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OAC Undergrads Sweep
Weed Science Contest
Two graduate and three undergraduate teams from the Ontario Agricultural College competed at the Central and Northeast Weed Science Collegiate Contest this summer in Indiana. Guelph was the only Canadian team among 11 schools participating.
Competing in the northeast conference, OAC’s undergraduate teams placed first (Blair Freeman, Andrew Reid and Scott Timmings), second (Amanda Green, Craig Arnett and Ryan Stafford) and third (Wesley Emmett, Thomas Judd, Ryan Benjamens and Eric Schroeders). Reid, Freeman and Green captured first, second and third, respectively, for outstanding individual performance.
The OAC undergrads also won the Golden Hoe Award as the top undergraduate team in the entire competition.
The graduate teams placed second (Scott Cressman, Chase Phillips, Joel Hemingway and Ben Rosser) and third (Meghan Moran, Melody DeJong and Marijke Van Andel).
The Guelph teams were coached by Prof. Clarence Swanton, Plant Agriculture.