![]() ![]() Of the top 11 steer wrestlers in the region, eight are from Northwestern. For bulldoggers, it’s hard to make it out of practices unscathed. It’s recognized by the cowboys and cowgirls as one of the toughest in the country. ![]() That process is easier said than done, especially in the circuit made up of contestants from colleges in Oklahoma and Kansas. In order to make it, you have to set other, smaller goals along the way, so I’d made the goal to win the national title, and then I made the goal to win the region.” “The first thing you have to do is make the college finals, then you have to do good there. “The top goal at the beginning of the year is to be the national champion,” said Greenfield, a Lakeview, Oregon, cowboy who obtained his degree on May 6. He earned a chance at redemption with his third straight CNFR bid. He placed in the second go-round but left with hopes of having a better run. ![]() He won the Central Plains each of the past two seasons.Ī year ago, he made his trip to Casper and found limited success. He had competed at the college finale after his sophomore season, then proved to be on top of his game once he moved to Oklahoma. Greenfield spent two years at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton, Oregon, before arriving in Woods County in time for the 2021-22 season. He transferred from Iowa Central Community College while there, he qualified for the college finals in 2019. Over his three seasons in Alva, Oestmann has had solid success. (PHOTO BY NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY) Being able to compete at my last college rodeo in Casper is what really matters.” It would have been a lot nicer to have won the region, but it didn’t quite end up in my favor. “Closing out my career by making the college finals means a lot,” said Oestmann, a 2023 graduate from Auburn, Nebraska. They will close out their intercollegiate careers by returning to the college finals, set for June 11-17 at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper, Wyoming. – Steer wrestler Kaden Greenfield and tie-down roper Denton Oestmann have quite a story to tell about their rodeo journeys.īetween them, they account for two transfers, two Central Plains Region titles, five qualifications to the College National Finals Rodeo and two degrees from Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Kaden Greenfield will make his third straight appearance at the College National Finals Rodeo, and this year he will be joined by fellow Northwestern Oklahoma State University cowboy Denton Oestmann.ĪLVA, Okla. ![]()
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