Tarleton State University’s rodeo teams each return to action Feb. 2-4 in the Fort Worth Stock Show Collegiate Rodeo at the Will Rogers Coliseum.The Cowtown event marks the beginning of the spring portion of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s 2025-26 season.
The men’s and women’s teams both lead the NIRA Lone Star Region standings after stellar performances in the fall campaign. The men, defending national champions, accumulated 2,675 points in the season’s first half, more than 1,100 points better than second-place Weatherford College.
The women carry a 190-point lead over WC, gathering 1,375 points in the fall.
Tarleton State’s men, winners of four of the first five rodeos, are led by bareback and saddle bronc rider Clay Greenslade, who is the all-around leader at the break. Additionally, Taylon Carmody sits atop the leaderboard in bareback riding, Brodey Clemons is the region’s top tie-down roper and bull rider Brenson Barlett is also in first as the team heads to Fort Worth.
Though Tarleton State does not hold the top spot in saddle bronc riding, nine of the region’s top 10 in the event are on the team led by second-place Waitley Sharon.
The Tarleton State women are paced by barrel racer and goat tyer Rylee Abel, who leads the chase for the all-around crown. Kaylie Garza leads the regional goat tying standings, amassing 525 points in the opening half of the season.
Following the Fort Worth rodeo, the season continues with the South Texas Collegiate Classic March 5-7 in San Antonio, the Ranger College Rodeo March 26-28 in Sweetwater and the Pecos College Rodeo April 9-11.
The season finale is the Tarleton State Stampede April 16-18 in Stephenville
