There's fast, and then there's unbelievably fast.  

On July 22, steer wrestler Straws Milan, of Cochrane, was unbelievably fast on his run at the K-Days Rodeo in Edmonton.

Milan tied the all time Canadian steer wrestling record by throwing his steer in 2.9 seconds to win the night and earn the top time of the three-day rodeo.

Milan joins Ralph Nelson, Darby Roy and David Gibson as the only steer wrestlers in Canada to go under three seconds.  Gibson was the last cowboy to do so in 1994, 23 years ago.

Other area performers didn't fare as well during the second performance.  Tie Down Roper Kyle Lucas from Carstairs had a reasonably good run at 9.2 but that was good enough only for eighth place on the night.  

Team Ropers Klay Whyte of Airdrie and Steele Depaoli of Longview finished ninth with a 10.1 run.

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