Women in Rodeo Month is presented by Mane ‘n Tail.

The USTRC has been home to some of the toughest women in team roping since the first National Finals in 1991. These five have won more than anyone, on both ends of the run, at qualifiers, regional finals and the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. Earnings are from USTRC records as of Sept. 21, 2026.

Please note:  Earnings are based on the Global database at the time of publication and may not include all winnings or every roper.

5) Courtney Crites | $148,060.50

Courtney Crites heads out of Welch, Oklahoma, and comes from a family that ropes. Her brother is NFR header and BFI champion Zac Small. Her husband, NFR heeler Brye Crites, spends time in the practice pen with her, from NFR prep to futurity colts. When she’s not roping, she runs the lab at Flying Cow Genetics, her in-laws’ cattle IVF business.

Biggest wins:

• Third, #13 Shoot-Out, USTRC National Finals: $16,700
• Champion, Cruel Girl Championship, Cinch USTRC National Finals: $8,300
• Ninth, #13 Shoot-Out, Cinch USTRC National Finals: $6,950
• 10th, #15 Shoot-Out, Cinch USTRC National Finals: $6,265

4) Annette Stahl | $167,344

Annette Stahl grew up in Tularosa, New Mexico, where almost everyone in her family roped, and she spent her childhood at USTRC dummy and goat ropings. Now a heeler and ranch hand in West Texas, she has two WPRA world titles, including the 2023 heeling title with Jackie Crawford. Top female headers look for her first when they need a partner. She has won the Wildfire ladies roping, the Charlie 1 Horse All-Girl and just about every other major all-girl title. Her biggest USTRC check came at the 2005 Finals, where she and her cousin Renee won the #10 Shoot-Out. It’s still the biggest single check any of these five women has won at the USTRC.

Biggest wins:

• Champion, #10 Shoot-Out, 2005 USTRC National Finals: $45,000
• Third, #11 Shoot-Out, USTRC National Finals: $23,100
• Champion, Wildfire Open to the World ladies roping (13th and 15th annual): $12,500 each
• Champion, #11 Ladies, Windy Ryon Memorial: $5,700

3) Barrie Smith | $173,662

Barrie Smith was a college national champion goat tyer before she became a heading force. She’s married to 1978 world champion Brad Smith, and she was roping at the USTRC in its earliest days while running barrels and raising two kids. She won the 2010 WPRA world title as a header and is known for her horsemanship. At the 2014 Finals, she and George McQuain won the #12 Gold Plus Shoot-Out, the biggest check of her USTRC career. She’s based in Stephenville, Texas, and spends her winters jackpotting in Arizona.

Biggest wins:

• Champion, #12 Gold Plus Shoot-Out, 2014 Cinch USTRC National Finals: $28,900
• Second, #12 Gold Plus Shoot-Out, USTRC National Finals: $21,750
• Eighth, #12 Shoot-Out, Cinch USTRC National Finals: $8,700
• Champion, Cruel Girl Championship, USTRC National Finals: $7,800

2) Jimmi Jo Montera | $178,704

Jimmi Jo Montera of Greeley, Colorado, won back-to-back WPRA breakaway world titles in 1991 and 1992 and the 1993 WPRA all-around crown. She was also an NIRA all-around cowgirl and a College National Finals Rodeo average champion. After college, she took up heeling at the Colorado Front Range jackpots. She has won the Cruel Girl Championship at the Finals three times, along with the Wildfire ladies roping. In March 2025, she and Beverly Robbins won the BFI Charlie 1 Horse All-Girl, the one major open all-girl she hadn’t won yet.

Biggest wins:

• Fourth, #12 Shoot-Out, Cinch USTRC National Finals: $18,450
• Champion, 14th annual Wildfire Open to the World ladies roping: $12,500
• Champion, Cruel Girl Championship, USTRC National Finals (three titles): $8,200, $7,750 and $6,550
• Second, #12 Shoot-Out, High Plains Regional Finals: $4,207

1) Beverly Robbins | $215,085

No woman has won more at the USTRC than Beverly Robbins. She grew up playing polo in Tuscumbia, Alabama, and didn’t start roping until after college. Her dad and Perry Bigbee turned polo horses into rope horses. She was the first woman to place at the Bob Feist Invitational, and she has also roped at the George Strait. She won the 2019 WPRA heading world title and has won every all-girl title there is, most recently the 2025 BFI Charlie 1 Horse All-Girl with Montera. They won it in 34.50 on four head, with Robbins riding her mare Waspy.

Biggest wins:

• Champion, #12 Gold Plus Shoot-Out, Cinch USTRC National Finals: $25,200
• Champion, Wildfire Open to the World ladies roping (13th and 17th annual): $12,500 each
• Seventh, #15 Shoot-Out, USTRC National Finals: $10,450
• Fourth, #11 Shoot-Out, USTRC National Finals: $8,650
• Champion, #12 Gold Plus, Eastern Regional Finals: $5,000