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Megan showed the reserve Champion Bred and Owned Charolais Bull at the 2010 Show-Me Classic held in Sedalia, Missouri in June.
Megan Fink showed the champion Bred and Owned Charolais Bull at the recent Kansas Jr. Charolais Show held in Hutchinson.

Megan showed the Champion Owned heifer at the recent Kansas Jr. Charolais Show held in Hutchinson.
Megan was elected vice-president of the Kansas Jr. Charolais Ass'n at the recent annual meeting held at the State Show in Hutchinson.

Megan Fink showed MF Kisses 7701 SP to Grand Champion
Bred and Owned honors at the 2009 National Jr. Charolais
Show held in California.

 

 
Kansas Youth top National Jr. Charolais Show Senior
Showmanship Contest in California. Megan Fink, Randolph
(second from left) was named Champion Senior Showman
at the 2009 National Jr. Charolais Show. Audrey Hambright,
Champman (second from left) was named Reserve Champion.
Placing third was Kendal Clawson, Satanta; Placing fourth was
Casey Overmier, California, and placing fifth was Tessa Schotte,
Marysville.

Kansas Jr. Angus Ass’n Preview Show June 5-6 • Hutchinson

Division winner Females owned,
Intermediate champion, Fink Bonnie 8391 5575 702, by Megan Fink, Randolph.

 

 
Senior showmanship winners are (from left) McCabe; Courtenay DeHoff, Tonganoxie, first; and Megan Fink, Randolph, second.

Kansas Junior Board.		  

Grand Champion Owned and Bred and Owned Female at the 2009 Kansas Jr. Charolais Show

Megan Fink showed MF Kisses 7701 to Grand Champion Owned and Bred and Owned Female at the 2009 Kansas Jr. Charolais Show held in Belleville, Kansas. Kevin Jenssen, Courtland, served as judge for the 75 head show.

 

 

Megan Fink (4th from left on back row) was elected president of the Kansas Jr. Charolais Ass'n for 2010 at the recent Kansas Jr. Charolais Show held in Belleville, Kansas, on May 24, 2009.
Kansas State Fair - Megan showing her champion Charolais Heifer.
Megan Fink showed her Junior yearling bred and owned Charolais female to Champion Charolais Heifer honors at both the Kansas State Fair 4-H Show and Kansas Jr. Livestock Show. Megan was also 3rd in the Senior Showmanship in both shows.		 Intermediate Quiz Bowl Team.
Megan Fink (left) was a member of the second place Intermediate Quiz Bowl Team from Kansas at the 2008 National Jr. Angus Show held in Des Moines, Iowa.

Megan Fink showed the Champion Charolais Female at the 2008 Sunflower Classic Spring Beef Show held in Hutchinson, KS.
Megan Fink showed the Reserve Supreme Champion Heifer at the 2008 Cowboy Classic Spring Beef Show held in Dighton, KS. Her September 2007 bred and owned heifer had been earlier named Champion Charolais Female.

 


At the recent 2008 Membership meeting of the AICA in Kansas City, Missouri, members were recognized by area for the top numbers in Charolais registrations. From left to right area: Marilou Wegner, AICA Recording Secretary; Roger Curfman, Area  10: Lee Eaton, AICA President; Arnold Wienk, Area 7; Megan Fink, Randolph, Kansas, Junior registrations for 2007; Dean Churchill; Area 8; Mitch Thomas, Area 5; and Neil Orth, AICA Executive Vice-president. Megan also won this same award last year.

Megan Intermediate Champion
Megan Fink won Intermediate Champion
Showmanship honors at the 2007 KSU
Block and Bridle Kick-Off Show held in
Hutchinson, KS.		 Megan Reserve Champion
Megan Fink showed the Reserve Champion AOB Female at the 2007 KSU Block and Bridle Kick-Off Show in Hutchinson, KS.

