63 Berks students take home medals

Next stop is the state competition in April

Sixty-three Berks County high school students took home medals recently in SkillsUSA district competitions.

SkillsUSA is a national membership association serving high school, college and middle school students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations. The organization holds annual competitions where students can show off their talents.

Forty-three students from Berks Career & Technology Center and 20 from Reading-Muhlenberg Career & Technology Center placed in district competitions held in January and earlier this month. Winners at the district level earn a chance to move on to the state competition, held in Hershey April 15-17.

Students winning medals at the district level were:

Reading-Muhlenberg Career & Technology Center FIRST PLACE

Welding fabrication: Juan Coste, Reading; Ben Mathis, Muhlenberg; and Daniel Jimenez, Reading. Restaurant services: Rosario Gonzalez, Muhlenberg. Early childhood education: Jonny Division Martinez, Reading.

Power equipment: Brandon Dawkins, Reading. Technical computer applications: Kolby Rothenberg, Muhlenberg.

SECOND PLACE

Wed design development: Everett Daniels Wrigth, Muhlenberg; and Urfredo

Encarncion, Reading. Baking: Annelise Quinones, Reading.

Graphic communications: Hector Taveras, Reading. Medical math: Rodolfo Zorilla Rivera, Reading. Nursing assisting: Yalissa Gomez, Reading. Technical computer applications: Joel Santiago, Muhlenberg.

THIRD PLACE

Nail care: Cassia Bell. Nursing assist: Helena Ernst, Muhlenberg.

First aid/CPR: Carlos Vidot, Reading.

Diesel equipment: Gunner Stout, Muhlenberg. Dental assisting: Sage Cuddeback, Muhlenberg. Criminal Justice: David Maggs, Reading.

Berks Career & Technology Center East Campus FIRST PLACE

Internetworking: Mason Reimert, Fleetwood.

Nail care: Karel Henrich, Oley Valley and Carley McCulley, Oley Valley.

Team Works: Douglas Stroman, Daniel Boone; Ty Kline, Branywine Heights; Joshua Joyce, Twin Valley; and Owen Nye, Daniel Boone. Cabinetmaking: Benjamin Wood, Exeter. Information technology service: Mathew Latham, Gov. Mifflin.

Electrical construction wiring: Riley Kolarz, Boyertown.

Masonry: Jacob Todd, Oley Valley.

Diesel Equipment: Jared Fessler, Conrad Weiser. Building construction: Joseph Conte, Kutztown.

SECOND PLACE

Criminal justice: Danan Horn, Kutztown.

Dental assisting: Courtney Dennis, Boyertown. Automotive maintenance:

Tobias Haney, Exeter.

THIRD PLACE

Automotive refinishing: Brianna James, Daniel Boone.

Cosmetology: Jessica Bryant, Boyertown. Esthetics: Alexys Reinhart, Boyertown.

Esthetics model: Trinity Colatosti, Boyertown. HVAC: Riley Edwards, Boyertown.

Automotive service technology: Mason Grubb, Boyertown.

Collision repair:

Amole, Exeter.

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Berks Career & Technology Center West Campus FIRST PLACE

Commercial baking: Carmella Horne, Tulpehocken. Industrial motor controls: Ethan Long, Hamburg. Advertising design: Autumn Nowack, Gov. Mifflin. CNC Milling technology: Alex Milanek, Schuylkill Valley.

CNC technician: Courtney

Fink, Hamburg. Cosmetology: Jillian Lachina, Gov. Mifflin. Esthetics: Lillian Garcia, Fleetwood, and Mckelvey Fitzgerald, Fleetwood. Mechatronics: Kyle Asplundh, Kutztown, and Nicholas Hill, Fleetwood. Welding fabrication: Reese Nowotarski, Schuylkill Valley, and Isaiah Renninger, Boyertown.

SECOND PLACE

Related technical math: Azam Ahmed, Wyomissing. Electrical construction wiring: Matthew Blankenbiller, Tulpehocken. Customer service: Esther Jeune, Conrad Weiser. Power equipment technology: Jordan Kieffer, Gov. Mifflin.

Prepared speech: Cheyenne Weiss, Hamburg. CNC turning: Jared Tobias, Hamburg.

THIRD PLACE

Restaurant service: Sarah Ortiz, Exeter.

Welding: Riley Walshburger, Wilson.