At a glance
Approximately 900 students from Region I BOCES (Board of Cooperative Education and Services) districts encompassing Western New York and the Southern Tier, competed in the 21st annual SkillsUSA-Region I Leadership Conference and Skills Olympics, (formerly VICA--Vocational Industrial Clubs of America) held in March at Alfred State College.
Approximately 900 students from Region I BOCES (Board of Cooperative Education and Services) districts encompassing Western New York and the Southern Tier, competed in the 21st annual SkillsUSA-Region I Leadership Conference and Skills Olympics, (formerly VICA--Vocational Industrial Clubs of America) held in March at Alfred State College. Competition areas ranged from extemporaneous speaking and graphic communications to heating and air conditioning to law enforcement and ground maintenance to auto service, collision repair, and brick masonry, to cake decorating and small animal care (vet assistant). New this year was a competition in crime scene investigation (CSI). Alfred State College faculty, staff, and students judged the competitions.
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); Edison Tech and Occupational High School (Rochester); Ellicottville CTE Center; GST BOCES Pauline Bush Campus (Elmira); Harkness Center (Cheektowaga); Hewes Educational Center (Ashville); Kenton Center (Olean); 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 (top three in order of finish):
Category | Student | School | Award |
---|---|---|---|
Action Skills | Jared Wilson | WE-MO-CO | 1st |
Krista Collins | GST Bush | 2nd | |
Stephanie Zachary | LoGuidice | 3rd | |
Advertising Design | Cassandra Lewis | Harkness | 1st |
Eric Weyand | GST Wildwood | 2nd | |
Josh Ferreira | Coopers | 3rd | |
Architectural Drafting | George Castaldo | Harkness | 1st |
Auto Body Helper | Hunter Guest | Hewes | 1st |
Jacob Lippu | WE-MO-CO | 2nd | |
Ethan Boss | CG May | 3rd | |
Auto Service | Kyle Johnson | WE-MO-CO | 1st |
Adam Beard | GST | 2nd | |
Tyler Uebelhoer | Genesee Valley | 3rd | |
Auto Technology | Bobby Himes | LoGuidice | 1st |
Nathan Hils | Niagara | 2nd | |
Warren Boxler | Genesee Valley- Batavia | 3rd | |
Automated Manufacturing Technology | Seth Monroe | Niagara | 1st |
Eric Barraclough | Niagara | 1st | |
James Farmer | Niagara | 1st | |
Derek Levan | Wayne Tech | 2nd | |
Paul Jenkins | Wayne Tech | 2nd | |
Wyatt Thorn | Wayne Tech | 2nd | |
Jonathan Dalle | Orleans | 3rd | |
Ed Jo Smith | Orleans | 3rd | |
Jesse Rohring | Orleans | 3rd | |
Carpenter's Assistant | Douglas Tilton | GST Wildwood | 1st |
Sean Terwilliger | GST Bush | 2nd | |
Andrew Sulkowski | WE-MO-CO | 3rd | |
Carpentry | Lee Clapsdale | Niagara | 1st |
Sara Schlagenhauf | Harkness | 2nd | |
Tyler Dean | GST Bush | 3rd | |
Collision Repair | Nathan Wagner | Harkness | 1st |
Sean Mayes | WE-MO-CO | 2nd | |
Sean McVay | Genesee Valley- Batavia | 3rd | |
Commercial Baking | Jill Fraser | WE-MO-CO | 1st |
Ashley Betts | LoGuidice | 2nd | |
Ashley Hejminowski | Harkness | 3rd | |
Computer Maintenance Technology | Jeremy Stauder | Orleans | 1st |
David Knight | Ellicottville | 2nd | |
Matt Cantineri | Coopers | 3rd | |
Cosmetology Jr. | Kelly Edwards | EMCC | 1st |
Demarest Seagar | Coopers | 2nd | |
Bianca Palermo | WE-MO-CO | 3rd | |
Cosmetology Sr. | Marissa Ewanyk | WE-MO-CO | 1st |
Rebekah Cicero | EMCC | 2nd | |
Danielle Sangiorgi | WE-MO-CO | 3rd | |
CPR/First Aid | Eric Lawler | EMCC | 1st |
Victoria Muscato | EMCC | 2nd | |
James Pytlik | Niagara | 3rd | |
Criminal Justice | Alexis Vargson | GST Bush | 1st |
Derek LaFever | Coopers | 2nd | |
Anthony Streams | CG May | 3rd | |
LoGuidice | 3rd | ||
CSI | Colton Herrington | GST Bush | 1st |
Amber Summers | GST Bush | 1st | |
Tyler Davenport | GST Bush | 1st | |
James Dessena | GST Wildwood | 2nd | |
Derek Hoyt | GST Wildwood | 2nd | |
Cody Figgeroa | GST Wildwood | 2nd | |
Marshall McGraw | WD Ormsby | 3rd | |
