Local youths excel at Texas 4-H Roundup
Burnet County 4-H youths Cayden Beatty (left), Carter Bostic, Audri Poage, Grayson Poage, and Claire Poage on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station for the Texas 4-H Roundup. Courtesy photo
A number of 4-H members from Burnet and Llano counties brought home honors from the 75th Texas 4-H Roundup in College Station on June 8-10. The pinnacle event for all 4-H clubs welcomed about 1,300 young competitors from across the state.
Burnet County 4-H participants
Rifle Team, reserve state champion
- Bethany Butler – High Individual
- Elizabeth Lilly – 10th High Individual
- Carson Moore
- Elijah Butler
Invitational Meat Judging Team, fourth place
- Carter Bostic – 7th High Individual
- Cayden Beatty – 10th High Individual
Invitational Livestock Judging Team, seventh place
- Grayson Poage
- Audri Poage
- Claire Poage
- Carter Bostic
- Cayden Beatty
Agricultural Product Identification Team
- Bethany Butler
- Elizabeth Lilly
- Elijah Butler
Livestock Skillathon Team
- Carter Bostic
- Audri Poage
- Claire Poage
- Cayden Beatty
- Grayson Poage
Healthy Lifestyles Team
- Bethany Butler
- Elijah Butler
- Elizabeth Lilly
Wool Judging Team
- Grayson Poage
- Claire Poage
- Audri Poage
Fashion Show
- Avery Meredith – 3rd High Individual
Consumer Decision Making
- Elijah Butler – 6th High Individual
Entomology
- Bethany Butler
- Hayden Holder – Davidson Foundation Scholarship
- Ava Lea – Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Scholarship, Texas 4-H Council officer
Llano County 4-H participants
Qualifying Livestock Judging Team, second place
- Steele Kenney – 3rd Individual
- Dillon Prokop – 4th Individual
- Cade Whitson
- Carson Kuykendall
Qualifying Meat Judging and Identification Team, fourth place
- Abigail Clopton – 7th Individual
- Dylan Dick – 9th Individual
- Kylee Brown
- Brock Fly
Qualifying Meat Judging and Identification Team, seventh place
- Gentri Phillips
- Luke Turner
- Peyton Byrne
- Skylar Brown
Horse Judging
- Makaela Lively
Hippology Team, fourth place
- Makaela Lively – 7th Individual
- Kylee Brown – 8th Individual
- Abigail Clopton
- Skylar Brown
Horse Quiz Bowl Team, fourth place
- Skylar Brown
- Kylee Brown
- Abigail Clopton
- Makaela Lively
Texas 4-H Roundup contests included qualifying events, for which 4-H members qualified at their county and district competitions, and invitational events. The Roundup was only open to senior-level, or high school-age, 4-H members this year. Additionally, the Texas 4-H Youth Development Foundation awarded more than $2.7 million in scholarships to 232 youths.
Texas 4-H is part of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. For more information, contact the Burnet County AgriLife Extension at 512-756-5463 or visit its website.