Area high school students display skills at Skills USA Region 5 Competition
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College hosted this year’s Region 5, Skills USA competition on Friday, Feb. 28.
Region 5 schools include Allen County Technical Center, Barren County Area Technology Center (ATC), Butler County ATC, Franklin-Simpson Career and Technical Center, Hart Co. ATC, Logan County ATC (Russellville & Logan Co.) Monroe County ATC (Metcalfe & Monroe Co.) and the Warren County ATC (BG City, Edmonson County, and Warren County).
School officials say the events included competitive activities involving multiple occupational skills and leadership areas. These include building trades, technology, electrical/electronics, advanced manufacturing and welding fabrication.
Other competitions are outstanding Skills USA chapter, community service, and talent.
Skills USA Kentucky is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry representatives working together to ensure Kentucky has a skilled workforce. The organization helps each student excel. Skills USA Kentucky is a member of the Skills USA national organization serving teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled, and service occupations.
Skills USA Kentucky programs include local, regional, state and national competitions in which students demonstrate occupational and leadership skills. At the annual state Skills USA Kentucky Leadership and Skills Championships, approximately 1,000 students compete in 99 occupational and leadership skill areas.
Skills USA programs also help to establish industry standards for job training in the lab and classroom and promote community service. Skills USA is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and is cited as a “successful model of employer-driven youth development training program” by the U.S. Department of Labor and is an OSHA Alliance partner.
Winners at the local events will move on to state and national levels. First, second and third place winners in the contest will receive a gold, silver, or bronze Skills USA medallion.
The contests are organized by and run through a partnership of industry, labor and education. More than 5,500 students from all states advance and compete in the national event.
Skills USA is the official U.S. representative to the World Skills Competition. For more information about Skills USA, go to: skillsusa.org.
Medalists at this year’s competition were:
- Action Skills 1 Isaac, South Barren, Leadership
- Additive Manufacturing 1 Preston Avery, Hart, Skill
- Architectural Drafting (CAD) 1 Taylor Strange, Barren, Skill
- Automated Manufacturing Technology 1 Logan Gorbett, Barren, Skill
- Automated Manufacturing Technology 1 Conner Smith, Barren, Skill
- Automated Manufacturing Technology 1 Adam Carver, Barren, Skill
- Automated Manufacturing Technology 2 Joey Myers, Barren, Skill
- Automated Manufacturing Technology 2 Dylan Poynter, Barren, Skill
- Automated Manufacturing Technology 2 Jacob Spence, Barren, Skill
- Automotive Maint. & Light Repair (MLR) 1 Hunter Hewett, Allen, Skill
- Automotive Maint. & Light Repair (MLR) 2 Stanton Doyle, Barren, Skill
- Automotive Maint. & Light Repair (MLR) 3 Caden Rogers, Allen, Skill
- Automotive Service Technology 1 Alex Stamps, Allen, Skill
- Automotive Service Technology 2 Braxton Chaffin, Warren, Skill
- Baking & Pastry Arts 1 Gabrielle Milton, Barren, Skill
- Carpentry 1 Grant Jones, Butler, Skill
- Carpentry 2 Gavin Vice, Simpson, Skill
- Carpentry 3 Dalton Hale, Butler, Skill
- Carpentry One 1 Logan Harlow, Monroe, Skill
- Carpentry One 2 Eliazar Perez, Butler, Skill
- Carpentry One 3 Zander Stokes, Butler, Skill
- Construction Tool ID 1 Christa Simpson, Logan, Skill
- Construction Tool ID 2 Kody Kearney, Barren, Skill
- Creed 1 Keith Crowe, Barren, Leadership
- Culinary Arts 1 Elijah Clark, Barren, Skill
- Customer Service 1 Gunner Morgan, Barren, Leadership
- Diesel Equipment Technology 1 Ty Tucker, Hart, Skill
- Diesel Equipment Technology 2 Wyatt Avery, Hart, Skill
