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Clay Tryan

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Born:

May 7, 1979 in Plentywood, Montana.
Currently lives in Billings, Montana.
Joined the PRCA in 1998.

Events Worked:

Team Roping (Header)

Total Career Earnings:

$626,783 at the end of 2005.
$71,682 won at the 2005 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

NFR Qualifications:

5 (2001-2005)

Achievements:

2005 Team Roping World Champion Header

Selected Rodeos Won:

  • Pace Chute-Out
  • Ellensburg Rodeo (2)
  • Greeley Independence Stampede
  • San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo
  • California Rodeo Salinas
  • Walla Walla Fair & Frontier Days (2)
  • Sisters Rodeo
  • Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo
  • La Fiesta De Los Vaqueros

Interesting Facts:

Father (Dennis Tryan) and brother (Travis Tryan) compete in the team roping event.
Mother is barrel racer WPRA Terri Kaye Kirkland.
Became the first mother/son combination to compete at the NFR (in 2003).

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