Iowa State Crop Judging Team named co-national champion

The 202 ISU Crops Team is a co-national champion! The team had great week placing 2^nd overall as a team in Kansas City and 1^st overall as a team in Chicago (which leads to the co-national champions).

“I’m very proud of this group and what they’ve accomplished,” said Mindy Devries-Gelder, team adviser.

The official team consisted of Megan Blauwet, Alex Coughlin and Tom Thompson as well as alternates Tyler Atkinson, Alex Cecil and Ephraim Van Zante, plus assistant coaches Wyatt Bailey and Caitlyn Bruntz. Wyatt and Caitlyn placed high enough last year to be ineligible to compete.

All-American status indicates 95% or above which is very difficult to achieve.  Alex and Megan were the only overall All-Americans in Chicago for the entire contest and Megan pulled a very rare occurrence by placing All-American in all three events in Kansas City.

Thanks to the Department of Agronomy and the Iowa Crop Improvement Association for their continued support of the team.

 

Official results

American Royal National Collegiate Crops Contest – November 15^th in Kansas City, Missouri

Participants: Megan Blauwet (Team), Alex Coughlin (Team) and Tom Thompson (Team)

Alternates: Tyler Atkinson, Ephraim Van Zante

• 2^nd Place Team Overall
  • 2^nd Place Team Grain Grading
  • 2^nd Place Team Seed Analysis
  • 2^nd Place Team Identification

• 2^nd Place Individual Overall – Megan Blauwet – All-American
  • 6^th Place Individual Grain Grading  – All-American
  • 1^st Place Individual Seed Analysis – All-American
  • 4^th Place Individual Identification – All-American
• 5^th Place Individual Overall – Alex Coughlin
  • 3^rd Place Individual Grain Grading – All-American
  • 2^nd Place Individual Seed Analysis
  • 5^th Place Individual Identification
• 7^th Place Individual Overall – Tom Thompson
  • 8^th Place Individual Grain Grading  – All-American
  • 6^th Place Individual Identification

National Collegiate Crops Contest – November 19th in Chicago, IL

Participants: Megan Blauwet (Team), Alex Coughlin (Team) and Tom Thompson (Team)

Alternates: Tyler Atkinson, Alex Cecil, Ephraim Van Zante

• 1^st Place Team Overall
  • 1^st Place Team Grain Grading
  • 2^nd Place Team Seed Analysis
  • 2^nd Place Team Identification
• 1^st Place Individual Overall – Megan Blauwet – All-American
  • 1^st Place Individual Grain Grading
  • 3^rd Place Individual Seed Analysis – All-American
  • 2^nd Place Individual Identification – All-American
• 2^nd Place Individual Overall – Alex Coughlin – All-American
  • 2^nd Place Individual Grain Grading
  • 1^st Place Individual Seed Analysis – All-American
  • 4^th Place Individual Identification – All-American
• 6^th Place Individual Overall – Tom Thompson
  • 5^th Place Individual Grain Grading
  • 8^th Place Individual Seed Analysis
  • 5^th Place Individual Identification