The UW-Madison Academic Quadrathlon team celebrated its 20th anniversary with a win at the National Cattleman's Beef Association National Beef Bowl competition in Kansas City, Mo. on Jan. 31. Wis. At Kansas City, Arin Crooks of Brodhead, Wis. and David Meyer of Loyal, Wis. were alternates. Team members all attend the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. The NCBA National Beef Bowl differs from the traditional Academic Quadrathlon contest by only having a quiz bowl that concentrates on beef questions.
Teams earn invitations to the National Beef Bowl by winning two previous competitions.
Montana, Oklahoma and Penn State also competed in Kansas City. A local competition was held last winter among 10 teams to decide which school would represent Wisconsin at the Midwest meeting of the American Society of Animal Science in Iowa last March. UW-Madison traveled to Des Moines, Iowa and took first place over 14 other teams. It's a fun learning experience based on four years of academics. The coaches are the teachers.