The University of Wisconsin-Madison Cardinal team was High Team Overall among the 18 national university teams competing in the Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest at the 2004 North American International Livestock Exposition. The UW-Madison team scored 2,120 points – 19 points ahead of second-place California Polytechnic State University – at the contest, held Nov. 7 at Louisville, Ky. Jerome Meyer of Elkhorn, Wis. was High Individual Overall in the competition and Molly Florent of Marengo, Ill. was Second High Invidual Overall.
The UW-Madison Cardinal Team Placed:
1st in Oral Reasons
1st in Jerseys
1st in Guernseys
1st in Ayrshires
2nd in Holsteins
6th in Brown Swiss

UW-Madison Cardinal Team Members and Individual Awards:
Jerome Meyer – Elkhorn, Wis. – Dairy Science – Junior
High Individual Overall (718 points)
2nd in Oral Reasons
3rd in Guernseys
4th in Brown Swiss
4th in Jerseys

Molly Florent – Marengo, Ill. – Dairy Science and Ag Journalism- Junior
2nd High Individual Overall (714 points)
1st in Oral Reasons
1st in Guernseys
3rd in Holsteins
3rd in Jerseys
5th in Ayrshires

Jeff Brantmeier – Sherwood, Wis. – Dairy Science – Junior
2nd in Ayrshires
13th High Individual Overall

Dan Bauer – Manawa, Wis. – Dairy Science – Junior

UW-Madison White Team Members and Individual Awards:
Nicole Hosto – Juda, Wis. – Dairy Science and Ag Journalism – Junior
5th in Holsteins
5th in Jerseys
14th High Individual Overall

Crystal McNett – Belmont, Wis. – Dairy Science and Ag Journalism – Junior

Ted Halbach, dairy cattle evaluation instructor, and Dave Dickson, emeritus professor of dairy science at the UW-Madison, coached the teams.