The Optimist

The 51st annual ACU All- School Rodeo hosted by the Agricultural and Environmental Science Club is Thursday at 6 p.m. It will take place at the Taylor County Expo Center horse barn with an admission fee of $4.

Secretary of AES, Amanda Baker, senior agricultural business major from Abilene, said AES rodeos are different than rodeos most people are familiar with.

"There's really nothing typical about it," Baker said. "It's really funny."

Baker said participants don't need to know how to ride a bull in order to be involved. This year's rodeo will consist of several different events for both men and women. The rodeo includes four separate events, three of which require a team of four.

The women's events include: goat dressing, goat milking, calf scramble and a competition for Rodeo Queen. The men's events include: cow milking, steer saddling, double mugging and a competition for Rodeo Roughie.

Rob Matthews, animal science major from Winter Springs, Fla., and vice president of the rodeo, said it is entertaining for both the people that participate and the people that just watch.

"It's funny to watch people with animals who haven't done anything like that before," Matthews said.

Matthews also said that registration is high for women's events, however, very low for the men's events.

While some are involved with the rodeo for the entertainment, others get involved for the rush. Jeremy Gudgel, communication major from Andrews, has been involved in the rodeo for the past two years with the steer-saddling event and plans on doing it again this year.

"It's fun. The adrenaline rush of taking a steer to the ground is awesome. Everyone should experience that," Gudgel said.

Students are still able to sign up for the rodeo at the Campus Center ticket windows until Thursday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

E-mail the reporters at optimist@acu.edu

Article Tools