After a slow start, recent Camp Verde High School graduate Danya Weir is returning home with more than $1,200 more for college.
In Durango, Colo., Weir roped two calves in less than 2½ seconds each for first- and second-place finishes after capturing two more college scholarships totaling $1,250 at the National High School Finals Rodeo in Rock Springs, Wyo.
“I wasn’t expecting those, so that helped out a lot,” Weir said of her scholarships, worth $500 and $750, respectively. “A little bit of nerves didn’t help, but I was definitely ready.”
Weir’s breakaway times Friday and Sunday, July 24 and 26, were 2.3 and 2.4 seconds, respectively, at the Durango Fiesta Days. She also posted a roping time of 3.2 seconds July 24 to finish sixth at the San Miguel Basin Fair in Norwood, Colo.
Those times put her back in the top 15 breakaway riders in the Grand Canyon Professional Rodeo Association. Such a ranking is a prerequisite to compete Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 3 through 5, in the National Finals Rodeo at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, where Weir will be attending in the fall on a rodeo scholarship.
For the full story, please see the Wednesday, July 29, issue of the Camp Verde Journal.
