Congratulations to the Lancaster County 4-H’ers who competed at the statewide Premier Animal Science Event (PASE) held at University of Nebraska–Lincoln East Campus on June 21–22. During this two-day event, 278 4-H’ers from 38 counties across the state participated in five animal science contests. A huge thank you to Lancaster County livestock judging coaches Anne Johnson and Tyler Pickenpaugh! Complete results can be found at https://4h.unl.edu/pase. Here are the Lancaster County top placings:
POULTRY JUDGING CONTEST
• Senior division: as a team, Lilee Chevalier, Noah Jelinek, Catherine Polk and Claire Polk earned 2nd place. Individually, Noah Jelinek earned 1st place.
LIVESTOCK JUDGING CONTEST
• Senior division: as a team, Lilee Chevalier, Noah Jelinek, Clara Johnson and Olivia Vanderford earned 3rd high team overall; 3rd place high team overall in sheep & goats, 5th place high team in reasons and 5th place high team overall in swine. Individually, Clara Johnson earned 8th place high individual overall.
• Intermediate division: as a team, Grace Chevalier, Hannah Chevalier, Madalyn Chevalier, Lauren Johnson and Kyler Plugge earned 4th place high team in reasons.
LIVESTOCK SKILLATHON
• Senior division: as a team, Lilee Chevalier, Noah Jelinek and Clara Johnson earned 5th place.