Many North Dakota 4-H’ers came home from the Western National Roundup in Denver, Colorado with honors.
The Western National Roundup is a place for the 4-H’ers to compete nationally in contests, learn to work as a team, and develop self-confidence and leadership skills.
The ND 4-H teams and individuals who placed at the Roundup:
Hippology- the Burleigh County team of Hailey Leingang, Jamie Schmidt, Tiffany Sonnenberg, and Hannah Swenson took fifth place.
Team and individual placings were:
Team – judging, first; stations, fourth; exam slides, sixth; team problem, eighth
Leingang – judging, first
Sonnenberg – judging, second; high point overall, sixth
Schmidt – judging, eighth
Swenson – stations, 11th
Consumer Decision Making- the Oliver County team of Jacob Klaudt, Morgyn Miller, Reanna Schmidt, and Breanna Vosberg placed second overall.
Team and individual placings were:
Team – reasons, first; group think process, second
Klaudt – reasons, first
Livestock Judging- the Ransom County team of Jacob Bear, Kendra Meyers, and Caleb Schwab placed 21st overall.
Team and individual placings were:
Team – beef, 16th; reasons, 22nd; goats, 24th; sheep, 26th
Baer – beef, seventh; swine, eighth; reasons, 27th; individual overall, 38th; goats, 86th; sheep, 92nd
Meyers – beef, 12th; swine, 38th; individual overall, 39th; reasons, 45th; sheep, 66th; goats, 80th
Schwab – goats, 34th; beef, 98th; individual overall,100th; swine, 101st; sheep, 106th; reasons, 107th
Horse Judging- the Ransom County team of Kasen Anderson, Emma Gillespie, Ayriel Lyons, and Lydia Lyons placed 10th overall.
Team and individual placings were:
Team – reasons, seventh; performance, 13th
Lydia Lyons – reasons, ninth; performance 13th; individual overall, 20th
Meat Judging- Rhea Laib, who represented Sheridan County but competed on the Kidder County state team, placed 15th overall. Laib placed third high overall, third in retail ID and third in reasons.
Horse Quiz Bowl- the Sargent County team of Allie Bopp, Jacy Bopp, Kari Fuhrman, and Kassidy Larson placed fourth overall.
Individual placings were:
Fuhrman – individual overall, fourth
Jacy Bopp – individual overall, ninth
Horse Presentations- Abby Erickson and Anna Hoistad, Sargent County – third
Horse Public Speaking- Morgan Dutton, Kidder County – sixth
