4 in the world standings for team roping headers with $124,886. Luke Brown, who placed in fourth on Tuesday, leads the world standings for headers with $155,652.
Helena's Chase Tryan and partner Brenten Hall of Jay, Oklahoma, did not place in the money in the team roping on Tuesday. Tryan fell three spots to No. 12 in the world standings for team roping heelers with $90,145.
Hillsdale, Wyoming's Brody Cress finished in sixth place in the saddle bronc with a score of 85 on Cover Girl to win $4,231. Cress moved up one spot to No. 3 in the world standings with $137,462. Wyatt Casper, who did not place in the money on Tuesday, leads the world standings in the saddle bronc with $233,830.
Deer Lodge's Chase Brooks did not place in the money for the second straight night, and fell one spot in the saddle bronc world standings to No. 7 with $106,881.
Stevensville's Richmond Champion also did not place in the money for the second consecutive night, but remains fifth in the world standings in the bareback riding with $119,700. Tim O'Connell, who placed sixth on Tuesday, leads the world standings with $191,453.
Results from Round 6 at Globe Life Field, along with the updated average and world standings, can be found below.
2020 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Results
Round 6, Dec. 8
Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas
Bareback Riding: 1. Cole Reiner, 87 points on Flying U Rodeo’s Lil Red Hawk, $26,231; 2. (tie) Kaycee Field and Tanner Aus, 86.5, $18,192 each; 4. Orin Larsen, 86, $11,000; 5. (tie) Tim O’Connell and Chad Rutherford, 85.5, $5,500 each; 7. Leighton Berry, 85; 8. Richmond Champion, 84.5; 9. Jess Pope, 84; 10. Jamie Howlett, 83.5; 11. Winn Ratliff, 82.5; 12. Tilden Hooper, 80; 13. Mason Clements, 79.5; 14. Jake Brown, 75.5; 15. Clayton Biglow, NS. Average leaders: 1. Kaycee Feild, 513.5 points on six head; 2. Tim O’Connell, 513; 3. Richmond Champion, 512.5; 4. Cole Reiner, 511; 5. Jess Pope, 508.5; 6. Leighton Berry, 508; 7. Tilden Hooper, 500; 8. Tanner Aus, 496; 9. Chad Rutherford, 489; 10. Mason Clements, 485; 11. Orin Larsen, 483; 12. Jamie Howlett, 406 points on five head; 13. Winn Ratliff, 385.5; 14. Clayton Biglow, 328.5 points on four head; 15. Jake Brown, 326. World standings: 1. Tim O’Connell, $191,453; 2. Kaycee Field, $171,879; 3. Clayton Biglow, $129,415; 4. Leighton Berry, $120,642; 5. Richmond Champion, $119,700; 6. Tilden Hooper, $116,530; 7. Tanner Aus, $116,149; 8. Cole Reiner, $107,363; 9. Orin Larsen, $102,391; 10. Jess Pope, $92,471; 11. Mason Clements, $90,924; 12. Jamie Howlett, $80,813; 13. Chad Rutherford, $77,874; 14. Jake Brown, $52,778; 15. Winn Ratliff, $49,743.
Steer Wrestling: 1.(tie) Stetson Jorgensen and Jacob Edler, 3.3 seconds, $23,481 each; 3. Jule Hazen, 3.6, $15,654; 4. (tie) Jace Melvin and Bridger Anderson, 3.7, $8,885 each; 6. Dakota Eldridge, 3.8, $4,231; 7. (tie) Jacob Talley, Blake Knowles and Will Lummus, 3.9 each; 10. Curtis Cassidy, 4.0; 11. Tyler Waguespack, 4.1; 12. Jesse Brown, 4.5; 13. Tanner Brunner, 5.4; 14. Matt Reeves, 11.1; 15. Clayton Hass, NT. Aggregate: 1. Stetson Jorgensen, 26.6 seconds on six head; 2. Jacob Edler, 26.8; 3. Bridger Anderson, 27.2; 4. Dakota Eldridge, 28.4; 5. Jesse Brown, 30.0; 6. Tyler Waguespack, 34.8; 7. Will Lummus, 36.0; 8. Matt Reeves, 41.1; 9. Jace Melvin, 46.2; 10. Jule Hazen, 47.0; 11. Blake Knowles, 20.9 seconds on five head; 12. Curtis Cassidy, 32.1; 13. Jacob Talley, 37.3; 14. Tanner Brunner, 29.4 seconds on four head; 15. Clayton Hass, 36.8. World standings: 1. Matt Reeves, $125,925; 2. Stetson Jorgensen, $117,600; 3. Jacob Talley, $116,047; 4. Jacob Edler, $104,472; 5. Bridger Anderson, $104,434; 6. Tyler Waguespack, $103,928; 7. Dakota Eldridge, $100,841; 8. Will Lummus, $96,395; 9. Jace Melvin, $92,821; 10. Blake Knowles, $89,009; 11. Jesse Brown, $88,559; 12. Jule Hazen, $69,615; 13. Curtis Cassidy, $68,932; 14. Tanner Brunner, $56,885; 15. Clayton Hass, $56,071.
