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(SHAWNEE, Okla.) − Tanner McInerney of Alzada, Montana, is competing in the 26th Annual International Finals Youth Rodeo July 8-13 at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma. McInerney is participating in the world's richest youth rodeo, hoping to win his share of more than $250,000 in prize money and championship saddles and buckles.

McInerney will join more than 850 of the top high school rodeo athletes from around the world for the 2018 IFYR. He is vying for prizes in steer wrestling, team roping and tie down roping.

Contestants will compete in 10 events running s...