Tice Finishes Third At National Western Stock Show Collegiate Carload Contest
Posted: Feb 10, 2009
Penn State's Livestock Judging Team competed in the National Western Stock Show, finishing third in the carload contest and participating in the livestock judging contest.
Members of the Penn State Livestock Judging Team include, front row, from left: Assistant Coach Amanda Gipe, Shenna Kubeja, Danielle Maines, Mairen Fitzpatrick, Johanna Rohrer, Katlyn Tice and Coach Wendall Landis. Back row, Kristina McAllister, Travis Bo
Katlyn Tice, State College, PA, a member of the Penn State Livestock Team competing in the National Western Stock Show, finished third overall in the Carload Judging Contest. With 113 contestants competing, Tice tied for second on total points and finished third on tie-breakers, just one point behind the high individual from Oklahoma State.
The contest was held Jan. 16-17 in Denver, CO, and nine Penn State students competed in both the livestock and carload judging contests.
Other members of the carload team were: Mairen Fitzpatrick, West Granby, CT; Shenna Kubeja, Springboro, PA; Kristina McAllister, Petersburg, PA; and Adam Wise, Punxsutawney, PA. The team finished tenth out of 23 teams competing.
Other team members competing were: Travis Book, New Castle, PA; Danielle Maines, Clearfield, PA; Sally Oakes, Jackson Center, PA; and Johanna Rohrer, Manheim, PA. Coach was Wendall Landis, beef cattle manager.
Dr. Terry Etherton, head of the Department of Dairy and Animal Science, said, "I offer my congratulations to Katlyn on the outstanding individual results she achieved, and to all the members of the team for their diligence and hard work. Judging teams provide an outstanding opportunity for our students to learn to evaluate livestock, and I applaud their efforts."
In the carload contest, each class consists of four groups of cattle, with the groups being placed one through four. Each group consists of 4 head of cattle. A total of 16 animals are in each class and are evaluated for uniformity and quality. Team members evaluate and place six classes of bulls, heifers and feedlot cattle and answer 10 questions on one of the six classes they judge. Landis said, "This contest is the only one of its kinds, offering unique challenges to judging teams as they evaluate groups of cattle instead of just one head."
In the livestock judging contest, team members place 6 classes of cattle, 3 classes of swine, and 3 classes of sheep and give oral reasons on 8 of the 12 classes they judge.
