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SELECTIONS - Summer 2002
Select Sponsors Dairy Challenge

Fourteen teams competed in the first North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge, hosted at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., in April. The competition consisted of four-person teams that evaluated practices at a large dairy and then recommended management enhancements to a panel of judges.

Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge Team Members

Teams from Virginia Tech (coached by Ron Pearson, far left) and the University of Minnesota (coached by Marcia Endres, far right, back row) shared top platinum honors at the first North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge. Dave Thorbahn (center) congratulates team members Ryan Blosser, H.B. Hunter, Iris Peeler and Darlene Price (Virginia Tech), and Rita Albrecht, Joni Heins, Scott Miller and Alicia Thurk (University of Minnesota). Each of these team members received a $500 scholarship.

"The NAIDC is a one-of-its-kind event for students with an interest in dairy science, because it allows them to apply theory and learning to a real-world dairy while working as part of a team," says Dave Thorbahn, chairman of the NAIDC steering committee. "Another unique aspect of this contest was the many built-in opportunities for networking with representatives of the 28 companies who sponsored the NAIDC."

Select Sires was a platinum sponsor, contributing $5,000 along with Cargill Animal Nutrition, DeLaval, Monsanto Dairy Business and Pharmacia Animal Health. Twenty-three other companies that service the dairy industry also sponsor the contest.

Participating teams included the following:

University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn.
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Michigan State University
University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pa.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, Calif.
State University of New York, Morrisville, N.Y.
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Washington State University, Pullman, Wash.
University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wis.

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