DENVER (January 19, 2017) --- Two action-packed rodeo performances saw big changes in the leaderboard at the National Western Stock Show Rodeo on Thursday.

At the morning performance, Kellie Collier from Hereford, Texas, made the fastest run of the rodeo here so far at 15.23 seconds. That was her second round of competition and gave her command of the overall standings. Collier, who won the Colorado VS the World title on opening day has a total time of 30.72 seconds. However, that may not last.

On Thursday night, Katie Pascoe from Morro Bay, Calif., stopped the clock in 15.22 seconds, the new fast time of the rodeo. This was her first run in the Denver Coliseum so she has a great opportunity to take the lead. She will have her second round of competition on Friday, Jan. 20 at the matinee performance.

Pascoe’s rodeo roots run deep. She is the daughter and granddaughter of world champion steer wrestlers who were both champions here. Her father, John W. Jones Jr., won the all-around title in Denver in 1982 and the steer wrestling in 1991. Her grandfather John W. Jones won the steer wrestling in 1956.

If Katie has a fast time here on Friday, she will qualify for Sunday’s U.S. Bank Championship Finals and could be the third generation of the family to earn a National Western Stock Show Rodeo title.

There is a new leader in the first round of saddle bronc riding as well. Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier Tyler Corrington, from Hastings, Minn., rode Calgary Stampede’s Xena Warrior for an 87. This is the highest saddle bronc ride in this year’s rodeo. Corrington will ride his second horse here on Friday.

There are two rodeos on Friday in the Denver Coliseum at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m.