STUDENT WEED CONTEST
National Student Weed Contest – July 26-27, 2023, at Union City, Tennessee
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2022 NCWSS Student Weed Contest Results
Graduate Individual Awards
Individual Weed ID
| Placing | University | Contestant |
| First | Kansas State University | Tyler Meyeres |
Individual Herbicide ID
| Placing | University | Contestant |
| First | University of Illinois | Logan Miller |
Individual Problem Solving
| Placing | University | Contestant |
| First | University of Wisconsin – Madison | Mark Kendall |
Individual Written Calibration
| Placing | University | Contestant |
| First | Purdue University | Jesse Haarman |
Individual Overall
| Placing | University | Contestants |
| First | Purdue University | Jesse Haarman |
| Second | Purdue University | Matt Osterholt |
| Third | University of Illinois | Logan Miller |
Graduate Team Awards
Team Field Calibration
| Placing | University | Team | Contestants | Coach(es) |
| First | University of Wisconsin-Madison | G1 | Felipe Faleco, Guilherme Chudzik, Mark Kendall, Nikola Arsenijevic | Rodrigo Werle |
Team Overall
| Placing | University | Team | Contestants | Coach(es) |
| First | Purdue University | G1 | Claudia Bland, Jesse Haarman, Lucas Maia, Matt Osterholt | Claudia Bland |
| Second | Kansas State University | G1 | Isaac Barnhart, Sachin Dhanda, Sarah Zerger, Tyler Meyeres | Anita Dille |
| Third | University of Illinois | G1 | Isabel Werle, Logan Miller, Lucas Bobadilla, Pavle Pavlovic | Patrick Tranel |
Undergraduate Individual Awards
Individual Weed ID
| Placing | University | Contestants |
| First | North Dakota State University | Adam Aberle |
Individual Herbicide ID
| Placing | University | Contestants |
| First Tie | Ohio State University | Cameron Collett |
| First Tie | Pennsylvania State University | Ethan Whitmoyer |
Individual Problem Solving
| Placing | University | Contestants |
| First | University of Nebraska – Lincoln | Bruno Eltink |
Individual Written Calibration
| Placing | University | Contestants |
| First | University of Illinois | Yudai Takenaka |
Individual Overall
| Placing | University | Contestants |
| First | University of Illinois | Yudai Takenaka |
| Second | North Dakota State University | Adam Aberle |
| Third | Western Illinois University | Dustin Steinkamp |
Undergraduate Team Awards
Team Field Calibration
| Placing | University | Team | Contestants | Coach(es) |
| First | University of Illinois | UG1 | Caleb Van Hoveln, Nathan Welch, Travis Wilke, Yudai Takenaka | Patrick Tranel |
Team Overall
| Placing | University | Team | Contestants | Coach(es) |
| First | University of Illinois | UG1 | Caleb Van Hoveln, Nathan Welch, Travis Wilke, Yudai Takenaka | Patrick Tranel |
| Second | Ohio State University | UG1 | Brock Horn, Cameron Collett, Cori Lee, Sam Shilling | Bruce Ackley and Alyssa Essman |
| Third | Western Illinois University | UG1 | Dustin Steinkamp, Jamie Hidreth, Kinsey Tiemann, Stephanie Reiter | Brent Heaton |
View past NCWSS Student Weed Contest Photo Gallery on our Photos Page
Video of 2017 Student Weed Contest
Answer Keys for the 2017 Contest
- Unknown Herbicide Answer Key
- Weed ID Score Sheet Key
- Dicamba Calibration Answer Key
- Farmer Problems Answer Key
- Team Calibration Field Evaluation Score Sheet
- Written Calibration Answer Key