New Wyoming State Record Set at Annual Fort Collins Nursery Pumpkin Weigh Off

The results were announced Saturday, and a new Wyoming State Record was set for a pumpkin weighing in, from Harold Stinchcomb of Cheyenne, WY, at a whopping 1,544 pounds.

Chad New, of Parker, was only 9 pounds short of a Colorado State Record. His pumpkin weighed in at 1,676 pounds. It was a Fort Collins Nursery record.

The annual event was sold out with 500 spectators from Cheyenne to Parker and everywhere in between. They had a record number of pumpkin entries, a new Wyoming state record, and nearly a new Colorado state record as well.

Here is a list of this year’s winners.

Heaviest Pumpkin

• 1^st Place-  Chad New (1,676 lbs)
• 2^nd Place-  Harold Stinchcomb (1,544 lbs)
• 3^rd Place- Jim Grande (1,491 lbs)
• ^4th Place- Andy & Amy Corbin (1,396 lbs)
• 5^th Place- Joe & Michelle Scherber (990 lbs)
• 6^th Place- Leif Ritter & Jo’el Robinson Lambe (893 lbs)
• 7^th Place – Teresa Rodriguez (870 lbs)
• 8^th Place – Andrew Pilger (513 lbs)
• 9^th Place –  Robbin Flockhart (405 lbs)
• 10^th Place – Thaddaeus Christensen (359 lbs)
• 11^th Place – Mike Phelps (256 lbs)
• – Haddie Phelps (256 lbs)
• 13^th Place – Mark Smith (248 lbs)
• 14^th Place – Brad Bledsoe (195 lbs)
• 15^th Place – Gary Shenfish (180 lbs)
• 16^th Place – Julia & Brian Koval (95 lbs)
• 17^th Place – Renee & Mark Spickard (85 lbs)
• 18^th Place – Renee & Mark Spickard (82 lbs)
• 19^th Place – Nicole Chaves (58 lbs)
• 20^th Place – Mario Chaves (52 lbs)

Heaviest Watermelon

• 1^st Place- Calvin Wohlert (134 lbs)

 Howard Dill (Prettiest Pumpkin)

• 1^st Place- Robbin Flockhart

Heaviest Tomato

• 1^st Place – Leif Ritter (.44 lbs)

Kids Division Heaviest Pumpkin

• 1^st Place – Austen Smith, August Busch, Willa Kate Smith (157 lbs)
• 2^nd Place – Zach Thayer & Carolyn Speshock (156 lbs)
• 3^rd Place – Brixton Bird (154 lbs)
• 4^th Place – Sampson Schroeder (98 lbs)
• 5^th Place – Olivia Thayer & Carolyn Speshock (75 lbs)
• 6^th Place – Charlotte Schroeder (72 lbs)
• 7^th Place – Wally Matz (50 lbs)
• 8^th Place – Wally Matz (27 lbs)

Additional photos can be found at fortcollinsnursery.com.