Professional Bull Riders

Cousins win first-ever team title, guest on September 30th PBR Prime Time

PUEBLO, Colo. (September 22, 2008) – As the old saying goes: There is no “I” in team.

And a pair of cousins – L.J. Jenkins and Austin Meier – teamed up to win the first ever PBR Team Shootout.

Bull riding has long been an individual sport pitting man against beast. But the PBR, which has taken the sport of bull riding to a whole new level in its 16-year existence, developed a new team concept.

The Top 20 bull riders in world were entered in a random draw where they – serving as team captains – drafted a teammate of their choice. Some selected the best available rider, and others chose friends, brothers and cousins.

Each event, which was broadcast on ESPN2, paid out $50,000 in a winner-take-all competition.

All five events featured ten teams with each team competing at two of the first four events – Del Mar, Calif., Paso Robles, Calif., Molalla, Ore. and Guthrie, Okla. – and the top 10 teams competed at the final event in Pueblo, Colo.

LJ Jenkins PBR

“We were so close the other times that it’s nice to be able to get a win in the Finals,” said Jenkins, shortly after he and Meier claimed the title. The pair took second in two previous events, but in Pueblo they finally able to hold off the competition.

The team format called for each teammate to ride two bulls. After receiving the draw, it was up to the captain to determine in which round each teammate would compete.

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