In an effort to create more opportunities for all women rodeo athletes, the Women’s Rodeo World Championship (WRWC) has launched a tiering system based on earnings and rankings in the respective disciplines at the 2021 WRWC. This tiering system will level the playing field by dividing the pro and challenger athletes into their respective pools in the WRWC qualifying rounds and give each group a direct path to compete at center stage.
An athlete’s status as a Pro or Challenger will be determined based on known information as of January 1, 2021. The athlete’s status will remain following this date regardless of an athlete’s competitive efforts or earnings prior to the start of competition at WRWC.
Women’s Rodeo World Championship Leaderboard
The W21 Leaderboard will now be separated by Pro’s and Challenger’s using each discipline’s earning classifications.
For all athletes that nominate an event for the W21 segment, and earn points, they will be placed on the respective leaderboard based on their individual earnings.
If there are any athlete’s that are classified as a Challenger, but would rather compete in the Pro Leaderboard, they must email [email protected] by April 30, 2021. Once an athlete has earned over 100 points on the Pro or Challenger Leaderboard, they can no longer switch leaderboards.
EARNINGS CLASSIFICATION
You are a Challenger if your earnings do not exceed the amount listed below in any one of the defined time periods:
· 2018-20= $20,000 Annually
· Lifetime Earnings = $100,000
Barrel Racing will use the Equi-Stat ranking system to determine the Challenger classification. Athletes are eligible to participate as a Challenger if their earnings for either (not both) time periods listed above are below the amount listed for that time period.
You are a Challenger Team Roper If…
- At or below a #4.5 Header
- At or below a #4.5 Heeler
*Based on the Global Handicaps System
* All team ropers MUST have a current Global Handicaps membership
You are a Challenger if your earnings do not exceed the amount listed below in any one of the defined time periods:
- 2018-20= $6,000 Annually
- Lifetime Earnings = $20,000
Based on Virtual Rodeo Qualifier verified earnings in Breakaway Roping.