On Saturday, December 13, approximately 130 students competed in 31 different events at the local SkillsUSA competition held at St. Clair County Technical Education Center. Students who placed in the top three received medals and will advance to the regional competition in February.
“Our students demonstrated exceptional skill and dedication at this competition,” said Lesley Murphy, CTE Director/Principal. “The competition gives them the opportunity to showcase the career-ready skills they have been developing in their programs, and I’m proud of how they represented themselves, their home schools, and St. Clair TEC.”
More than 30 volunteers served as judges for the event, evaluating student performances and providing detailed feedback to help students continue developing their technical skills in preparation for the regional competition.
COMPETITION RESULTS
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Advisor: Brian Hunter
Maintenance and Light Repair
1st Place: Paige Podgorski, 11th grade, Capac High School
2nd Place: Alexander Vance, 11th grade, Virtual Learning Academy
3rd Place: William Gooding, 11th grade, Port Huron High School
Automotive Refinishing Technology
1st Place: Keegan Fye, 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
2nd Place: Christian Romano, 11th grade, St. Clair High School
3rd Place: Joshua Dickinson, 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
Automotive Service Technology
1st Place: Zach Chisholm, 12th grade, Memphis High School
2nd Place: Alexander Vance, 11th grade, Virtual Learning Academy
3rd Place: Caleb Chase, 12th grade, St. Clair High School
COLLISION REPAIR TECHNOLOGY
Advisor: Mike Parks
Collision Damage Appraisal
1st Place: Keegan Moran, 11th grade, Marysville High School
Collision Repair Technology
1st Place: Shaylor Anger, 11th grade, Port Huron High School
2nd Place: Parker Menough, 11th grade, St. Clair High School
3rd Place: Ethan Staley, 11th grade, Marysville High School
CONSTRUCTION
Advisor: Caleb Howell
Carpentry
1st Place: Logan Langmesser, 11th grade, St. Clair High School
2nd Place: Ethan Canup, 11th grade, Marysville High School
3rd Place: Parker Johnson, 11th grade, Port Huron High School
Electrical Construction Wiring
1st Place: David Long, 11th grade, Yale High School
2nd Place: Brennan Lohr, 11th grade, St. Clair High School
3rd Place: Ryan Rector, 11th grade, Yale High School
Plumbing
1st Place: Jocelyn Cowart, 12th grade, Memphis High School
2nd Place: Isaiah King, 11th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
COSMETOLOGY
Advisors: Kara Randall, Gina Sullivan, and Alecia Klein
Cosmetology
1st Place: Hannah Szelog, 12th grade, Marysville High School
2nd Place: Zody Haywood, 12th grade, Port Huron High School
3rd Place: Michelle Gore, 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
Mannequin
1st Place: Rose Horn, 11th grade, St. Clair High School
2nd Place: Kyrstin Pruitt, 11th grade, Blue Water Middle College
3rd Place: Scarlett Stone, 11th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
Esthetics (Artist and Model)
1st Place: Payton Zaremba, 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School, and Dakota Damon (model), 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
2nd Place: Olivia Gildenpfennig, 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School, and Shaylynn Korte (model), 12th grade, St. Clair High School
3rd Place: Kamryn Mielke, 12th grade, Algonac High School, and Courtney Hedeen (model), 12th grade, Port Huron High School
Nail Care (Artist and Model)
1st Place: Olivia Ebner, 12th grade, Capac High School, and Addison Jacobson (model), 12th grade, Marysville High School
2nd Place: Julia Robbel, 12th grade, Port Huron High School, and Haiely Osgood (model), 12th grade, Phoenix Academy, Port Huron
3rd Place: Oliver Curl, 12th grade, Port Huron High School, and Kloe Priebe (model), 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
CULINARY ARTS
Advisor: Danielle Reid
