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events at the Central Northern Area Conference regional on Jan. 16.

The top three finishers in each event earned the opportunity to participate at the 2021 FBLA State Leadership Conference, which will be held virtually on March 27.

Lemont students placed first in three team competitions and seven individual events. Senior Devin Shah and junior Safin Saraiya triumphed in Sales Presentation, juniors Jayne Pelen and Jackie Wencl won in Social Media Strategies, and freshmen Casey Treanor and Natalia Zagata captured Computer Game & Simulation Programming. Individual winners included senior Sean Abbott (Organizational Leadership), juniors Zach Etzkorn (Agribusiness), Gracie Meloni (Impromptu Speaking) and Melissa Nunez (Public Speaking), sophomores Sebastian Delatorre (Spreadsheet Applications) and Julia Janowski (3D Animation) and freshman Lydia Pelen (Introduction to Social Media Strategy).

Juniors Miriam Hagen and Reena Sethi teamed for second place in Business Ethics, while freshmen Riley Conry and Adyson DuVall paired for a runner-up finish in Introduction to Business Presentation, and freshmen Rehan Saraiya and Arjun Vicharapu were second in Marketing. Juniors Joe Bartman (Business Calculations) and Bryce Sadelski (Personal Finance), sophomore Jack Madera (Supply Chain Management), and freshmen Carter Lee (Website Design) and Kylie Meloni (Graphic Design) all picked up individual runner-up finishes.

Junior Alec Yaagoub (Economics) and freshman Gabriella Abbott (Introduction to Business Procedures) each earned thirdplace finishes.