WPRA NEWS March 2023

BARREL RACING WORLD RECORDS & SEASON STATS

Loretta Manual, 1963, 1967 Latonne Sewalt, 1950, 1954 Margaret Owens, 1948, 1951 Placed in 10 Consecutive Rounds at NFR Colette Graves Baier, 1974 Lynn McKenzie, 1978 Charmayne James, 1986 Kristie Peterson, 1996-97 Sherry Cervi, 2013 WPRA Standard Pattern Record at a PRCA Rodeo Hailey Kinsel, 16.56 sec- onds, 2020 Wrangler NFR, Arlington, TX Hailey Kinsel, 16.63 seconds, 2020 Dodge City (KS) Roundup Ivy Conrado-Saebens, 16.65 sec- onds, 2016 Spanish Fork (UT) Benette Little, 16.68, 2011 Dodge City (KS) Roundup *Fastest time ever recorded on a standard in the United States was at a jackpot at The Ranch in Loveland, Colorado on Sept. 25, 2015 when Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi ran a 16.479 Triple Crown Champion (WPRA World Champion, Average Champion and RAM Top Gun Winner in same year) Hailey Kinsel, 2020 National Finals Rodeo Earnings (through 2022) 1. Lisa Lockhart, $1,503,221 2. Sherry Cervi, $1,279,547

3. Hailey Kinsel, $1,109,429 4. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, $928,853 5. Lindsay Sears, $644,798 6. Charmayne James, $596,638 7. Amberleigh Moore, $579,846 8. Ivy Conrado Saebens, $543,143 9. Kristie Peterson, $532,378 10. Emily Miller Beisel, $531,536 WPRA Presidents since 1948 May 2021-present Jimmie Munroe 2016-March 2020 Doreen Wintermute 2013-2015 Carolynn Vietor 2011-2012 Jimmie Munroe 2009-2010 Kathi Myers 2005-2009 Jymmy Kay Davis 2003-2004 Patti Davis 1997-2002 Carolynn Vietor 1996 Carolynn Vietor (acting) 1994-1995 Carol Lake 1978-1993 Jimmie Gibbs Munroe 1976-1977 Kay Vamvoras 1975 Sammie Fancher Thurman 1972-1974 Margaret Clemons

1965-1971

WPRA Career Earnings Leaders (Through 2022)

Mildred Farris

1960-1964

Florence Youree

1. Sherry Cervi, $3,380,095 2. Lisa Lockhart, $3,174,378 3. Brittany Pozzi, $2,851,662 4. Charmayne James, $1,842,506 5. Hailey Kinsel, $1,877,807 6. Lindsay Sears, $1,576,606 7. Kristie Peterson, $1,346,861 8. Stevi Hillman, $1,183,764 9. Mary Walker, $1,144,561 10. Ivy Saebens, $1,121,467 11. Amberleigh Moore, $1,065,754 12. Shelley Morgan, $1,048,647 13. Emily Beisel, $1,021,787 Back to Back World Champions Hailey Kinsel, 2018-2020 Kelly Kaminski, 2004-2005 Kristie Peterson, 1996-1998 Charmayne James, 1984-1993 Gail Petska, 1972-1973 Jane Mayo, 1959-1961 Billie McBride, 1955-1958 Wanda Harper Bush, 1952-1953 Repeat World Champions (not back to back) Hailey Kinsel, 2018-2020, 2022 Mary Burger, 2006, 2016 Lindsay Sears 2008, 2011 Sherry Cervi, 1995, 1999, 2010, 2013 Brittany Pozzi, 2007, 2009 Charmayne James, 1984-93, 2002 Kristie Peterson, 1994, 1996 Lynn McKenzie, 1978, 1981

1957-1959

Billie McBride

1954-1956

Jackie Worthington

1952-1953

Billye Burk Gamblin

1951

Thena Mae Farr

1950

Nancy Binford

1948-1949

Margaret Owens ProRodeo Hall of Fame Inductees 2022 Ardith Bruce (barrel rac- ing) and Cindy Rosser (notable) 2020 Martha Josey (barrel rac- ing)- not inducted until 2021 due to COVID 2019 Jimme Munroe (barrel racing), Sammy Thurman (barrel racing), Florence Youree (notable) 2018 Kristie Peterson (barrel rac- ing), Billie McBride (barrel racing), French Flash Hawk “Bozo” (livestock) 2017 Charmayne James (bar- rel racing), Wanda Harper Bush (barrel racing), Star Plaudit “Red” (livestock) 1996 Gills Bay Boy “Scamper” (livestock)

Feb. 28, 1948 - The Association started with a group of Texas ranch women who wanted to add a little color and femininity to the rough-and-tumble sport of rodeo. A major move at the time, 38 women met in a hotel in San Angelo, Texas, to change the way they were being treated in the male-dominated world of rodeo. These women banded together to create the very first professional sports association created solely for women by women – the Girls Rodeo Association (GRA). May 1948 - Rules and regulations were drafted and approved, and a point system was enacted to crown world champions. GRA board members went to work, persuading rodeo committees and producers to hold women’s contests according to GRA rules. Committees were given the option of choosing which event they would hold (bronc riding, cutting or barrel racing), and most picked barrel racing. In its inaugural year, the GRA had 74 members and they held 60 events with a total payout of $29,000.

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