Livestock Team Named Reserve Team Overall at Blue Dragon Classic

The team placed third in Reasons, Cattle and Sheep & Goats, and fourth in Swine.




A group of seven students, four men and three women, pose for a group photo with a competition banner

The Mizzou Livestock Judging Team was named Reserve Team Overall at the Blue Dragon Classic in Hutchison, Kansas, held in early April. The team placed third in Reasons, Cattle and Sheep & Goats, and fourth in Swine.

Team members who placed include: Allison Eitel, senior in agriculture, 11th Overall; Sam Wheeler, junior in agriculture, 12th Overall; and Addie Thessen, junior in plant sciences, 14th Overall.

The team is coached by Tawnie DeJong, instructor of animal sciences.

Team members pictured left to right are Brady Schnelten, junior in animal sciences; Shane Vehige, junior in animal sciences; Eitel; Jenna Blessing, senior in agriculture; Thessen; Grant Stafford, junior in agriculture; and Wheeler.