CASPER, Wyo. –
Shacie Marr completed her student-athlete career with Eastern New Mexico rodeo at the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) last week.
"I had a good time and met a lot of new people," said Marr on the experience of the competition. "I am thankful for the opportunity to go. It was fun."
The graduate student earned 12th in breakaway and 36th in goat tying. Marr advanced to the short go in breakaway marking her tenth trip to a short go out of 11 total rodeos this season. She needed two blazing quick times in the lone round to make it back as she failed to earn a result in her first go. Marr managed to go 2.1s and 2.2s to earn one of the final spots to Saturday night's marquee event. She broke the barrier during the short round, which added time to her result. Despite the unfortunate error, she still ended up in the top dozen of the very competitive field.
She also competed in goat tying over the weeklong rodeo. Over her three runs, she totaled 27.3s to take 36th in the field of 55 contestants. Her best run came during the first go as she went 7.1s. Marr followed that with 7.3s and 12.9s times.
"She represented Eastern well," said assistant coach
Albert Flinn. "It was enjoyable and she got out really good."
Marr had an excellent final season with ENMU rodeo as she won three all-around titles and aided the program to a top five finish in the region.
Action in the arena was not the only important part of the CNFR. Marr also represented the southwest region in winning the annual CNFR softball tournament. Marr said that the teams were all competitive and it was a memorable part of the trip. Coach Flinn said the region had excellent pitching performances to carry the team to the annual title. Flinn also reflected on how the region will need to figure out how to split up the honors since the reigning champion typically earns a bye in next year's softball tournament.
The reason coach Flinn joked about this occurrence is because the southwest region is now going to be split into two different regions. One will be the Lone Star region comprised of Texas-based institutions and the other will be the Caprock region.
ENMU joins the Caprock region alongside Clarendon College, New Mexico Junior College, Odessa College, South Plains College, Texas Tech, West Texas A&M, Howard College, Western Texas College, and Frank Phillips College, The split was a major talking point as competitions saw 700+ student-athletes compete each week. The new efforts will help with decreasing rodeo sizes and increasing opportunities for more student-athletes from the surrounding area to make it to the CNFR. The 2025-26 rodeo season will still have ten competitions with five during each semester.
