Austin Sutliff, 16, of Reading, Pa., receives medical aid from Hocking College emergency medical technicians after being thrown-off and stepped-on by a bull, on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 28, 2008, in Nelsonville, Ohio. A cowboy for the past four years, Sutliff competes in the Bull Ride Mania rodeo circuit and similar competitions.

Columbia College men's basketball coach Bob Burchard dances in the locker room following the Columbia Cougars victory against MidAmerican Nazarene Univeresity in the national semifinals of the NAIA Division I National Championship on Mar. 23, 2009 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. As the unranked Cougars continued to win throughout the tournamment, Burchard his team to "just keep ridin' the wave."

Kinson Michel, 10, gets ready for the goat-tying event at the Missouri Family Rodeo Association's 2008 finals. The goat-tying event is for younger cowboys who will go on to compete in calf-tying when they are old enough.

Shyla Ristine, 8, and Aiden Brown, 6, of Quakertown, Pa., receive their first place awards during the Speed Skating National Championships at the Peoria Civic Center on Thursday afternoon. They competed together in the Primary 2 Mix category.

Claire Guidinger rests on the grass after finishing second in the Minnesota Girls Class AA High School Cross Country Championships.