#TheMulti-Tasker
The 2019 College National Finals Rodeo Champion, National High School Finals Rodeo Bareback Riding World Champion, Panola College Rodeo Team member, and the second-ranked PRCA Resistol Bull Riding Rookie, multi-tasker Daylon Swearingen has qualified for his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo..
Swearingen led the Panola College (Carthage, Texas) winning the Bull Riding at the 2019 College National Finals Rodeo.
Qualifying in the #14 position on the NFR bull riding roster, Daylon (Day) Swearingen will leave his bareback rigging at home and compete as a left-handed bull rider from New York, now living in Georgia, during the 2019 National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.
A former high school wrestler, Day Swearingen, competed in 133 rodeos winning money in 54 or 48% of them. He earned a total of $111,837.17 in the bull riding column, Bareback money, $11,755.40, and Saddle Bronc, $366.6.
So why bull riding?
“I raise bucking bulls, I love being around them, riding them -I love everything about them and riding bulls is something I have always wanted –I just want to be a cowboy,” said the nineteen-year-old NFR Rookie.
The oldest son of Sam and Carrie Swearingen, owners of Rawhide Rodeo Company, Daylon balanced rodeo and rodeo production from an early age. While competing in High School Rodeo, he also rode in the SEBRA, IPRA, and APRA organizations.
Swearingen made his debut at the First Frontier Circuit Finals back in January in the bareback and the bull riding events. He left with the most bull riding earnings and title and the all-around cowboy title.
A student of the mental side of competing and a reader, Swearingen knows you can always improve. From yoga to YouTube motivation, the bottom line is he prepares.
Spare time he enjoys riding colts, mountain biking, and cross-fit.
The experts say Swearingen rides away from his hand, as well as he does into his hand, a factoid for the Las Vegas gamblers, and he rides rank bulls as well as spinners, but do not take my word for it, Google him!
Professional
2019 Highlights
• Won Rusk County PRCA Rodeo (Henderson, Texas)
• Won 67th Annual Mid Winter Fair and Rodeo (Lafayette, La.)
• Won La Fiesta de Los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.)
• Split win at 91st annual Arcadia (Fla,) All-Florida Championship Rodeo
• Split win at Northwest Florida Pro Rodeo and Crawfish Festival (Fort Walton Beach)
• Won Mineral Wells (Texas) PRCA Rodeo
• Split West of the Pecos (Texas) Rodeo
• Split win at Livingston (Mont.) Roundup
• Won Black Hills Roundup (Belle Fourche, S.D.)
• Won Red Desert (Rock Springs, Wyo.)
AMATEUR
2016 NHSFR Bareback Riding World Champion
2015 the NHSFR All-Around Rookie Cowboy
Qualified all three years for the National Junior High Finals Rodeo.