With less than a month left if PRCA Pro Rodeo’s regular season, Jay, Oklahoma’s Brenten Hall has officially secured a spot to head at his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo come December. The 2018 Resistol Rookie of the Year runner-up is currently ninth in the PRCA world standings with $82,837.36.

“It was a big win,” Hall said. “We were actually in a pretty good spot, but it really secured my first NFR trip.”

Hall and two-time NFR qualifier Chase Tryan (now 11th in the PRCA world standings with $82,837.36) won the Tour Finale at the Washington State Fair Pro Rodeo in Puyallup, Washington after roping their final steer in 5.9 seconds, worth $4,500 a man. Including the money they won throughout the rounds, they left Puyallup with some $9,279 a man.

“In the semifinals we were fifth out, so I kind of got to see what was going on there,” Hall said. “Five-flat was winning when I went. We just kind of made a kamikaze run—we were 4.3. The final round, we were third out. There was a leg winning it and they paid two monies, so I just knew that if we caught we were going to get money.”

The duo placed fourth in the average with a time of 12.0 seconds on two head, worth $781 a man. They tied Tyler Wade and Billie Jack Saebens for seventh in the first round with a 6.2-second run, worth $249 a man, then tied Jeff Flenniken and Tyler Worley for seventh in the second round with a 5.8-second run, worth $249 a man. 

Hall and Tryan’s fourth-place average win qualified them to rope in the semifinals, where they tied Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira for first with a 4.3-second run, worth $3,500 a man, advancing them to the final round. 

“It was a big relief. It took a big load off my shoulders,” Hall said with a sigh of relief. “‘I wasn’t nervous, but was just wanting to get it over with—wanting to win a little bit so I wasn’t worried about winning it at the end of the year. Now it just feels like we can go have fun and rope.”

Top 20 Headers:

1. Clay Smith, $140,198.26

2. Kaleb Driggers, $108,985.53

3. Clay Tryan, $101,531.77

4. Coleman Proctor, $101,396.11

5. Ty Blasingame, $95,056.73

6. Riley Minor, $97,648.96

7. Chad Masters, $92,264.82

8. Cody Snow, $90,810.60

9. Brenten Hall, $82,837.36

10. Luke Brown, $82,375.63

11. Matt Sherwood, $73,835.92

12. Tate Kirchenschlager, $71,079.79

13. Tyler Wade, $70,938.99

14. Jake Cooper, $69,541.40

15. Erich Rogers, $68,428.74

16. Dustin Egusquiza, $63,964.90

17. Paul David Tierney, $61,944.22

18. Nelson Wyatt, $58,407.10

19. Spencer Mitchell, $58,070.84

20. Tanner Baldwin, $55,780.98

Top 20 Heelers:

1. Junior Nogueira, $108,985.53

2. Ryan Motes, $106,243.85

3. Travis Graves, $101,531.77

4. Jake Long, $99,652.72

5. Jade Corkill, $98,323.97

6. Brady Minor, $97,648.96

7. Kyle Lockett, $94,329.86

8. Joseph Harrison, $93,352.95

9. Paul Eaves, $86,431.07

10. Hunter Koch, $84,023.07

11. Chase Tryan, $82,837.36

12. Wesley Thorp, $81,643.12

13. Caleb Anderson, $69,541.40

14. Tyler Worley, $67,636.29

15. Billie Jack Saebens, $61,719.19

16. Paden Bray, $61,443.99

17. Levi Lord, $59,543.80

18. Tanner Braden, $59,195.08

19. Cole Davison, $58,062.26

20. Nano Garza, $57,968.61

Full Results: 

Medicine Lodge, Alberta 1. Logan Bonnett/Keely Bonnett, 5.7 seconds, $790 each; 2. Roland McFadden/Devin Wigemyr, 7.5, $592; 3. Wyatt Eirikson/Sawyer Eirikson, 7.7, $395; 4. Jesse Popescul/Stacy Cornet, 9.5, $197.

Banning, Calif. 1. Blake Hirdes/Joseph Shawnego, 6.8 seconds, $1,128 each; 2. (tie) Nate Singletary/Tom Bill Johnson and Lane Lowry/Chance Machado, 7.5, $705 each; 4. Johnny Smith/Patrick O’Brien, 7.7, $282.

Salt Lake City, Utah 1. Rhett Anderson/Jade Anderson, 6.2 seconds, $1,859 each; 2. Hagen Peterson/Jace Nielsen, 6.5, $1,617; 3. Clint Kap/Justin Hodson, 7.3, $1,374; 4. Jaguar Terrill/Jason Warner, 7.5, $1,132; 5. Thad Ward/Matt Cumbie, 9.1, $889; 6. Weston Parker/Justin Memmott, 10.4, $647; 7. Jake Hannum/Brian Roundy, 12.2, $404; 8. Clay Berry/Brad Freeland, 13.9, $162.

