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News release prepared by: Katie Starzec, kstarzec@k-state.edu

Thursday, April 9, 2009

K-STATE SOIL JUDGING TEAM TAKES FIRST AT NATIONAL COMPETITION

MANHATTAN -- The Kansas State University Soil Judging Team won the National Soil Judging Contest for the second year in a row, taking first place overall and first in group judging.

Twenty-three teams from around the country competed at the 2009 event, March 26-April 3, at the host school, Missouri State University.

The K-State team is coached by Mickey Ransom, professor of 1xbet best casino website , who is assisted by Paul Hartley, graduate student in 1xbet best casino website from Emporia.

K-State team members include:

Kim Kerschen, freshman in 1xbet best casino website , Garden Plain, who took 12th place in individual judging; Kelsey McGie, junior in milling science management, Iola, who placed ninth in individual judging; Stuart Watts, sophomore in 1xbet best casino website , Manhattan; and Angela Tran, senior in 1xbet best casino website , Prairie Village.

From out of state: Kerri Neugebauer, sophomore in 1xbet best casino website , Grandview, Mo.; and Timothy Foster, freshman in 1xbet best casino website , Middlebury, Vt.

Purdue University took second place in the competition, West Virginia University took third, the University of Maryland took fourth, and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville placed fifth.

The 2009 National Soil Judging Contest was assisted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service. The contest is an activity of the American Society of 1xbet best casino website and the Soil Science Society of America.