Baum Wins District Range Judging Contest

Taralyn Baum was the Area V District range judging champion on Wednesday, Sept. 23.
Taralyn was competing against 100 other freshmen and sophomore FFA members from different chapters in the area.
Along with Taralyn numerous other Elgin FFA members excelled including one of the senior teams which placed second overall.
Junior Division Results:
Top 25 Percent Individuals (100 total participants): Taralyn, 1st, Calli Krebs – 11th, Kyle Schumacher – 14th, Cole Preister – 17th, Allyson Wemhoff – 18th
Teams in the top 10: Calli, Kyle, Cole and Marie Meis – 3rd Place Team. Taralyn, Hunter Reestman, Grace Henn, Nicki Payne – 4th Place Team. Allyson, Liam Heithoff, Lydia Behnk and Lauren Seier – 6th Place Team
Sr. Division Results:
Top 25 Percent Individuals (90 total participants): Elianne Heilhecker – 5th, Karissa Dicke – 6th, Trey Baum – 7th, Taylor Sehi – 11th, Dylan Behnk – 13th, Liz Selting – 14th, Chad Bode – 17th, Alois Warner – 19th
Teams in the top 10: Eli, Karissa, Trey and Liz – 2nd place. Dylan Behnk, Alois, Seth Schumacher, Miles Schrage – 5th Place. Taylor, Chad, Lexie Heithoff and Zoey Bergman – 8th Place.