Electric Utility Operations

International Lineman's Rodeo: Cheers to the Winners Over the Years

Sept. 23, 2022

Check out the list of top apprentices and journeymen teams from 2007 to 2021 and the December Line Life podcast featuring Ted Gyhra of OPPD.

Amy Fischbach

After a long, hard day of competition, the International Lineman's Rodeo Association honors the winners of the Lineman's Rodeo at an annual awards banquet. Those apprentices and journeymen teams with the fastest times, the highest number of competition points and the lowest number of deductions are recognized on the awards stage.

To see which competitors have risen to the top in past competitions, check out this list of winners. This Results section recognizes the winning apprentices and journeymen from 2017 to 2021.

Also, to hear from one of the winners from last year's competition, listen to our December 2021 Line Life Podcast, featuring our Return to the Rodeo story and an interview with Ted Gyhra, who is a journeyman lineman at Omaha Public Power District.

About the Author

Amy Fischbach | Amy Fischbach, EUO Contributing Editor

Amy Fischbach is the Field Editor for T&D World magazine and manages the Electric Utility Operations section. She is the host of the Line Life Podcast, which celebrates the grit, courage and inspirational teamwork of the line trade. She also works on the annual Lineworker Supplement and the Vegetation Management Supplement as well as the Lineman Life and Lineman's Rodeo News enewsletters. Amy also covers events such as the Trees & Utilities conference and the International Lineman's Rodeo. She is the past president of the ASBPE Educational Foundation and ASBPE and earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University. She can be reached at [email protected].