LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The spring 2012 season got off to an excellent start for the New Mexico State University men's and women's rodeo teams.
The teams racked up enough points to get them ranked first not only regionally but nationally as well, after the spring season opener held in Tucson, Ariz.
The women's team sewed up the top four spots in goat-tying, with Kendra Stinemean taking the lead, Dixie Richards taking second place, Brandi Pfiefer third and Randi Simpson fourth.
Three was Pfiefer's lucky number as she also took the third spot in the women's all-around point battle.
Two other women who came in No. 1 were Meghan Johnson for barrel racing and Jessica Silva for breakaway roping.
Two of the men who climbed to second place were Trenton Montero for bareback riding and Ty Anderson for tie-down roping.
Three out of four places wasn't bad for Rusty VanSoelen, Rodee Walraven and Clancy Wilkerson, who took the first, third and fourth spots in the team roping header category.
Michael Manzanares took first place in team roping heeler and Sheldon Church took fourth.
The next competition for the NMSU rodeo teams will be today and Saturday at Cochise Community College in Fort Huachuca, Ariz.
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