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Work ethic drives Texas Tech junior to repeat title at Cowboys of Color Rodeo

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

January 21, 2019

Despite the challenge of making a prize-winning barrel racing run at the Fort Worth Stock Show’s Cowboys of Color Rodeo, Shelby Mayfield has found ways to clinch the title the past two years.

Mayfield, a 19-year-old Texas Tech student who is the daughter of former National Finals Rodeo qualifier Sylvester Mayfield, clinched her second consecutive title in the popular women's event on Monday afternoon during the 2019 Cowboys of Color Rodeo that was conducted during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

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