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Virginia Wins BIG at the Eastern Regional Poultry Judging Contest

Livestock Update, November 2000

Phil Clauer, Extension Poultry Specialist, Small Flocks/4-H Youth, Virginia Tech

The Eastern Regional Poultry judging contest was held at the Virginia State Fair on September 23, 2000. A total of 57 youth on 15 teams from 9 states participated. This contest is open to one 4-H and one FFA team from any state east of the Mississippi River. Since it closely follows the National 4-H format most teams are from the 4-H programs. Results in each division were as follows:

Production Hens and Oral Reasons Division
TOP TEAMS:
1stPlace team Virginia 4-H1412
2ndPlace team Indiana 4-H1405
3rdPlace team North Carolina FFA1386
4thPlace team Maryland 4-H1376
5thPlace team North Carolina 4-H1370
TOP INDIVIDUALS:
NameTeamScore
1st Laura GalanteVirginia 4-H483
2ndJessica ReynoldsNorth Carolina 4-H480
3rd Chrissy HansonIndiana 4-H472
4th Elizabeth GeigerVirginia 4-H472
5th Marie PorterIndiana 4-H469
Market Poultry Division
TOP TEAMS:
1stPlace team Virginia 4-H1408
2ndPlace team Indiana 4-H1342
3rdPlace team Indiana FFA1314
4thPlace team Georgia 4-H1255
5thPlace team Virginia FFA1250
TOP INDIVIDUALS:
NameTeamScore
1st Laura GalanteVirginia 4-H481
2nd Monica GanleyVirginia 4-H475
3rd Chrissy HansonIndiana 4-H460
4th Brandon HallIndiana 4-H455
5th Elizabeth GeigerVirginia 4-H452
Market Eggs Division
TOP TEAMS:
1stPlace team -Georgia 4-H1421
2ndPlace team -Virginia 4-H1419
3rdPlace team Indiana 4-H1406
4thPlace team Ohio 4-H1402
5thPlace team North Carolina 4-H1395
TOP INDIVIDUALS:
NameTeamScore
1st Laura GalanteVirginia 4-H483
2nd Elizabeth GeigerVirginia 4-H480
3rd Brittany BuchananGeorgia 4-H476
4th Adrian TippensGeorgia 4-H476
5th Marie PorterIndiana 4-H473
Overall Winners
TOP TEAMS:
1stPlace team Virginia 4-H4239
2ndPlace team Indiana 4-H4153
3rdPlace team Georgia 4-H4044
4thPlace team Indiana FFA4036
5thPlace team North Carolina FFA4014
6thPlace team North Carolina 4-H3976
7thPlace team Maryland 4-H3940
8thPlace team Virginia FFA3857
9thPlace team Ohio 4-H3855
10thPlace team Ohio FFA3817
TOP INDIVIDUALS:
NameTeamScore
1st Laura GalanteVirginia 4-H1447
2nd Elizabeth GeigerVirginia 4-H1404
3rd Chrissy HansonIndiana 4-H1395
4th Monica GanleyVirginia 4-H1388
5th Adrian TippensGeorgia 4-H1378
6th Brandon HallIndiana 4-H1374
7th Natalie NuttIndiana FFA1373
8th Marie PorterIndiana 4-H1369
9th Aaron SimmonsNorth Carolina FFA1368
10th Laura KnauffIndiana FFA1359



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