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Chattahoochee Tech Students Show Skills at SkillsUSA Competition

Students brought home eight awards from the recent competition.

Local students put their skills to the test at the recent SkillsUSA competition. Nine Chattahoochee Tech students participated in the local Skills USA competitions for their respective program areas recently, earning four gold or first-place finishes, two silver and two bronze.

“We are very proud of the students and their hard work,” said instructor Clint Cooper, who coordinates the competition for CTC each year. “It is a great example of their dedication to their coursework and goals for the future that they do so well in this event.”

Chattahoochee Technical College’s gold medalists include Nathan and Micah Powell of Palmetto, Ga. for television production; John Bewlay of Marietta for HVAC; William Poole of Powder Springs for power sports and Jayson Miller of Dallas for residential wiring. These men will travel to Kansas City this June for the national SkillsUSA competition.

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Also placing at the state event were Anthony Young of Dalton and Michael Sawyer of Resaca in the diesel event, earning silver and bronze respectively. Jacob Hollis of Villa Rica earned silver and Nathan Sheasby of Atlanta earned bronze in the food and beverage service category.

SkillsUSA programs include local, state, and national competitions in which students demonstrate occupational and leadership skills. The gold medal or top winners from each competition will compete at the national Skills USA competition in Kansas City this June. More than 5,600 outstanding career and technical education students—all state contest winners—will compete hands-on in more than 95 different trade, technical and leadership fields

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