by Charity Pulliam

Kyan Frost, a third-generation cowgirl from Baldwin City, Kansas, said being on_x000D_
Team Cavender’s has become a family affair._x000D_
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“I joined Team Cavender’s my freshman year,” she said. “My sister had been on the team for two_x000D_
years, so I saw all of the stuff she was doing, and I got to know the Cavenders family before I was_x000D_
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“Then later, I got invited to join the team, and I’ve been a member ever since,” she added. “I am a_x000D_
senior, so this is my last year.”_x000D_
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Frost said she is on track to graduate in May from Baldwin High School, where she participates in a_x000D_
hybrid classwork program._x000D_
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“I do this home-school program through my school,” she said. “I can play sports but still have the_x000D_
freedom of online classes.”_x000D_
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She said she plays basketball and softball, but her true ambitions are in the arena._x000D_
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“I have been on a horse since before I could walk,” she said. “I have been barrel racing as long as_x000D_
I can remember._x000D_
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“My sister and I started high school rodeoing and going to barrel races,” she added._x000D_
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Frost said she has always looked up to her older sister, Marion, a student at the University of_x000D_
Wyoming._x000D_
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“I always just wanted to do what she was doing because I just thought she was so cool,” Frost said._x000D_
“Now she lives 10 hours away, and it’s a lot different going to rodeos and barrel races without_x000D_
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Although Frost said she now travels with just her mom, her love for the sport has not wavered._x000D_
“I know what I want to do,” she said. “I keep my horses healthy, and I give my all every time._x000D_
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“Because once you get onto a higher level, it takes a lot of time and effort,” she_x000D_
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Frost said while she has six horses at home, she most consistently runs her two_x000D_
horses, Casper and Waylon._x000D_
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“My main horse is named Casper, and my backup that I run almost as much is Waylon,” she said. “When_x000D_
I go to high school rodeos, I usually pick between them, and when I go to barrel races, I run them_x000D_
both.”_x000D_
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Frost said she hopes to have a career as an equine chiropractor. While she has plans for a college_x000D_
degree, she added she does not know if she wants to compete in rodeo at the collegiate level._x000D_
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“I have not made my final decision yet, but my top school right now is Kansas State University,”_x000D_
she said. “I’ve talked to the rodeo coach there too, but college rodeo is a big decision because_x000D_
that will be a lot of schooling and having animals there too.”_x000D_
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One thing Frost said she is sure she will do, no matter what life throws at her, is to continue to_x000D_
stay involved in the world of barrel racing with her sister._x000D_
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“I may not rodeo forever, but I will still go to barrel races with her because I don’t want to do_x000D_
it alone,” she said. “Even if pro or college rodeo is not in my cards, I have good horses, and I_x000D_
don’t want to waste them and the opportunity they gave me.”_x000D_
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