SPORTS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2020
THE OBSERVER — 7A
Summerville’s Cody Campbell to compete at PBR Finals
By Kaleb Lay
The Observer
SUMMERVILLE — If North-
east Oregon had a bull riding hall
of fame, Cody Campbell would
be on the short list to have a
statue out front.
The Summerville resident has
been taking on rough stock —
and winning — since his days
at Imbler High School, and he’ll
have a chance to do it again on
the world’s biggest bull riding
stage at the Professional Bull
Riding World Finals in Texas this
week.
Fresh off recovery from a hip
injury, Campbell said he feels
Chris Baxter/The Observer, File
Cody Campbell begins compet-
ing Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, at
PBR World Finals in Texas.
ready for competition.
“It feels really good actu-
ally, I have a little soreness in
there but it’s a lot better than it
was earlier this year,” Camp-
bell said.
Campbell made the cut for
the PBR World Finals by fi n-
ishing seventh in the Pend-
leton Whiskey Velocity Tour,
cementing him at No. 52 in the
Professional Bull Riding world
rankings with 72 points ahead
of competition, which begins
Thursday, Nov. 12.
“At this point, this year’s been
so crazy, I’m just looking for-
ward to riding here at fi nals.
The Observer
LA GRANDE —
Eastern Oregon Univer-
sity fell to the College
of Idaho as it held what
could well prove to be the
track team’s only cross-
country competition of
2020.
Battling inclement
weather, the men’s and
women’s teams fell to
their conference rival
Coyotes in a home
matchup, with the Col-
lege of Idaho’s runners
taking individual top
spots and overall score in
both competitions.
The Mounties fell by
a score of 46-17 in the
women’s 3,000 meter
competition, losing eight
of the top nine individual
spots to Coyote run-
ners. Eastern’s Michelle
Herbes led her team’s
effort and took fourth
place, while Katie Jo
Gebhardt led a pack of
Mountaineers that took
spots 10 through 13.
Eastern’s women’s
team ran an average time
of 11:37.98, nearly a full
minute slower than Col-
lege of Idaho’s 10:39.46.
The men’s team man-
aged marginally more
success than the women’s
but likewise fell to their
conference foes, in this
case by a score of 34-23.
Travis Running took
second individually,
leading the Mountaineer
charge. Johnny Wind
and Hunter Nichols took
the fi fth and sixth spots,
respectively, and a slough
of Eastern runners took
spots 10 through 16.
Competing in a 5,000
meter race, the men’s
team ran an average time
of 16:36.62 compared to
the Coyotes’ 16:21.22.
a whopping 1,341.50 points —
more than double the number of
points held by any other rider
except No. 2 Joao Ricardo Viera
with 916.91.
The PBR World Finals:
Unleash the Beast competition
kicks off at 6:30 p.m. in front of
a live crowd in Arlington, Texas.
Fans and supporters of the Sum-
merville bull rider can watch on
CBS Sports.
“I always appreciate all the
support,” Campbell said. “I’ve had
a lot of support from the commu-
nity there in Union County and
throughout Eastern Oregon, and I
always appreciate it.”
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Mounties’ runners fall to
Coyotes in home meet
By Kaleb Lay
I’m going to try and go win the
fi nals,” Campbell said. “I’m not
going to win the world, that’s out
of the question.”
Campbell said he’s excited
about the bull he’ll be riding fi rst,
saying he “couldn’t have picked it
better by hand.”
Competing at the AT&T Sta-
dium, normally the home of the
Dallas Cowboys, Campbell will
have the opportunity to ride
alongside PBR’s top riders and
against its top bulls.
Jose Vitor Leme, a perennial
contender for the title of World
Champion in recent years, cur-
rently tops the rankings with
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