UA Places Second In Poultry Contest
Posted: November 9, 2009 at 4:21 a.m.
The University of Arkansas Poultry Judging Team took second place overall at the 44th annual National Collegiate Poultry Judging Contest held Nov. 1-3, on the University of Arkansas campus.
In addition to winning second place for the overall team, the UA took home first place for egg production and quality and second place in breed selection and carcass quality. Nine teams competed.
Members of the team were Tyler Clark, Whitney Downum, Kaylee Rowland and Taylor Thurow. Three of the students are poultry science majors and Thurow is a food science major. All four team members placed in the top 10 individually.
Thurow had the third-highest individual score for the contest, Downum fourth, Rowland seventh and Clark 10th. In addition, Downum placed first and Thurow second for egg production and quality and Rowland placed fourth in breed selection and carcass quality.
Coaches for the team were Dennis Mason, judging instructor in poultry science, and Valerie Brewer, who is a poultry science master’s degree student and former poultry judging team member.
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