On Oct. 29, 16 teams vied for champion honors in the American Royal 4-H Livestock Judging Contest in Hale Arena.

The contest is open to one team per state consisting of four members per team. The three highest-placing contestants contribute to the overall team score. Contestants judged 10 classes of livestock containing four animals each. Classes included both breeding and market animals in beef, sheep/goat, and swine divisions. In addition, contestants appeared before officials to present six sets of oral reasons.

Overall team placings are as follows:

1. Colorado (2,215 points)

Kyndal Reitzenstein, Emma Vickland, Jaylynn Lohr and Wilson Ogg

1. Oklahoma (2,200 points)

Macy Griswold, Wyatt Angiulo, Shawn Vick and Laurie Fitch

1. Texas (2,185 points)

Payton Warmke, Sarah Weiss, Whitney Grantham and Preston Voskamp

1. Indiana (2,171 points)

Jackson Johnson, Jordyn Sills, Andrew Huffman and Jayde Sills

1. Illinois (2,158 points)

Jake Bloomberg, Kendall Shimmin, Brady Fleming and Evan McCleary

1. Minnesota (2,156 points)

Jake Ihnen, Kate Anderson, Tanner Post and Adriane Rentschler

1. Wyoming (2,133 points)

Paul Miller, Andrea Gurney, Jessica Middleswarth and Danielle Schainost

1. Wisconsin (2,117 points)

Megan Thomas, Jacob Yelinek, Reid Suddeth and Angie Keenan

1. Arkansas (2,102 points)

Ashton Outlaw, Lane Richard, Baxter Harrod and Ashley Hensley

1. Virginia (2,099 points)

Cole Kaufman, Madison Slaven, Cory Bennett and Coffman Liggett

Overall Top 10 individuals are as follows:

1.  Macy Griswold of Stillwater, Okla. (756 points)

2.  Emma Vickland of Longmont, Colo. (754 points)

3.  Kate Anderson of Jackson, Minn. (750 points)

4.  Jackson Johnson of Bluffton, Ind. (744 points)

5.  Jake Bloomberg of Berwick, Ill. (739 points)

6.  Andrea Gurney of Yoder, Wyo. (736 points)

7.  Sarah Weiss of Brenham, Texas (735 points)

8.  Kyndal Reitzenstein of Longmont, Colo. (734 points)

9.  Payton Warmke of Brenham, Texas (731 points)

10. Jake Ihnen of Jackson, Minn. (730 points)

Sheep/Goat Division results:

Teams:

1. Oklahoma (710 points)
2. Arkansas (707 points)
3. Colorado (697 points)

4.   Texas (695 points)

5.   Minnesota (692 points)

Individuals:

1.   Macy Griswold of Stillwater, Okla. (242 points)

2.   Jaylynn Lohr of Longmont, Colo. (242 points)

3.   Whitney Grantham of Brenham, Texas (239 points)

4.   Shawn Vick of Stillwater, Okla. (238 points)

5.   Melinda Perkins of Paris, Tenn. (238 points)

 

Swine Division results:

Teams:

1.   Colorado (701 points)

2.   Texas (695 points)

3.   Minnesota (693 points)

4.   Oklahoma (682 points)

5.   Illinois (680 points)

Individuals:

1.   Emma Vickland of Longmont, Colo. (245 points)

2.   Kate Anderson of Jackson, Minn. (241 points)

3.   Sarah Weiss of Brenham, Texas (241 points)

4.   Andrew Huffman of Bluffton, Ind. (234 points)

5.   Macy Griswold of Stillwater, Okla. (233 points)

Beef Division results:

Teams:

1.   Wyoming (839 points)

2.   Colorado (817 points)

3.   Oklahoma (808 points)

4.   Indiana (807 points)

5.   Texas (795 points)

Individuals:

1.   Jordyn Sills of Bluffton, Ind. (283 points)

2.   Kyndall Reitzenstein of Longmont, Colo. (282 points)

3.   Paul Miller of Yoder, Wyo. (282 points)

4.   Macy Griswold of Stillwater, Okla. (281 points)

5.   Jayde Sills of Bluffton, Ind. (281 points)

Oral Reasons Division results:

Teams:          

1.   Colorado (817 points)

2.   Oklahoma (785 points)

3.   Indiana (780 points)

4.   Wyoming (780 points)

5.   Texas (768 points)

Individuals:

1.   Emma Vickland of Longmont, Colo. (280 points)

2.   Macy Griswold of Stillwater, Okla. (276 points)

3.   Jaylynn Lohr of Longmont, Colo. (273 points)

4.   Andrea Gurney of Yoder, Wyo. (272 points)

5.   Jake Bloomberg of Berwick, Ill. (268 points)

On Oct. 29, 11 teams vied for champion honors in the American Royal FFA Livestock Judging Contest in Hale Arena.

