Academic Quadrathalon

The Academic Quadrathalon is a competition held at the local, regional and national levels. Teams of four are made up of university undergraduate students and compete in four events: Laboratory Practicum, Written Exam, Oral Presentation, and Quiz Bowl. Winning teams move up to the next level of competition. The national winning team is determined at the American Society of Animal Science national meeting in July of each year. The purpose of the competition is to stimulate academic excellence among undergraduate students and for the students to attend American Society of Animal Science/American Dairy Science Association scientific meetings to meet faculty and students and to attend scientific research presentations. The 2018 UNL Animal Science Academic Quadrathalon local competition was conducted on Sunday, February 25 and Monday, February 26, 2018. Ten teams of four students competed in the four events organized by Department of Animal Science faculty, staff, and graduate students. The team of Gilbert Seck (North Platte, NE), Sarah Schuelke (Waverly, NE), Devin Jakub (Brainard, NE), and Neil Henderson (Cozad, NE) were declared Overall Champions for the 2018 UNL Animal Science Academic Quadrathalon competition. In the process, this team earned 1st place finishes in the oral presentation and quiz bowl competitions. The overall champion team represented the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at the Midwest Regional Academic Quadrathalon competition that was conducted on March 11 and 12, 2018 in conjunction with the American Society of Animal Science Midwest Sectional meetings in Lincoln/ Omaha, NE. At the regional competition, the UNL team recorded a 3rd place finish (out of the 16 schools that competed) in the laboratory practicum portion of the competition on their way to a 6th place finish overall out of 16 institutions that competed in the regional competition.