The 2018 Northwest Kansas ECO-MEET was held on Thursday, October 4.
6 teams of 24 students from 3 schools competed.
Winning Teams:
1st Place: Goodland High School A
L-R – Sadie McCary, Hannah Dechant, Saige Newman, AJ McCary (coach Brian Coon not pictured)
Each team member received a $100 scholarship.
2nd Place: Palco High School A
L-R – Shaylee Benoit, Haley Keller, Bella Simoneau, Riley Wells (coach Richard Robinson not pictured)
Each team member received a $75 scholarship.
3rd Place: Goodland High School B
L-R – Abigail Dopieralski, Lola Hipp, Manten Crow, Ella Ihrig (coach Brian Coon not pictured)
Each team member received a $50 scholarship.
Focus Area Winners – Reptiles & Amphibians:
1st Place: Shaylee Benoit, Palco A
Shaylee received a $75 scholarship and a one-year membership to the Kansas Herpetological Society.
2nd Place: Saige Newman, Goodland A
Saige received a $50 scholarship and a one-year membership to the Kansas Herpetological Society.
Focus Area Winners – Woodlands:
1st Place: Saige Newman, Goodland A
Saige received a $75 scholarship.
2nd Place: Riley Wells, Palco A
Riley received a $50 scholarship.
The Northwest Kansas Eco-Meet was hosted by the Sternberg Museum, with assistance from:
- Ft. Hays State University
- Kansas Wetlands Education Center
- Kansas Forest Service
- KDWPT – Ecological Services Section, Education Section, Webster State
- Park, Wilson State Park
- Sternberg Museum of Natural History
We would like to recognize our sponsors:
Goodland
- Western State Bank
- Sherman County Conservation District
Hays
- Sternberg Museum of Natural History
- Ellis County Conservation District
- Midwest Energy
- Nex-Tech
- Smoky Hill Pheasants Forever Chapter
- Visit Hays
Hill City
- Graham County Conservation District
- First State Bank
Oberlin
- Western Prairie R, C & D
Stockton
- Farmers National Bank
- Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home
- Solutions North Bank
- Rooks County Conservation District
- Solomon Valley Pheasants Forever Chapter
For information about the Northwest Kansas Eco-Meet, contact Mike Rader, (620)672-0708
Did you win scholarship money at an Eco-Meet?
You can find the scholarship form on your regional event’s page.