2 The WRANGLER, Horse and Rodeo News • September 20 - October 4, 2021
Wri en by Hope Raley
Koosharem, Utah is where 15-year-old
Swade Olsen will hang the keys to his new
Dodge RAM a er he swept the Western
Fron er Labor Day Celebra on held in
part with the Na onal Team Roping that
took place in Cheyenne, Wyoming over
Labor Day Weekend. Olsen picked up
points 2nd in the heeling behind partner
Samuel Perez and again at 10th with Terry
McIntosh.
Olsen, who has three other brothers,
has been roping and riding since he was
li le and even won his first saddle at just
four years old. Since then, he has been
hooked.
Horses and roping have played a
major part in Olsen's life and he doesn't
hardly go a day without riding or roping.
Besides riding and roping, Olsen also
enjoys fishing, hun ng and camping. An
outdoors man to the core!
Olsen admi ed that winning a truck at
a NTR Truck Roping has been a goal of his
since he was li le and accomplishing that
goal on his best heel horse (Hoover-who
is 18-years-young) made that win all that
much sweeter!
"I was in shock when they announced
that I had won the truck," said Olsen.
"I couldn't believe that I had just won a
pickup. It was one of the best feelings and
experiences that I have ever had."
To help keep himself and his roping
sharp, Olsen listens to Payden Bray and
pays close a en on to his success and
style. He also likes to study videos of
himself roping to try and fix any mistakes
and ul mately improve himself as a rider
and a roper.
Olsen high school rodeos in Utah and
he ropes with his older brother. The duo
just won a state tle this summer and
Swade Olsen's Big Lab Day Win Swade Olsen's Big Lab Day Win
now Olsen is looking to add three more
state tles to that list along with a few
na onal tles, if all goes well.
Olsen is incredibly grateful for his
parents for giving him the opportunity to
have nice horses
and for hauling
him and his
brothers around
to any roping they
want to enter.
"My parents
are always
pushing us to do
our best and to
maintain a good
a tude even
when things
don't always go
as planned. I am
very grateful for
them and for all
that they do for me and my brothers."
For complete results on the Western
Fron er Labor Day Weekend NTR, visit
www.na onalteamroping.com.
