2023 Contest Results
Congratulations to the winning teams in the 2023 Willie ant the Beanstalk Contest
Division 1 (9th-12th grade) Full Division 1 results
Award |
Team Name (Organization) |
Contestant Names |
Adviser |
Best Documentation |
Soybean Cowgals (Hillsboro AG ED Horticulture Class) |
1 Keitra Edwards 2 Kenzie Meisinger 3 Cassidy Bernhardt |
Sonya Roberts |
Most Biomass |
Bean Machine (Solomon FFA) |
1 Ashley Mead 2 Aubrey Cooper 3 Cadence Flemming |
Dale Davidson |
Tallest Plant |
Olathe North 4 (Olathe North FFA) |
1. Ainsley Halvorson |
Greg Krenke |
Largest Leaf |
The Bean Team (Olpe High School) |
1 Ava Tyson 2 Ella Wilson 3 Madelynn Knuth |
Staci Garriott |
Most Trifoliates |
Bean Machine (Solomon FFA) |
1 Ashley Mead 2 Aubrey Cooper 3 Cadence Flemming |
Dale Davidson |
GRAND CHAMPION |
Bean Busters (Solomon FFA) |
1 Isacc Wood 2 Britt Sellers 3 Alana Wood |
Dale Davidson |
Division 2 (K-8th grade) Full Division 2 results
Award |
Team Name |
Contestant Names |
Organization and Adviser |
Best Documentation |
That's a Good Question (AMS Silver Team) |
1 Joy Baker 2 Benton Alt 3 Jonah Wanklyn |
Dennis Eickhoff |
Most Biomass |
WeInvestInStalks (Susan B Anthony) |
1 William Pitts 2 Danny Ugo 3 Eli Witt |
Joshua Runyan |
Tallest Plant |
WeInvestInStalks (Susan B Anthony) |
1 William Pitts 2 Danny Ugo 3 Eli Witt |
Joshua Runyan |
Largest Leaf |
Team Tatum (Cowley County 4-H) |
1 Jasper Tatum 2 Harleigh Tatum |
Sarah LaGrone |
Most Trifoliates |
Team Tatum (Cowley County 4-H) |
1 Jasper Tatum 2 Harleigh Tatum |
Sarah LaGrone |
GRAND CHAMPION |
WeInvestInStalks (Susan B Anthony) |
1 William Pitts 2 Danny Ugo 3 Eli Witt |
Joshua Runyan |
2023 Contest Summary
- 262 Teams, with 712 contestants completed
- 200 Teams finished the contest, with 53 teams completing remote judgin
2023 Acknowledgements
- Thank you to the Kansas Soybean Commission, for providing the funding for the contest, including all the T-Shirts and awards!
- Thank you to all the advisers who helped the students grow soybeans and learn about plant growth and developement.
- Thank you to my students Rebecca Roth and Emily Kovar and my research assistant Sarah Raugewitz for their work in running the contest (making videos, managing social media, grading documentation, judging plants, sorting t-shirts...the list goes on).
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