Connor Kolb | WD Ormsby | 3rd | |
Paige Chernogorec | WD Ormsby | 3rd | |
Culinary Arts | Shannon Gifford | Niagara | 1st |
Chelsea Withey | Potter | 2nd | |
Ashley Marshall | WE-MO-CO | 3rd | |
Custom Painting Graphics | Justin Loft | Potter | 1st |
Justin Wells | Kenton | 2nd | |
Jonathan Santiago | WE-MO-CO | 3rd | |
Diesel Mechanics | Tad Ellis | Hewes | 1st |
Andy Enterline | WD Ormsby | 2nd | |
Wesley Ohlson | Orleans | 3rd | |
Electronics Technology | Sarah Horton | Orleans | 1st |
Jake Becker | Genesee Valley- Batavia | 2nd | |
Aaron Shults-Edwards | WE-MO-CO | 3rd | |
Employment Application | Tessa Bundschuh | EMCC | 1st |
Extemporaneous Speech | Megan Durham | WE-MO-CO | 1st |
Jeremy Ward | GST Bush | 2nd | |
Emma Jane Mead | EMCC | 3rd | |
Food & Beverage Service | Gabrielle Langworthy | Hewes | 1st |
Kayla Yurksaitis | EMCC | 1st | |
Michael Martin | WE-MO-CO | 2nd | |
CG May | 3rd | ||
Food Prep Assistant | Ketsey Soto | WE-MO-CO | 1st |
Matt Tillotson | GST Bush | 2nd | |
Kachina Grace | LoGuidice | 3rd | |
Health Knowledge Bowl | Wayne Tech | 1st | |
Niagara | 2nd | ||
Coopers | 3rd | ||
Internetworking | Joe Rockwell | GST Bush | 1st |
Kurtis Strong | GST Bush | 2nd | |
John Petrocelli | Harkness | 3rd | |
Job Demo A | Michael Piccone | Finger Lakes | 1st |
Brandi Mastin | Finger Lakes | 2nd | |
Cierra Ceasor | WE-MO-CO | 3rd | |
Job Demo Open | Chris Bane | EMCC | 1st |
Thomas Kaczowka | EMCC | 2nd | |
Ashley Ferrara | Genesee Valley- Batavia | 3rd | |
Job Interview | Maron Brauer | Orleans | 1st |
Brandon Nugent | EMCC | 2nd | |
Ciara Mazurek | WE-MO-CO | 3rd | |
Masonry | Vincent Padgett | Coopers | 1st |
Chris White | Edison | 2nd | |
Joseph Miller | Niagara | 3rd | |
Medical Assisting | Kayla Everett | Ellicottville | 1st |
Deanna Michael | Ellicottville | 2nd | |
Amanda Bond | Belmont | 3rd | |
Nail Tech | Cindy Tran | WE-MO-CO | 1st |
Nicole Dombek | Olean | 2nd | |
Kayla Gifford | Olean | 3rd | |
Photography | Robert Powell | Edison | 1st |
Seth Lincoln | Wildwood | 2nd | |
Emily Byrne | EMCC | 3rd | |
Precision Heavy Equipment | Cody Dix | Orleans | 1st |
Greg Chamot | WE-MO-CO | 2nd | |
Nate Beyer | Wildwood | 3rd | |
Precision Machining | Bryan Reiber | Wayne Tech | 1st |
Sean Ryan | Harkness | 2nd | |
Christopher Prucha | Genesee Valley- Batavia | 3rd | |
Prepared Speech | Sade Meyers | Edison | 1st |
Marissa Levy | EMCC | 2nd | |
Andrew Montalvo | Edison | 3rd | |
PreSchool Teaching Assistant | Haley Cramer | Ellicottville | 1st |
Shalaine Davis | Orleans | 2nd | |
Alicia Metz | GST Bush | 3rd | |
Quiz Bowl | Drew Comstock | EMCC | 1st |
Peri Malone | EMCC | 1st | |
Clarissa Sullivan | EMCC | 1st | |
Andrew Urguhart | EMCC | 1st | |
EMCC | 1st | ||
Tom Embs | LoGuidice | 2nd | |
Chris Green | LoGuidice | 2nd | |
Brandyn Lambe | LoGuidice | 2nd | |
Jessica Parisio | LoGuidice | 2nd | |
Brandon Tweedie | LoGuidice | 2nd | |
Jessica Alexander | WE-MO-CO | 3rd | |
Ashley Champion | WE-MO-CO | 3rd | |
Adrianna Estrella | WE-MO-CO | 3rd | |
Jasmine Hamilton | WE-MO-CO | 3rd | |
Sierra LaDue | WE-MO-CO | 3rd | |
Related Technical Math | Anthony Rosati | WE-MO-CO | 1st |
Ian Farneth | EMCC | 2nd | |
Jaycen Watts | WD Ormsby | 3rd | |
Residential Wiring | Joshua Jackson | Orleans | 1st |
Rebecca Carmer | EMCC | 2nd | |
Michael Carey | Potter | 3rd | |
Small Animal | Rebecca Tonello | LoGuidice | 1st |
Joseph Johnson | Finger Lakes | 2nd | |
Tessa Howard | LoGuidice | 3rd | |
Small Engine | Stephen Covert | Orleans | 1st |
T-Shirt Design | Rachel Rising | Orleans | 1st |
Carl Cooper | Orleans | 2nd | |
Ben Stahl | Orleans | 3rd | |
Technical Drafting | Michael Reding | Ellicottville | 1st |
Mark Pasqualotto | Niagara | 2nd | |
Jason Williams | Harkness | 3rd | |
Welding | Allan Wills | Niagara | 1st |
CJ Mentley | LoGuidice | 2nd | |
Chad Townsend | GST Bush | 3rd |
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.