The Texas A&M University Livestock Judging Team competed twice in October and brought home second and third places.
On Oct. 4, the Aggies finished third at the Tulsa State Fair Collegiate Livestock Contest. Oklahoma State University and Texas Tech University won first and second. Team members Tyler Mackey and Frank Aniol finished sixth and eighth high individuals.
The team competed at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas on Oct. 6 and secured the second place finish, behind first place Texas Tech University. Aniol won second high individual.
Team members competing include Joseph Blount, San Augustine; Tyrel Jimerson, George West; Tyler Mackey, Rosanky; Frank Aniol, San Antonio; Taylor Osbourn, Llano; Dakota Moyers, Newcastle, Okla.; Zach Clodfelter, West Salem, Ill.; and Shelby Meyer, Lakeside, Calif.
The team is coordinated by Brant Poe and coached by animal science graduate students Caleb Boardman and Cassidy Hayes.