Texas Tech Meat Judging Team wins at Southwestern Livestock Exposition
Texas Tech enjoyed a 23-point victory at the Southwestern Livestock Exposition's Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest in Fort Worth today (Feb. 3). The team also won several divisions, including reasons, total beef, beef judging, lamb judging and pork judging. Teams from Colorado State, Texas A&M, University of Wyoming and Oklahoma State completed the top-five teams.
The 12-member team had three individuals in the top-10 overall, and three individuals in the top-10 of the alternate's division. The team is coached by graduate students Drew Cashman and Loni Woolley along with Travis O'Quinn, a post-doctoral research associate, and Mark Miller, a professor and the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Chair in Meat Science.
Team members who received overall individual honors include:- Lukas Ziegler, a junior from New Windsor, MD., was high individual
- Kaitlyn Farmer, a junior from Aztec, N.M., was fourth high individual
- Zachary Grimsley, a sophomore from Abernathy, was eighth high individual
- Caetlyn Avant, a senior from Copeville, was high individual in the alternate division
- Chad Vander Linden, a junior from Muscatine, Iowa, was second in the alternate division
- Lindsey Drey, a sophomore from Houston, was eighth in the alternate division
- Jeremy Garcia, a junior from Houston
- DeShea Hanagan, a sophomore from Artesia, N.M.
- David Holland, a junior from Killeen
- Mehgan Murray, a sophomore from Wylie
- Autumn Ritchey, a sophomore from Houston
- Linay Runnels, a sophomore from Hondo
CONTACT: Michael Orth, chairman, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Texas Tech University at (806) 742-2805 or michael.orth@ttu.edu
0205NM14 / Editor's Note: For a complete list of results, go to www.judgingcard.com
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