ACADEMIC TEAM CLAIMS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Written by Cory Chandler

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: August 9, 2005
CONTACT: Cory Chandler, cory.chandler@ttu.edu

LUBBOCK – The Texas Tech University Meat Science Academic Quiz Bowl Team was named the 2005 National Champion Team at the 51st International Congress of Meat Science and Technology conference, held from August 7-12 in Baltimore, MD.

The event, hosted by the American Meat Science Association, also serves as the venue for the 2005 Reciprocal Meats Conference and features 300 research posters in the world’s largest gathering of meat scientists.

The Texas Tech team included senior Animal Science majors Jesse Collins, Julie Weathers and Jessica Clay. Seventeen teams competed in the event. Texas Tech defeated the Texas A&M University team in the final competition.

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CONTACT: Dr. Kevin Pond, chairman, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Texas Tech University, (806) 742-2805, ext. 223, or Kevin.pond@ttu.edu.