Megan Fink won Intermediate Champion Showmanship honors at the 2007 Kansas Angus Futurity Junior Show. Ty Goosen, Hillsboro, was Reserve.
Megan Fink showed the Reserve Champion Composite Charolais Female at the 2007 National Western Stock Show. The heifer, MS Romona 06152, was bred by Triple S Farms, Marysville, KS.
Megan Fink showed Megans Legend 5717 to Sr. Bull Calf Champion honors at the 2007 National Western Stock Show in Denver. This fall 2005 son of Wyoming Wind was a bred and owned ET bull that Megan raised.


Megan Fink (right) was elected as Membership Director for the coming year (2006-2007) for the Kansas Jr. Angus Association at their summer annual meeting held at the State Jr. Angus Show in Hutchinson in June.

 

 


Megan Fink, Manhattan, showed the Reserve Champion Charolais Heifer at the recent 2006 K-State Kick-Off Spring Beef Show in Topeka, KS. Her heifer, JASR Sahara 50R, was born in May 2005.

Megan Fink won first place in class # 9 in the owned division of the National Jr. Charolais Show held in Springfield, Missouri, with her May 2005 born heifer, JASR Sahara 50 R.

 

Megan Fink, Manhattan, showed her May 2005 heifer, JASR Sahara 50R, to Reserve Champion Charolais Heifer honors at the 2006 Wild Bill Beef Shoot Out Spring Beef Show held in Abilene. Megan was also named Champion Senior Beef Showman.


In the highly competitive Jr. Beef Showmanship Contest at the 2005 Kansas State Fair, Hutchinson, KS, Megan Fink (left) was named Champion Jr. Beef Showman. Also pictured with Megan (left to right) are second through fifth place winners: Shane Schaake, MacKenzie Flory, Brady Jensen, and Shannon White. Brad Rayl, Kansas State Fairboard member, presented the youth their awards. Randy Daniel, Colbert, GA, served as judge for the event. More than forty juniors participated in this years contest in the junior division.

Megan showed the Champion Charolais Female in the State Fair 4-H Junior Show with Swegle Creek Olympia ET, a February junior yearling.

Megan (center back) attended Citizenship Action at the Kansas State Legislature representing Riley County 4-H in February 2006. Standing next to her is Dr. Roger Reitz, Riley County Senator.		  

Megan won Reserve Grand Champion Owned Heifer
honors at the National Jr. Charolais Show with her
February 2005 heifer, Swegle Creek Olympia ET.

Megan (right) was a member of the Reserve Champion Intermediate Fitting Team from
Kansas at the recent National Jr. Charolais Show held in Hutchinson, KS. Megan also
placed third high individual in the Intermediate Showmanship Contest.

Megan Fink Earns Junior Bronze & Silver Awards


Megan Fink was presented the Bronze and Silver Achievement Awards from the American Angus Association by Matt Caldwell at the recent Kansas Angus Futurity held in Hutchinson.

Megan Fink, Manhattan, Kan., has earned the National Junior Angus Association’s (NJAA) Bronze and Silver Awards, according to James Fisher, director of activities and junior activities for the American Angus Association in St. Joseph, Mo.

Megan, the 14-year-old daughter of Galen and Lori, is a freshman at Riley County High School. She is active in the NJAA and the Kansas Junior Angus Association. She has also shown her Angus in numerous shows at the local, state, and national levels. She has participated in mentoring program and photography, poster, graphic design and the quiz bowl at the National Junior Angus Show. Megan is active in the Kansas 4-H program, and has earned the Riley County beef award the past two years. She is a member of the Kansas Junior Angus Association and has been a member of the NJAA since 1990.

The Bronze and Silver Awards are the first two levels of the National Junior Angus Association Recognition Program that began in 1972. Junior Angus breeders must apply for the awards and then meet point requirements in many areas of participation before receiving the honors. Applicants are evaluated in the areas of junior Angus association activities, participation in showmanship and leadership competitions, using performance testing to improve their herd and their progress in producing and merchandising Angus cattle.

The NJAA promotes the involvement of young people in raising Angus cattle, while also providing leadership and self-development opportunities for nearly 11,000 members nationwide.

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