Area students compete in 26th annual SkillsUSA Regional Conference at Alfred State

Approximately 1,000 students from Region I Board of Cooperative Education and Services (BOCES) districts, encompassing Western New York and the Southern Tier, competed in the 26th annual SkillsUSA Region I Leadership Conference and Skills Olympics March 3 at Alfred State.

The winners of this regional competition will advance to the next level at the Oncenter in Syracuse, where all six regions in New York State will meet to attempt to qualify for the national competition in Kansas City, MO, in June. A postsecondary SkillsUSA state competition will also take place on the Wellsville campus on Saturday, March 28.

Skills tests ranged from advertising design to welding to restaurant services. Alfred State faculty, staff, and students were heavily involved in the design, implementation, and judging of many of the contests. Many of the high school students were exposed to a college campus for the first time. Contestants from the following schools attended:

Genesee Valley (Batavia); Career and Technical Education Center at Belmont; Lake Shore/ Carrier Educational Center (Angola); Charles G May Career-Tech Center (Mt. Morris); Greater Southern Tier (GST) BOCES, Coopers Campus (Painted Post); Edison Tech (Rochester); Eastern Monroe Career Center (EMCC) (Fairport); Ellicottville CTE Center; GST BOCES Pauline Bush Campus (Elmira); Harkness Career and Technical Center (Cheektowaga); Hewes Educational Center (Ashville); Kenton Career and Technical Education Center (Tonawanda); LoGuidice Center (Fredonia); Niagara (Sanborn); Olean CTE Center; Orleans Career and Technical Education Center (Medina); WD Ormsby Educational Center (East Aurora); Potter Career and Technical Center (West Seneca); Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES (Newark); WEMOCO Career and Technical Education Center (Spencerport); and GST BOCES, Wildwood Campus (Hornell).

An awards ceremony honored the following winners:

Action Skills

• Marcus Sample, WEMOCO, 1^st
• Leah Sparks, EMCC, 2^nd
• Ryan Kelly, Lake Shore/Carrier, 3rd

Advertising Design

• Alexis Hinkley-Mair, WEMOCO, 1^st
• Haley Gill, Wildwood, 2^nd
• D’asia Bailey, Edison, 3^rd

Animal Careers

• Joelle Randall-McCann, W.D. Ormsby, 1^st
• Justin Bulega, W.D. Ormsby, 2^nd
• Dylan Herold, Wayne, 3^rd

Auto Body Helper

• Stephan Morris, EMCC, 1^st
• William Little, Wayne, 2^nd
• Andrew Holbrook, C.G. May, 3^rd

Auto Service Basic

• Tyler Trumbul, Wildwood, 1^st
• David DiSalvo, EMCC, 2^nd
• Mike King, Genesee Valley (Batavia) 3^rd

Auto Technology

• Jayson Sears, Niagara, 1^st
• Tyler Rendell, LoGuidice, 2^nd
• Zachary Knight, EMCC, 3^rd

AutomatedManufacturing Technology

• Niagara, 1^st
• WEMOCO, 2^nd
• Orleans, 3^rd

Carpenter's Assistant

• Matthew Smith, GST Bush, 1^st
• Adam Bush, GST Bush, 2^nd
• Conner Doerr, WEMOCO, 3^rd

Carpentry

• Aaron Miller, Wildwood, 1^st
• Andrew Freeman, Coopers, 2^nd
• Rob Monroe, WEMOCO, 3^rd

Collision Repair

• Brian McCadden, Harkness, 1^st
• Corey Derowitch, C.G. May, 2^nd
• Audrey Smith, EMCC, 3^rd

Commercial Baking

• Alexis Colon, WEMOCO, 1^st
• Ashley Driscoll, EMCC, 2^nd
• Patricia Pacer, W.D. Ormsby, 3^rd

Computer Maintenance

• Connor Long, Wildwood, 1^st
• Storm Hartman, Hewes, 2^nd
• Austin Doepp, Orleans, 3^rd

Cosmetology Jr.

• Lillian-Guzman Mancuso, EMCC, 1^st
• Jackie Clarke, EMCC, 2^nd
• Adriana Bryer, Niagara, 3^rd

Cosmetology Sr.

• Ivy Marie Gilbert, Orleans, 1^st
• Brianna Musco, EMCC, 2^nd
• Kaley Herring, Belmont, 3^rd

CPR/First Aid

• Emily Wysocarski, EMCC, 1^st
• Patrick MacDonald, EMCC, 2^nd
• Kaitlyn Desjarlais, W.D. Ormsby, 3^rd

Criminal Justice

• Otaysha Townsend, GST Bush, 1^st
• Elaina Brownell, Wildwood, 2^nd
• Anthony Ozzella, Olean, 3^rd

Crime Scene Investigation (Three-Person Teams)

• Niagara, 1^st
• GST Bush, 2^nd
• C.G. May, 3^rd

Culinary Arts

• Derek Kretchman, Coopers, 1^st
• Faith Mierzwa, LoGuidice, 2^nd
• Christopher Artinian, EMCC, 3^rd

