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(December 16, 2017) – No one can say Richmond Champion just won a $1.1 million at the inaugural The American and was set up for a nice life.
Because three years later, Champion has won a lot of rodeos, some even more prestigious, even if they don’t pay as much, as the RFD-TV made-for-TV event at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, in which he won $100,000 in the event and the $1 million bonus as the only challenger to beat all of the world’s top 10 in any event.
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He will be here as one of the top 10 hoping to hold off such challengers in 2018 after a banner second NFR appearance to finish second in the average and second in he world. He won Calgary this this summer with its $100,000 payout just for the shootout alone. And he’s padded his coffers with more than $167K at the NFR, where he won Round 8, split the top two spots in Round 2 and ended up making the money seven times in 10 rounds.
Champion may have gave himself a comfortable head start to on life after college at Tarleton State University, but he has proven to be much longer lasting than one great eight-second performance in a $1.2 billion stadium – he’s a true contender for the world title, finishing in 2017, at least, second only to one.
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Ranking | Current To Round | Contestant | Average Score | Average Place | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | Round 9 | Round 10 | ||||||||||
Score | Plc | Score | Plc | Score | Plc | Score | Plc | Score | Plc | Score | Plc | Score | Plc | Score | Plc | Score | Plc | Score | Plc | |||||
1 | 10 | Tim O’Connell | 853.5/10 | 1 | 85.00 | 3/4 | 87.00 | 3/4 | 91.50 | 1 | 84.50 | 5 | 83.00 | 81.50 | 85.50 | 2/3 | 85.00 | 4/5 | 85.00 | 5/6 | 85.50 | |||
2 | 10 | Richmond Champion | 847.5/10 | 2 | 81.00 | 87.50 | 1/2 | 89.50 | 2 | 84.00 | 6/6 | 88.00 | 2/3/4 | 84.00 | 5/6 | 80.50 | 88.00 | 1 | 78.50 | 86.50 | 4/5 | |||
4 | 10 | JR Vezain | 842.0/10 | 3 | 84.50 | 5 | 83.50 | 78.00 | 81.50 | 87.50 | 5/6 | 88.00 | 1/2 | 83.00 | 85.00 | 4/5 | 85.00 | 5/6 | 86.00 | 6 | ||||
6 | 10 | Caleb Bennett | 835.5/10 | 4 | 84.00 | 6/6 | 84.00 | 86.00 | 4 | 84.00 | 6/6 | 88.00 | 2/3/4 | 81.50 | 76.00 | 81.50 | 86.50 | 3 | 84.00 | |||||
3 | 10 | Tanner Aus | 829.5/10 | 5 | 79.50 | 87.50 | 1/2 | 81.50 | 77.00 | 86.00 | 84.00 | 5/6 | 87.00 | 1 | 78.50 | 86.00 | 4 | 82.50 | ||||||
9 | 10 | Steven Dent | 825.0/10 | 6 | 84.00 | 6/6 | 78.50 | 83.00 | 6 | 83.50 | 85.50 | 73.50 | 78.00 | 84.00 | 87.00 | 2 | 88.00 | 1/2 | ||||||
13 | 10 | Ty Breuer | 814.5/10 | 7 | 82.00 | 81.50 | 78.50 | 90.50 | 1 | 81.50 | 77.00 | 73.00 | 81.50 | 82.50 | 86.50 | 4/5 | ||||||||
11 | 10 | Bill Tutor | 802.5/10 | 8 | 80.00 | 78.00 | 71.00 | 85.00 | 4 | 88.00 | 2/3/4 | 70.00 | 83.50 | 4/5/6 | 84.50 | 6 | 75.00 | 87.50 | 3 | |||||
5 | 10 | Clayton Biglow | 750.0/9 | 9 | 75.00 | 84.00 | 0 | 80.00 | 86.50 | 88.00 | 1/2 | 85.50 | 2/3 | 86.50 | 2 | 82.50 | 82.00 | |||||||
10 | 10 | Mason Clements | 746.5/9 | 10 | 85.00 | 3/4 | 83.00 | 0 | 83.50 | 88.50 | 1 | 70.00 | 83.50 | 4/5/6 | 81.00 | 84.00 | 88.00 | 1/2 | ||||||
15 | 10 | R.C. Landingham | 728.0/9 | 11 | 83.50 | 83.50 | 84.00 | 5 | 80.00 | 0 | 77.00 | 82.00 | 78.00 | 80.50 | 79.50 | |||||||||
8 | 10 | Orin Larsen | 727.0/9 | 12 | 86.50 | 2 | 85.00 | 6 | 73.00 | 86.00 | 3 | 87.50 | 5/6 | 85.50 | 3 | 66.50 | 75.50 | 0 | 81.50 | |||||
14 | 10 | Wyatt Denny | 617.5/8 | 13 | 78.50 | 73.50 | 72.50 | 87.00 | 2 | 78.00 | 72.50 | 74.50 | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | |||||||||
7 | 10 | Jake Vold | 598.5/7 | 14 | 87.50 | 1 | 87.00 | 3/4 | 87.00 | 3 | 83.50 | 85.00 | 85.00 | 4 | 83.50 | 4/5/6 | 0 | INJ | INJ | |||||
12 | 10 | Jake Brown | 510.0/6 | 15 | 82.50 | 86.50 | 5 | 0 | 81.50 | 86.00 | 0 | 0 | 86.00 | 3 | 87.50 | 1 | 0 |
Rank | Name | City | State | Earnings |
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1 | Tim O’Connell | Zwingle | IA | $371,415.80 |
2 | Richmond Champion | The Woodlands | TX | $268,511.02 |
3 | Tanner Aus | Granite Falls | MN | $235,714.54 |
4 | JR Vezain | Cowley | MT | $220,830.87 |
5 | Clayton Biglow | Clements | CA | $200,557.07 |
6 | Caleb Bennett | Tremonton | UT | $195,087.68 |
7 | Jake Vold | Ponoka | AB | $185,705.50 |
8 | Orin Larsen | Inglis | NE | $171,009.22 |
9 | Steven Dent | Mullen | NE | $170,709.37 |
10 | Mason Clements | Santaquin | UT | $166,486.00 |
11 | Bill Tutor | Huntsville | TX | $166,397.84 |
12 | Jake Brown | Cleveland | TX | $161,866.34 |
13 | Ty Breuer | Mandan | ND | $145,644.90 |
14 | Wyatt Denny | Minden | NV | $140,084.23 |
15 | R.C. Landingham | Hat Creek | CA | $106,030.65 |
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