The contest is open to one team per state consisting of four members per team. The three highest-placing contestants are considered for the overall team score. Contestants judged 10 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 officials to present six sets of oral reasons.

Overall team placings are as follows:

1.Oklahoma (2,213)

Ethan Propp, Abby Hendrickson, Katie Chupp and Tucker Mallotte

2.New Mexico (2,169 points)

Kaitlyn Farmer, Zena Doty and Jacob Painter

3.Indiana (2,156 points)

Kayla Rothgeb, Jacquelyn St. George, Brooklyn Pettigrew and Tyler Johnson

4.Arkansas (2,127 points)

Kasey Shores, Brooke Clanton, Matthew Smith and Steven Ferrell

5.Iowa (2,116 points)

Nick Fitzsimmons, Jamie Pudenz, Austin Tiefenthaler and Alex Irlbeck

6.Minnesota (2,112 points)

Jerad Brown, Tyler Johnson, James Knudsen and Abe Hauge

7.Kansas (2,112 points)

Jancy Alberding, Kari Reed, Tristan Briles and Shaily Harshbarger

8.Georgia (2,058 points)

Holly Smith, Tad Bielstein and Chris Roberson

9.Wyoming (2,011 points)

Jess Oldham, Alicia Espinosa, Colby Voxland and Kaitlyn Zuber

1. Ohio (2,007 points)

Matt Hiser, Hallie Hiser, Megan Moorman and Dana Moorman

Overall Top 10 individuals are as follows:

1. Nick Fitzsimmons of Vail, Iowa (746 points)

2. Abby Hendrickson of Adair, Okla. (745 points)

3. Jacob Painter of Aztec, N.M. (739 points)

4. Ethan Propp of Adair, Okla. (735 points)

5. Katie Chupp of Adair, Okla. (733 points)

6. Jancy Alberding of Winfield, Kan. (733 points)

7. Jess Oldham of Lander, Wyo. (729 points)

8. Jacquelyn St. George of Columbia City, Ind. (725 points)

9. Kayla Rothgeb of Columbia City, Ind. (721 points)

10. Zena Doty of Aztec, N.M. (719 points)

Sheep/Goat Division results:

Teams:

1. Oklahoma (713 points)

2. Arkansas (702 points)

3. New Mexico (702 points)

4. Kansas (691 points)

5. Iowa (686 points)

Individuals

1. Abby Hendrickson of Adair, Okla. (246 points)

2. Zena Doty of Aztec, N.M. (238 points)

3. Tucker Mallotte of Adair, Okla. (238 points)

4. Nick Fitzsimmons of Vail, Iowa (237 points)

5. Brooke Clanton of Hermitage, Ark. (236 points)

 

Swine Division results:

Teams:

1. Oklahoma (681 points)

2. Indiana (678 points)

3. New Mexico (665 points)

4. Ohio (652 points)

5. Arkansas (647 points)

Individuals:

1. Tyler Johnson of Columbia City, Ind. (234 points)

2. Nick Fitzsimmons of Vail, Iowa (232 points)

3. Hallie Hiser of Ohio (232 points)

4. Chris Roberson of Calhoun, Georgia (231 points)

5. Abby Hendrickson of Adair, Okla. (229 points)

Beef Division results:

Teams:

1. Oklahoma (819 points)

2. New Mexico (802 points)

3. Minnesota (799 points)

4. Indiana (794 points)

5. Iowa (790 points)

 

Individuals:

1. Jacob Painter of Aztec, N.M. (285 points)

2. Ethan Propp of Adair, Okla. (279 points)

3. Jancy Alberding of Winfield, Kan. (279 points)

4. Kari Reed of Winfield, Kan. (278 points)

5. Nick Fitzsimmons of Vail, Iowa (277 points)

Oral Reasons Division results:

Teams:          

1.Oklahoma (808 points)

2. New Mexico (783 points)

3. Indiana (780 points)

4. Arkansas (775 points)

5. Kansas (761 points)

 

Individuals:

1. Abby Hendrickson of Adair, Okla. (275 points)

2. Tyler Johnson of Columbia City, Ind. (269 points)

3. Ethan Propp of Adair, Okla. (269 points)

4. Nick Fitzsimmons of Vail, Iowa (267 points)

5. Kayla Rothgeb of Columbia City, Ind. (266 points)