Released April 8, 2008

URBANA, Ill. -- The University of Illinois dairy team took top honors at the Seventh Annual North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge held at Madison, Wisconsin. The U of I squad bested 31 other teams to win the April 4-5 event.

The event is a two-day competition for students representing dairy science programs at North American universities. It enables students to apply theory and learning to a real-world dairy, while working as part of a four-person team.

Members of the U of I team, all seniors, were Steven Fluty of Bloomington, Elizabeth Johnson of Carlinville, Matthew McCoy of Palestine, and John Mitchell of Winnebago. The team was coached by Kate Cowles, a graduate student in the Department of Animal Sciences.

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Contacts: Bob Sampson, (217) 244-0225, rsampson@uiuc.edu

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