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Dickinson State
University's rodeo team competes in the Great Plains region which consists
of colleges from Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota,
and Wisconsin. Each year, teams compete in 10 rodeos throughout the
six-state region.
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Dickinson State
university has approximately 60 traveling team members competing this
season. The team travels in a caravan, stopping for fuel and walking
horses.
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Rodeo expenses are paid
for everyone traveling to the first rodeo (transportation & motels).
After the first rodeo, the top eight men and top six women receive free
travel and motel room. All other members pay a fee to help cover their
room and transportation.
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At Dickinson State, we
are fortunate to have quality student-athletes and a dedicated coaching
staff, in addition to an indoor heated arena, outdoor arena, practice stock, and
outstanding support from the University. |
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National Champion Team Ropers Chad Day, left, and Dusty Forre
Academic All-American
Allison Sismey
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Rodeo News
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| Chad Day Wins Team Roping National
Championship |
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Allison Sismey Named
an Academic All-American; Takes Home a National 5th Place Finish in Barrel
Racing |
-June 2004
DICKINSON (AP) -- The DSU rodeo team has its eighth-ever
national champion, and its first since 1999.
Chad Day, of Fontanelle, Iowa, and his partner, Dusty
Forre from Wayne (Neb.) State College, won the team roping event at the
College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo.
"Chad roped phenomenal," said coach Tom Nelson,
in his last year as coach.
"They were steady throughout the competition and ended up winning by over 12
seconds."
Day is DSU's fist-ever national champion in team
roping. Other national titles have come in the bull riding, saddle
bronc and calf roping events.
It was the 11th straight season that both the men's and
women's rodeo teams at DSU qualified for the CNFR. The women finished
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Allison Sismey of Inglis, Manitoba, Canada, a 2004
graduate of Dickinson State University, has been named one of 40 Academic
All-Americans by the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association.
The NIRA annually recognizes those individuals from
across the country who demonstrate excellence both in the competitive arena
and in the classroom.
To qualify for Academic All-American status,
individuals must have qualified to participate in the College National
Finals Rodeo and possess a cumulative college grade point average of at
least 3.5.
Sismey was the highest placing finisher for the 2004
Blue Hawks women's rodeo team, earning a fifth-place finish at the CNFR in
barrel racing.
She graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree
in biology and a minor in chemistry last spring.
She currently attends the University of Oklahoma Health
Science Center and is working to attain a doctorate in bio-medical sciences.
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