2014 Weigh Off Results - Thanksgiving Point
Matt McConkie Sets New Utah State Record of 1731 Pounds
Dispite the heavy rain, the crowd with energized with excitement as the final pumpkin belonging to Matt McConkie, was lifted onto the scale at the 2014 UGPG weigh-off at Thanksgiving Point.
Matt's pumpkin, grown from the 1985 Miller seed smashed his previous state record by 131 pounds and came in 10% heavy to top it off. "Weigh" to go Matt. Congratulations on another successful pumpkin and your 3rd Utah State Record!!
| Giant Pumpkins | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Photo | Grower | Weight | Hometown | Comments |
| 1 |  |
Matt McConkie | 1731 | Mountain Green | New State Record |
| 2 |  |
Mohamed Sadiq | 1386.5 | Ogden | Personal Best |
| 3 |  |
Andrew Israelsen | 1246 | Taylorsville | Personal Best |
| 4 |  |
Ross Bowman | 1204 | Brigham City | Personal Best |
| Exhibition |  |
Ross Bowman | 1171 | Brigham City | |
| Exhibition |  |
Ross Bowman | 1078 | Brigham City | |
| 5 |  |
Ken Kolb | 972.5 | Roy | Personal Best |
| 6 |  |
Wade Schmid | 947 | Morgan | Personal Best |
| 7 |  |
Kyle Fox | 945 | Pleasant Grove | |
| 8 |  |
David Bradley | 920.5 | Salt Lake City | Personal Best |
| 9 |  |
Cliff Warren | 849 | Pocatello, ID | Personal Best Howard Dill Award |
| 10 |  |
Travis Evans | 847 | West Valley City | Personal Best |
| Exhibition |  |
Ken Kolb | 717 | Roy | |
| 11 |  |
Ralph & Juana Laub | 715 | Vernal | |
| 12 |  |
Kyle Clark | 699 | Highland | |
| 13 |  |
Keith Vallejo | 661 | Pleasant Grove | First Time Grower |
| 14 |  |
S. Utah County Team Toby Peterson, Clint Jensen, Brian Davis |
631.5 | Payson | Personal Best |
| 15 |  |
Jim Seamons | 615 | Lewiston | 1st Time Grower |
| 16 |  |
Noel Vallejo | 607 | Pleasant Grove | Personal Best |
| 17 |  |
Chad Black | 578 | American Fork | |
| 18 |  |
Bryan Bennett | 567 | Salt Lake City | Personal Best |
| Exhibition |  |
Andrew Israelsen | 540.5 | Taylorsville | |
| Exhibition |  |
Kyle Clark | 524 | Highland | |
| 19 |  |
Neil & Trisha Maxwell | 520 | Orem | 1st Time Grower |
| 20 |  |
Steve Eller | 489.5 | Kaysville | 1st Time Grower |
| 21 |  |
Stacey Black | 486.5 | American Fork | 1st Time Grower |
| 22 |  |
Lynne Glassford | 469 | Lindon | |
| 23 | |
Jeff & LeeAnne Hanks | 454 | Pleasant Grove | Personal Best |
| 24 | |
Jordan Rogers | 450 | West Jordan | |
| 25-Tie | |
Kevin Mullennax | 444 | West Jordan | 1st Time Grower |
| 25-Tie |  |
James Nielson | 444 | South Jordan | Personal Best |
| Exhibition | |
Ralph & Juana Laub | 422 | Vernal | |
| 27 | |
Craig Wilson | 407 | Kaysville | Personal Best |
| 28 | |
Robin Bennett | 396 | Salt Lake City | 1st Time Grower |
| 29 | |
Dwayne Pryor | 384 | West Jordan | |
| 30 | |
Richard Glassford | 376.5 | Lindon | |
| Exhibition | |
Bryan & Robin Bennett | 366.5 | Salt Lake City | |
| 31 | |
Cheryl Shelly | 355 | Salt Lake City | 1st Time Grower |
