The University of Minnesota, Morrisville Junior College, Ohio 4-H and Virginia FFA were top teams in their divisions at the 46th annual Invitational Youth Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, held Monday Sept. 15, during the 2014 All-American Dairy Show at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center, Harrisburg
The contest included dairy cattle evaluation and the delivery of oral reasons in defense of those evaluations. Awards were given to individuals and teams in each division for oral reasons, breed-specific results and overall results.
Results:
Collegiate Division
The University of Minnesota team of Mary Liebenstein, Michael Schmitt, Andrew Hetke and Nicholas Reps, coached by Leslie Hansen, topped the collegiate division. Megan Vaill of Cornell University was the high placing individual in the collegiate division. The Cornell team placed fifth in oral reasons.
Other collegiate teams in the top five:
2nd – University of Wisconsin Madison
3rd – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
4th – Cornell University
5th – Pennsylvania State University
Collegiate individuals in the top five:
1st – Megan Vaill, Cornell University
2nd – Mary Lievenstein, University of Minnesota
3rd – Cassie Endres, University of Wisconsin Madison
4th – Laura Finley, University of Wisconsin Madison
5th – Jenna Hardy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Junior Collegiate Division
Morrisville State College of New York won the contest’s Junior College Division.
Top five junior colleges:
2nd – SUNY Cobleskill
3rd – Modesto Junior College
4th – Kaskaskia College
5th – Alfred State
Top Junior College individuals:
1st – Andrew Vaz, Modesto Junior College
2nd – Drew Hill, Morrisville State College
3rd – Evan Castrogiovanni, Morrisville State College
4th – Logan Martin, Morrisville State
5th – Tyler Hymers, SUNY Cobleskill
4-H Division
Ohio 4-H team members Tanner Topp, Ella Jackson, Hannah Dye and Kaleb Kliner each contributed to an overall high team score in the 4-H division.
Top five teams in the division:
2nd – Kentucky 4-H
3rd – Minnesota 4-H
4th – New York 4-H
5th – Pennsylvania 4-H
Top 5 4-H Individuals:
1st – Hannah Dye, Ohio
2nd – Ella Jackson, Ohio
3rd – Caleb Vinkemeier, Minn.
4th – Tanner Topp, Ohio
5th – Daniel Cooper, Kentucky
FFA Division
The Virginia FFA team took top honors in the contest’s FFA division. Member Cole Leonard also individually placed in the top five.
Top five individuals:
1st – Jake Whitely, Kentucky FFA
2nd – Cole Leonard, Virginia FFA
3rd – Madison Cook, Delaware FFA
4th – Chloey Eames, Indiana FFA
5th – Clayton Himmelberger, Pennsylvania FFA
Other top five FFA teams:
2nd – Kentucky FFA
3rd – Pennsylvania FFA
4th – Indiana FFA
5th – Delaware FFA
The awards banquet was sponsored by the Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association, with contests and awards sponsored by All American Dairy Show Foundation and Genex Cooperative, Inc.
The 2014 All-American Dairy Show features 22 shows in six days in addition to the nation’s only all-dairy antiques show. Last year’s event featured nearly 2,800 animals and more than 1,300 exhibitors from across the nation. The week caps off with the 58th Pennsylvania Dairy Princess Pageant on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Radisson Hotel Camp Hill. For more information, visit www.allamerican.state.pa.us.
