University of Arkansas places second in national poultry judging contest
Nov. 5, 2009Contact Information:
Sara Landis, Project/Program Specialist, Center of Excellence for Poultry Science
479-575-3192, slandis@uark.edu
Members of the University of Arkansas National Poultry Judging Team are, back row, left to right, Tyler Clark, Dennis Mason, Valerie Brewer and seated, l to r, Taylor Thurow, Whitney Downum and Kaylee Rowland.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — 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 UA 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 UA 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 ten individually. Thurow had the third highest individual score for the contest, Downum fourth, Rowland seventh and Clark tenth. 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 student and former poultry judging team member.
Other teams in the contest were from Auburn University, Kansas State University, Louisiana State University, Mississippi State, North Carolina State, Penn State University, Texas A&M University, and West Virginia University.