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Mark Kersting
Events: Team Roping (Heeling)
Born: 7/28/1965 Wheatland, Wyo.
Joined PRCA: 1988
PRCA Career Earnings: $94,224.00
World Titles Won: 0
WNFR Qualifications: 0
Current Residence: Wheatland, Wyo.
2011 world standings place: 98th
2011 earnings: $8,733
Tour Finale qualifications: 0
DNCFR qualifications: 2 (2003, 2006)
DNCFR titles: 1 (2006)
Education: Laramie County Community College (Laramie, Wyo.), bachelor’s degree in agriculture business
Professional
2012 Highlights
• Won the Steamboat Springs (Colo.) ProRodeo Series, June 29-30, with Paul Beckett
Career Highlights
• 2011: Won the Steamboat Springs (Colo.) ProRodeo Series, with Paul Beckett
• 2010: (Partner Paul Beckett) Won the Kit Carson County Fair & Rodeo (Burlington, Colo.); finished 205th in the world standings with $3,561
• 2006: (Partner Wade Kreutzer) Won the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Pocatello, Idaho)
Personal
6-1, 210 … Wife, Connie (married in 1998), is a soil conservationist … Other occupation is ranching … Hobbies include golf and watching the Denver Broncos … Parents, Les and Kay Gore, are ranchers, stepfather, Les, was also a PRCA member. Mark has one sister, Debbie … Horse’s name is Pistol … Favorite rodeo is the Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days; favorite movie is Ocean’s Eleven and enjoys all kinds of music