| 32 | |
Dustin Baker | 320 | West Valley City | |
| 33 | |
Kent Van Leeuwen | 313 | South Jordan | 1st Time Grower |
| 34 | |
Lindsay Bench | 307 | Sandy | Personal Best |
| Exhibition | |
Kent Van Leeuwen | 287 | South Jordan | |
| 35 | |
Chandra Jewell | 283 | Orem | Personal Best |
| 36 | |
Craig Jenkins | 244 | Orem | 1st Time Grower |
| 37 | |
Ladd Timpson | 125 | Spanish Fork | 1st Time Grower |
| 38 | |
Rod Davis | 98 | Orem | 1st Time Grower |
| 39 | |
Ken Clark | 67.5 | West Jordan | 1st Time Grower |
| 40 | |
Douglas Edwards | 55 | Mapleton | |
| Jr. Division - Giant Pumpkins (15 & younger) | |||||
| Rank | Photo | Grower | Weight | Hometown | Comments |
| 1 | |
Iris Ford | 397 | Hyde Park | |
| 2 | |
Sarah Baker | 327.5 | West Valley | Personal Best |
| 3 | |
Miaya Baker | 282 | West Valley | Person Best |
| 4 | |
Emilee & Sarah Kolb | 278.5 | Roy | |
| 5 | |
Kaylee Jewell | 278 | Orem | 1st Time Grower |
| 6 | |
George Jewell | 153 | Orem | 1st Time Grower |
| Squash | |||||
| Ranking | Photo | Grower | Weight | Hometown | Comments |
| 1 | |
Ralph & Juana Laub | 595 | Vernal | |
| 1 | |
Kevin Mullennax | 219 | West Jordan | 1st Time Grower |
| Long Gourds | |||||
| Ranking | Photo | Grower | Length | Hometown | Comments |
| 1 |  |
Mohamed Sadiq | 116.25 | Ogden | New State Record |
| 2 | Ken Kolb | 115.5 | Roy | ||
| 3 | Marc Tovar | 111 | Layton | ||
| 4 | Richard Glassford | 108 | Lindon | ||
| 5 | Lynne Glassford | 105.25 | Lindon | ||
| 6 | Tim Ford | 101.5 | Hyde Park | ||
| 7 | Bryan Bennett | 92.25 | Salt Lake City | ||
| Tomatoes | |||||
| Ranking | Photo | Grower | Weight | Hometown | Variety |
| 1 | |
Dale Thurber | 3.345 | West Valley Ctiy | Chilo Del Garfagnana |
| Exhibition | |
Dale Thurber | 3.245 | West Valley City | Big Zac |
| 2 | |
Ralph & Juana Laub | 2.305 | Vernal | Big Zac |
| 3 | |
Kyle Fox | 1.740 | Pleasant Grove | ? |
| 4 | |
Clint Nash | 1.630 | Riverton | Mazarini |
| Exhibition | |
Clint Nash | 1.590 | Riverton | Delicious |
| Exhibition | |
Kyle Fox | 1.520 | Pleasant Grove | ? |
| Watermelons | |||||
| Ranking | Photo | Grower | Weight | Hometown | Comments |
| 1 | |
Lee & Doris Perry | 89.5 | Vernal | |
| 2 | |
Chad Shoop | 78 | Nibley | |
| Exhibition | |
Lee & Doris Perry | 71.5 | Vernal | |
| Exhibition | |
Chad Shoop | 54 | Nibley | |
| Exhibition | |
Chad Shoop | 44 | Nibley | |
| Damaged |  |
Ralph & Juana Laub | 105 | Vernal | |
| Field Pumpkins | |||||
| Rank | Photo | Grower | Weight | Hometown | Comments |
| 1 |  |
Ralph & Juana Laub | 164 | Vernal | New State Record |
| Exhibition | |
Ralph & Juana Laub | 122 | Vernal | |
| Miscellaneous Vegetables | |||||
| Variety | Photo | Grower | Weight | Hometown | Comments |
| Beet | |
Richard Glassford | 56.5 | Lindon | |
| Jumbo Pink Banana Squash | |
David Gelder | 18.4 | Lehi | |
| Cabbage | |
Kyle Clark | 13 | Highland | |
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