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Students from eight different programs at St. Clair County Technical Education Center competed in the annual local SkillsUSA competition on Dec. 10.
More than 100 students from the automotive, collision repair, construction, cosmetology, culinary arts, digital media technology, metal machining and welding programs participated in the competition, a recent press release from the St. Clair County Regional Educational Service Agency states.
Students who placed in the top three received medals and will move on to the regional contest, which will take place throughout February. In addition, depending on the contest, more than three students can move on to regionals and will compete there.
“Congratulations to all the students who competed, and good luck to the students moving onto the next level of competition,” the release states.
Automotive Technology: Maintenance Light Repair (Instructors Jason Belfinger and Brian Hunter)
• First Place: Allimanda Adams, 11th grade, Virtual Learning Academy
• Second Place: Kaiden Fields, 12th grade, Marysville High School
• Third Place: Delanie Robb, 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
Automotive Technology: Automotive Service Technology Overall (Instructors Jason Belfinger and Brian Hunter)
• First Place: Gabe Twiss, 12th grade, Blue Water Middle College
• Second Place: Rylan Fowler, 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
• Third Place: Noah LeClair, 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
Collision Repair Technology: Automotive Refinishing (Instructor Mike Parks)
• First Place: Jeremy Fiori, 11th grade, Algonac High School
• Second Place: Alexis McNaughton, 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
• Third Place: Morgan Gardner, 11th grade, Yale High School
• Fourth Place: Ian Corbat, 12th grade, Marysville High School
Collision Repair Technology (Instructor Mike Parks)
• First Place: Brendon Critzon, 12th grade, Algonac High School
• Second Place: Jack Diluigi, 12th grade, Memphis High School
• Third Place: Kathryn Glombowski, 11th grade, Port Huron High School
• Fourth Place: Jason Cain, 12th grade, Port Huron High School
Construction: Carpentry (Instructor Ken Sygit)
• First Place: Brendan Carnaghi, 12th grade, Virtual Learning Academy
• Second Place: Jacob MacEwan, 11th grade, Marine City High School
Construction: Electrical (Instructor Ken Sygit)
• First Place: CJ Miller, 12th grade, Virtual Learning Academy
• Second Place: Dean Goodmen, 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
• Third Place: Ian Hunt, 11th grade, Yale High School
Construction: Masonry (Instructor Ken Sygit)
• First Place: Elizabeth Wernet, 12th grade, Memphis High School
• Second Place: Bayleigh Wright, 11th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
Construction: Plumbing (Instructor: Ken Sygit)
• First Place: Brooklyn Frikken, 11th grade, St. Clair High School
• Second Place: Kaleb Nordberg, 11th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
Cosmetology (Instructors Beth Kioski and Alecia Klein)
• First Place: Rebekah Schmaltz, 12th grade, Marysville High School
• Second Place: Maggie Tanton, 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
• Third Place: Flora Smafield, 12th grade, Virtual Learning Academy
Cosmetology: Esthetics (Instructors Beth Kioski and Alecia Klein)
• First Place: Veronica McClelland, 12th grade, Yale High School, with Anna Klein, 12th grade, Capac High School
• Second Place: Amelia Mayer, 12th grade, Landmark Academy, with Abbie Mattise, 12th grade, Port Huron High School
• Third Place: Via Cormier, 12th grade, Virtual Learning Academy, with Kylie Williams, GD, Marysville High School
• Fourth Place: Cloie Lerma, 12th grade, Yale High School, with Lyndsie Cameron, 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
Cosmetology: Mannequin (Instructor Kara Randall)
• First Place: Jenna Delia, 11th grade, Capac High School
• Second Place: Jalea Krosnicki, 11th grade, Yale High School
• Third Place: Abbe Ferguson, 11th grade, Virtual Learning Academy
Cosmetology: Nail Care (Instructors Beth Kioski and Alecia Klein)
• First Place: Makayla Lum, 12th grade, St. Clair High School, with Natalie Wehner, 12th grade, St. Clair High School
• Second Place: Morgan Harriss, 12th grade, Marine City High School, with Jessa VanDeven, 12th grade, Algonac High School
Culinary Arts: Commercial Baking (Instructor Katlin Pfropper)
• First Place: Abby Posey, 11th grade, Algonac High School
• Second Place: Kiley Ultsch, 12th grade, Landmark Academy
• Third Place: Crystal Schmidt, 12th grade, Port Huron High School
Culinary Arts (Instructor Katlin Pfropper)
• First Place: Amelia Mayne, 12th grade, Algonac High School
• Second Place: Zachary Mandich-Beitler, 11th grade, St. Clair High School
• Third Place: Kaleb Ramos, 11th grade, Port Huron High School
Digital Media Technology: Photography (Instructor Ann Frederick)
• First Place: Alyson Ross, 11th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
• Second Place: Sierra Sanderson, 11th grade, Port Huron High School
Digital Media Technology: Digital Cinema (Instructor Ann Frederick)
• First Place: Team of two — Natalie Beindit, 11th grade, Algonac High School, and Ainsley Trombley, 11th grade, Algonac High School
• Second Place: Team of two — Cooper Goetz, 11th grade, Yale High School, and Preston Lee, 11th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
Digital Media Technology: Television (Instructor Ann Frederick)
• First Place: Team of two —Alyssa Paynter, 12th grade, St. Clair High School, and Cailin Williams, 12th grade, St. Clair High School
Metal Machining: CNC Milling (Instructor Duane Emig)
• First Place: Connor Essary, 12th grade, St. Clair High School
Metal Machining: CNC Turning (Instructor Duane Emig)
• First Place: Josh DeVolder, 12th grade, St. Clair High School
Metal Machining: CNC Tech (Instructor Duane Emig)
• First Place: Hank Teltow, 12th grade, Yale High School
Metal Machining: Precision Machining Overall (Instructor Duane Emig)
• First Place: Gavin Ward, 11th grade, Marysville High School
• Second Place: James Bradshaw, 11th grade, Port Huron High School
• Third Place: Devin Robinson, 11th grade, St. Clair High School
Welding: Sculpture (Instructor Becca Robertson)
• First place: Savannah Swafford, 12th grade, Yale High School
Welding: GTAW (Instructor Becca Robertson)
• First Place: Zachary VanBuskirk, 12th grade, Landmark Academy
• Second Place: Dylan Emmett, 12th grade, Port Huron High School
Welding: SMAW (Instructor Becca Robertson)
• First Place: Scott Pauly, 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
• Second Place: Greg Jones, 11th grade, Memphis High School
• Third Place, Remi Koveck, 11th grade, Memphis High School
Welding: Welding Overall (Instructor Becca Robertson)
• First Place: Lukas Morris, 12th grade, Yale High School
• Second Place: Logan Fiedler, 12th grade, Yale High School
• Third Place: Derek Gurne, 12th grade, Marysville High School
SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit organization serving more than 310,000 high school and college students preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations, the release states. The SkillsUSA competition is an annual event designed to gauge students’ mastery of various career-oriented skills and showcase the nation’s best career and technical education students.
St. Clair County TEC provides career-oriented programs to high school juniors and seniors. It offers program choices to students on and offsite. Programs provide students the opportunity to earn high school elective and academic credit, college credit and state or national certification.
For more information, visit sctec.org.
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