Two Albertans are sitting in the top 3 of the aggregate in Tie Down Roping.
Kyle Lucas, hailing from Carstairs and Nanton's Logan Bird, are sitting in 2nd and 3rd place after 2 days of rodeo action in Pool A.
Lucas had a time of 8.2 seconds on Day 2 to move into 2nd in the aggregate, with Bird tying Lucas's time of 8.2 to move into 3rd place in the aggregate.
Only the top 3 times in the aggregate after Sunday's event move into the finals on Championship Sunday, July 13.
Pool B action runs from Monday to Wednesday, with Pool C following from Thursday to Saturday.
Here are the highlights from Day 2 at the Calgary Stampede.
Tie Down Roping:
- Kyle Lucas (Carstairs, AB) - 8.2 seconds (tied for 4th) - 2nd in the aggregate
- Logan Bird (Nanton, AB) - 8.2 seconds (tied for 4th) - 3rd in the aggregate
- Shane Smith (Wilborne,AB) - 8.6 seconds (6th) - 9th in the aggregate
Ladies Breakaway Roping:
- Macy Auclair (Ponoka, AB) - 2.8 seconds (tied for 2nd) - 4th in the aggregate
- Lawrie Neal (Alix, AB) - 3.2 seconds (5th) - 5th in the aggregate
- Shelby Boisjoli-Meged (Langdon, AB) - 3.3 seconds (tied for 6th) - 3rd in the aggregate
- Mikenna Schauer (Halkirk, AB) - 3.3 seconds (tied for 6th) - 7th in the aggregate
- Jenna Dallyn (Nanton, AB) - NT (no time) - 8th in the aggregate
Steer Wrestling:
- Scott Guenther (Provost, AB) - 3.8 seconds (1st) - 1st in the aggregate
- Landon Beardsworth (Red Deer County, AB) - 6.1 seconds (8th) - 10th in the aggregate
Ladies Barrel Racing:
- Taylor Cherry (Quesnel, BC) - 17.380 seconds (5th) - 8th in the aggregate
- Jennifer Neudorf (Bluffton, AB) - 17.800 seconds (8th) - 6th in the aggregate
Bull Riding:
- Jared Parsonage (Maple Creek, Sask.) - BO (bucked off) - 4th in the aggregate
- Edgar Durazo (Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico but trains in High River, AB) - BO (bucked off) - tied for 5th in the aggregate
Saddle Bronc:
- Lucas Macza (High River, AB) - 80.50 (7th) - tied for 8th in the aggregate
Bareback:
- Jake Stemo (Calgary, AB) - 83.50 (5th) - 7th in the aggregate
Novice Bareback:
- Clay Greenslade (Strathmore, AB) - 85.00 (1st) - 6th in the aggregate
- Jace Lomheim (Hughenden, AB) - 78.00 (3rd) - 5th in the aggregate
- Quaide Skjonsberg (Bluffton, AB) - 73.00 (5th) - 2nd in the aggregate
- Rhett Tattrie (Youngstown, AB) - 64.50 (7th) - 7th in the aggregate
Only the top 3 in each event in each of the three pools will advance to Championship Sunday on July 13.