Three-peat: Livestock Judging Team wins national championship
Texas Tech University's Livestock Judging Team edged out the Aggies by four points to take first place and the national title Tuesday at the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville. This is the third year in a row that Tech has taken the national championship banner home to Lubbock.
Posting a total team score of 4,653 points, the Red Raiders were followed in the championship battle by Texas A&M University, the University of Nebraska, Western Illinois University and Oklahoma State University. Ultimately, Tech's livestock judging team won overall reasons, beef cattle, beef reasons, and performance beef cattle divisions. They were second in the sheep division. Individually, Tech's Josh Flohr, a senior from Emmitsburg, Md., won fourth high individual overall, in addition to winning the swine and overall reasons divisions. Ben Cammack, a senior from Seguin, took the cattle reasons divisions.
Other team members participating in the events were:" Micah Dorsey, a senior from Strasburg, Colo." Paige Futrell, a senior from Midland" Cade Halfmann, a senior from Garden City" CA Jones, a senior from Sunray" Drew Perez, a senior from Nara Vista, N.M." Drew Schmidt, a senior from Taneytown, Md." Trae Simmons, a senior from Tipton, Ind." Olivia Tilly, a senior from Hawley" Austin Voyles, a senior from Hale Center" Curtis Williams, a senior from Clovis, N.M.
The team is coached by Ryan Rathmann, an assistant professor in Tech's Department of Animal and Food Sciences and Tech students Josh Campbell and Bryan Bernhard.
"Consistency in winning national championships is rare," said Kevin Pond, chairman of Tech's Department of Animal and Food Sciences. "Having three consecutive national championship teams is the result of great coaching, a strong work ethic and attracting the best students to Texas Tech University."
Written by Norman Martin
CONTACT: Moriah Beyers, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Texas Tech University at (806) 742-2805, ext. 248 or moriah.beyers@ttu.edu
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