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 2nd overall as a team in Kansas City and 1st 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 15th in Kansas City, Missouri

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

Alternates: Tyler Atkinson, Ephraim Van Zante

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

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

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