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Team ropers Schwenke, Beers post 3.4-second run in Canadian Tour Finals
CALGARY, ALBERTA – Americans fared well in the Canadian Tour Championships, Oct. 2-4 at the Calgary Corral. However, Shane Schwenke and Mike Beers did a little something extra. The duo roped their steer in 3.4 seconds – believed to be the fastest recorded time in competition.
“Before they announced our time, I yelled at Mike, ‘How fast were we?’ said Schwenke, a header from Montana. “Mike laughed and said, ‘That was fast.’”
The two tied the Canadian record of 3.7 seconds in the semifinal round, but never dreamed they could be 3.4 in the same arena 45 minutes later.
“That 3.7 was the fastest I’d ever been in my life,” said Schwenke, 42, who was riding Canadian champion Murray Linthicum’s gray horse, Roller.
The PRCA-sanctioned world record of 3.5 seconds is shared by five teams and was most recently tied by JoJo LeMond and Randon Adams at the Buc Days Pro Rodeo, April 22, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
“I had an idea how fast it was, and it was the fastest I’d ever been,” said Beers, 51, from Oregon. “I mean, things happened so fast. We had a great steer. Shane did a great job, and I just kind of cleaned it up. It was awesome; we had a good time.”
Schwenke and Beers earned $5,000 apiece and are scheduled to compete in the Canadian Finals Rodeo in Edmonton next month.
In other events, Oregon’s Bobby Mote (bareback riding), Idaho’s Nate Baldwin (tie-down roping) and Texan Brittany Pozzi (barrel racing) also won Canadian tour titles. Canadians Cody Cassidy (steer wrestling), Justin Berg (saddle bronc riding) and Ty Elliott (bull riding) were the other Tour winners.
-- Courtesy Dwayne Erickson
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