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Students earn 56 awards at SkillsUSA Minnesota contest

Apr 26, 2022, 09:20 by ATCC Staff
Students from several technical programs earned 56 awards in the SkillsUSA Minnesota State Leadership and Skills Conference competition in April.

47 students competed in 73 contests, resulting in 21 first-place awards, 21 second-place awards, and 14 third-place awards. Alexandria College programs represented include Machine Tool Technology, Mechanical Drafting, Design, & Engineering Technology, Carpentry, Marine, Motorcycle, & Powersports Technician, Mechatronics, and Welding.

14 students are eligible to advance to the National competitions in Atlanta, Georgia at the end of June.

*** = Students eligible to advance to Nationals

Automated Manufacturing Technology
  • **1st Place Team Contest – Jonathan Hosaluk, Zachary Johnson, & Max Strege (Machine Tool Technology and Mechanical Drafting, Design, & Engineering)
  • 2nd Place Team Contest – Konnor Goepfert, Henry Meyer, & Tanner Mord (Machine Tool Technology)
Cabinetmaking
  • 3rd Place – Willard Burgess (Carpentry)
Carpentry
  • **1st Place – Kody Herbst (Carpentry)
  • 2nd Place – Tyler Tougas (Carpentry)
  • 3rd Place – Isaac Johnson (Carpentry)
CNC – Milling
  • **1st Place – Max Strege (Machine Tool Technology)
  • 2nd Place – Jonathan Hosalak (Machine Tool Technology)
  • 3rd Place – Konnor Goepfert (Machine Tool Technology)
CNC Technician
  • **1st Place – Konnor Goepfert (Machine Tool Technology)
  • 2nd Place – Kara Leedahl (Machine Tool Technology)
CNC – Turning
  • **1st Place – Anthony Dettman (Machine Tool Technology)
  • 2nd Place – Konnor Goepfert (Machine Tool Technology)
  • 3rd Place – Kara Leedahl (Machine Tool Technology)
Construction Blueprint Reading (State Only)
  • 1st Place – Kody Herbst (Carpentry)
Machine Trades Blueprint Reading (State Only)
  • 1st Place – Noah Netzke (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)
  • 2nd Place – Isaac VanWatermulen (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)
  • 3rd Place – Noah Johnson (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)
Machine Trades Blueprint Reading – High School Division (State Only)
  • 1st Place – Ethan Fischer (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)
  • 2nd Place – Tia Bomstad (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)
Marine Service Technology
  • **1st Place – Garret Bonello (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)
  • 2nd Place – Wyatt Zeithamer (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)
  • 3rd Place – Joshua Kuhlman (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)
Mechatronics
  • 2nd Place Team Contest – Benton Albers & Avery Kompelien (Mechatronics)
  • 3rd Place Team Contest – Jon Kicker & Logan Schuelke (Mechatronics)
Motorcycle Service Technology
  • **1st Place – Ben Nestrud (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)
  • 2nd Place – Kyle Fischer (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)
  • 3rd Place – Will Johnson (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)
Power Equipment Technology
  • **1st Place – Aaron Golden (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)
  • 2nd Place – Cory Martin (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)
Precision Machining (State only)
  • 1st Place – Jerome Hilgemann (Machine Tool Technology)
  • 2nd Place – Axel Anderson (Machine Tool Technology)
  • 3rd Place – Joshua Berzinski (Machine Tool Technology)
Related Technical Math
  • **1st Place – Carter Moen (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)
  • 2nd Place – Noah Johnson (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)
Related Technical Math – High School Division
  • 2nd Place – Tia Bomstad (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)
  • 3rd Place – Ethan Fischer (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)
Snowmobile Service Technology (State only)
  • 1st Place – Cory Martin (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)
  • 2nd Place – Tate Lange (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)
  • 3rd Place – Kyle Burrows (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)
Technical Drafting
  • **1st Place – Carter Moen (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)
  • 2nd Place – Isaac VanWatermulen (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)
  • 3rd Place – Austin Parker (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)
Technical Drafting – High School Division
  • **1st Place – Ethan Fischer (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)
  • 2nd Place – Tia Bomstad (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)
Trade Math (State only)
  • 1st Place – Isaac VanWatermulen (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)
  • 3rd Place – Carter Moen (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)
Trade Math – High School Division (State only)
  • 1st Place – Tia Bomstad (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)
  • 2nd Place – Ethan Fischer (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)
Welding – High School Division
  • **1st Place – Colton Laurent (Welding)