After a 13 year hiatus (last contest win in 1998), the New York 4-H Dairy Judging team claimed top honors in the Dairy Cattle Judging Contest. The team, coached by Doug Waterman, placed first out of the 30 teams that competed in the competition. Team members included Andrew Reynolds, Cassandra Sapp, Emma Andrew, and Meghan Vaill.

Rounding out the top five were Michigan (5), Maryland (4), Wisconsin (3), and Pennsylvania (2).

The contests top five individuals were Michael Rush (PA), Nicholas Schuster (WI), Andrew Reynolds (NY), Austen Schmidt (WI), and Andrew Kern of Minnesota with a winning score of 679.

New York also took top honors in oral reasons, with Wisconsin close behind.

This year, a new award was introduced in the contest. The placings-only award winners were Andrew Kern, Minnesota, and Victoria Mischler of Virginia scoring 458 points on placings alone.

For more results and individual breed winners visit our facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/HoardsDairyman or see a complete listing of all breed placings our Hoard's at Expo page.