Gold Medals for Smith and Payne: 2026 Utah Days of ’47 Team Roping Results

Utah’s biggest rodeo is back July 21-25, with the 2026 Utah Days of ’47. The top 30 from the 2026 PRCA Playoff Series standings, plus the top 10 from the 2026 PRCA world standings are hunting for gold in Salt Lake City, and here’s everything team roping fans need to know.

After winning the tiebreaker, Clay Smith and Coleby Payne were the champions of the 2026 Utah Days of 47 gold medals.

Table of contents

• 2026 team roping resultsBracket OneBracket TwoBracket ThreeOverall First roundOverall Second roundGold Medal Round
  • Bracket One
  • Bracket Two
  • Bracket Three
  • Overall First round
  • Overall Second round
  • Gold Medal Round
• Who qualified in the team roping?
• What’s the Days of ’47 format?
• What’s the payout at the Days of ’47?
• When are the performances at the Days of ’47?

2026 team roping results

Bracket One

First round: 1. Jr. Dees/Landen Glenn, 4.7 seconds; 2. Brenten Hall/Wyatt Cox, 5.3; 3. Cody Snow/Lane Mitchell, 5.4; 4. James Arviso/Levi Lord, 5.8.

Second round: 1. Curry Kirchner/Tanner Braden, 4.1 seconds; 2. (tie) Coy Rahlmann/Logan Medlin and Cody Snow/Lane Mitchell, 5.0 each; 4. Jet Toberer/Braylon Tryan, 5.6.

Qualifiers: 1. Cody Snow/Lane Mitchell, 10.4 seconds on two head; 2. Jr. Dees/Landen Glenn, 11.1.

Bracket Two

First round: 1. Lightning Aguilera/Kaden Profili, 4.0 seconds; 2. Clay Tryan/Will Woodfin, 4.6; 3. Brye Crites/Ross Ashford, 4.9; 4. (tie) Jake Clay/Whip Peterson and Clint Summers/Jade Corkill, 5.0 each.

Second round: 1. Jaxon Hill/Jessen James, 3.7 seconds; 2. Brye Crites/Ross Ashford, 5.7; 3. Clay Tryan/Will Woodfin, 7.2; 4. Clint Summers/Jade Corkill, 15.4.

Qualifiers: 1. Brye Crites/Ross Ashford, 10.6 seconds on two head; 2. Clay Tryan/Will Woodfin, 11.8.

Bracket Three

First round: 1. (tie) Clay Smith/Coleby Payne and Tyler Tryan/Nicky Northcott, 4.8 seconds each; 3. Coleman Proctor/Travis Graves, 6.0; 4. (tie) Corben Culley/Kyler Kanady and Jhett Trenary/L.J. Yeahquo, 6.7 each

Second round: 1. Clay Smith/Coleby Payne, 4.9 seconds; 2. Coleman Proctor/Travis Graves, 5.2; 3. Tyler Tryan/Nicky Northcott, 10.0; 4. Jake Smith/Douglas Rich, 10.1.

Qualifiers: 1. Clay Smith/Coleby Payne, 9.7 seconds on two head; 2. Coleman Proctor/Travis Graves, 11.2.

Bracket Four

First round: 1. Cory Kidd V/Carson Johnson, 4.4 seconds each; 2. Tanner Tomlinson/Wesley Thorp, 4.5; 3. Ketch Kelton/Denton Dunning, 4.6; 4. Dawson Graham/Dillion Graham, 4.9.

Second round: 1. Tanner Tomlinson/Wesley Thorp, 4.4 seconds each; 2. (tie) Derrick Begay/Colter Todd and Ketch Kelton/Denton Dunning, 4.5 each; 4. Cory Kidd V/Carson Johnson, 4.6; 5. Dawson Graham/Dillion Graham, 4.8.

Qualifiers: 1. Tanner Tomlinson/Wesley Thorp, 8.9 seconds on two head each; 2. Cory Kidd V/Carson Johnson, 9.0.

Overall First round

Overall Second round

Gold Medal Round

Gold Medal: Clay Smith/Coleby Payne, 5.1

Silver Medal: Cody Snow/Lane Mitchell, 5.1

Bronze Medal: Brye Crites/Ross Ashford, 5.2

Who qualified in the team roping?

Utah Days of ’47 is taking 40 teams in 2026. The top 30 in the 2026 PRCA Playoff Series Standings and the top 10 in the 2026 PRCA world standings as of July 6, will be invited. If the top 30 from the Playoff Series do not enter, the next highest ranked contestants from the 2026 world standings who enter will be accepted.

What’s the Days of ’47 format?

Team ropers will compete in two back-to-back go rounds with 10 teams in each bracket. All teams will rope in the morning slack of their bracket as well as the night performance. The top two teams based on the average advance to the Finals July 25.

If ties result in more than two teams advancing to the Finals, the team with the fastest time in either of the first two go rounds will advance. If still tied, the team with the highest ranking in the 2026 world standings as of July 6, will advance.

Ties in the Finals will be broken by the contestant with the fastest average in the long rounds. If still tied, the tie is broken by the team with the single fastest time in either of the first two gorounds. If still tied, then the team with the highest ranking in the 2026 world standings as of July 6.

What’s the payout at the Days of ’47?

The Utah Days of ’47 has a purse of $133,334 in the team roping ($66,667 per side). Utah Days of ’47 will pay the long rounds but not the average. Each long round, which includes all four slacks for the first go round and the first four performances for the second go round, will be paid off individually. There will not be a payoff for each performance.

The payoff for the Finals will be as follows:

1. $18,000
2. $13,000
3. $8,000
4. $4,000
5. $2,500
6. $2,000
7. $1,500
8. $1,000

When are the performances at the Days of ’47?