Nebraska teammates, from left, Nathan Brhel, Brooklyn Reiman, Aiden Choat and Jenalee Garwood earned third-place team honors at the National 4-H Horticulture Contest Oct. 9-11 in Kalamazoo, Mich. Brhel, of Fairfield, also placed second individually.
Nathan Brhel, of Fairfield, represented Nebraska at the 2026 National Junior Horticulture Association’s National 4-H Horticulture Contest in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Oct. 9-11. He placed second individually and the team placed third. The contest consisted of ornamental plant sample identification, judging sets, and a knowledge exam on horticultural industry practices. Additional members on the Nebraska team included Brooklyn Reiman, of Cozard, a junior at Gothenburg High School; Aiden Choat, of Riverside, a freshman at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and Jenalee Garwood, of Valentine, also an UNL freshman.
Brhel is a high school freshman at a Fairfield home school.
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