Area students compete at SkillsUSA Conference
ALFRED Approxim-ately 900 students from Region I Board of Cooperative Education and Services districts encompassing Western New York and the Southern Tier competed in the 24th Annual SkillsUSA Region I Leadership Conference and Skills Olympics March 5 at Alfred State.
The winners of this regional competition will advance to the next level of competition at the On-Center in Syracuse, where all six regions in New York State will meet to attempt to qualify for the national competition in Kansas City in June. A postsecondary SkillsUSA state competition took place on the Wellsville Campus on Saturday.
Competition areas ranged from advertising design to welding. Alfred State faculty, staff and students judged the competitions and competitors from the following schools attended:
Genesee Valley (Batavia); Career and Technical Education Center at Belmont; Lakeshore/ Carrier Educational Center (Angola); CG May Vocational Center (Mt. Morris); Greater Southern Tier (GST) BOCES, Coopers Campus (Painted Post); EMCC (Eastern Monroe Career Center, Fairport); Ellicottville CTE Center; GST BOCES Pauline Bush Campus (Elmira); Harkness Center (Cheektowaga); Hewes Educational Center (Ashville); Ken-Ton Center (Tonawanda); LoGuidice (Fredonia); Niagara (Sanborn); Olean CTE Center; Orleans (Medina); WD Ormsby Center (East Aurora); Potter Career and Technical Center (West Seneca); Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES (Newark); WE-MO-CO Occupational-Technical Center (Spencerport); and GST BOCES, Wildwood Campus (Hornell).
An awards ceremony honored the following winners:
Action Skills
Jessica Berardicurti, WE-MO-CO, first place
Desiree Kennedy, Lake Shore/Carrier, second place
Patience Boris, Coopers, third place
Advertising Design
Jacob Beadle, EMCC, first place
Kaitlin Preston, GST Wildwood, second place
Colton Wilhem, Coopers, third place
Animal Careers
Dakota Hecht, WD Ormsby, first place
Kristina Pollutro, WD Ormsby, second place
Amelia Stahowiak, WD Ormsby, third place
Auto Body Helper
Austin Cramer, Hewes, first place
Nate Stressing, WD Ormsby, second place
Zach Randolph, WE-MO-CO, third place
Auto Service
Josh Krenzer, GV Batavia, first place
Matt Peryea, WE-MO-CO, second place
Taylor Turcotte, EMCC, third place
Auto Technology
Josh Osberg, Potter, first place
Peter Thompson, WD Ormsby, second place
Randy Tubbs, Potter, third place
Automated Manufacturing Technology
Dan Nugent, Niagara, first place
Nick Hawkins, Niagara, first place
Alexander Burns, Niagara, first place
Ryan Daul, Niagara, second place
Robert Schimshack, Niagara, second place
Jacob Farmer, Niagara, second place
Nicholas Zagmester, Orleans, third place
Alex Volchow, Orleans, third place
Ben Walker, Orleans, third place
Carpenter’s Assistant
Jesse Marsh, GST Bush, first place
David Hare, WE-MO-CO, second place
Justin McMillion, WE-MO-CO, third place
Carpentry
Nick Gibney, WD Ormsby, first place
Roman Baranov, Niagara, second place
Zachary Wodo, Orleans, third place
Collision Repair
Zach Davis, Hewes, first place
Nikolay Lukomskiy, WE-MO-CO, second place
Dominick LeMoine, LoGuidice, third place
Commercial Baking
Ashton Drought, WE-MO-CO, first place
Connor Rand, EMCC, second place
Renee Leggett, Niagara, third place
Computer Maintenance
Davidson Mott, GST Bush, first place
Thomas Nichols, Coopers, second place
Matthew Willig, Coopers, third place
Conservation
Jason Gerety, Niagara, first place
Jacob Webster, Hewes, second place
Zachary Parlier, Niagara, third place
Cosmetology Jr.
Candace Orton, Orleans, first place
Leiah Mesch, WD Ormsby, second place
Brianna Alaimo, EMCC, third place
Cosmetology Sr.
