Ellie Odom, a tenth-grade student at Florala High School, recently took part at the 4H National Skillathon competition at the North American Livestock Expo (NAILE) in Louisville, Kentucky on Monday 13 November.
The event is run as a team effort and both individual and team scores being awarded.
Ellie was a part of a South-East Regional 4H Skillathon team representing the state of Alabama.
Alabama 4H Skillathon team Alabama 4H Skillathon team placed 18th among 22 national teams competing in the race.
Ellie is a single participant and placed 37th out of 85 contestants from across the nation in a contest that covered a wide range of subjects related to the management and production of cattle and beef and sheep, meat goats and swine.
The article Florala student participates in the national 4-H contest was first published at The Andalusia Star-News.
