OLDS, Alta. — Katelyn Crest went out on a high note for her final year of 4-H.
Competing in the Alberta provincial 4-H dairy show, she won grand and reserve champion as well as honourable mention.
The show was part of the Calgary Stampede Summer Synergy youth program.
She was also awarded supreme champion for her heifer.
Raised at Crestomere Holsteins near Athabasca, Alta., Crest has been involved in 4-H since she was nine. This will be her last year so that she can attend Calgary’s Mount Royal University in the fall, where she will study web design.
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“I want to make a website for our farm and other farms. I want to make a business out of it,” she said.
She plans to eventually return to the farm, but besides working at the family dairy, she can also do advertising and web design for agricultural clients.
However, time will also be set aside to continue showing her champion heifer at the western Canadian junior show in Manitoba this fall and then travel to the world Holstein conference in Toronto at the beginning of November with help from her brother, Chad.
The summer synergy show is a partnership between the Stampede and Olds Agricultural Society. More than 300 youth are invited to Olds for sheep, dairy, purebred and commercial beef competitions.
They work on marketing, grooming, judging, showmanship and show animals in conformation classes.
More than $65,000 in scholarships were awarded to 65 entrants along with other prizes from their respective classes.
Supreme champions from each division win $500.
The supreme purebred beef prize went to Lindsey Papenhuyzen of Stony Plain, Alta., with a Limousin female, while supreme commercial female was awarded to Brandon Hertz of Duchess, Alta.
The supreme lamb award went to Victoria Wehlage of Milk River, Alta., with a mature ewe and two lambs at side.
