February 5, 2013

Meat Judging Team Takes Top Spot in Fort Worth

Red Raiders win Southwestern Livestock Exposition's Intercollegiate competition.

Texas Tech University’s Meat Judging Team enjoyed a 96-point victory Monday (Feb. 4) at the Southwestern Livestock Exposition’s Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest in Fort Worth. The team dominated almost every division, winning the reasons, placings, total beef, specifications, beef judging, lamb judging and beef grading divisions. Teams from Oklahoma State University, Texas A&M University, South Dakota State University and Angelo State University completed the top-five teams.

The 21-member team boasted four individuals in the top-ten overall and every individual in the top ten of the alternate division. The team is coached by meat science graduate student Loni Woolley and Mark Miller, Horn Professor and the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Chair in Meat Science.

Team members include:

Brittany Blum, a sophomore from Howe
Colton Campbell, a sophomore from Artesia, N.M. (eighth-high individual overall)
Kylan Carson, a sophomore from Olton
Taelar Childers, a sophomore from Nevada
Colton Coker, a sophomore from Roby (fourth-high individual overall)
Aaron Faulkner, a junior from Lenapah, Okla.
Trey Garza, a sophomore from Edinburg
Nick Hardcastle, a junior from Wheeler
Greg Howard, a junior from Bremen, Kan.
Mallory Jones, a sophomore from Anson
Kirby Kennedy, a sophomore from Lampasas
Kristen Knight, a sophomore from Shallowater
Clayton Krause, a junior from New Braunfels
Austin Langemeier, a sophomore from Marion (third-high individual overall)
Jacob Mikel, a junior from Vicky, Mo.
Tyler Nueman, a sophomore from Hondo
Kassandra Ognoskie, a sophomore from Orting, Wash.
Bailey Joe Pennington, a sophomore from Sonora
Luke Sellers, a junior from Denver City
Christy Woerner, a sophomore from Fredericksburg (high individual overall)
William Wunderlich, a sophomore from Fredericksburg