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Released: January 03, 2003

K-State Horse Judging Team Ends Year as Reserve National Champions

MANHATTAN, Kan. – After four national competitions, the Kansas State University horse judging team earned the overall reserve national champions title. The title results from averaging all of the scores from the contests into a final year-end ranking.

Hometown Interest

Team members of the Kansas State University horse judging team, listed in alphabetical order by their hometown:

Cheyenne, Wyo. - Johanna Metcalf

Ellsworth, Kan. - Trisha Janssen

Girard, Kan. - Amy Brown

Gower, Mo. - Lauren Allen

Lerna, Ill. - Beth Jones

Long Island, Kan. - Doug Ross

Sedgwick, Kan. - Shon Gage

Uniontown, Kan. - Denise George

The team competed in the National Morgan Horse Contest in Oklahoma City, finishing with reserve championship. At the All American Quarter Horse Congress in Columbus, Ohio, K-State junior Doug Ross placed as the high individual overall.

The team finished as the reserve world champions at the American Quarter Horse Association World Show also held in Oklahoma City, and competed in the National Reining Futurities.

The team was coached by Julie Voge. Students Justin Ochs and Abby Broulik served as assistant coaches.

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Story by:
Lucas Shivers, Communications Assistant
lshivers@oznet.ksu.edu
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