Kyan Frost, a third-generation cowgirl from Baldwin City, Kansas, said being on
Team Cavender’s has become a family affair.
“I joined Team Cavender’s my freshman year,” she said. “My sister had been on the team for two
years, so I saw all of the stuff she was doing, and I got to know the Cavenders family before I was
a member.
“Then later, I got invited to join the team, and I’ve been a member ever since,” she added. “I am a
senior, so this is my last year.”
Frost said she is on track to graduate in May from Baldwin High School, where she participates in a
hybrid classwork program.
“I do this home-school program through my school,” she said. “I can play sports but still have the
freedom of online classes.”
She said she plays basketball and softball, but her true ambitions are in the arena.
“I have been on a horse since before I could walk,” she said. “I have been barrel racing as long as
I can remember.
“My sister and I started high school rodeoing and going to barrel races,” she added.
Frost said she has always looked up to her older sister, Marion, a student at the University of
Wyoming.
“I always just wanted to do what she was doing because I just thought she was so cool,” Frost said.
“Now she lives 10 hours away, and it’s a lot different going to rodeos and barrel races without
her.”
Although Frost said she now travels with just her mom, her love for the sport has not wavered.
“I know what I want to do,” she said. “I keep my horses healthy, and I give my all every time.
“Because once you get onto a higher level, it takes a lot of time and effort,” she
added.
Frost said while she has six horses at home, she most consistently runs her two
horses, Casper and Waylon.
“My main horse is named Casper, and my backup that I run almost as much is Waylon,” she said. “When
I go to high school rodeos, I usually pick between them, and when I go to barrel races, I run them
both.”
Frost said she hopes to have a career as an equine chiropractor. While she has plans for a college
degree, she added she does not know if she wants to compete in rodeo at the collegiate level.
“I have not made my final decision yet, but my top school right now is Kansas State University,”
she said. “I’ve talked to the rodeo coach there too, but college rodeo is a big decision because
that will be a lot of schooling and having animals there too.”
One thing Frost said she is sure she will do, no matter what life throws at her, is to continue to
stay involved in the world of barrel racing with her sister.
“I may not rodeo forever, but I will still go to barrel races with her because I don’t want to do
it alone,” she said. “Even if pro or college rodeo is not in my cards, I have good horses, and I
don’t want to waste them and the opportunity they gave me.”
