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Gallery: Fraternities, sororities saddle up for annual intramural rodeo

April 8, 2022 by Rebecca Dowell

The university hosted its annual intramural rodeo competition Thursday evening in the Taylor Telecom Arena. Members of different fraternities and sororities participated in games including goat tying, barrel racing, steer riding and cattle chasing.

Goats run away from students after being dressed up in the intramural rodeo competition.(Photo by Becca Dowell)
The men of Sub-T win one of the heats of the cattle chasing competition. (Photo by Becca Dowell)
Shay Kepaa, freshman animal science major from Glencoe, Oklahoma, enters the barrel riding competition. (Photo by Becca Dowell)

Members of several fraternities fight to get first place in the intramural rodeo games. (Photo by Becca Dowell)
Members of sororities chase after goats in attempt to get them to the middle of the arena first.(Photo by Becca Dowell)
The riding club opens the rodeo with a horse-racing routine. (Photo by Becca Dowell)

Goats wander around the arena before the start of the rodeo. (Photo by Becca Dowell)
The men of Gamma Sigma Phi grab the rope attached to a cow as they try to catch it. (Photo by Becca Dowell)
Cattle chasing becomes a competitive game for the men of Sub T-16 and Gamma Sigma Phi. (Photo by Becca Dowell)

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