CSI rodeo's Gibbs, Winters win Rocky Mountain Region titles

Three College of Southern Idaho student-athletes qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo as CSI rodeo concluded its regular season this past weekend at the Utah Valley University Rodeo. CSI men finished third with the women second. College of Southern Idaho cowboys boast event wins at all four spring rodeos so far.

Dahl Winters (bareback riding) and Hailey Jo Gibbs (all-around cowgirl and breakaway roping) claimed Rocky Mountain Region championships as they finished atop the regular season standings. Hailey Jo Gibbs led the way with the all-around and breakaway roping titles as the College of Southern Idaho women won the Utah State Eastern University Rodeo this past weekend. Winters, a freshman from Benjamin, Utah, becomes CSI’s third straight RMR bareback champion as Sage Allen, now 14th in the PRCA standings, won titles in 2023 and 2024.



Sage Allen, the region bareback champion and national leader, leads a contingent of eight Golden Eagles set for the College National Finals Rodeo, which begins Sunday in Casper, Wyoming. Gibbs, a freshman from Riverside, Utah, who competed in Idaho high school rodeo, marks CSI’s first RMR all-around cowgirl champion since Shelby Higgins won in 2022. Freshman Hailey Jo Gibbs warms up Tuesday, Sept.

3, 2024, during a CSI Rodeo practice at the Eldon Evans Expo Center in Twin Falls. Gibbs won the women's all-around title at the 48th Intercollegiate CSI Rodeo on March 7-8, 2025. Gibbs also leads the country in breakaway roping with 710 points.

Winters totaled 770 points while CSI sophomore Coy Montgomery, who missed a large part of the season with injury, became the RMR reserve champion with 220 points. Coy Montgomery tore his left MCL in June at the College National Finals Rodeo. He tore it again in early August but won't stop chasing his championship goals.

CSI bull rider Ashton Zabriskie, finished tied for first in the RMR bull riding standings but is ineligible for any year end prizes or awards because of academic ineligibility, CSI head coach Steve Birnie told the Times-News . Zabriskie could compete at the CNFR if he becomes academically eligible at the end of the semester. Zabriskie does not qualify for the CNFR as he is no longer on the team.

The top three in each event qualified for the CNFR, set for June 15-June 21 in Casper, Wyoming. Gibbs will compete at the CNFR in breakaway roping and goat tying. CSI men, after it graduated seven CNFR qualifiers, failed to win its 13th straight RMR team title.

They finished sixth with 2,375 points. Montgomery represents CSI’s only returning CNFR qualifier. CSI women finished third in the RMR standings with 2,087.

50 points. Idaho State swept the RMR team titles. Winters won the UVU Rodeo bareback riding with Montgomery second.

Christian Bolli and Brock Briggs shared fourth in saddle bronc riding while Gibbs won breakaway roping. Hayden Corta finished sixth in goat tying with Ella Begger seventh. Fans were treated to 15 fights during the largest fundraising event for College of Southern Idaho's rodeo team.

Filer grad VanBiezen wins big Jett VanBiezen, a senior at Idaho State, VanBiezen established himself as the top RMR cowboy. And the stats show it’s not close. VanBiezen claimed the RMR men’s all-around and tie-down roping championship as he helped the Bengals to a team title.

He totaled 2,355 points in the all-around while ISU’s Logan Corta, the brother of CSI’s Hayden Corta, finished second with 1,525 points. VanBiezen won tie-down roping with 950 points, finished fourth in steer wrestling and fifth as a team roping header. He sits second nationally in the men’s all-around and tie-down roping.

He is 69 points behind Montana State’s Cole Gerhardt in the national men’s all-around standings and 65 points behind Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s Weston Carter in the tie-down roping standings. Your story lives in the Magic Valley, and our new mobile app is designed to make sure you don’t miss breaking news, the latest scores, the weather forecast and more. From easy navigation with the swipe of a finger to personalized content based on your preferences to customized text sizes, the Times-News app is built for you and your life.

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