The Fairbury FFA Chapter had 30 members compete at the 2016 District 5 Career Development Events (CDE) Contest on Tuesday March 1st at Southeast Community College in Beatrice. These 30 members represented Fairbury FFA well by showing how hard work and dedication can pay off. Fairbury FFA was named district champions in the Welding and Vet Science Contests. Fairbury FFA also had three individual district champions with Nathaniel Stapaules placing 1st in Oxy/Acetylene Welding, Dylan Au placing 1st in Gas Metal Arc Welding, and Ryan Umland Placing 1st in Vet Science. Below is a complete list of all the team and individual results for the Fairbury FFA Chapter members that competed in the District 5 CDE contests.
The welding contest consists of a team of three members where one member has to Oxygen-Acetylene (O/A) weld, one member has to Shielded Metal Arc Weld (SMAW), and one member has to Gas Metal Arc Weld (GMAW). Fairbury had two welding teams compete in the district contest with team one consisting of Nathaniel Stapaules who placed 1st in the O/A division, Tyler Heidemann who placed 7th in the SMAW division, and Trevin Likens who placed 4th in the GMAW division. This team was named as the District 5 welding champions. The second team consisted of Tony Grummert who placed 10th in the O/A division, Brandon Reese who placed 13th in the GMAW division and Dylan Au who placed 1st in the GMAW division. This team placed sixth overall in the district 5 welding competition.
The Agronomy team placed 4th overall and consisted Cody Huss who placed 2nd, Patrick Ondrak who placed 21st, Jon Engelman who placed 25th, and Blake Bauer who placed 48th individually.
The Agriscience team placed 6th as a team and consisted of Michaela Buchli and Tori Likens who tied for 10th, Kaylee Sipek who placed 32nd, and Delaney Miller who placed 36th individually. Bryn Livingston also competed in the Agriscience contest and placed 46th individually.
The Ag Sales team placed 4th and qualified for the state contest. The team consisted of Garret Ragland who placed 10th, Ryan Umland who placed 11th, Althea Esteller who placed 15th and Natalie Stapaules who placed 16th individually.
Fairbury FFA was represented by two Meats teams with team 1 finishing in 10th place and consisting of Tony Grummert who placed 26th, Jesse Graves finishing in 28th, Dylan Au finishing in 45th place, and Brandon Reese finishing in 48th place. Team 2 finished in 11th place and consisted of Jake Maschmann who finished in 27th place, Jerod Hughes who finished in 31st place, Brock Barton who finished in 41st place and Carson Bohlmeyer who finished in 43rd place.
The Floriculture team placed 3rd overall and qualified for the state contest. Team members include Shavara Kroeker who finished in 10th place, Paige Livingston who finished in 14th place, Evie Schwab who finished in 15th place and Jordan Ruhnke who finished in 16th place individually.
The Livestock Management team finished 10th place and consisted of Tori Likens, Sarah McCown, Delaney Miller, Michaela Buchli, and Kaylee Sipek.
Fairbury was represented by two Vet Science teams with the 1st team consisting of Ryan Umland placing 1st, Patrick Ondrak and Natalie Stapaules placing 10th, and Madison Black placing 36th individually. This team was named the District 5 Vet Science Champion. The second team consisted of Sarah McCown who placed 13th, Jordan Ruhnke who placed 29th, Paige Livingston who placed 42nd, and Evie Schwab who placed 47th individually. This team placed 8th place overall.
Fairbury FFA had two Natural Resource teams with the first team placing 4th overall. This team consisted of Nathaniel Stapaules who placed 16th, Carson Bohlmeyer who placed 20th, Tyler Heidemann who placed 26th, and Trevin Likens who placed 32nd individually. The second team placed 8th overall and consisted of Brock Barton who placed 21st, Jesse Graves who placed 25th, Jake Maschmann who placed 27th, and Jerod Hughes who placed 35th individually.
The last team that competed for Fairbury FFA was the Food Science team that placed 4th overall and consisted of Garret Ragland who placed 5th, Blake Bauer who placed 22nd, Althea Esteller and Madison Black who placed 24th individually. The Fairbury FFA Chapter had a day to remember! It was a great day to be a Jeff.