- Electrical Construction Wiring 1 Kellan Kidd, Barren, Skill
- Electrical Construction Wiring 2 Gavin Sears, Logan, Skill
- Electrical Construction Wiring 3 Elijah Head, Logan, Skill
- Electrical I 1 Trapper Vincent, Barren, Skill
- Electrical I 2 Stephen Barr, Barren, Skill
- Electrical I 3 Kaysen Deckard, Monroe, Skill
- Employment Application Process 1 Addison Garrett, Barren, Leadership
- Employment Application Process 2 Stephen Nay, Barren, Leadership
- Heavy Equipment Operation Demo 1 Kade Elms, Warren, Skill
- Heavy Equipment Operation Demo 2 Colten Taylor, Warren, Skill
- HVACR 1 AJ Reid, Barren, Skill
- HVACR 2 Cade Payne, Barren, Skill
- Industrial Motor Control 1 Willie Johns, Barren, Skill
- Industrial Motor Control 2 Travis Wood, Monroe, Skill
- Industrial Motor Control 3 Zander Clark, Barren, Skill
- Interactive App & Video Game Dev. 1 Samuel Dunlap, Simpson, Skill
- Interactive App & Video Game Dev. 1 Kristopher Evanoff, Simpson, Skill
- Job Interview 1 Maci McDaniel, Barren, Leadership
- Job Interview 2 Gage Hale, Allen, Leadership
- Job Skill Demo Open 1 Devon Eguires, Warren, Leadership
- Job Skills Demo A 1 Isaiah Adwell, Barren, Leadership
- Job Skills Demo A 2 Elijah Gentry, Barren, Leadership
- Mechatronics 1 Blake Walker, Allen, Skill
- Mechatronics 1 Braxton Rice, Allen, Skill
- Outstanding Chapter 1 Trapper Vincent, Barren, Leadership
- Outstanding Chapter 1 Mollie Hawkins, Barren, Leadership
- Outstanding Chapter 1 Autumn Milton, Barren, Leadership
- Patriotic Salute to America 1 Kate Ford, Simpson, Leadership
- Photo Art Display 1 Selena Morales, Simpson, Leadership
- Pin Design 1 Piper Wells, Logan, Leadership
- Pin Design 2 Gracie Hawks, Barren, Leadership
- Plumbing 1 Brady Geary, Barren, Skill
- Plumbing 2 Paul Mares, Barren, Skill
- Poster 1 Shelby Ford, Simpson, Leadership
- Precision Machining Technology 1 Devlin Clark, Barren, Skill
- Precision Machining Technology 2 Jake Shaw, Barren, Skill
- Prepared Speech 1 Saylor Williams, Barren, Leadership
- Quiz Bowl 1 Jack Smith, Barren, Leadership
- Quiz Bowl 1 Adam Carver, Barren, Leadership
- Quiz Bowl 1 Isaac Hutchinson, Barren, Leadership
- Quiz Bowl 1 Antonio Reyna, Barren, Leadership
- Quiz Bowl 1 Clayton Jones, Barren, Leadership
- Quiz Bowl 1 Karden Kinslow, Barren, Leadership
- Quiz Bowl 1 Jacob Spence, Barren, Leadership
- Sheet Metal 1 Lorenzo Cantero, Barren, Skill
- Sheet Metal 2 Alex Poynter, Barren, Skill
- Team Works 1 Garrett Phelps, Butler, Skill
- Team Works 1 Reed Noble, Butler, Skill
- Team Works 1 Alexander Morton, Butler, Skill
- Team Works 1 Nathan England, Butler, Skill
- Team Works 2 Leland Olson, Logan, Skill
- Team Works 2 Landon Burchett, Logan, Skill
- Team Works 2 Philip Thompson, Logan, Skill
- Team Works 2 Lilly Craig, Logan, Skill
- Technical Drafting (CAD) 1 Owen Adkins, Logan, Skill
- Technical Drafting (CAD) 2 Piper Wells, Logan, Skill
- Transportation Tool ID 1 Jack Smith, Barren, Skill
- Transportation Tool ID 2 Tristian Miller, Warren, Skill
- Transportation Tool ID 3 Trey Duff, Warren, Skill
- T-Shirt Design 1 Madeline Biven, Barren, Leadership
- Welding 1 Tucker Biggerstaff, Monroe, Skill
- Welding 2 Isaiah Marshall, Christian, Skill
- Welding 3 Preston Allen, Barren, Skill
- Welding 1 1 Harrison Shaff, Warren, Skill
- Welding 1 2 Austin Martin, Hart, Skill
- Welding 1 3 Gavin Goodman, Hart, Skill
- Fabrication 1 Danny Morris, Allen, Skill
- Welding Fabrication 1 Keagan Petty, Allen, Skill
- Welding Fabrication 1 Andrew Woods, Allen, Skill
- Welding Fabrication 2 Kevin Wiseman, Warren, Skill
- Welding Fabrication 2 Matthew Green, Warren, Skill
- Welding Fabrication 2 Bladamir Rivas, Warren, Skill
- Welding Fabrication 3 Daniel Boles, Simpson, Skill
- Welding Fabrication 3 James Gregory, Simpson, Skill
- Welding Fabrication 3 Alex Figueroa, Simpson, Skill
- Welding Sculpture 1 Alexander Stamps, Allen, Leadership
- Welding Sculpture 2 Tate Pace, Barren, Leadership
- Welding Sculpture 3 Callie Stamps, Simpson, Leadership
