REGINA — For the fourth time in her show career, 19-year-old Jaelayne Wilson won the junior show at Canadian Western Agribition Nov. 11-16.
A member of the Miller-Wilson Angus ranch at Bashaw, Alta. Wilson has been involved in the family business since she was a baby.
The Canadian Junior Beef Extreme show offers scholarships, and Wilson has paid for her post secondary education with the money she has earned from such events.
Her Angus female earned her $3,000.
Reserve went to Cody Ray Lafrentz of Wheatland Cattle Co. near Bienfait, Sask., with a Simmental female that he later led out at the RBC Beef Supreme competition. The female made it into the top 10 final selection. He was awarded $2,000.
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A bred and owned section was a separate competition at the junior show.
Judge Michael Wheeler of Saskatoon described this as the most important division of the event, in which young people can display cattle they have bred and raised on their own.
The winners of that division were Chance Jackson of Sedley, Sask., with a Black Angus pair, while reserve went to Jennifer Jones of Lloydminster, who also displayed an Angus female.