Team Roping: 1. Cody Snow/Junior Nogueira, 3.9 seconds, $26,231 each; 2. Clay Tryan/Jake Long, 4.0, $20,731; 3. Colby Lovell/Paul Eaves, 4.1, $15,654; 4. Luke Brown/Joseph Harrison, 4.2, $11,000; 5. Chad Masters/Wesley Thorp, 4.3, $6,769; 6. (tie) Dustin Egusquiza/Travis Graves and Jeff Flenniken/Tyler Worley, 4.5, $2,115 each; 8. Nelson Wyatt/Levi Lord, 4.6; 9. Levi Simpson/Shay Dixon Carroll, 11.0; 10. Clay Smith/Jade Corkill, 12.3; 11. Andrew Ward/Buddy Hawkins II, 12.5; 12. Charly Crawford/Logan Medlin, 14.0; 13. Erich Rogers/Paden Bray, 14.7; 14. (tie) Kolton Schmidt/Hunter Koch and Brenten Hall/Chase Tryan, NT. Average leaders: 1. Dustin Egusquiza/Travis Graves, 46.1 seconds on six head; 2. Erich Rogers/Paden Bray, 54.8; 3. Luke Brown/Joseph Harrison, 27.7 seconds on five head; 4. Levi Simpson/Shay Dixon Carroll, 31.1; 5. Nelson Wyatt/Levi Lord, 31.6; 6. Andrew Ward/Buddy Hawkins II, 32.0; 7. Jeff Flenniken/Tyler Worley, 32.5; 8. Chad Masters/Wesley Thorp, 33.9; 9. Clay Smith/Jade Corkill, 39.3; 10. Charly Crawford/Logan Medlin, 45.9; 11. Clay Tryan/Jake Long, 17.8 seconds on four head; 12. Cody Snow/Junior Nogueira, 27.9; 13. Brenten Hall/Chase Tryan, 18.5 seconds on three head; 14. Colby Lovell/Paul Eaves, 42.8; 15. Kolton Schmidt/Hunter Koch, NT. World standings (headers): 1. Luke Brown, $155,652; 2. Dustin Egusquiza, $146,945; 3. Cody Snow, $125,343; 4. Clay Tryan, $124,886; 5. Clay Smith, $116,934; 6. Andrew Ward, $112,372; 7. Colby Lovell, $111,893; 8. Erich Rogers, $93,003; 9. Chad Masters, $92,721; 10. Nelson Wyatt, $92,140; 11. Brenten Hall, $90,145; 12. Levi Simpson, $88,321; 13. Charly Crawford, $69,460; 14. Jeff Flenniken, $65,737; 15. Kolton Schmidt, $61,022. World standings (heelers): 1. Travis Graves, $139,283; 2. Joseph Harrison, $136,286; 3. Jake Long, $130,484; 4. Jade Corkill, $116,934; 5. Junior Nogueira, $114,199; 6. Buddy Hawkins II, $112,372; 7. Paul Eaves, $102,544; 8. Shay Dixon Carroll, $94,190; 9. Levi Lord, $93,339; 10. Paden Bray, $93,003; 11. Wesley Thorp, $92,721; 12. Chase Tryan, $90,145; 13. Logan Medlin, $68,852; 14. Tyler Worley, $67,484; 15. Hunter Koch, $61,022.
