IOWA LAKES STUDENTS PLACE AT SkillsUSA-VICA STATE COMPETITION

 

Eleven students from Iowa Lakes Community College were among the winners at the annual statewide SkillsUSA-VICA competition held in eastern Iowa Thursday. 

 

First place awards went to Dallas Maday, Jesse Pergande, Joshua Ludovissy, Jason Dearchs, Matthew Kuennen, Adam Bradshaw, Martin Dahl, Trapper Griese, Adam Hibbing, Rick Hoekstra and Jonathan Cretsinger.

Maday, of Ringsted, won in the postsecondary division of Collision Repair; Pergande, of Armstrong, took top honors as a secondary student in Collision Repair; Ludovissy, of North Buena Vista, won in the postsecondary class in Marine Service; Dearchs, of Algona, took top honors as a secondary student in Motorcycle Service; Kuennen, of Waucoma, won first place in Motorcycle Service in the postsecondary class; Bradshaw, of Maurice, won in Power Equipment Technology, postsecondary; Dahl, from Swea City, was the winner in Power Equipment Technology, secondary; and, Griese, of Dolliver, Hibbing, of Paullina, Hoekstra, from Maurice, and Cretsinger, of Coon Rapids, were part of a postsecondary team that took first place in Team Works.

Maday and Griese were both former Regional Academy students in the Collision and Construction programs respectively.  Pergande and Dahl are current Regional Academy students in the Collision and Motorcycle programs respectively.  The Regional Academy allows students to take college credit courses on the Emmetsburg Campus while still in high school.  Dearchs is a Regional Academy student enrolled in the Automotive Technology program located at Algona High School. 

Second place awards went to Daniel Burrs (Corwith, Diesel Equipment, secondary); Travis Shimons (Rolfe, Marine Service, postsecondary); Darren Dennis (Spencer, Motorcycle Service, postsecondary); Brandon Becker (Burt, Power Equipment Technology, postsecondary); and, Michael Young (Ayrshire, Welding, postsecondary).

Third place awards were won Darrin Frey (Cherokee, Marine Service, postsecondary); Nickolas Edwards, (Tea, SD, Motorcycle Service, postsecondary); Brian Smith (Cherokee, Power Equipment Technology, postsecondary); and, Eric Frederick (Emmetsburg, Collision Repair, secondary).  Frederick is also a Regional Academy student at the college.

All first place winners will advance to the national competition this summer in Kansas City, Mo., June 21-25.