Members of the Clarendon College meats team are world champions in meat judging after competing in Australia last week.
Scotta Faulkenberry of Stephenville, Texas, and Cody Shannon of Royse City, Texas, along with two students from Garden City Community College in Kansas, placed first over 13 other international teams from Australian universities, the United States, Japan, South Korea and Indonesia.
The All American team placed first with 4385 out of a possible 5020 points to win the competition and the Roy McDonald Shield at the Australia International Meat Conference last week. The team bested the second place team from Charles Sturt University Wagga by 46 points. The University of New England placed third.
Morgan Boyer, of Wallisville, Texas, also represented Clarendon College at the contest and served as an alternate on the All American team.
Individually, Scotta placed 3rd High Individual, Cody placed4th High Individual, and Morgan placed in the top 15.
In the competition, the students are required to judge beef, lamb and pork carcasses and primals, along with identifying a range of beef primals and beef, lamb and pork retail cuts. The judging of carcasses and primals is based on yield, muscling and quality to evaluate their retail value.
“I am extremely proud of these students,” Clarendon College Coach Tate Corliss said. “They represented Clarendon College and the United States at the international level and preformed with excellence and humility.”
“We are so thankful for all the support that help make this trip possible,” Morgan said. “We appreciate our coach, the College, and our Australian hosts.”
Everyone at Clarendon College is extremely proud of this group and their coach.
“Scotta, Morgan, and Cody brought a tremendous amount of pride to Clarendon College and I am also thankful for the tremendous support we received from the College and community,” CC Livestock Judging Coach and Director of Agriculture Johnny Treichel said.
“This group has exceeded expectations all year,” CC President Dr. Robert Riza said. “What a great achievement to finish their careers at Clarendon.”
The two Garden City Community College students, Alan Caro and Skyler Glenn, placed first and eighth, respectively, in the individual competition.
“The caliber of this year’s participants showed the passion that young people have for the meat and livestock industry and the enthusiasm that they have for driving the industry forward into the future,” outgoing ICMJ President and General Manager of Kerwee Lot Feeders Brad Robinson said. “The international contingent, with teams from the US, Japan, Korea and Indonesia, allowed students to interact and learn from some of Australia’s major trading partners, building networks for the future.”
A breakdown of the results by contest is as follows:
Primal & Retail Cut Identification – Scotta Faulkenberry, Runner-Up Individual; All American, Runner-up team. Pork Judging – All American, Runner-up team. Lamb Judging – All American, Runner-up team. Beef Judging – All American, Winning team. Overall Question & Reasons – Scotta Faulkenberry, Winning Individual; All American, Winning team.
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