True Cowboy Tyson Durfey Makes it to Championship Round at Houston

The action hasn't stopped for a minute in Houston for the Houston Rodeo & Livestock show. Every year the top 50 rodeo athletes in the world look forward to their time to compete in this monumental rodeo. A championship win at Houston gives an athlete a likely ticket to the Wrangler National Finals. To be a champion here means the world to these athletes and it also comes with a big paycheck. Not only do they win go round money but the $50,000+ purse makes an athlete want to show up with your "A" game.

Tyson Durfey started his super series with a bang! With a time of 9.9 to win the first round of his series. The second round was solid landing him in 4th place with a time of 10.4. Round three wasn't what Tyson wanted to get done with a time of 13.3, but it was strong enough for third place in his series with an aggregate time of 33.6.

Tyson advanced to the super series semifinal #1 where he posted a time of 9.0 winning the semifinal round! The race is on, with the champions of super series semifinals #2 named, Tyson has a good shot to come out on top during the championship in hopes of making it to the final shootout!

Durfey is a True Cowboy who is always positive and strives to be the best person and athlete he can be. He spends a lot of time practicing and preparing mentally for opportunities such as this. With a great finish at the 2009 Wrangler National Finals in third place in the world standing, Tyson hopes to finish this season in range of a world title.

The Championship Round for Rodeo Houston begins on March 19th and continues March 20th.

 Visit Rodeo Houston for more information.