Custom Painting & Graphics

• Briana Hutchinson, W.D. Ormsby, 1^st
• Megan Warren, Orleans, 2^nd
• Elijah Howard, WEMOCO, 3^rd

Diesel Mechanics

• Luke Anderson, Niagara, 1^st
• Alexander Fischer, Niagara, 2^nd
• Christopher McDonald, Orleans, 3^rd

Early Childhood

• Katelyn Morse, Ellicottville, 1^st
• Wynter Dumont, Orleans, 2^nd
• Cailynn Jaehn, Ellicottville, 3^rd

Electrical Construction & Wiring

• Dan Gardner, Orleans, 1^st
• Emmanuel Dyman, Finger Lakes, 2^nd
• Jonathan Guzman, Potter, 3^rd

Electronics Technology

• Chelsie Cloutier, Orleans, 1^st
• Tyler Sattelberg, Orleans, 2^nd
• Josh Varner, WEMOCO, 3^rd

Employment Application

• Kelsey Curazzato, EMCC, 1^st
• Lindsay Gnage, WEMOCO, 2^nd
• Jordan Coon, EMCC, 3^rd

Extemporaneous Speech

• C.J. Sawdey, EMCC, 1^st
• Killian Groom, Belmont, 2^nd
• Heather McLean, EMCC, 3^rd

Food Prep Assistant

• Madison Montana, EMCC, 1^st
• Isaiah Washington, Coopers, 2^nd
• Taylor Sparrow, Wayne, 3^rd

Health Knowledge Bowl (Four-Person Teams)

• Orleans, 1^st
• Wildwood, 2^nd
• Niagara, 3^rd

Job Demo A

• Wendy Lipares-Rivera, Wayne, 1^st
• Evan McMahon, Coopers, 2^nd
• Bryanna Herr, W.D. Ormsby, 3^rd

Job Demo Open

• Ashley Groll, Niagara, 1^st
• Felicia Jones, Wayne, 2^nd
• Mariah Rees, Orleans, 3^rd

Job Interview

• Jessica Heary, Orleans, 1^st
• Erin Maynard, Olean, 2^nd
• Laicey Axtell, GST Bush, 3^rd

Masonry

• Jordan Matthews, GST Bush, 1^st
• Kyle Lacy, Wildwood, 2^nd
• Kyle Rosenzweig, EMCC, 3^rd

Nail Technician

• Nyomi Brooks, GST Bush, 1^st
• Mikaela Parwulski, Potter, 2^nd
• Roxy Tubbs, Potter, 3^rd

Photography

• Adam Montoya, EMCC, 1^st
• Alexandra Pasquale, EMCC, 2^nd
• Hannah Crouse, Wildwood, 3^rd

Power Equipment

• Logan Robinson, Wildwood, 1^st
• Cory Moore, WEMOCO, 2^nd
• Jared Eklund, Hewes, 3^rd

Precision Heavy Equipment

• Darren Ross, Wildwood, 1^st
• Thomas Kunlel, Niagara, 2^nd
• Cody Sauuagegu, Niagara, 3^rd

Precision Machining

• Jason Rodriguez, WEMOCO, 1^st
• Patrick Pruden, Coopers, 2^nd
• Cody Westmorland, Niagara, 3^rd

Prepared Speech

• Megan Smith, WEMOCO, 1^st
• Ashley Bower, Orleans, 2^nd
• Rachel McCarthy, LoGuidice, 3^rd

Quiz Bowl (Five-Person Teams)

• GST Bush, 1^st
• EMCC, 2^nd
• Genesee Valley (Batavia), 3^rd

Related Technical Math

• Katelyn DiBenedetto, Orleans, 1^st
• Jacob Bristow, WEMOCO, 2^nd
• Makia Hall, GST Bush, 3^rd

Restaurant Services

• Nate Cornett, Niagara, 1^st
• Josh Santiago, WEMOCO, 2^nd
• Alexandria Zentz, LoGuidice, 3^rd

Small Engines

• Louis Benjamin, Wayne, 1^st
• Ben Stahl, Niagara, 2^nd
• Zach Brochta, Wildwood, 3^rd

Technical Drafting

• James McAdam, Niagara, 1^st
• Kolby Reumann, W.D. Ormsby, 2^nd
• Hayden Whittlesey, Finger Lakes, 3^rd

T-Shirt Design

• Mariah Clark, Coopers, 1^st
• Sierra Meade, Coopers, 2^nd
• Tayton Troidl, W.D. Ormsby, 3^rd

TV/Video Production

• GST Bush, 1^st
• Niagara, 2^nd
• Olean, 3^rd

Welding

• Spencer Cappon, Niagara, 1^st
• Ian Milliman, Genesee Valley (Batavia) 2^nd
• Christopher Steves, Orleans, 3^rd