The EWC rodeo team had the home-team advantage at the 2025 Lancer Rodeo over the weekend.
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TORRINGTON – The Eastern Wyoming College (EWC) rodeo team had the hometown advantage this weekend at the Lancer Rodeo from March 28-30 at the Goshen County Fairgrounds.
Eight Lancer athletes made it back to the short-go on Sunday. The Lancer men’s team placed fourth for the weekend with 325 points.
Overall, it was a great weekend for the Lancer’s hometown rodeo.
“I’m proud of our whole team,” coach Whit Peterson said. “It’s a team effort to put together a rodeo. We competed well and I’m looking forward to the rest of the season.”
Eli Leppell, a freshman from Keene, North Dakota, had an excellent weekend in bull riding. On Friday night, the freshman won the long-go with a 75-point ride to land the hometown cowboy the average and the championship buckle in bull riding.
“It was a good weekend to represent our hometown rodeo,” Leppell said.
Griffin Grooms, a freshman from Oglala, South Dakota, had a solid weekend in barrel racing. In the long-go, Grooms posted a 15.45-second run, tying for third and fourth with EWC sophomore Isabell Camino (from Buffalo).
In the short-go, Grooms kept it consistent with a 15.41-second run to place third in the average.
Camino had a 15.69-second run in the short-go, placing seventh.
Camryn Kocian, a sophomore from Brainard, Nebraska, had a strong start to the weekend with a 15.54-second run in the long-go for barrel racing. Kocian ended up ninth in the average for the weekend after having some tough luck in the short-go.
In calf roping, sophomore Carter Anderson of Merriman, Nebraska, put down a 10.1-second run to land sixth place coming into the short-go. On Sunday, Anderson had an 11.6-second run to place third in the average.
It was a great weekend on the rough stock end. In saddle bronc riding, two Lancers qualified for the short-go on Sunday.
Trey Tuplin, a freshman from Saskatchewan, scored a 65-point ride in the long round to place seventh and eighth. In the short round, the freshman had a 57-point ride to place sixth in the average for the weekend.
Trey Shadlock, also a freshman from Saskatchewan, posted a 70-point ride in the saddle bronc riding long-go and a 75-point ride in the short-go to place third in the average.
“It was a great pen of horses and a great weekend,” Shadlock said. “I just focused on all gas, no breaks.”
In bareback riding, Cian Daly, a freshman from Saskatchewan, scored a 69-point ride on Friday to place fifth in the long-go.
Up next, the Lancers compete at the Skyline Stampede hosted by Colorado State University in Fort Collins from April 4-6.
