Competitive Teams

Time away from campus
During the spring semester, students miss three to four days to attend NACTA competition.

Travel expense
Black Hawk College will cover most of the expenses of traveling. Students will be responsible for paying for their meals. An estimated cost per day for spending money and food is about $20.

Contact: Andrew Larson
Associate Professor and Crops & Soils Judging Coach
Office: Building B, Room 213
Phone: 309-854-1830 or 800-233-5671, ext. 1830
E-mail: larsonan@bhc.edu

Fall (as a sophomore)	Spring (as a freshman)
All American Quarter Horse Congress-Ohio	MTSU Spring Contest-Tennessee
AQHA World-Oklahoma	APHA Spring Sweepstakes-Texas

Time away from campus
During the spring semester, students miss seven to 10 days of school. In the fall, students miss approximately one week each for the Congress and the World. They will also miss two to three days to attend the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) competition.

Travel expense
Black Hawk College will cover most of the expenses of traveling. Students will be responsible for paying for their meals. An estimated cost per day for spending money and food is about $20.

Scholarships
There are numerous Horse Judging Scholarships available as well as other scholarships that are intended for Horse Judging team members. The College also accepts any outside scholarships as well.

Contact: Aaron Callahan
Associate Professor and Horse Judging Coach
Office: Building 7, Room 103
Phone: 309-854-1841 or 800-233-5671, ext. 1841
E-mail: callahana@bhc.edu

Contests
Team members participate in 8 to 10 meets during the year against colleges competing in Zone 9, Region 2 (central and western Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas). These include: Augustana College, Illinois State University, Iowa State University, Kansas State University, Missouri State University, Northwest Missouri State University, Southern Illinois University and Truman State University. A note of interest – Zone 9 has the largest number of western riders in the nation.

Individuals who qualify as Region Champions and Reserve Champions advance to the Semi-Finals Competition. Riders that finish in the top four at Semi-Finals are National Finalists and get to compete among the top 12 riders at Nationals in Lexington, Ky. This year our Semi-Finals will be in Springfield, Mo.

Over the course of the year, more than 300 colleges and universities compete in IHSA competitions. At the end of the regular season, the college that has the most points as a team gets to compete at Semi-Finals in a team competition. Black Hawk College has been the Zone 9, Region 2 Team Champion four times in the seven years of competition in this Zone. At Semi-Finals, the top three teams qualify to compete at the Nationals. In 2008-2009 Black Hawk College finished third place in the nation and was the only two-year college to field a team at Nationals!

Time away from campus
The majority of meets are on Saturdays and Sundays. At most, members might have to leave campus on a Friday afternoon for travel time.

Travel expense
Black Hawk College will cover most of the expenses of traveling. Students will be responsible for paying for their meals, their individual IHSA National membership and horse show entry fees.

Contact: Donna Irvin
Professor, Equestrian Science
Office: Building 7, Room 105
Phone: 309-854-1840 or 800-233-5671, ext. 1840
E-mail: irvind@bhc.edu

IHSA information
For more information on IHSA, visit www.ihsainc.com.

2010-2011 Contests

• National Barrow Show
• Ak Sar Ben Livestock Expo
• Purdue & Stockman Invitational
• American Royal Livestock Show
• North American International Livestock Exposition
• Hoosier Beef Congress
• National Western Stock Show & Rodeo
• Iowa Beef Expo
• San Antonio Livestock Show
• Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
• Purdue Block & Bridle
• NACTA

Time away from campus
During the fall semester, students tend to miss about one week of classes because of National Barrow Show, World Beef Expo, the Stockman, American Royal, National Western Stock Show and NAILE. In the spring semester, students will miss approximately two weeks of classes because of San Antonio, Houston, and NACTA.

Travel expense
Black Hawk College will cover most of the expenses of traveling. Students will be responsible for paying for their meals. An estimated cost per day for spending money and food is about $20.

Scholarships
There are numerous Livestock Judging Scholarships available as well as other scholarships that are intended for Livestock Judging Team members. We also accept any outside scholarships as well.

Contact: Dan Hoge
Professor and Livestock Judging Coach
Office: Building A, Room 121
Phone: 309-854-1836 or 800-233-5671, ext. 1836
E-mail: hogged@bhc.edu

Contact: Brian Arnold
Instructor and Assistant Livestock Judging Coach
Office: Building 2, Room 113
Phone: 309-854-1834 or 800-233-5671, ext. 1834
E-mail: arnoldb@bhc.edu