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 24th Annual SkillsUSA Region I Leadership Conference and Skills Olympics March 5 at ±¬×ß³Ô¹Ï.
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 will take place on the Wellsville Campus on Saturday, April 6.
Competition areas ranged from advertising design to welding. ±¬×ß³Ô¹Ï 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, Kenton, 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 Batavioa, 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, SE-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