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1. Ryder Wright, 90.5 points on Hi Lo Pro Rodeo’s Billie, $26,231; 2. Lefty Holman, 86, $20,731; 3. (tie) Stetson Dell Wright, Rusty Wright and Zeke Thurston, 85.5, $11,141 each; 6. Brody Cress, 85, $4,231; 7. (tie) Jacobs Crawley and Isaac Diaz, 84; 9. Shorty Garrett, 83; 10. Wyatt Casper, 82.5; 11. (tie) Chase Brooks and Sterling Crawley, 81.5 each; 13. (tie) Allen Boore and Cole Elshere, 79.5; 15. Taos Muncy, 76. Average leaders: 1. Ryder Wright, 525 points on six head; 2. Chase Brooks, 508; 3. Sterling Crawley, 502; 4. Isaac Diaz, 500.5; 5. Wyatt Casper, 434.5 points on five head; 6. Lefty Holman, 432.5; 7. Rusty Wright, 424; 8. Allen Boore, 420; 9. Shorty Garrett, 413.5; 10. Zeke Thurston, 407.5; 11. Jacobs Crawley, 397.5; 12. Taos Muncy, 396.5; 13. Stetson Dell Wright, 342.5 points on four head; 14. Brody Cress, 339.5; 15. Cole Elshere, 79.5 points on one head. World standings: 1. Wyatt Casper, $233,830; 2. Ryder Wright, $221,182; 3. Brody Cress, $137,462; 4. Lefty Holman, $135,612; 5. Allen Boore, $134,461; 6. Rusty Wright, $112,125; 7. Chase Brooks, $106,881; 8. Shorty Garrett, $105,505; 9. Stetson Dell Wright, $91,062; 10. Sterling Crawley, $72,608; 11. Zeke Thurston, $71,665; 12. Isaac Diaz, $70,063; 13. Cole Elshere, $64,351; 14. Jacobs Crawley, $60,930; 15. Taos Muncy, $52,303.
Tie-Down Roping: 1. Haven Meged, 6.8 seconds, $26,231; 2. Hunter Herrin, 6.9, $20,731; 3. Tyler Milligan, 7.5, $15,654; 4. Cory Solomon, 7.8, $11,000; 5. Shane Hanchey, 7.9, $6,769; 6. Caddo Lewallen, 8.1, $4,231; 7. Tuf Cooper, 8.2; 8. Marty Yates, 8.6; 9. Ryan Jarrett, 9.9; 10. Shad Mayfield, 11.2; 11. Adam Gray, Seymour, 17.4; 12. Ty Harris, 20.8; 13. Westyn Hughes, 22.4; 14. (tie) Timber Moore and Tyson Durfey, NT. Average leaders: 1. Shane Hanchey, 50.0 seconds on six head; 2. Cory Solomon, 52.1; 3. Marty Yates, 52.2; 4. Caddo Lewallen, 59.8; 5. Haven Meged, 62.2; 6. Westyn Hughes, 63.1; 7. Ryan Jarrett, 68.1; 8. Ty Harris, 74.9; 9. Adam Gray, 75.4; 10. Tyler Milligan, 92.7; 11. Hunter Herrin, 44.8 seconds on five head; 12. Timber Moore, 45.6; 13. Tuf Cooper, 55.8; 14. Tyson Durfey, 41.2 seconds on four head; 15. Shad Mayfield, 36.2 seconds on three head. World standings: 1. Shad Mayfield, $187,399; 2. Hunter Herrin, $121,203; 3. Westyn Hughes, $120,737; 4. Marty Yates, $118,630; 5. Haven Meged, $115,24; 6. Shane Hanchey, $109,684; 7. Tyson Durfey, $106,793; 8. Cory Solomon, $102,835; 9. Tyler Milligan, $90,803; 10. Adam Gray, $89,851; 11. Tuf Cooper, $88,189; 12. Ty Harris, $84,068; 13. Timber Moore, $83,898; 14. Ryan Jarrett, $83,234; 15. Caddo Lewallen, $72,371.
