FFA'ers Have Their Own Olympics
Published: Friday, March 6, 2026
While U.S. athletes were finishing in second place overall with 33 medals in 11 different events at the 2026 Olympics in Milan last week, the games were just beginning for three local FFA chapters, with members from two chapters rising to the top.
North Miami FFA hosted two other chapters last Wednesday for their fourth annual Ag Olympics, a friendly competition between chapters to celebrate National FFA Week.
Members from North Miami, Northfield and Maconaquah FFA chapters came together to compete in five events in an after-school gathering near the ag room. While North Miami and Maconaquah have volleyed the Ag Olympics for the past three years, this is Northfield's first time in the competition.
Despite being new to the games, Northfield members put up some tough competition, and taking claim to the traveling trophy was an interchapter team consisting of Christian Snavely, Wyatt Smith and Michael Miser of North Miami FFA and Justin Lynn of Northfield FFA. Lynn was awarded the honor of taking the trophy home.
Karasyn Kuhn and Delilah Weaver of North Miami FFA coordinated the event.
"It's fun to connect with other chapters," said Joannah Wildermuth, president of the North Miami FFA Chapter. "It's definitely helped. We have a strong bond with Maconaquah."
The Ag Olympics was first initiated in 2022 by Maconaquah FFA Advisor John Sinnamon, who invited the North Miami Chapter to compete in an Ag Olympics as part of the National FFA Week festivities. The games in the Olympics would feature agricultural skills and strength.
"It's a good way to get the kids together to have some fun without the stress of the (official FFA) competitions," he said. "It's just a good time to laugh and hang out."
Each year, the games feature different agricultural skills. This year's events included a truck pull, an egg carry, bale toss and lassoing contests. The grand finale was a multi-challenge relay race.
Maconaquah Chapter President Chloe Jordan has been competing in the Ag Olympics for the past four years. She was also the leader for her four-person team, Chlorillas.
"It's a really fun tradition. You meet others from other chapters and it's a nice way to compete without stakes," she said.
The Chlorillas strategy was to watch other teams compete and create a game plan based on how well that team did. Jordan noted that as a team of all girls, they faced some tough competition, especially in the strength-related games.
Other teams were: Bob, Joe, The Dreadheads and Sarge, the winners of the 2026 Ag Olympics.
The first event was the truck pull. The timed event required teams of four to pull a pickup truck about 15 feet.
In the egg carry, individuals from each team balanced an egg on the end of the spoon held in their mouth as they walked the distance of the sidewalk leading into the ag room area. The distance was about 20 feet.
Following the egg carry was a bale toss. Teams hurled four bales of hay through a fixed double bar. Two bales must make it through the middle, with one being thrown over the 6-foot structure and one being tossed under the 4-foot bar.
The fourth challenge was lassoing a haybale bull over a distance of 10 feet. Two members of each team were given five tosses. The team with the most lassoes won.
In the final event, teams raced in a relay which included a wheelbarrow obstacle, a "pig" leading obstacle where one member lead a blindfolded member through an obstacle using a pig whip, drilling, corn hole and a piggyback race.
Cowden Norris of Northfield FFA said the games were fun and offered a lot of different activities. When asked what his favorite event of the Ag Olympics was, he said the bale toss was his first choice.
Following the completion of the games, North Miami hosted a dinner of hot dogs and hamburgers.
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