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November 4, 2012

2012 American Royal junior college livestock judging results announced

 

KANSAS CITY – Teams from coast to coast vied for champion honors in the American Royal Junior College Livestock Judging Contest. Twenty teams competed in the contest, held in Hale Arena.

The contest is open to one team per junior college and consists of five members per team. All scores contribute toward the overall team score. Contestants judged 12 classes of livestock, containing four animals each. Classes included both breeding and market animals in beef, sheep/goat and swine divisions. Then, the contestants appeared before the judges to present eight sets of oral reasons.

Overall Top 10 Teams:

1. Redlands Community College (4,664 points)
Victoria Ralls, Ashley Judge, Gary Agar, Owen MacFarlane, Austin Kindschi

2. Butler Co. Community College (4,645 points)
Brady Jensen, Spencer Scotten, Blake Boyd, Reed Gleason, Taylor Frank

3. Connors State College (4,608 points)
Clay Carlson, Ian Schaefer, Garrett Foote, Tyler Mackey, Jacob McKillip

4. Black Hawk College (4,602 points)
Jake Bloomberg, Nick Fitzimmons, Breanna Lawyer, Logan Rinehold, Austin Weber

5. Lincoln Land Community College (4,556 points)
Mark Degoyler, Bailey McClelland, Andy Sloan, Seely Sayre, Nicole Worley

6. Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (4,554 points)
Lindsay Reid, Taylor Langford, Cheyenne Moyer, Megan Montgomery, Abby Hendrickson

7. Casper College (4,531 points)
Evan Rader, Katelyn Fritsche, Jared Patterson, Seth Ebert, Zach Post

8. Blinn College (4,495 points)
Austin Crissman, Hayden Brown, Owen Ondruch, Kandra Goodson, Courtney Tarvin

9. Hutchinson Community College (4,469 points)
Jancy Alberding, Zach Bartenslager, Kari Reed, Bobby Strecker, Jason May

10. Lake Land College (4,464 points)
Anna Krieger, Bailey Wesner, Tonya Fender, Christian Lovell, Tyler Homman

Overall Top 10 Individuals

  1. Ashley Judge, Redlands Community College (954 points)
  2. Owen MacFarlane, Redlands Community College (952 points)
  3. Jake Bloomberg, Black Hawk College (944 points)
  4. Spencer Scotten, Butler Co. Community College (944 points)
  5. Garrett Foote, Connors State College (944 points)
  6. Mark Degoyler, Lincoln Land Community College (938 points)
  7. Taylor Frank, Butler Co. Community College (935 points)
  8. Zach Bartenslager, Hutchinson Community College (933 points)
  9. Brady Jensen, Butler Co. Community College (931 points)
  10. Gary Agar, Redlands Community College (931 points)

Sheep/Goat Top Five Teams:

  1. Redlands Community College (1,181 points)
  2. Casper College (1,171 points)
  3. Black Hawk College (1,164 points)
  4. Butler Co. Community College (1,161 points)
  5. Connors State College (1,158 points)

Sheep/Goat Top Five Individuals:

  1. Garrett Foote, Connors State College (245 points)
  2. Austin Kindschi, Redlands Community College (245 points)
  3. Austin Crissman, Blinn College (244 points)
  4. Owen MacFarlane, Redlands Community College (242 points)
  5. Mark Degoyler, Lincoln Land Community College (242 points)

Swine Top Five Teams:

  1. Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (1,405 points)
  2. Butler Co. Community College (1,404 points)
  3. Redlands Community College (1,402 points)
  4. Black Hawk College (1,402 points)
  5. Lincoln Land Community College (1,379 points)

Swine Top Five Individuals:

  1. Evan Rader, Casper College (292 points)
  2. Andrew Sprague, South Plains College (291 points)
  3. Jake Bloomberg, Black Hawk College (290 points)
  4. Cheyenne Moyer, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (288 points)
  5. Nick Fitzimmons, Black Hawk College (287 points)

Beef Top Five Teams:

  1. Redlands Community College (2,081 points)
  2. Butler Co. Community College (2,080 points)
  3. Connors State College (2,077 points)
  4. Blinn College (2,068 points)
  5. Lincoln Land Community College (2,040 points)

Beef Top Five Individuals:

  1. Ashley Judge, Redlands Community College (433 points)
  2. Owen Ondruch, Blinn College (427 points)
  3. Spencer Scotten, Butler Co. Community College (425 points)
  4. Owen MacFarlane, Redlands Community College (424 points)
  5. Taylor Frank, Butler Co Community College (423 points)

Oral Reasons Top Five Teams:

  1. Butler Co. Community College (1,819 points)
  2. Redlands Community College (1,807 points)
  3. Black Hawk College (1,795 points)
  4. Connors State College (1,791 points)
  5. Blinn College (1,778 points)

Oral Reasons Top Five Individuals:

  1. Ashley Judge, Redlands Community College (375 points)
  2. Jake Bloomberg, Black Hawk College (375 points)
  3. Brady Jensen, Butler Co Community College (373 points)
  4. Taylor Frank, Butler Co Community College (368 points)
  5. Owen MacFarlane, Redlands Community College (368 points)

The American Royal Association is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation that has been a Kansas City tradition since 1899. Each year more than 270,000 people attend events at the American Royal Complex. In 2011, the Royal was able to give $1.4 million in scholarship and educational awards. In addition to its educational mission, the American Royal generates some $60 million of economic impact, $4.4 million in local tax revenues, and supports 450 jobs. For more information about the American Royal, contact Karrie Manley, 816-569-4054, karriem@americanroyal.com.

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Contest photos to follow.

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