Barrel Racing: 1. Emily Miller, 17.01 seconds, $26,231; 2. Lisa Lockhart, 17.07, $20,731; 3. Stevi Hillman, 17.11, $15,654; 4. Jill Wilson, 17.19, $11,000; 5. Wenda Johnson, 17.29, $6,769; 6. Tiany Schuster, 17.35, $4,231; 7. Jessica Telford, 17.46; 8. Jimmie Smith, 17.63; 9. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 17.64; 10. Jessica Routier, 17.65; 11. Cheyenne Wimberley, 17.72; 12. Hailey Kinsel, 17.89; 13. Ryann Pedone, 18.56; 14. Brittney Barnett, 22.84; 15. Shelley Morgan, 23.26. Average leaders: 1. Hailey Kinsel, 103.80 seconds on six runs; 2. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 104.20; 3. Jill Wilson, 104.69; 4. Jessica Routier, 105.09; 5. Jessica Telford, 105.16; 6. Jimmie Smith, 105.52; 7. Ryann Pedone, 107.46; 8. Emily Miller, 109.33; 9. Tiany Schuster, 110.22; 10. Shelley Morgan, 110.24; 11. Cheyenne Wimberley, 110.94; 12. Wenda Johnson, 111.14; 13. Stevi Hillman, 113.64; 14. Brittney Barnett, 115.59; 15. Lisa Lockhart, 118.38. World standings: 1. Hailey Kinsel, $187,884; 2. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, $169,494; 3. Jimmie Smith, $128,753; 4. Lisa Lockhart, $108,866; 5. Stevi Hillman, $106,812; 6. Tiany Schuster, $101,022; 7. Shelley Morgan, $98,613; 8. Jill Wilson, $79,871; 9. Cheyenne Wimberley, $79,039; 10. Emily Miller, $78,619; 11. Dona Kay Rule, $77,454; 12. Jessica Routier, $77,025; 13. Jessica Telford, $59,477; 14. Brittney Barnett, $59,296; 15. Wenda Johnson, $56,722; 16. Ryann Pedone, $52,581.
Bull Riding: 1. Dustin Boquet, Bourg, La., 89.5 points on Pickett Pro Rodeo Company’s Lonesome You, $28,981; 2. Roscoe Jarboe, 88.0, $23,481; 3. (tie) Colten Fritzlan and Ty Wallace, 85.5, $16,077 each; 5. (tie) Stetson Dell Wright, Sage Kimzey, Brady Portenier, Ky Hamilton, Denton Fugate, Jeff Askey, Boudreaux Campbell, Tyler Bingham, Parker McCown, Trevor Kastner and Clayton Sellars, NS. Average leaders: 1. Colten Fritzlan, 428.5 points on five head; 2. Ty Wallace, 355 points on four head; 3. Ky Hamilton, 347; 4. Stetson Dell Wright, 269 points on three head; 5. Parker McCown, 246; 6. Clayton Sellars, 173 points on two head; 7. Roscoe Jarboe, 172; 8. Jeff Askey, 164.5; 9. Sage Kimzey, 162; 10. Tyler Bingham, 161; 11. Dustin Boquet, 89.5 points on one head; 12. Boudreaux Campbell, 87.5; 13. Trevor Kastner, 87; 14. Brady Portenier, 78; 15. Denton Fugate, NS. World standings: 1. Ty Wallace, $178,330; 2. Ky Hamilton, $163,331; 3. Colten Fritzlan, $151,543; 4. Stetson Dell Wright, $144,684; 5. Dustin Boquet, $120,547; 6. Roscoe Jarboe, $116,475; 7. Sage Kimzey, $110,796; 8. Boudreaux Campbell, $106,746; 9. Parker McCown, $98,138; 10. Brady Portenier, $83,105; 11. Jeff Askey, $82,996; 12. Tyler Bingham, $82,056; 13. Trevor Kastner, $80,935; 14. Clayton Sellars, $76,933; 15. Denton Fugate, $62,236.
All-Around: 1. Stetson Dell Wright, $213,341; 2. Tuf Cooper, $132,450; 3. Clay Smith, $127,968; 4. Trevor Brazile, $94,803.