Veronica Munoz, EMCC, first place
Cori Glendenning, WD Ormsby, second place
Madilyn Forshee, WE-MO-CO, third place
CPR/First Aid
Alyssa Posner, EMCC, first place
Alan Coughlin, Niagara, second place
Ryan Bobzin, EMCC, third place
Criminal Justice
Kiera Smith, Niagara, first place
Autumn Stock, GST Wildwood, second place
Thomas Abbey, Coopers, third place
CSI
Kyle Piscitelli, Hewes, first place
Harleigh Moon, Hewes, first place
Jasman Campbell, Hewes, first place
Samantha Carrigan, GST Bush, second place
Alexi Williams GST Bush, second place
Taylor McIntyre, GST Bush, second place
Sarah Lewis, Niagara, third place
Angela Guerra, Niagara, third place
Miranda Manning, Niagara, third place
Culinary Arts
Kimberly Ortiz, Niagara, first place
Chelsea Babcock, LoGuidice, second place
Blaise Russotti, EMCC, third place
Custom Painting & Graphics
Rebecca Bell, Potter, first place
Kenten Smith, Ellicottville, second place
Sue Kohn, Ken-Ton, third place
Diesel Mechanics
Austin Halligan, WD Ormsby, first place
Kevin DeMaison, Orleans, second place
Garrett Van Lieshout, Orleans, third place
Early Childhood
Haley Grace, Ellicottville, first place
Kathryn Vartan, EMCC, second place
Alissa Connolly, Orleans, third place
Electrical Construction & Wiring
Jon Romani, Potter, first place
Kaid Green, Wayne, second place
Jacob Pudlewski, Harkness, third place
Electronics Technology
Seth Heath, Orleans, first place
Corey Clow, WE-MO-CO, second place
Nick McMullen, GV Batavia, third place
Employment Application
Kristin O’Grady, WE-MO-CO, first place
Extemporaneous Speech
Rob Williams, WE-MO-CO, first place
Victoria Dudkowski, Orleans, second place
Michelle Anderson, Potter, third place
Food Prep Assistant
Tiffany Clark, Niagara, first place
Mahkya Searles, Coopers, second place
Jennifer Basch, Wayne, third place
Health Knowledge Bowl
Orleans, first place
Olean, second place
WE-MO-CO, third place
Job Demo A
Josh Baptiste, Niagara, first place
Rebecca Volmy, Niagara, second place
Garrett LaValley, Wayne, third place
Job Demo Open
Anna Maria Grapevine, Coopers, first place
Katelyn Davies, LoGuidice, second place
David Banister, WE-MO-CO, third place
Job Interview
Paige Casey, EMCC, first place
Brittany Manicki, Orleans, second place
Kayla Matthews, EMCC, third place
Nail Tech
Angelina Maine, Olean, first place
Brooke Weitzel, Model, first place
Caly Vargas, WE-MO-CO, second place
Monique McFarland, Model, second place
Rebekah Miller, GV Batavia, third place
Kristie Norton, Model, third place
Photography
Zachary Dunton, EMCC, first place
Allison Pratt, GST Wildwood, second place
Aubrey Loguasto, GST Wildwood, third place
Precision Heavy Equipment
Kevin Schwartz, GST Wildwood, first place
Craig Lewis, GST Wildwood, second place
Chris La Fountain, WE-MO-CO, third place
Prepared Speech
Cassidy Rohde, Orleans, first place
Sydney Chester, GV Batavia, second place
Krystina Brown, WE-MO-CO, third place
Quiz Bowl
GST Bush, first place
Niagara, second place
WE-MO-CO, third place
Related Technical Math
Ryan Niedermeier, Potter, first place
Wyatt Wolf, Niagara, second place
Morgan Valentine, Orleans, third place
Restaurant Services
Jared Fish, GST Bush, first place
Felicia Gane, Niagara, second place
Jennifer Seeman, WE-MO-CO, third place
Small Engines
Joshua Booth, GST Wildwood, first place
Kasey Wetmore, GST Wildwood, second place
Edward Buchanan, Coopers, third place
T-Shirt Design
Anyssa Roy, Coopers, first place
Veronique Hurlbutt, WE-MO-CO, second place
Dan Hogan, Coopers, third place
Technical Drafting
Brandon Bryniarski, Ellicottville, first place
Taylor Miller, Ellicottville, second place
Devin Vancleef, Finger Lakes, third place
TV/Video Production
Madeline Bancroft, GST Wildwood, first place
Brock Dowdle, GST Wildwood, first place
Brandon Wilson, GST Bush, second place
Tobias Quinn, GST Bush, second place
Andrea Smith, WE-MO-CO, third place
Jeff Martin, WE-MO-CO, third place
Welding
Sean Burke, LoGuidice, first place
Michael Robins, Niagara, second place
Miriah Guady, GV Batavia, third place