PORTALES, N.M. – After a successful weekend at the College Daze Rodeo, Eastern New Mexico is on the road at Sul Ross State University to compete in the second competition of the season. Before the team heads to Alpine, Texas September 21-23, please take a look at the "Three Barrel Preview."

1.) ENMU's Field - A total of 45 student-athletes will compete in six events over the three-day event in hopes to advance to the short-go Saturday night. This past weekend, Shacie Marr and Greeley Eastep donned Lewis Cooper Arena Saturday night and helped the program take fourth place in the first rodeo of the year.Beau Dean, Tyson Mackenzie, Couy McBride, Rowdy Norwood, Blase Steffen, and Zachary Townsend will compete for the men's team title. Representing ENMU for the women includes Daisy Dean, Greeley Eastep, Shacie Marr, and Shaeden Marr.
 
2.) Breakaway in the Breakaway – One of the toughest events over the weekend is the breakaway. The southwest region features 200+ competitors in the event each week. The Greyhounds have eleven entries in the event with the hopes of having several advance to the championship round. Last week, Shacie Marr post a 2.5s run in the long round and took sixth overall after a 12.2s run in the short go. She earned the program 28.33 scoring points for her performance at the College Daze Rodeo.

3.) Oh So Close – Zachary Townsend finished four places outside of advancing to the short go in steerwrestling this week. His teammate Couy McBride came about 1.3s shy for a place to compete in the championship round in tiedown roping. McBride also had a shot to team-up with West Texas A&M's student-athlete Kolton Smith in the team roping competition. The two were about 3.4s away from qualifying for Saturday's final round of runs. 

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