USU Soils Team
Soils Team:
• Soils Team participants engage in competitions involving the description and classification of soils. These events involve local, regional, and national contests.
• Utah State University's (USU) 2010 Soils Team competed at the National Contest; the team took fourth place in the group competition and sixth place overall (out of twenty-one teams)!
Contest Participation:
• 1993-1996, 2000-2009 Northwest Regional Contests
• 1994, 2005-2011 National Contests
• 1995 NACTA Contest
• 2010 Utah Contest
Contests Hosted:
• Soils Team participants engage in competitions involving the description and classification of soils. These events involve local, regional, and national contests.
• Utah State University's (USU) 2010 Soils Team competed at the National Contest; the team took fourth place in the group competition and sixth place overall (out of twenty-one teams)!
Contest Participation:
• 1993-1996, 2000-2009 Northwest Regional Contests
• 1994, 2005-2011 National Contests
• 1995 NACTA Contest
• 2010 Utah Contest
Contests Hosted:
• 1993, 1996, 2001, and 2004 Northwest Regional Contests
• 2007 National Collegiate Soil Judging Contest
Team Participation
• Students that would like to join Utah State University's (USU) Soils Team and participate in nationwide contests can enroll in Special Problems: PSC 4900-004 at USU (not mandatory). Dr. Janis L. Boettinger teaches this course and is faculty advisor. John Lawley is Coach for USU's team.
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