11/11/2009

KANSAS COWBOY TO COMPETE AT RODEO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Las Vegas, Nev.:  (November 10, 2009) - Team roper Blaine Linaweaver will represent Kansas at the 51st annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas next month.
 
2009 is Linaweaver’s fourth qualification for the WNFR.  He enters the world championship in ninth place with $73,618 won throughout the 2009 season.
 
Linaweaver considers Kansas to be home, even though he currently resides in Irvine, Calif.
 
The WNFR has a purse of $5.75 million dollars and is ten nights of rodeo competition, with world champions crowned after the final performance.  The rodeo runs December 3-12 at the Thomas and Mack Center on the campus of UNLV.
 
For more information on pro rodeo and the NFR, visit www.prorodeo.com

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