Puyallup, Wash. First round: 1. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 4.7 seconds, $2,130 each; 2. Clay Smith/Jade Corkill, 4.9, $1,633; 3. (tie) Jeff Flenniken/Tyler Worley and Clay Tryan/Travis Graves, 5.1, $994 each; 5. Kolton Schmidt/Jeremy Buhler, 5.4, $497; 6. Levi Simpson/Cole Davison, 5.6, $355; 7. (tie) Tyler Wade/Billie Jack Saebens and Brenten Hall/Chase Tryan, 6.2, $249 each. Second round: 1. Nick Sartain/Austin Rogers, 4.7 seconds, $2,130 each; 2. Cody Snow/Wesley Thorp, 5.0, $1,633; 3. (tie) Luke Brown/Paul Eaves and Ty Blasingame/Jake Long, 5.2, $994 each; 5. Nelson Wyatt/Levi Lord, 5.6, $497; 6. Matt Sherwood/Hunter Koch, 5.7, $355; 7. (tie) Jeff Flenniken/Tyler Worley and Brenten Hall/Chase Tryan, 5.8, $249 each. Average: 1. Jeff Flenniken/Tyler Worley, 10.9 seconds on two head, $2,130; 2. Clay Tryan/Travis Lee Graves, 11.1, $1,633; 3. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 11.5, $1,207; 4. Brenten Hall/Chase Tryan, 12.0, $781; 5. Tyler Wade/Billie Jack Saebens, 14.1, $497; 6. Tate Kirchenschlager/Ross Ashford, 16.3, $355; 7. Matt Sherwood/Hunter Koch, 16.4, $284; 8. Ty Blasingame/Jake Long, 19.3, $213. Semifinals: 1. (tie) Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira and Brenten Hall/Chase Tryan, 4.3 seconds, $3,500 each; 3. (tie) Matt Sherwood/Hunter Koch and Clay Tryan/Travis Graves, 5.0, $1,500 each. Finals: 1. Brenten Hall/Chase Tryan, 5.9 seconds, $4,500 each; 2. Matt Sherwood/Hunter Koch, 10.1, $3,000.

Northfield, Minn. 1. Cory Petska/Brent Miller, 7.2 seconds, $1,043 each; 2. Rob McPhail/Dustin Schaefer, 7.3, $783; 3. Ryan Alexander/Cole Stevens, 12.1, $522; 4. Matt Nelson/Gannon Gustafson, 12.7, $261.

Poplar Bluff, Mo. 1. Clint Wallace/Heath Williams, 7.1 seconds, $427 each; 2. Keith Hanna/Corey Barnett, 10.6, $320; no other qualified runs.

Spokane, Wash. 1. Dex Maddock/Kurtis Barry, 5.3 seconds, $1,266 each; 2. Kal Fuller/Kasper Roy, 5.5, $1,048; 3. (tie) Doyle Hoskins/Morgan McVay and Britt Smith/Jake Smith, 6.0, $720 each; 5. (tie) Shawn Bessette/Ryan Zurcher and Dustin Bird/Sid Sporer, 10.2, $306 each.

Fort Madison, Iowa 1. Coleman Proctor/Ryan Motes, 4.7 seconds, $2,432 each; 2. Coy Rahlmann/Ryan Von Ahn, 4.8, $2,115; 3. Clay Tryan/Travis Graves, 5.1, $1,797; 4. Luke Brown/Paul Eaves, 5.2, $1,480; 5. Cory Petska/Brent Miller, 5.4, $1,163; 6. Ryan Alexander/Cole Stevens, 6.1, $846; 7. Butch Levell/J.W. Beck, 14.5, $529; no other qualified runs.

Lewiston, Idaho 1. (tie) Dustin Egusquiza/Jake Long and Chad Masters/Joseph Harrison, 4.3 seconds, $3,589 each; 3. (tie) Riley Minor/Brady Minor, Clay Tryan/Travis Graves and Cale Markham/Tanner Braden, 4.5, $2,592 each; 6. Cody Snow/Wesley Thorp, 4.6, $1,795; 7. Charly Crawford/Logan Medlin, 4.9, $1,396; 8. (tie) Britt Smith/Jake Smith, Jr. Dees/Lane Siggins and Garett Chick/Paden Bray, 5.5, $598 each.

Fort Madison, Iowa 1. Cody Snow/Wesley Thorp, 4.5 seconds, $10,000 each; 2. Clay Smith/Jade Corkill, 4.8, $3,000; 3. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 50.0, $2,000.