#12 Preliminary
Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping
Monday October 22, 2012
Oklahoma State Fairgrounds Coliseum
By Melinda Clements
“It’s
my first time to make the short round at the Finals,” Heeler Dale Martin
commented with a grin on his face. “Roping is fun, it’s addictive and this is
great.” Dale Martin and his
partner, Jayme Marcrum, had just nailed down the win in the average of the #12
Preliminary at the 2012 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping.
“My
game plan was to just get all my steers roped so Dale could come in and clean
it all up,” said Marcrum with excitement in her voice. “Now I guess I’m going to have to pay
mount money since I’m riding my husband’s horse.”
The
pair was the high call back team going into the short go round of the #12
Preliminary. With $21,100 on the
line for first place in the average the roping proved to be fast paced and very
competitive.
Marcrum
and Martin have been roping together for about three or four years and it was a
partnership that developed through Martin’s friendship with Marcrum’s
husband.
“Roping
is all about family and friends and that is how we started roping together,”
Marcrulm explained. “We have roped together some but we really don’t practice.”
The
pair needed a time of 8.22 or better to take the lead in the average away from
the third high call back team of Clint Cooper and Chad Baker. Marcrum rode into the box hoping to be
consistent. She just focused on
slowing down a little and making a smooth run.
“I
wanted to catch so Dale could come in and wrap it all up,” she explained. The pair also received Martin
Championship Trophy Saddles. It was the first USTRC Saddles for both Martin and
Marcrum. They were debating
whether to put them in the living room or go ahead and rope on them. Marcrum said her husband had left his
saddle in the living room so she figured hers had earned a spot there as well.
Reflecting
his thoughts on the short go round Martin said, “This is really my first time
to make the short go round at the USTRC National Finals. I guess there was some pressure,” he
laughed, “women always put pressure on you.
Both
Marcrum and Martin compliment each other.
They had roped well all day and the trend continued into the short go
round of the #12 Preliminary where it paid off for both of them.
The
short go round had been a fast paced action packed round with a lot of
diversity. Marcrum and Martin had
maintained their composure, stayed focused and kept their nerves in check. They had reaped the rewards of their
discipline and grabbed the win in the #12 Preliminary at the Cinch NFTR. They were a good pair and both hoped to
keep roping together.
“Roping
is about family and friends and I’m glad Dale and I could do this,” Marcrum
said. “It is what roping is all about.”
