The annual state-level SkillsUSA competition highlights students with abilities in various job-readiness skills such as culinary arts, automotive, or cosmetology, to name a few. 70 St. Clair County Technical Education Center students from ten programs participated this year from April 12th through the 14th in Grand Rapids. With 29 medals won between them, including seven gold. Those seven finalists are now going on to the National SkillsUSA Competition this summer in Atlanta, Georgia.
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Instructors: Jason Belfinger and Brian Hunter
Paraprofessional: Wayne McClelland and Ryan Dobbie
Automotive Service Technology Overall
● Silver: Allimanda Adams, 12th grade, Virtual Learning Academy
CONSTRUCTION TRADES
Instructor: Ken Sygit
Paraprofessional: Caleb Howell
Plumbing
● Silver: Brooklyn Frikken, 12th grade, St. Clair High School
COSMETOLOGY
Instructors: Alecia Klein, Beth Koski, and Sue Colman
Paraprofessionals: Kara Randall and Alanna Marrogy
Cosmetology Overall
● Gold: Jenna Delia, 12th grade, Capac High School
● Silver: Hannah Plucinski, 12th grade, St. Clair High School
● Bronze: McKenzie James, 12th grade, St. Clair High School
Cosmetology Mannequin
● Silver: Julia Giannosa, 11th grade, St. Clair High School
Esthetics
● Gold: Jaela Krosnicki, 12th grade, Yale High School (Model: Jewel Rickman, 12th grade, Capac High
School)
● Bronze: Janiah Curry, 12th grade, Port Huron Northern High School (Model: Kendall Landrum, 12th
grade, St. Clair High School)
Nail Care
● Gold: Samantha Halsey, 12th grade, Virtual Learning Academy (Model: Olivia Churchill, 12th grade,
Memphis High School)
CULINARY ARTS
Instructor: Katlin Pfropper
Paraprofessional: Allison DiNardo
Commercial Baking and Pastry
● Bronze: Sylviana Tynes, 11th grade, Port Huron Northern High School
CYBERSECURITY
Instructor: Dan Johnson
Paraprofessional: Bob Armstead
Cybersecurity
● Bronze: Amanda Mackin, 12th grade, Yale High School, and Aiden Noel, 11th grade, St. Clair High
School
ENGINEERING/ROBOTICS
Instructor: Melissa Todaro
Paraprofessional: Maury Peck
Robotics and Automation Technology
● Silver: Trevor Borgne, 12th grade, Memphis High School, and Dylan Cowper, 12th grade, St. Clair
High School
● Bronze: Logan Goheen, 12th grade, Port Huron Nothern High School, and Nathan Winchester, 12th
grade, Yale High School
METAL MACHINING TECHNOLOGY
Instructor: Duane Emig
Paraprofessional: Marv Koob
CNC Programmer
● Gold: Gavin Ward, 12th grade, Marysville High School
Precision Machining Technology – Bench
● Gold: Daniel Vandenbossche, 12th grade, Marine City High School
Precision Machining Technology – Lathe
● Bronze: Severin Witmer, 11th grade, Yale High School
Precision Machining Technology – Mill
● Gold: Jaiden Schulte, 11th grade, Marine City High School
● Bronze: Logan Welchko, 11th grade, Algonac High School
Precision Machining Technology – Overall
● Gold: Lucas Bauman, 11th grade, Memphis High School
WELDING
Instructor: Becca Robertson
Paraprofessional: James Lay
Welding Fabrication
● Silver: Kyle DeCock, 12th grade, Marine City High School; Hayden Hall, 12th grade, Algonac High
School; and Caden Korber, 12th grade, St. Clair High School
Welding Sculpture
● Gold: Allane Stamplis, 11th grade, St. Clair High School
