2020 UNL Livestock Judging Team

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A 2020 recap of UNL Livestock Judging Team and program

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[00:00:00.144](bright instrumental music)
[00:00:04.990]Hello guys, my name is Blaine French,
[00:00:06.590]I'm the Livestock Judging Coach
[00:00:07.850]here at the University of Nebraska.
[00:00:09.250]My main goal in coming to the University
[00:00:10.630]of Nebraska was really
[00:00:11.860]to get the Livestock Judging program revamped.
[00:00:15.090]The 2020 Livestock Judging team was certainly a great group
[00:00:17.900]to get that started.
[00:00:19.610]You know, outside of the highlights
[00:00:20.800]that we'll talk about here in just a second,
[00:00:22.810]this was a really tight-knit group,
[00:00:24.420]a group that ended up being, you know,
[00:00:26.650]really good kids that could represent UNL
[00:00:28.750]when we would go to operations and go to these contests.
[00:00:30.710]But not only that, when we were on trips,
[00:00:32.760]we were in the van, a lot of camaraderie.
[00:00:34.940]And when it comes to highlights,
[00:00:36.910]from the year we started in Denver there,
[00:00:40.150]in Denver, Colorado at the National Western.
[00:00:42.563]We had a top ten finish there,
[00:00:44.300]and that was our goal, kinda get the year kicked off.
[00:00:46.730]After that we had some regional contests
[00:00:48.540]that were closer to Lincoln.
[00:00:49.679]We traveled up to Sioux Falls, South Dakota
[00:00:52.010]and competed in the Sioux Empire Fair,
[00:00:53.850]where we had a top five performance.
[00:00:56.410]We came back and competed here in the state of Nebraska
[00:00:58.800]and over at the Iowa Beef Expo
[00:01:00.227]where we had both of those,
[00:01:01.730]where we were a top five team.
[00:01:03.510]We had a couple of top 10 individuals
[00:01:05.160]at the Nebraska Cattlemen's Classic,
[00:01:06.580]those being Tigh Renken and Peyton McCord,
[00:01:09.480]and then actually at the Iowa Beef Expo,
[00:01:11.440]not only did the team finish top five,
[00:01:13.790]but Tigh Renken ended up being the high individual
[00:01:15.530]at that particular contest, so we were excited about that.
[00:01:18.400]From there, we moved on to Texas,
[00:01:20.340]went to the San Antonio Livestock Show where we competed.
[00:01:22.457]And again was a top five team at that particular contest
[00:01:26.100]with multiple individual awards that were given out.
[00:01:29.130]We then were preparing to go
[00:01:31.000]to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo,
[00:01:33.470]but of course, as for everybody else,
[00:01:35.690]COVID kinda came into play
[00:01:37.010]and so we were unable to make that trip.
[00:01:38.450]And so we spent all summer working really hard
[00:01:41.040]making sure we maintain our status
[00:01:43.350]and kind of where we were at as a team,
[00:01:45.340]to kinda get back and get started there in the fall.
[00:01:47.270]We started in the fall going over to Des Moines, Iowa
[00:01:50.480]and competing in the National Swine Show.
[00:01:53.360]That was a great contest to get us started.
[00:01:55.700]Went down into Kansas
[00:01:57.060]and competed at the Flint Hills Classic
[00:01:58.537]where again, we were a top 10 team
[00:02:00.880]at that particular contest.
[00:02:02.650]After that, we competed in the state of Nebraska
[00:02:05.200]at the Fall Upgrade.
[00:02:06.680]We were a top 10 team there,
[00:02:08.830]as well as being top five,
[00:02:09.940]and a couple of top ten individuals
[00:02:11.770]at that particular contest as well.
[00:02:14.040]From there, we decided to go to Kansas City and Louisville.
[00:02:17.100]Those were the two majors that we competed in
[00:02:19.400]to end out this team's run and we were lucky to be top 10
[00:02:23.450]at The American Royal,
[00:02:25.150]and Tigh Renken ended up being the sixth high individual
[00:02:27.660]at that particular contest.
[00:02:29.510]We finished out our run, at the North American International
[00:02:32.920]in Louisville, Kentucky.
[00:02:34.340]We finished as a seventh high team in the country
[00:02:37.520]and again, Tigh Renken was top 10 in reasons,
[00:02:40.080]and was named the third high individual
[00:02:42.330]at that particular contest.
[00:02:43.417]And this team was made of just about all Nebraska kids.
[00:02:46.900]And so again, it was a great team to get us started
[00:02:48.830]on the path that we're going.
[00:02:49.809]We look forward to continuing that upward trend
[00:02:52.190]as we continue on with the 2021 team.
[00:02:54.970]Thank you.
