The Virginia Tech Weeds Team took part in two contests over the summer, receiving top honors in both.
The graduate team won first place at the Northeastern Weed Science Society’s contest, held in July in Plattsville, Ontario. Bringing home individual prizes were Eli Russell who came in first, with Matthew Spoth second.
Russell also placed first in the written calibration and weed identification events. Vipin Kumar won top honors in herbicide identification.
Virginia Tech won the team calibration event. Members include John Peppers, Russell, and Spoth.
The team then traveled to Memphis, Tenn. to compete in the Southern Weed Science Society’s contest.
Russell took home first-place honors in the weed identification event.
The team previously won first place, out of 21 teams, at the National Collegiate Soils Contest in April.