Baking
1st Place: Joslyn Werner, 12th grade, Marysville High School
2nd Place: Chasity Forton, 11th grade, Landmark Academy
3rd Place: Aubree Akers, 12th grade, Capac High School
Culinary Arts
1st Place: Owen Pelton, 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
2nd Place: Jayce Baron, 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
Restaurant Services
1st Place: Laurana Reid, 12th grade, Virtual Learning Academy
2nd Place: Kara Nelson, 11th grade, Virtual Learning Academy
DIGITAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY
Advisor: Ann Frederick
Digital Cinema Production (2-person team)
1st Place: Alex Mathews, 11th grade, Port Huron Northern, and Kairi Tosch, 12th grade, Virtual Learning Academy
Photography
1st Place: Savannah Gurnow, 12th grade, Algonac High School
2nd Place: Amelia Ponto, 11th grade, Algonac High School
ENGINEERING AND ROBOTICS
Advisor: Melissa Todaro
Additive Manufacturing (2-person teams)
1st Place: Zaira Sullivan, 12th grade, St. Clair High School, and Luke Rhein, 12th grade, St. Clair High School
2nd Place: Declan Emonnot, 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School, and Ryan Warner, 12th grade, Port Huron High School
METAL MACHINING
Advisor: Duane Emig
CNC 3-Axis Milling Programmer/Specialist
1st Place: Ayden McAfee, 12th grade, Marysville High School
Precision Machine Mill
1st Place: Andrew Ferrara, 12th grade, Algonac High School
2nd Place: Evan Donahue, 11th grade, Marysville High School
CNC 5-Axis Milling
1st Place: Michael Carrier, 12th grade, Marysville High School
Precision Machine Overall
1st Place: Gage Atkinson, 12th grade, Marysville High School
LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Advisor: Ryan Simons
Crime Scene Investigation
1st Place: Ava Ward, 11th grade, Algonac High School
2nd Place: Madelynn Dudley, 11th grade, Capac High School
3rd Place: Destinee Garska, 11th grade, Algonac High School
Criminal Justice
1st Place: Haley Sharp, 11th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
2nd Place: Keira Smith, 11th grade, Capac High School
3rd Place: Kylah Brown, 11th grade, Yale High School
Firefighting
1st Place: Keira Smith, 11th grade, Capac High School
2nd Place: Ryan Yax, 11th grade, Algonac High School
3rd Place: Bradley Alexander, 12th grade, Port Huron High School
WELDING
Advisor: Becca Robertson
Welding Fabrication (3-person team)
1st Place: Jackson Dinsdale, 12th grade, Marysville High School, Thomas Georgia, 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School, and Graham Allam, 12th grade, St. Clair High School
Welding Sculpture
1st Place: Jessica Kean, 12th grade, Port Huron High School
2nd Place: Rori Cowhy, 12th grade, Yale High School
3rd Place: Anthony Bongiorno, 11th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
Welding Overall
1st Place: Seth Burns, 12th grade, Yale High School
GMAW
1st Place: Logan Morrison, 12th grade, Marine City High School
2nd Place: Adrian Myers, 12th grade, Port Huron High School
GTAW
1st Place: Brayden Fontenot, 11th grade, Port Huron High School
2nd Place: Damon DeSoto, 12th grade, Port Huron High School
SMAW
1st Place: Nolan Gurne, 12th grade, Marysville High School
2nd Place: Landen Hamilton, 12th grade, St. Clair High School
3rd Place: Blake Kaminski, 12th grade, St. Clair High School
About SkillsUSA
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 SkillsUSA competition is an annual event that assesses students’ mastery of career-oriented skills and showcases the nation's best career and technical education students.
About St. Clair TEC
The St. Clair County Technical Education Center (TEC) provides career-oriented programs to high school juniors and seniors. TEC offers program choices to students, on- and off-site. Programs provide students the opportunity to earn high school elective and academic credit, college credit, and state or national certification.
More information is available on the TEC website at www.sctec.org.