Local rodeo standout at national junior high competition

 

July 20, 2016

Anna Getten holds the first place belt buckle she earned for winning the Girls' Breakaway competition at the Montana State Junior High Finals Rodeo. That win, and others at the state level, qualified her to participate at the National Junior High Rodeo Finals in Lebanon, Tennessee.

Anna Getten will be an eighth grader next school year at Chinook Junior High. She recently returned from Lebanon, Tennessee, where she participated in three events at the National Junior High Rodeo Finals. Anna and her mother, Tanya, described central Tennessee as "The hottest place we've ever been. We learned all about the 'heat index' and weather-wise it was very unpleasant out there." They also agreed the discomfort was a small price to pay for the excitement of competing in the national rodeo.

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