4-H Ultimate Showman

Participants in the 2024 Ultimate Showman contest gathered for a photo at the conclusion of the competition on July 2. Pictured are Lucas Fagner (7 year member), Casey Lynch (5 year member), Isaiah Wamsley (1 year member), Ultimate Showman winner Taylee Ringen (9 year member), Alana Kasten (8 year member), Sophia Watwood (3 year member) and Gatlen Olson (8 year member).

‘Ringen’ in another win

Last year member Taylee Ringen capped off her 4-H career right with a second Ultimate Showman title win Tuesday night. She won the title for the first time in 2022 and then competed again in 2023, but was wedged out by Jacob Sanders. This year, Ringen represented horse and pony and dairy heifers....

The participants in the 2023 Ultimate Showman competition gathered to congratulate Jacob Sanders on winning the Ultimate Showman title after the competition on Wednesday, June 28. Pictured is Chase Keller (10 year member), Gatlen Olson (seven year member), Brody Bonnell (three year member), Marissa Perry (seven year member), judge Hayden Berenda, Ultimate Showman Jacob Sanders, Taylee Ringen (eight year member), Presley Johnson (five year member) and Sophia Watwood (two year member).

Sanders seals a victory

After many years of trying, Jacob Sanders' resilience paid off Wednesday night when he was named Ultimate Showman 2023. The title caps off his tenth and final year of 4-H and about his fifth time of competing in the Ultimate Showman competition. Sanders is the son of Crystal Kocher and Allan...

The participants in the 2022 Ultimate Showman Competition gathered for a group photo with judge Clint Shireman after the contest on Wednesday, June 29. Pictured are judge Shireman, Chase Keller (nine year 4-H member), Hunter Haschel (first year 4-H member), Lucas Fagner (five year 4-H member), Ultimate Showman Taylee Ringen (seven year 4-H member), Jacob Sanders (nine year 4-H member), Kyle Gibson (seven year 4-H member), Kirsten Calloway (10 year 4-H member) and Savannah Hoover- Enyeart (seven year 4-H mem

‘Ringen’ in a Win

Eight participants vied for the title of Ultimate Showman 2022 knowing that only one would be able to achieve it. This year, the one contestant who truly rose above the rest and proved to be the best of the best was seven-year member Taylee Ringen. Taylee is the daughter of Stacy and Brandi Ringen...

The participants in the 2021 Ultimate Showmanship Competition gathered for a photo with judge Clint Shireman. Pictured from left to right are Kyle Gibson (six-year 4-H member), Jacob Sanders (eightyear 4-H member), Lucas Fagner (four-year 4-H member), judge Clint Shireman, Tori Culp (10-year 4-H member), Sydney Anderson (eight-year 4-H member) and Taylee Ringen (eight-year 4-H member).

Keeping it in the family: Tori Culp named Ultimate Showman 2021

After a brief hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ultimate showman competition came back to the Pulaski County 4-H fair with one of its strongest groups of showmen yet. However, only one person can achieve the title of Ultimate Showman 2021, and the person who rose above them all was...

Striving for the best came to fruition as Kassi Dahn was named the 2018 4-H Ultimate Livestock Showman. She was congratulated by judge Dr. Clint Shireman and fellow contestants Peyton Newman, Tori Culp, Emma Nielsen, Shania Howard and Ryan Lynch.

Dahn wins ultimate showman

Last year, Kassi Dahn watched as the 4-H Ultimate Livestock Showman award was given to Regan Culp after the competition came down to one question. The two earned the same amount of points and the tiebreaker came down to a question that each answered. Culp got the win, but Dahn earned a lot of...