By Matt Browning
Canton-Galva’s Faith McMannis has long viewed the rodeo, agriculture and FFA has passions. But recently she made her passion a competition.
There are some similarities between those competitions (cross country, basketball and track and field) and rodeo and FFA competitions,” McMannis said. “They all take hard work and dedication to be successful. I like that some of the skills I learn in FFA and rodeo will be things I can continue to use throughout my life.”
McGinnis started in the FFA chapter at Canton-Galva in eighth grade, but she was involved in agriculture even before that.
“I was involved with agriculture before that as part of the Miss United States Agriculture Pageant Program,” McMannis said.
Just recently, McMannis received an accolade that she considers to be one of her finest moments in agriculture.
“A recent highlight for me was getting to ride around the arena at the Dodge City Days Rodeo and be introduced as the 2026 Miss Teen Rodeo Kansas,” McMannis said. “I also started breakaway roping this past summer on my horse Peso and entered some amateur rodeos in the Central Plains Rodeo Association.”
When she is riding a horse, McMannis find its therapeutic.
“It lets me forget about other things that stress me out, and I can just relax and enjoy the ride,” McMannis said.
