{"id":2906,"date":"2023-12-02T04:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T04:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/?p=2906"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:22:04","slug":"tarleton-department-of-animal-science-academic-quadrathalon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/2023\/12\/02\/tarleton-department-of-animal-science-academic-quadrathalon\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton Department of Animal Science Academic Quadrathalon\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>November 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and 11th The Department of Animal Science hosted the Academic Quadrathalon involving the undergraduate students listed below. A total of four teams competed in four events: Practicum, Written Exam, Oral Presentation, and Quiz Bowl.\u00a0In the Practicum, the team demonstrates its ability to perform physical skills in Animal Science in a station format.\u00a0The written exam has a one-hour time limit, and the questions may involve any area related to animal production and products.\u00a0In the Oral Presentation, the students are given a topic to discuss dealing with animal agriculture.\u00a0In the Quiz Bowl, questions may be on any topic that relates to animal agriculture and are answerable by &#8220;buzzing&#8221; in.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the teams and the individuals that competed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Team 1<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Kara Tifft, Christopher Henson, Brianna Woods and Kaitlyn Vega&nbsp;<strong>(Rank 2)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Team 2<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Ella Pecino, Chassitti Holt, Alana Arrington and Jessica Henderson&nbsp;<strong>(Rank 4)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Agri-Slays \u2013&nbsp;<\/em>Zimrie Goan, Ellie Grado, Naydelin Almaguer and Denisse Villalobos&nbsp;<strong>(Rank 3)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Runyan\u2019s Onions \u2013&nbsp;<\/em>Anna West, Rosemary Roth, and Lauren Bower&nbsp;<strong>(Rank 1)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/12\/AQ-Team-1-Left-to-Right-Brianna-Woods-Christopher-Henson-Kara-Tifft-and-Kaitlyn-Vega-Large-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Four people smiling in front of a purple tractor with &amp;quot;Texans&amp;quot; on it.\" class=\"wp-image-2912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/12\/AQ-Team-1-Left-to-Right-Brianna-Woods-Christopher-Henson-Kara-Tifft-and-Kaitlyn-Vega-Large-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/12\/AQ-Team-1-Left-to-Right-Brianna-Woods-Christopher-Henson-Kara-Tifft-and-Kaitlyn-Vega-Large-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/12\/AQ-Team-1-Left-to-Right-Brianna-Woods-Christopher-Henson-Kara-Tifft-and-Kaitlyn-Vega-Large-300x400.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/12\/AQ-Team-1-Left-to-Right-Brianna-Woods-Christopher-Henson-Kara-Tifft-and-Kaitlyn-Vega-Large.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AQ Team 1 Left to Right Brianna Woods Christopher Henson Kara Tifft and Kaitlyn Vega Large<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/12\/AQ-Runyans-Onions-Left-to-Right-Rosemary-Roth-Anna-West-and-Lauren-Bower-Large-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Three people sitting on a purple tractor with Tarleton State University logo.\" class=\"wp-image-2911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/12\/AQ-Runyans-Onions-Left-to-Right-Rosemary-Roth-Anna-West-and-Lauren-Bower-Large-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/12\/AQ-Runyans-Onions-Left-to-Right-Rosemary-Roth-Anna-West-and-Lauren-Bower-Large-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/12\/AQ-Runyans-Onions-Left-to-Right-Rosemary-Roth-Anna-West-and-Lauren-Bower-Large-300x400.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/12\/AQ-Runyans-Onions-Left-to-Right-Rosemary-Roth-Anna-West-and-Lauren-Bower-Large.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AQ Runyans Onions Left to Right Rosemary Roth Anna West and Lauren Bower Large<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 10th\u00a0and 11th The Department of Animal Science hosted the Academic Quadrathalon involving the undergraduate students listed below. 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