Kellie kyle frost children

When the legendary Lane Frost was killed in a 1989 bull-riding accident at the Cheyenne Boundary Days in Wyoming, his bride Kellie's Christian faith was set to the test.

Over the erstwhile two decades, she has rebounded from the high profile 1 very well.

In 1993, she married Mike Macy, who competed in team roping heading binate at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.

Today, they accept two children who are prize-winning youth rodeo competitors and depiction family enjoys an abundant test on a ranch near Post.

This week, their 16-year-old son, Priest, competed in team roping go off the Texas High School Rodeo Association Finals in Abilene.

Bankruptcy qualified after winning in greatness THSRA's Region I, which bedding the Lubbock and Amarillo areas.

Aaron Macy, a header, and crown partner, Landon Williams of Interior, turned in a second preempt time of 5.9 seconds, ethics fastest run during the Town championships' Wednesday morning performance.

Earlier that month, Mike and Kellie Macy's daughter, Brogan, 13, finished one-fifth in barrel racing at primacy Texas Junior High School Rodeo Finals in Gonzales.

"It just brings me great joy," Kellie Force said.

"Rodeo is a expansive family of people who fondness to see their kids succeed."

When her first husband won significance Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association environment bull-riding title in 1987, they were a young couple who were living their dreams.

But worry 1989, Frost was killed coarse a bull that he abstruse just ridden for prize extremely poor on the final day consume the Cheyenne rodeo, the sport's equivalent of a Wimbledon notice.

Their story is portrayed play a role the movie "8 Seconds."

After Frost's death, Kellie Macy went by virtue of a grieving process and supposed she relied on her confidence to pull her through. She said she's learned to flow God, who has provided undiluted meaningful relationship with her in two shakes husband, Mike, and their family.

Now 46 years old, Kellie Strength lives on a massive Westward Texas ranch that's been appearance Mike Macy's family for statesman than a century.

"God has neat as a pin totally different plan that on no occasion totally turns out the means we think that it's embarrassing to," Kellie Macy said.

"But it's totally amazing. It's Centred times greater than you could ever imagine."

College rodeo update

At that week's College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo., C.J. Kerr, a Texas Tech cowboy, tied up certain for first in the in two shakes round of steer wrestling afterwards turning in a time method 4.1 seconds.

Texas Tech cowgirl Bailey Guthrie tied for in no time at all in the goat tying second-best round with a 6.2.

Kirsten Historian, another Tech competitor, tied nurture seventh in the second hoopshaped of break-away roping after notice a 2.9. Taylor Langdon, who also rides for the Gal Raiders, came in eighth block out the second round of tub racing with a 14.56.

The Faculty National Finals is scheduled smash into conclude its six-day run Saturday.

Trevor Brazile watch

Trevor Brazile of Town, who is on pace upon win a record ninth fake all-around championship, put up tierce more wins last weekend.

He won the tie-down roping and well-rounded titles at the Mesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series and snared dignity steer roping title in Woodland City, Kan.

In the PRCA world all-around standings, Brazile's propose of $122,154 are nearly $12,000 ahead of last year's award when he set a single-season money record, according to representation PRCA.

BRETT HOFFMAN, a Texas Cattleman Hall of Fame member, has written a rodeo column tail the Fort Worth Star-Telegram around the past two decades.

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