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Tyson Durfey

Events: Tie-Down Roping
Born: 11/27/1983 Savannah, Mo.
Joined PRCA: 2003
PRCA Career Earnings: $483,781.00
World Titles Won: 0
WNFR Qualifications:3
Current Residence: Colbert, Wash.

2009 World standings place: 3rd
2009 Wrangler NFR place: 3rd
2009 Wrangler NFR earnings: $85,236
2009 earnings: $159,214

Tour Finale qualifications: 0
DNCFR qualifications: 3 (2005, 2007, 2010)

Professional
2010 Highlights
• Set an arena record of 16.9 seconds on two head and won the average at the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo

• Won the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo

• Won the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.)

• Won the Dixie Nationals Rodeo (Jackson, Miss.)

• Won the Bonnyville (Alberta, Canada) Pro Rodeo

• Won the Fort Herriman (Utah) Memorial PRCA Rodeo

• Won the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo (Kalispell, Mont.)

• Co-champion at the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up

• Co-champion the Deseret Peak PRCA Stampede (Tooele, Utah)

Career Highlights

• 2009: Placed in seven of 10 rounds at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo to finish third in the average and move from 12th place to third in the final world standings; won the Southwestern Exposition & Livestock Show (Forth Worth, Texas), the Last Stand Rodeo (Coulee City, Wash.); the Eugene (Ore.) Pro Rodeo, the Springville (Calif.) Sierra Rodeo; the Kamloops (British Columbia) Spring Rodeo; the Brooks (Alberta) Kinsmen Rodeo; the Grand Prairie (Alberta) Stompede; the Wainright (Alberta) Stampede; the Falkland (British Columbia) Stampede
• 2008: Won Round 2 of the Wrangler NFR with a time of 7.2 seconds; placed in six of 10 rounds en route to second-place finish in the average. Finished seventh in the world standings with earnings of $156,005. Won the Canadian Finals Rodeo (Edmonton); the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.); the Lea Park Rodeo (Marwayne, Alberta); the Sundre (Alberta) Pro Rodeo; the North Peace Stampede (Grimshaw, Alberta) and the Mighty Fraser Rodeo (Abbotsford, British Columbia); co-champion at the Ramona (Calif.) Rodeo and the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo

• 2007: Placed in four of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR. Won the Laughlin (Nev.) River Stampede; the Brooks (Alberta) Kinsmen Rodeo; the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo and the Wainwright (Alberta) Stampede. Finished the year 11th in the world standings

• 2006: Won the Dodge Columbia River Circuit Finals (Redmond, Ore.) average championship and the Canadian Finals Rodeo

Amateur
Missouri high school state champion in tie-down roping, 2001-02

Personal
5-11, 170 … Single … Enjoys listening to audio books…Father, Roy, is a horse trainer. He has two brothers, Wes and Travis, both of whom have competed in PRCA rodeos … Got interested in rodeo through his family and first competition was in 1991 … Graduated from Savannah (Mo.) High School ... Favorite sports team is the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs ... Favorite rodeo is the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-up because the competition is on grass … Rodeo idol is tie-down roper Mike Johnson … Wore pink throughout the 2007-08 Wrangler NFR and the Canadian Finals Rodeo to raise awareness of breast cancer testing and research; donated $4,000 of his earnings to Dallas-based Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in January 2008

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