Vol. 54—2000 - NorthEastern Weed Science Society

SUMMARY OF THE 1999 NORTHEAST WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY
COLLEGIATE WEED CONTEST
K. W. Bradley, E. S. Hagood, J. Derr, S. R. King, I. Morozov, and C. Kenley I
ABSTRACT
The 16 1h annualNortheastWeedScience Societycollegiateweed contestwas held on July20,
1999 in Blacksburg, Virginia, on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University and the nearbySmithfieldPlantation. A total of 57 studentsfrom 10 universities
competed in the contest, which was an 8-hour event that began at 8:00 a.m. and lasted until 5:00
p.m. Schools competing in the contest included Cornell University, North Carolina State
University, Penn State University, State University of New York - Cobleskill, University of
Delaware, University of Guelph, University of Kentucky, University of Maryland, University of
Nova ScotiaAgriculturalCollege.andVirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversity. There
were a total of 9 graduate and 9 undergraduate teams along with 2 graduate individuals and I
undergraduateindividualcompetingin thecontest.
Contestants tested their skills in weed identification, herbicide symptomology, sprayer
calibration, and solving grower problems throughout the course of the day. Students were
requiredto identify 20 weeds by common name and 5 weeds by scientific name in the weed
identificationevent,and 10 unknownherbicidesin the herbicidesymptomologyevent. Threeof
the growerproblemsin this year's contestwere associatedwith turfgrass,one probleminvolved
pumpkinproduction,andthe remainingthreeproblemswere associatedwith com production.
North Carolina State University (Shawn Askew, George Scott, Andrew McRae coached by
John WHcut), finished first in the graduate contest, while Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University (Rob Richardson, Peter Sforza, Andy Bailey, Greg Armel, coached by Dan Poston)
finished second. Penn State University (Wade Esbenshade, Steve Josimovich, coached by
Dwight Lingenfelter) finished third place in the contest. The first place graduate individual in
the contest was Rob Richardson from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Second place in the graduate individuals went to Shawn Askew from North Carolina State
University, while third place went to Art Graves from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University. George Scott andAndrew McRae, both from North Carolina State University, tied
for fourth place.
The winner of the undergraduate contest was Nova Scotia Agricultural College (Kerry
Cluney, Gordon Murray, Peter Burgess, Stephen Crozier, coached by Glen Sampson), followed
by State University of New York - Cobleskill (Steven DuBois, Andrew Miller, coached by Doug
Goodale) in second place andNorthCarolinaStateUniversity(Kevin Clemmer,John Lowery.
Keith Burnell, coached by John Wilcut) in third place. The first place undergraduate individual
was Keith Burnell of North CarolinaState University, while GordonMurrayof Nova Scotia
Agricultural College came in second and Andrew Miller of State University of New York ­
Cobleskill came in third.
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Plant Path., Phys., and Weed Science. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Blacksburg, VA 24061
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