The competition intensified Friday afternoon at the 2026 Cinch Timed Event Championship inside the Lazy E Arena as Coleman Proctor (Pryor, Oklahoma) captured the Round Two win while Taylor Santos (Creston, California) surged to the top of the overall average leaderboard.
All event results are available here.
Proctor delivered the fastest overall performance of Round Two, completing the five disciplines in a combined 66.0 seconds. His run included a 7.3-second heading, 15.9 seconds in tie-down roping, 7.7 seconds in heeling, 18.2 seconds in steer wrestling and 16.9 seconds in steer roping.
The strong performance vaulted Proctor back into the mix in the Ironman race after entering the round in eighth place with a 94.3-second total from Round One.
Santos, however, used another consistent performance to take control of the overall average after two rounds. The California cowboy turned in a 68.9-second run in Round Two, highlighted by a 12.6-second heading, 18.0-second tie-down roping, 9.6-second heeling, 9.6-second steer wrestling and 19.1-second steer roping.
Those five runs gave Santos a two-round total of 138.7 seconds, moving him to the top of the standings in the battle for the Cinch Timed Event Championship title. Coleman Proctor sits second in the overall average with 160.3 seconds, followed closely by Ketch Kelton with 161.3 seconds as the race for the $100,000 payday and Ironman championship tightens heading into Round Three.
All event results are available here.
Following Round Two, the field was trimmed as the five competitors with the lowest aggregate times—Justin Shaffer, Cody Doescher, Slade Wood, Nelson Wyatt, and Riley Wakefield—were eliminated from the competition.
Competition continues tonight with Round 3. Five more competitors will be cut following Round 4 on March 7. The remaining 15 competitors will advance to the Championship Round on Saturday night, March 7, where they will go head-to-head for the $100,000 grand prize.
