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  2025 State Meat Evaluation, Vet Science and Ag Ed CDEs - Results  
  Sean Welch  3/1/2025 3:40:00 PM  
     
 

Congratulations to all teams competing in today's Vet Science, Meat Science, and Agricultural Education Career Development Events held at the University of Illinois!

 

A special thanks to our Meat Science Sponsor, Illinois Beef Association, German Bolero - Dean, ACES, Anna Dilger - Department of Animal Sciences Undergraduate Recruiting Coordinator, Aimee Shasteen - Academic Advisor, Elli Burris - Graduate Research Meats Judging Coach, Megan Coy - District 4 FCAE Program Advisor, Ag Ed Judges - Gary Ochs, Amy Leman, Jennifer Smist, Meredith Daw, Debe Williams, Becca Klein & Maggie McCalla, Ag Ed “Students” - University of Illinois Ag Ed Students, and UIUC ACES students, faculty, and staff for their support of the Vet Science, Meat Science, and Ag Ed contests.

 

We want to hear from you!

 

Please let us know of any feedback from today's events. Click here to submit a short Google form with the positives, negatives, and things that could/should be changed with the IL Vet, Meat, or Ag Ed CDEs. We value and thank you for your input.

 

Vet Science

 

In the Vet Science CDE, 28 Schools, 21 Teams, and 100 Individuals competed.

Congratulations to the Superior Teams and Individuals competing in this year's contest!

 

 

Superior Teams




Rank

School

Score


1

Tri-Valley

1102


2

Normal

1066


3

Byron

1055


4

Streator

1050


5

Clifton Central

1038






Superior Individuals




Rank

Individual

School

Score

1

Ellis Rogers

Williamsfield

294

2

Kady Riley

Tri-Valley

286

3

Grant Mantzke

Somonauk-Leland-Sandwich

285

4

Adelynn McNamara

Normal

284

5

Trey Garmon

Pekin

282

6

Tyler Grim

Tri-Valley

281

7

Klay Schaffner

Streator

280

8

Brielle Lindstrom

Midland

277

9

Olivia Cunningham

Byron

277

10

Riley Behrends

Clifton Central

275






Tiebreaker Used


 

 

Alternate Vet Science

 

In the Alternate Vet Science CDE,  8 Schools and 15 Individuals competed.

Congratulations to the Superior Individuals competing in this year's contest!

 

Superior Individuals




Rank

Individual

School

Score

1

Axel Cruzman

Tri-Valley

267

2

Kelley Wempe

Staunton

252

3

Ashleigh McCowan

Normal

249

 

 

Meat Science

 

In the Meat Science CDE,  27 Schools, 22 Teams, and 102 Individuals competed.

Congratulations to the Superior Teams and Individuals competing in this year's contest!

***#14 on retail ID was thrown out. The Species and Primal scores will still be scored, but the Identification score for the retail cut has been removed. 

Superior Teams




Rank

School

Score


1

Newton

1737


2

Prairie Central

1706


3

Midland

1700


4

Seneca

1604






Superior Individuals




Rank

Individual

School

Score

1

Nick Bierman

Newton

580

2

Hayden Miller

Prairie Central

579

3

Reed Tharp

Newton

575

4

Skylar Hohstadt

Midland

575

5

Hannah Miller

Prairie Central

567

6

Kyler Gauwitz

Midland

564

7

Grant Fulton

Newton

557

8

Owen Kocher

Olney

556

9

Abigail Kendall

United

554

10

Cole Phillips

Newton

551






Tiebreaker Used: Sum of Meat ID

 

Ag Ed

 

In the Ag Ed CDE,  10 Schools and 10 Individuals competed.

Congratulations to the Superior Teams and Individuals competing in this year's contest!

*Full scores and rankings will be shared via email from Megan Coy next week.

  

Superior Individuals



Rank

Individual

School

1

Adrianna Jewett

Cambridge

2

Grace Wherley

Unity-Tolono

 

judgingcard.com results - Reminder

 

Full results may be accessed by logging in to judgingcard.com. Your initial username should be your chapter ID (ex: IL0001) and password should be the zipcode of your school. Upon initial login, you may change your password and personal information on the home screen menu. For questions or issues logging in to your account, email info@judgingcard.com.

 

To view results, click the "online results" ribbon on the bottom left side of the screen and select Illinois Meat & Vet Science CDEs. From here, you may view results by team, individual, or class statistics in either division. Your student names should be listed in full with students from other schools being reduced to initials. Detailed results can be viewed by clicking on student names or your school name.

 

Results posted in this email and on judgingcard.com are to be considered tentative at this time. Any discrepancies found in the results must be submitted in writing to the Illinois FFA Center within 3 days from electronic notification of results. Results will become official with the mailing of ribbons in the coming weeks.

 

Thanks again to everyone who helped to make this event a success!



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Sean Welch
Illinois FFA Center
Phone: 217-753-3328 Cell: --
Email: swelch@illinoisffa.org
Address: 3221 Northfield Dr. , Springfield , IL 62702
 
     
 
 
     
     
 
 
     
     
 
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