The 2021 SkillsUSA New York State Leadership and Skills Conference Postsecondary Championship was held on 惇軗勛圖s Wellsville campus on Saturday, April 2. 32 students from two schools, 惇軗勛圖 and the Culinary Institute of America, competed against each other in one of the nations most prestigious showcases of career and technical aptitude.
SkillsUSA Contests begin locally and continue through the state and national levels. State winners are eligible to travel to Atlanta, GA to compete in the 58th National SkillsUSA Championship on June 20. The five-day event features more than 6,500 students competing in 107 occupational and leadership skill areas.
State contests like this are made possible through sponsors and industry judges, stated NYS SkillsUSA College Post-Secondary director Craig R Clark, PhD. We look forward to the NYS team attending the national event in June.
Congratulations to the following top finishers from the championship:
Automotive Refinishing:
Third Place winning the Bronze Medal: Sabrina Rowe, Lockport, NY 惇軗勛圖
Second place winning the Silver Medal: Louis Petrillo, Otisville, NY 惇軗勛圖
First Place winning the Gold Medal: Larry Knoll, Darian Center, NY 惇軗勛圖
Automotive Service:
Third Place winning the Bronze Medal: Kyle Mitravich, Tonawanda, NY 惇軗勛圖
Second place winning the Silver Medal: Greg Stann, Fillmore, NY 惇軗勛圖
First Place winning the Gold Medal: Devon Canfield, Amherst, NY 惇軗勛圖
Job Skill Demonstration:
Second place winning the Silver Medal: Gathirna Toussaint, Hyde Park, NY Culinary Institute of America
First Place winning the Gold Medal: Lourdes Valdez, Bergen, NJ - Culinary Institute of America
Carpentry:
Second place winning the Silver Medal: Sean Malenfant, Averill Park, NY 惇軗勛圖
First Place winning the Gold Medal: Jordon Szczesniak, Conesus, NY 惇軗勛圖
Commercial Baking:
Third Place winning the Bronze Medal: Prabhseerat Kaur, Hyde Park, NY - Culinary Institute of America
Second place winning the Silver Medal: Jisun Choi, Hyde Park, NY Culinary Institute of America
First Place winning the Gold Medal: Sarah Sue Streeter, LeRoy, NY 惇軗勛圖
Culinary Arts:
Third Place winning the Bronze Medal: Ethan Foster, Chesterfield, VA Culinary Institute of America
Second place winning the Silver Medal: Jacob McGrath, Webster, NY 惇軗勛圖
First Place winning the Gold Medal: Chidina Okafor, VillaRica, GA - Culinary Institute of America
Electrical Construction Wiring:
Third Place winning the Bronze Medal: Benjamin Trautwein, East Amherst, NY 惇軗勛圖
Second place winning the Silver Medal: Lucian Talbett, Jamestown, NY 惇軗勛圖
First Place winning the Gold Medal: Jerad Hediger, Chaffee, NY 惇軗勛圖
Masonry:
Third Place winning the Bronze Medal: Augustus Zevon-Powell, Peachum, VT 惇軗勛圖
Second place winning the Silver Medal: Patrick Aini, Arkport, NY 惇軗勛圖
First Place winning the Gold Medal: Zachery Kelley, Watkins Glen, NY 惇軗勛圖
Welding:
Third Place winning the Bronze Medal: Hayden Rust, Houghton, NY 惇軗勛圖
Second place winning the Silver Medal: Chase Pangrazio, Basom, NY 惇軗勛圖
First Place winning the Gold Medal: Matthew Fernandes, McGraw, NY 惇軗勛圖
Left to Right: Sarah Sue Streeter, Zachary Kelley, Jerad
Hediger, Devon Canfield, Larry Knoll, Jordan Szczesniak,
Lourdes Valdez, and Chadina Ikafor
(missing Matthew Frenandes).