[00:02:55.803]Hi there, I'm Savannah Millburn,
[00:02:57.360]I'm from Princeton, Missouri
[00:02:58.890]and I'm the Assistant Livestock Judging Coach.
[00:03:01.780]One of the best things about being around this team,
[00:03:04.470]spending time with them,
[00:03:05.460]is getting to meet so many people that are so devoted
[00:03:08.170]to the livestock industry and livestock judging.
[00:03:10.660]And it's just been great to work with them.
[00:03:12.270]And I can't wait to see what awesome things they do
[00:03:14.670]in the future.
[00:03:16.850]Hi, I'm Abby Durheim.
[00:03:18.197]I'm from Fredericksburg, Virginia
[00:03:19.830]and I met my twelve best friends judging livestock
[00:03:22.680]and I wouldn't change this experience for the world.
[00:03:25.487]Hi, my name is Dalton Wagner.
[00:03:27.180]I'm from Albion, Nebraska,
[00:03:28.013]and my favorite part about livestock judging is getting
[00:03:30.440]to connect and meet with producers
[00:03:31.730]across the country to see some elite livestock.
[00:03:34.330]Thank you.
[00:03:35.460]Hi, my name's Makayla Burg,
[00:03:36.870]and I'm from Bellevue, Nebraska.
[00:03:38.430]And my favorite judging memory was jamming out
[00:03:41.110]to our theme song, "Y'all Come Back Saloon"
[00:03:44.170]with our tambourines.
[00:03:46.100]I'm Peyton McCord from Cairo, Nebraska.
[00:03:48.210]My favorite memory was traveling
[00:03:49.460]with all these good kids around the country
[00:03:51.157]and going to see good livestock.
[00:03:54.190]My name's Whitney Steckel, I'm from Taylor, Nebraska
[00:03:56.397]and my favorite memories involved driving
[00:03:58.460]around the country, seeing great livestock,
[00:04:00.640]and bickering with my best friends.
[00:04:03.030]My name's John Alfs from Shickley, Nebraska,
[00:04:05.147]and I met some of my best friends I'll ever have
[00:04:07.260]in my entire life and had some
[00:04:08.141]of the greatest experiences and memories I'll ever have,
[00:04:11.550]and grown my network all the way across the country,
[00:04:14.080]looking at some of the best livestock
[00:04:15.640]that this world has to offer
[00:04:17.567]and I wouldn't have traded it for anything.
[00:04:19.470]Thank you.
[00:04:20.873]Hi! My name is Jacqueline Stauffer.
[00:04:22.790]I'm from Ashland, Nebraska,
[00:04:24.220]and the greatest experience that I've had
[00:04:26.245]with livestock judging is the friends
[00:04:27.977]that I have made.
[00:04:29.967]Hi, I'm Adam Oldemeyer from Firth, Nebraska.
[00:04:32.310]And one of the most memorable things
[00:04:33.720]from the livestock judging team
[00:04:35.020]that I remember is the trips that we had on
[00:04:36.317]and all the fun and craziness
[00:04:37.930]of all the directions
[00:04:38.960]and whatever we ended up doing on them trips.
[00:04:42.350]Hi, I'm Madisen Randa from Verdigre, Nebraska.
[00:04:45.060]And the best part about this livestock judging experience
[00:04:47.490]was the camaraderie we built among our team
[00:04:49.610]as we traveled from contest to contest.
[00:04:52.270]Hi, I'm Shelby Wachter.
[00:04:53.800]I'm from Blair, Nebraska
[00:04:55.280]and I would not trade the experience
[00:04:57.220]of getting to travel the country
[00:04:58.490]to see some of the best livestock in the country
[00:05:01.040]and getting to do it
[00:05:01.873]with some of my favorite people in the world.
[00:05:04.950]Hi, I'm Ty Groth.
[00:05:05.783]I'm from Monroe, Nebraska.
[00:05:07.217]And my favorite part of the judging team
[00:05:09.200]was making connections across the country
[00:05:11.450]while looking at elite livestock.
[00:05:14.210]Hello, my name is Tigh Renken.
[00:05:15.730]I hail from Bertrand, Nebraska.
[00:05:18.480]Favorite memory with livestock judging,
[00:05:21.100]while, with all the success we had this year,
[00:05:23.070]would be traveling around different producers
[00:05:25.870]and getting the privilege to see high caliber livestock
[00:05:29.017]across the country.
[00:05:30.310]And above all else, just the memories made
[00:05:31.951]of an exceptional group of kids
[00:05:34.120]that I get to call my teammates
[00:05:35.330]and long lifetime friends.
[00:05:37.890]Truly, it was a great experience
[00:05:39.320]and wouldn't trade it
[00:05:40.153]for anything in the world.
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