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Fryar Fights For Average Win at Texas Circuit Finals

Round two of the Texas Circuit Finals of the barrel racing revealed two new names on top of the leaderboard, as well as three round one money earners.
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Fryar Fights For Average Win at Texas Circuit Finals
Fryar Fights For Average Win at Texas Circuit Finals

Round Two of the Texas Circuit Finals were held Wednesday night in Waco, Texas. Not slowing down, the barrel racers turned in incredibly fast times. 

Brazilian native, Keyla Costa, who now calls Tolar, Texas, home shot to the lead Wednesday night with a 15.82-second run. Costa ran the second fastest time so far of the entire rodeo.

Turning in a 15.92-second run was Stephanie Fryar, the winner of round one. After Fryar's two runs totaling 31.70 seconds, the hometown cowgirl is leading the aggregate. 

Clocking in third was Ilyssa Riley with a 15.94-second run. Riley just finished the 2023 rodeo season in the tenth position overall in the world standings with an impressive $111,473 in earnings. Riley will be heading to the Thomas and Mack arena come December to make her NFR debut. 

Tying for fourth place with a 16.10 was Kelly Allen and Ashley Castleberry. They have been battling it out all year, and the Texas Circuit finals have proven no different. Not only did they tie in round two but are mere hundredths of a second away from each other in the aggregate.

Only two more rounds remain for the competitors. Will Fryar hold on to her lead in the average, or will Castlebery and Allen catch her?

Round Two Results and Payout

  1. Keyla Costa, 15.82, $2,212.08
  2. Stephanie Fryar, 15.92, $1,659.06
  3. Ilyssa Riley, 15.94, $1,106.04
  4. (tie) Ashley Castleberry and Kelly Allen, 16.10, $276.51 each

Aggregate Leaderboard After Round Two

  1. Stephanie Fryar, 31.70
  2. Kelly Allen, 32.11
  3. Ashley Castleberry, 32.16
  4. Keyla Costa, 32.21
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Madi Roelofsen
MADI ROELOFSEN

Madi Roelofsen is a writer for Sports Illustrated's feature, Rodeo Daily. Madi not only writes about the western lifestyle and rodeo world but lives it daily. She attended Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, and competed in the barrel racing as part of their rodeo team. Roelofsen graduated in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in animal science. Madi enjoyed not only competing in rodeo events but also spectating the greatest sport on dirt. In 2017, while on vacation attending the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, she met her husband Tim Roelofsen. They got married a few years later in 2020. Tim had already established TVR Working Horses but together they grew their program and enjoy raising foals, training colts, barrel racing, team roping and standing their stallions (TVR Eye Needa Corona and CR Baron Bee Joy "Big Sexy") in both Texas and Iowa. They stay busy with the horses, farming alfalfa and raising their baby girl, Texi. Madi has always been passionate about horses, from learning about different bloodlines, breeding the foals themselves to training and competing. She expresses that passion within the articles she writes to open up the world of horses and rodeo to everyone.  Twitter-@Madi_Roelofsen  Facebook- @TVR Working Horses

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