Vocational students showcase championship skills

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They wired and welded, baked and bonded, sauteed and spoke, pounded and plumbed during the March 16 Skills USA-VICA Championships at United Technical Center and Eastern Maine Technical College in Bangor.

It was a chance for secondary and postsecondary students from a variety of vocational schools to show what they’ve learned. Professionals from chefs to electricians helped judge the contests.

Winners on the secondary level from the northern half of the state were:

Action Skills: first, Carsten Geisel, United Technology Center, Bangor; second, John MacDonald, Tri County Technology Center, Dexter.

Advertising Design: first, Sarah McCaslin, Mid-Maine Tech, Waterville; third, Danielle Thibodeau, Mid-Maine.

Air-Cooled Gasoline Engines: first, Steve Savoy, UTC.

Auto Collision Repair: first, Matt LaChance, UTC.

Auto Service Technology: second, Robert Page Jr., UTC; third, Robert Worster, Tri County.

Basic Health Care Skills: Alyssa Emery, Tri County; second, Elizabeth Lasko, Region 3, Northern Penobscot; third, Amanda Corson, Hancock County, and Nikki Russell, St. Croix Regional.

Cabinetmaking: third, PJ Saunders, Caribou Tech.

Carpentry: first, Greg Rollins, UTC.

Chapter Display: first, Tyler Makepeace, Caribou Regional; second, Jennifer Daigle and Jeanette Anderson, St. John Valley Tech; third, Amy Glidden and Amanda McGowan, Region 3.

Commercial Baking: first, Christian Cray, Tri County; second, Airianne Hatt, UTC; third, Crystal Pelletier, St. John Valley Tech.

Computer Technical Repair: second, Jacob Dana, Mid-Maine; third, Drew Lufkin, Region 3.

Courtesy Corps: first, Anger Grindle, Hancock County; third, Adam Plourde, Caribou Regional.

CPR-First Aid: first, Chris Gendron, St. John Valley Tech.

Criminal Justice: first, Tara Randolf, Waldo County Tech; second, Erica Havens, Tri County.

Culinary Arts: first, Ben Wyeth, Hancock County.

Customer Service: first, Kayla Littlefield, UTC; third, Joshua Hebert, St. John Valley.

Diesel Technology: first, Matt Storer, UTC; second, Douglas Bates, Hancock County; third, Nicholas Cushman, Waldo County.

Extemporaneous Speech: second, Zach Bowers, UTC; third, Jaime Aldus, Waldo County.

Food and Beverage Service: first, Sherri Hynds, UTC; second, Nicole Benner, Mid-Coast, Rockland.

Graphic Communications: first, Scott Libby, Mid-Maine.

Health Knowledge Bowl: second, Region 3; third, St. Croix Regional.

Health Occupations Portfolio: second, Amy Jordan, Hancock County.

Heating: first, Jon Roberts, UTC; second, Zach Shorty, Mid-Maine; third, Scott McAdoo, Mid-Maine.

Industrial Motor Control: first, Harold Sherwood, UTC; second, James Kivell, UTC; third, Jeremy Ellis, UTC.

Internetworking: first, Ray Soucy, St. John Valley; second, Ben Parker, Mid-Maine, and Jason Ingalls, Hancock County; third, Steve Jones, UTC.

Job Skills Demo A: first, Bud Perkins, UTC; second, Anthony Duhime, Region 3; third, Chad Burwood, Mid-Maine. Demo B: first, Jeff Williams, Mid-Maine; third, Deyby Santiago, Penobscot Job Corps.

Masonry: first, Kevin Hubert, Mid-Maine; second, Jamie Thibodeau, Caribou Regional.

Nurse Assisting: first, Lisa Worster, Tri County; second, Tammy Trader, St. Croix Regional; third, Todd Casey, Hancock County.

Occupational Health and Safety: first, Josh Beverage and Chris Feather, Mid-Maine; second, Misty Crocker, PJC.

Opening and Closing Ceremony: second, St. John Valley.

Plumbing: first, Jason Leighton, UTC; second, Greg Sullivan, UTC.

Precision Machining: first, Michael Morton, Tri County.

Prepared Speech: first, Betsy Walker, UTC.

Promotional Bulletin Board: Pamela Michaud, St. John Valley; third, Amy Wooley, Mid-Maine.

Quiz Bowl: second, UTC.

Related Technical Math: third, Ricky Gasper, Hancock County.

Residential Plumbing: first, Jason Leighton, UTC; second, Greg Sullivan, UTC.

Residential Wiring: first, Ken Bubar, UTC; third, Anthony McKinney, Waldo County.

Robotics: first, Ben Clark, UTC; second, Michael Lovely, UTC; third, Jake Adams, UTC.

Sheet Metal: first, Clayton Violette, UTC; second, John Hartley, UTC; third, Jesse Crosby, UTC.

State Pin: third, Danielle Thibodeau, Mid-Maine.

State T-shirt: first, Sara McCaslin, Mid-Maine; Lewiston Regional; third, Nathan Ricker, Mid-Maine.

Technical Computer Application: first, Jason Mishou, UTC; third, Lindsey Brewer, Hancock County.

TV Video Production: second, Tabitha O’Cana and Jacob Rollins, Region 3.

Welding: first, Joel Stanley, Region 3; second, Richard Ruggles, Caribou Regional; third, Brad Adams, UTC.

Post-secondary winner were:

Action Skills: first, Jody Doughty; second, Sharon Dennison, both Penobscot Job Corps.

Cabinet Making: first, Mark Giffard, Eastern Maine Technical College; second, Eletherios Minas, EMTC; third, Mark Taft, PJC.

Commercial Baking: first, Delsey Dodge, Mid-Coast School of Technology; second Aarika Tait, PJC; third, Jessica Woodman, EMTC.

Computer Technical Repair: first, second, Brooks Basselet, Northern Maine Technical College.

Criminal Justice: first, Stacy Lacroix, EMTC.

Culinary Arts: first, Hector Valcarcel, EMTC; second, Sean Pooler, EMTC; third, Charles Robinson, PJC.

Customer Service: first, Mandy Dean, EMTC; third, Charles Allen, PJC.

Diesel Technology: first, Phil Bouchard, NMTC.

Electronics Technology: second, Matthew Powers, NMTC.

Food and Beverage Service: first, David Hurst, EMTC; second, Rose Trott Allen, PJC; third, Heather Turgeon, PJC.

Health Knowledge Bowl: first, PJC.

Health Occupations Portfolio: third, Jennifer Goodwin, PJC.

Job Interview: first, Erica Pulsoni, PJC; second, Christine Skinner, PJC; third, Regina Bowie, NMTC.

Job Skills Demo B: first, Wilfred Izquierdo, PJC; second, Angel Falcon, PJC.

Precision Machining: first, Peter Nicholas, EMTC; second, Matthew Day, EMTC.

Prepared Speech: James Morrill, PJC.

Promotional Bulletin Board: first, Adam Coltart, UTC; second, Kim Donaghy, PJC.

Welding: first, Brian Day, EMTC; second, Ashley Chasse, St. John Valley; third, Jamie Brooker, EMTC.