Texas ranch sorters Hunter Bryzmialkiewicz and Tony Field captured the #14 Ranch Hand World Championship at the 2025 Cinch RSNC World Finals, topping a stacked field by sorting 37 head of cattle in 210.21 seconds across four rounds. The performance earned the pair $8,694 and trophy World Champion buckles from Professional’s Choice.
Lone Star State Ropers Rise to the Top
Bryzmialkiewicz, of Waller, and Field, of Springtown, were among several teams from Texas to make the championship round in the #14, but their precise teamwork and experienced mounts proved unbeatable. The pressure eased slightly when the Texas team directly behind them failed to complete their run.
Multiple Texas teams made a sincere run at the #14 Ranch Hand title and, in the end, each of the top three teams was made ranch sorters hailing from the Lone Star State. Bryzmialkiewicz, of Waller, and Field, of Springtown, relied on precise teamwork and experienced mounts to pull through, and when the team behind them took a no-time, the path to the world title was paved.
“They were the only ones that could beat us,” Field said. “So when they blew out, I was like, ‘Oh Hunter, I think we’re going to do it.’”
Horsepower and Strategy Drive Success
The #14 Ranch Hand format allows riders to compete up to nine times, with teams alternating roles as sorter and gate holder. Field only entered five time, but rode twice with Bryzmialkiewicz, choosing to swap roles each time. Their championship run came with Bryzmialkiewicz sorting and Field working the gate.
“Oh, my sorting horse, she’s the real deal,” Bryzmialkiewicz said. “Her name’s ‘Virginia’ and, I mean, she’s just as solid as it gets in a herd.”
Field relied on his consistent mount throughout the class, despite sorters seeming preference to swap horses for each role.
“I used my little horse, ‘Peewee,’ the whole time,” he said of his 2018 mare, registered as Born Again Bama (Bamacat x Little Lonna), who came in rather clutch when things got exciting in their championship run.
“We started off slow,” Bryzmialkiewicz recalled. “Tony stayed in my ear just, ‘Hey, keep it easy. Keep it easy.’ And right there at the end, I almost come unglued, but Tony held in there and he carried us to the end.”
From Regional Runs to World Finals Glory
The final push involved a difficult sequence with No. 5, 6, and 7 cows.
“Only thing I had on my mind was slow down that No. 6 and then dive to the No. 7,” Field said. “And hope that it’d go like it did.”
The longtime teammates travel frequently together, competing across the region and beyond.
“All over this area,” Field said. “We got ’em every weekend. Sometimes two a weekend.”
“We’ve gone [to] Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas… Waco, San Antonio, Houston,” Bryzmialkiewicz added.
The win marked a career highlight for the pair, who still had other top-tier classes at the RSNC World Finals, including the Gold Shootout later in the week, not to mention the #18 Bareback/Bridless class, in which Bryzmialkiewicz would claim a second World Champion title.
But first, Bryzmialkiewicz and Field did Texas proud with their steady partnership, gritty execution and smart strategy.
This article appears in the Summer 2025 issue of The Ranch Sorter, featuring World Champion stories, event recaps, regional results, and more.
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