Brooke Krolczyk turned a pair of 13-second runs into a 27.06-second time on two head to win the average and $2,829 at the 2026 Resistol Rookie Roundup.
Krolczyk, 23, of Cypress, Texas, finished second in the first round with a 13.51-second run, followed by a 13.55 to place fourth in Round 2. After it was all said and done, she took home $1,415 for her go-round placing and another $1,414 for the average win. Heading into the Resistol Rookie Roundup, Krolczyk was sitting fourth in the WPRA rookie standing with just over $5,000 won so far.
“Oh, I’m super excited,” Krolczyk said. “It’s definitely a different win.”
The Texas A&M and Sam Houston State alum didn’t always think ProRodeo would fit into her life. Working as a full-time ICU nurse, Krolczyk initially thought rodeoing would slow down, or even end, after college. Instead, thanks to great support and a somewhat flexible schedule, she is able to do it all.
“My managers are awesome and they work with me on scheduling,” she said. “I was thinking I might enter some and get my butt kicked but I just kind of wanted to see where we would hang with the pro girls—and it’s been good so far.”
Her success in the past few years, including two trips to the College Nationals Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming, has happened with the help of 12-year-old mare “LB”, registered as Little Bitta Fame, an Eddie Stinson-bred mare Krolczyk has ridden for four years.
“She’s really the pro, honestly,” Krolczyk said. “I feel like she carries me a lot of the time. If I let her do her thing, she’s a winner.”
At Cowtown Coliseum, Krolczyk trusted her mare in a setup she admits hasn’t always been her strongest. The smaller indoor pen has historically been challenging, but her game plan was simple – stay out of LB’s way.
“She likes to run from the very back of the alley, and it’s hard for me to set up that first barrel if she’s too fired up,” Krolczyk said. “So I was creeping down there as slow as I could, just trying to keep her calm. As long as I put her in the right spot, she takes care of the rest.”
This win highlighted the balancing act that is Krolczyk’s life – splitting time between overnight shifts in the ICU and hauling to rodeos across Texas.
“It takes a team for sure,” she said. “There’s a lot of late nights—either driving back from a rodeo to go straight to work or leaving work and jumping in the truck to go.”
Despite that, her approach to her rookie season is simple. The goal is to get to what she can and pick rodeos that fit both her schedule and her horse.
“I’m trying to go to as many as I can, but I’m not going to run her into the ground,” she said. “I want to go to the ones I think she’ll do good at.”
The win moved Krolczyk to No. 3 in the 2026 WPRA Resistol Rookie standings with $8,374.75 as of March 24.
2026 Resistol Rookie Standings as of March 26
| Rank | Name | Hometown | Money Won |
| 1 | Morgan Bagnell (R) | Heath, TX | $26,724.40 |
| 2 | Emma Smith (R) | Pleasanton, TX | $12,491.54 |
| 3 | Brooke Krolczyk (R) | Cypress, TX | $8,374.75 |
| 4 | Jaylan Neatherlin (R) | Brock, TX | $6,023.72 |
| 5 | Savannah Shumpert (R) | Mooreville, MS | $4,989.94 |
| 6 | Chery Pinkston (R) | Kaufman, TX | $4,567.08 |
| 7 | Catherine Asmussen (R) | Laredo, TX | $4,554.59 |
| 8 | Parker Asam (R) | Murrieta, CA | $4,132.00 |
| 9 | Brandie Inman (R) | Nowata, OK | $3,551.47 |
| 10 | Faith Heim (R) | Bismark, ND | $3,211.17 |
| 11 | Cara Calhoun (R) | Brandon, MS | $2,367.99 |
| 12 | Lexus Hommer (R) | Fort Pierce, FL | $2,298.02 |
| 13 | Joy Brunson (R) | Terry, MS | $2,161.62 |
| 14 | Ashley Dixon (R) | Silverdale, WA | $1,405.76 |
| 15 | McLayne Roebuck (R) | Okeechobee, FL | $1,400.16 |