Personal Narrative: Junior High Rodeo

While motorsports worldwide appears to be dominated by men, over the years, there have been several women who have taken on the boy’s club in the pits. Today the names of Danica Patrick and Courtney Force are familiar names to even the most casual viewer. However, just because Danica is a NASCAR regular and Courtney does burnouts on the NHRA tracks, does not mean that women have always found their way to the finish line. Fans of 1980s NASCAR may remember Shawna Roberts or Patty Moise, but neither woman made it much further than the lower tiers of the sport.

Although there are definitely some that will always be more memorable than others. For example, she was [Associated Press Athlete of the Year] in 1957, and 1958, won 5 Grand Slam Tournaments, first ever African American to win the Wimbledon; additionally, she released a record album in 1959, and wrote 2 books titles “I Always Wanted to be Something” (Althea Gibson), and “Voices of All TIme Tennis Greats” (Althea Gibson, Dan Rudge, Bill Tildon). After a lifetime of achievements, including her 10 consecutive streak of ATA National Championships, she was rightfully inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971, and had even an academy in East Orange New Jersey where she lived out the last of her days, named after her, the “Althea Gibson Academy”. Interestingly enough, there was one quote in particular, her own, that stuck with many, “In sports, you simply aren’t considered a champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke, winning it twice proves you are the best.”

She was also named one of the “50” makers and breakers in Canadian sport as she has made tremendous records and broken some rules. After being 10 years with the Olympic association, in 1993 she started working as a Director General in the Women’s for Health Bureau. She pointed out that women need a lot of healthcare as they have to face a lot of stress because of fewer wages and family responsibilities. She also took part in the International Amateur Athletic Federation and was a speaker at many conferences and addressed a lot of women issues. She became a part of Canada’s sports hall of fame in 2004

From anyone related to the rodeo industry or even just going through the motions of life, when it comes down to your “ride” it could mean life or death. For Luke in The Longest Ride, it meant exactly this. In this novel, it clearly relates to the title. Within rodeo as a whole, the sport is very dangerous whether you are a bull rider, barrel racer or roper.

Katie Ledecky created world records and memorable choices, while persisting to grow and live as an independent figure to all women, at the same time impacting society by swimming and illuminating life for others. Katie created world records and memorable choices. According to Katie, the passion you have for a sport is more important than how good you are at it. “My faith has always been important to me. It defines who I am.” says Katie.

The three female U.S. athletes that I am going to talk about is Babe Didrickson Zaharias, Bille Jean King, and Peggy Fleming. All three of these athletes were have been apart of the USA Olympic game, and have made a huge impact on women playing sports. Peggy Fleming was an American figure skater and earned five U.S. titles and three world titles. She is most famous for winning the gold medal when she attended the 1968 Winter Olympic Games.

Monday October 3rd I was texting my cousin Teagan Snyder and was talking about rodeo season again and she said that she was going to a Leon rodeo and I asked her to ask her mom if I could go with her. Her mom said yes so I hadn’t practiced at all during the week before the rodeo. The Friday night that I got down there I had to get everything ready for the rodeo in one night and it was really hard.

Many people think of rodeos being a bunch of hillbillies riding cows around in a big circle. To many people it is an every weekend thing that the family does together. Rodeos are not just for younger age men that are fit. Rodeos are for the whole family. There is stuff for all ages of people to do at a rodeo.

This summer was my first time getting to compete in high school rodeo. The reason I like rodeo is because you meet a lot of new friends who share your interests, getting to be with my favorite animal, competing, and getting to spend time with close friends and family. My favorite event is poles and barrels are my least favorite. The poles are a fun event because I have a really fast horse name Kuzco, and he’s really good at

I'm now roping one of the best bulls their is all over California. I am one of the 3 best young ropers around at this moment. But the thing I'm most proud about myself Is that I have Inspired more and more young people to stay out of the streets and participate In the sport of

Notwithstanding, her biggest goal was it to the Jr. High National Finals Rodeo in the barrel racing, her eighth grade year, which is her last year in Jr. High Rodeo. Finally, Skylar went to her first Jr High Rodeo and she won the barrel racing the first day. Unfortunately, she did not well in any other of her events, but she was still overjoyed considering she annotate

The world’s greatest female athlete is a lot more than what she seems. She has done several remarkable things, other than winning the Olympics many times. She is much more than an amazing person and lots of people do not even know. Jackie Joyner-Kersee has won several honors in the Olympics. That is what most people know about her, and it is amazing but she has done more.

Throughout my Life and high school career I have spent many hours with teachers and coaches. I have had many experiences, but the one that stands out most to me is my former cheerleading coach and gym teacher, Ms. Traska. She coached our team with no background in cheerleading. She brought us closer as a team and being part of this team has made a difference in my life. The two years that Ms. Traska coached were the most fun, productive, and memorable years that I have been on the team.

In those two and a half years I started racing. My first time I ever raced I got first place and it was the best feeling ever. I was so proud of what I had accomplished and wanted to keep racing. But after I placed first in that class I got bumped up to a new class that had bigger bikes and faster kids. At the time I was still on the 100 and I was racing kids on bikes twice as big as mine.

I was only eight years old when I ran in the Districts and Regionals. The other girls I competed against were older than me. They weren’t that much older than me because I had to run with eight and under. The girls that were older than me were only older by a couple of months.