2018 Media Guide - Cowboys

★ ★ 2011: (Partner Chad Masters) Won Rounds 9 and 10 of the Wrangler NFR and placed in three other rounds. Won the American Royal Rodeo (Kansas City, Mo.); the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo; the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede; the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.); the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo; the Norco (Calif.) Mounted Posse Rodeo and the Kern County Fair Rodeo (Bakersfield, Calif.), withWadeWheatley. Co-champion at the Mother Lode Round-up (Sonora, Calif.), with Britt Williams. Finished fourth in the world standings with $152,976 ★ ★ 2010: (Partner Chad Masters) Placed in four rounds of the Wrangler NFR, including a win in Round 10 with a time of 3.9 seconds. Finished fifth in the world standings with $164,456.Won the 100th Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up; the 100th California Rodeo Salinas; the Dodge City (Kan.) Round-Up; theWalker County Fair & Rodeo (Huntsville,Texas); the Livingston (Mont.) Round-Up and the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ‘76 Rodeo ★ ★ 2009: (Partner Chad Masters) Won Round 9 of the Wrangler NFR with a world-record time of 3.3 seconds; placed in three additional rounds. Broke the record for regular-season earnings by a team roper with $127,749 and finished fourth in the world standings with $157,532.Won Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days; the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo; the Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.); the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho); the CentralWyoming Fair & Rodeo (Casper); the Livermore (Calif.) Rodeo; the Norco (Calif.) Mounted Posse Rodeo and the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.) (Partner Michael Jones). Won the SandHills Stock Show & Rodeo (Odessa, Texas) and the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo (Denver) ★ ★ 2008: Placed in seven of 10 rounds of theWrangler NFR with Luke Brown and finished third in the average. Finished second in the world standings to fellowNevadan Randon Adams with $166,673. (Partner ChadMasters)Won Rodeo Houston; the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo and the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.). Won ★ ★ 2006: Won the Kit Carson County Fair & Rodeo (Burlington, Colo.), with Blaine Linaweaver; won the Wrangler ProRodeoTour and average title at Rodeo Austin (Texas), withMattTyler; co-champion at the Brawley (Calif.) Cattle Call Rodeo, with Logan Olson Awards PRCA Team Roping (heeler) Rookie of the Year, 2006. Horse Fine Snip of Doc “Cave Man” voted AQHA/PRCA Team Roping Heeling Horse of the Year, 2010 and 2012 Amateur Nevada high school team roping and tie-down roping champion, 2005. World Junior Team Roping champion (with Joel Bach), 2005 the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo (first round, Tour Playoffs), with Jake Stanley ★ ★ 2007: Won the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo, with Chris Lawson

Marcos Costa

Tie-down roping

Event:

1st 1st

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place:

$195,519 $317,421 $715,348

2017 NFR earnings: 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

Dec. 24, 1990, in Parana, Brazil

Born:

Childress, Texas

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2014

1 (2017)

3 (2015-17)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Professional 2017 Highlights ★ ★ Won the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver, Colo.) ★ ★ Won the West of the Pecos (Texas) Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah)

★ ★ Won the Parker County Sherriff’s Posse Frontier Days and PRCA Rodeo (Weatherford, Texas) ★ ★ Won the Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Rapid City, S.D.) ★ ★ Won the Cassia County Fair & Rodeo (Burley, Idaho) ★ ★ Co-champion at the RAM Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo ★ ★ Co-champion at the Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Redding, Calif.) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Four States Fair & Rodeo (Texarkana, Ark.) Career Highlights ★ ★ 2016: Won Round 2 and placed in five rounds to rank ninth at the Wrangler NFR. Finished second in the world standings with $208,927. Won Rodeo Austin (Texas), the Home of Champions Rodeo (Red Lodge, Mont.), the Four States Fair & Rodeo (Texarkana, Ark.) and the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo Champion Challenge presented by Justin Boots. Co-champion at the Horse Heaven Round-up Wranglers Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Kennewick, Wash.), the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah) and the Four States Fair & Rodeo (Texarkana, Ark.) ★ ★ 2015: Placed in three rounds at his first Wrangler NFR. Won the World’s Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, Ariz.), the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.), the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.) andWallaWalla (Wash.) Frontier Days. Finished 11th in the world standings with $148,073

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