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Claira Hollingsworth

2011 IHSRA Queen

Hello, my name is Claira Hollingsworth.  My parents are Jeff and Lee Hollingsworth and I just completed my junior year at Preston High School.  My home town is Preston, Idaho, yes the same place that Napoleon Dynamite was from and that movie was actually shot in my high school.  My rodeo events include: Barrels, Poles, Breakaway, Goat Tying, Cow Cutting, Team Roping and the Queen Contest.  This is my third year in high school rodeo and was a member of the Wrangler Division for 3 years and won the state pole bending championship in 2006 and was privileged to compete in Gallup, New Mexico for a 12^th place finish in the nation.

My academic achievements are: Academic letter 2010, Honors English Student, 18 ISU credits, currently enrolled in 2 USU classes, High honor roll for 3 years, 4.0 GPA at ISU, 2010 National Youth Forum for Medicine nominee.  In my spare time I also perform with the Preston High School Acapella choir, play Basketball and Volleyball, run Track, am a member of the FFA and Honors Society.  I am a varsity Cheerleader, the 1^st Att. Franklin Co Junior Miss, have earned my Young Women in Excellence Award, am the current Vice President Great Basin Rodeo Team, 8^th District Queen 2009 & 2010, 2009 1^st Attendant Silver State International Rodeo, and lastly the 2009 DNCFR Jr. Queen

I plan to complete my dental assisting certification at the Bridgerland School of Applied Technology this fall and continue my education in dental hygiene at Dixie State College after I graduate next May.  Unlike any other sport I have participated in rodeo requires more dedication, patience and love of the sport that any of the others.  Combining my skills with my equine athletes and sometimes bovine and goat participants takes more work than any other sport I have been involved in.  I also share rodeo with my family, that is the best part of rodeo, - family. Rodeo has also taught me a lot about life that not everyday will be daylight runs and fast times.  Life really is about the luck of the draw.  My favorite quote is by Abe Lincoln, “I do the very best I can, the very best I know how, and will continue to do so until the very end.” 

Good luck state qualifies! I know you will all be doing the very best you can during the state finals this year.