The Academic Quadrathlon competition is an annual competition sponsored by the American Society of Animal Science. Each winter, the Department of Animal Science conducts a local contest to determine the team that will represent Texas A&M at the Southern Section American Society of Animal Science Academic Quadrathlon competition.
The local competition is sponsored by the Saddle & Sirloin Club and is held at the end of the fall semester. Any undergraduate student can be on the team, and team members can be any classification. At the regional competition, the TAMU team competes against other southern schools The winner of each of the 4 regional competitions advances to the national contest held simultaneously with the American Society of Animal Science annual conference. An Academic Quadrathlon Team consists of four members who compete in four competitions: quiz bowl, lab practicum, oral presentation, and written test.
The Texas A&M University Academic Quadrathlon team consists of dedicated and hardworking students that represent the university and Department of Animal Science. The goal is to develop students into the leaders of tomorrow and to prepare students to serve the future agriculture industry.
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