Cale Hall was crowned the 2023 Champaign County Fair Junior Gilt Show Grand Champion Monday morning. His gilt was selected as the best of 27 classes. The Reserve Champion was Dena Wilson. Below is the complete rundown of the competition.
Grand Champion – Cale Hall
Reserve Champion – Dena Wilson
3rd Overall – Cale Hall
4th Overall – Kendall Thomas
5th Overall – Solly Warye
Class 1
1st Ella Conley
2nd Myah Bandy
Class 2
1st Isabelle Wilson
2nd Ryleigh Schafer
Class 3
1st Landree Bacher
2nd Ella Conley
Class 4
1st Dezmond Taylor
2nd Maci Runkle
Class 5
1st Maci Runkle
2nd Madison Ripley
Division I Champion
Maci Runkle
Division I Reserve Champion
Madison Ripley
Class 6
1st Isabelle Wilson
2nd Lila Wilson
Scramble Champion
Isabelle Wilson
Scramble Reserve Champion
Lila Wilson
Class 7
1st Wesley Bailey
2nd Cole Ritchie
Class 8
1st Rebecca Fraley
2nd Lincoln Maurice
Class 9
1st Ruby Forrest
2nd Owen Black
Division II Champion
Rebecca Fraley
Division II Reserve Champion
Lila Wilson
Class 10
1st Baylor Perry
2nd Brooke Cohn
Class 11
1st Kole Bishop
2nd Brodey Deam
Class 12
1st Cale Hall
2nd Brady Funderburgh
Class 13
1st Brinlee Middleton
2nd Carson McCulla
Division III Champion
Cale Hall
Division III Reserve Champion
Cole Bishop
Class 14
1st Halle Funderburgh
2nd Leila Morris
Class 15
1st Shae Conrad
2nd Daltyn Hurst
Class 16
1st Bentley Deam
2nd Elin Leichty
Class 17
1st Claire Lensman
2nd Rebecca Fraley
Division IV Champion
Claire Lensman
Division IV Reserve Champion
Rebecca Fraley
Class 18
1st Ava Chamberlain
2nd Halle Funderburgh
Class 19
1st Dena Wilson
2nd Kendall Thomas
Class 20
Shelby Ritchie
2nd Ruby Forrest
Class 21
1st Kaitlyn Mertz
2nd Griffin Astorino
Division V Champion
Dena Wilson
Division V Reserve Champion
Kendall Thomas
Class 23
1st Dena Wilson
2nd Ethan Hodge
Class 24
1st Cale Hall
2nd Solly Warye
Division VI Champion
Cale Hall
Division VI Reserve Champion
Dena Wilson
Class 25
1st Solly Warye
2nd Zane Evans
Class 26
1st Duncan Funderburgh
2nd Aurora Cushman
Class 27
1st Tristyn McNeeley
2nd Payton Hodge
Division VII Champion
Solly Warye
Division VII Reserve Champion
Duncan Funderburgh
