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The 2024 SkillsUSA Minnesota State Championships began April 4 to 5 in Alexandria, Minn., where Alexandria College hosted the CNC Milling Specialist, CNC Programmer, CNC Turning Specialist, Marine Service Technology, Mechatronics, Motorcycle Service Technology, Precision Machining Technology, and Technical Drafting events. The competition continued on April 12 and 13 at Saint Paul College and industry partner locations across the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro area.

The SkillsUSA Minnesota State Championships is an annual event that brings together hundreds of careers and technical education students who compete in over 80 different trade, technical, and leadership fields. The competition recognizes career and technical education (CTE) students who excel in their occupational areas, and spotlights leadership development activities that are an integral part of the SkillsUSA program.

The philosophy of the competition is to reward students for excellence, to involve the industry in directly evaluating student performance, and to keep CTE training relevant to employers’ needs.

Alexandria Technical and Community College 2024 SkillsUSA Minnesota State Championships Results (** means that student is qualified for nationals):

Cabinetmaking

2nd Place – Luke Laing (Carpentry)

Cabinetmaking – High School Division

2nd Place – Tyler Giese (Carpentry)

Carpentry

1st Place – Nick Tougas (Carpentry) **

2nd Place – Jacob Moeller (Carpentry)

Carpentry (High School Division)

1st Place – Tyler Giese (Carpentry) **

CNC—Milling

1st Place – Clayton Fisk (Machine Tool Technology) **

2nd Place – Austin McClain (Machine Tool Technology)

CNC—Programmer

1st Place – Clayton Fisk (Machine Tool Technology) **

2nd Place – Austin McClain (Machine Tool Technology)

3rd Place – Devan Liebeg (Machine Tool Technology)

CNC –Turning

1st Place – Clayton Fisk (Machine Tool Technology) **

2nd Place – Austin McClain (Machine Tool Technology)

3rd Place – Devan Liebeg (Machine Tool Technology)

Construction Blueprint Reading (State Only)

1st Place – Jacob Moeller (Carpentry)

2nd Place – Quinn McCalla (Carpentry)

3rd Place – Luke Laing (Carpentry)

Machine Trades Blueprint Reading (State Only)

1st Place – Dustin White (Machine Tool Technology)

2nd Place – Austin McClain (Machine Tool Technology)

Machine Trades Blueprint Reading – High School Division (State Only)

1st Place – Noah Beulke (Machine Tool Technology)

2nd Place – Lars Dropik (Machine Tool Technology)

3rd Place – Cole Tetlie (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)

Marine Service Technology

1st Place – Luke Johnson (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician) **

2nd Place – Dan Townsend (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)

3rd Place – Hewitt Fletcher (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)

Marine Service Technology – High School Division

1st Place – Nicholas Walter (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician) **

2nd Place – Jackson Cavers (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)

Mechatronics

1st Place Team Contest – Gavin Hasse & Mikal Woidyla-Wood (Mechatronics) **

2nd Place Team Contest – Cooper Olsonawski & Spencer Vander Pol (Mechatronics)

3rd Place Team Contest – Kayla Bitzan-Anderson & Corey McCoy (Mechatronics)

Mechatronics – High School Division

1st Place Team Contest – Ethan Loeffler & Isaac Ruegemer (Mechatronics) **

Motorcycle Service Technology

1st Place – Dan Townsend (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician) **

2nd Place – Hewitt Fletcher (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)

3rd Place – Trey Muellner (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)

Power Equipment Technology

1st Place – James Donelan (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician) **

2nd Place – Kaleb Kraenow (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)

3rd Place – Simon Jones (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)

Power Equipment Technology – High School Division

1st Place – Jackson Cavers (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician) **

2nd Place – Nicholas Walter (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)

Precision Machining (State only)

1st Place – Ethan Tesarek (Machine Tool Technology)

2nd Place – Sam Reiter (Machine Tool Technology)

3rd Place – Brady Host (Machine Tool Technology)

Precision Machining (State only) – High School Division

1st Place – Lars Dropik (Machine Tool Technology)

2nd Place – Noah Beulke (Machine Tool Technology)

3rd Place – Brayden Reiman (Machine Tool Technology

Related Technical Math

2nd Place – Dustin White (Machine Tool Technology)

3rd Place – Kaleb Robeck (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)

Related Technical Math – High School Division

1st Place – Lars Dropik (Machine Tool Technology) **

2nd Place – Cole Tetlie (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)

3rd Place – Noah Beulke (Machine Tool Technology)

Snowmobile Service Technology (State only)

1st Place – Seth Iverson (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)

2nd Place – Jacob Taylor (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)

3rd Place – Bobby Solid (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)

Technical Drafting

1st Place – Christian Kuball (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering) **

2nd Place – Kaleb Robeck (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)

3rd Place – Ian Adolphsen (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)

Technical Drafting – High School Division

1st Place – Cole Tetlie (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering) **

Trade Math (State only)

1st Place – Dustin White (Machine Tool Technology)

2nd Place – Kaleb Robeck (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)

3rd Place – Ethan Tesarek (Machine Tool Technology)

Trade Math – High School Division (State only)

1st Place – Lars Dropik (Machine Tool Technology)

2nd Place – Noah Netzke (Machine Tool Technology)

3rd Place – Cole Tetlie (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)

Welding

1st Place – Lucas Melson (Welding) **

2nd Place – Joie Ruhter (Welding)

Welding – High School Division

1st Place – Austin Engelmeyer (Welding) **