By: Mary Hart, USU Eastern Sports Information Contributor

Spanish Fork, UT – The USU Eastern team traveled to Utah Valley University October the 4th and 5th for their last event of the Fall season.  The team did very well with 5 of our team members making the short round.

Will and Wyatt Magnuson split 3rd and 4th place in the first round and won the short round and the average in team roping.  They are sitting in 4th place in the region in team roping and both are in the top 10 in the tie down roping.  Will is currently ranked 4th in the All-Around in the region.

Austin Allred won the short round in bull riding.  This sits him in 3rd place in the region in that event.  He is also ranked 5th in the nation.  The men’s team is currently ranked 6th in the region.

Morgan Jensen was 3rd in the first round, 2nd in the short round, and 2nd in the average in the barrel racing.  This currently ranks Morgan 1st in the region and 2nd in the nation.  Afton McCourt made the short round in the team roping but failed to stop the clock in the short round.  The women’s team is currently sitting 4th place in the region.

“I couldn’t be more proud of our team and we have several of our team members sitting really well to qualify for Nationals. We will keep working all winter in preparation for the spring season that starts in March” says head coach Monte Jensen.