The Colleges of the Northern Wyoming Community College District, which include Sheridan and Gillette Colleges, performed well at the Wyoming SkillsUSA competitions over the past two weeks. Gillette College was awarded High Point Chapter honors for total medal count. Seventeen students across the district competed in the state competition and received 13 total medals after the results were tallied at the final competition in Casper.
Winners include:
Additive Manufacturing
Gold: Gillette College Gregory Locke & Andrew Green
Automated Manufacturing
Silver: Gillette College Team B: Clancy Ortman, Stuart Harrison, & Andrew Green
Diesel Technology
Gold: Gillette College Colter Morris
Silver: Gillette College Rhett Beard
Bronze: Gillette College Taylor Jensen
Job Skill Demonstration A
Gold: Gillette College Hannah Smithson
Silver: Gillette College Richard Kimble
Job Skill Open
Bronze: Gillette College Brett Konst
CPR/First Responder
Gold: Gillette College Richard Kimble
Related Technical Math
Bronze: Gillette College Duane Zmiewski
Automotive Service Technology
Bronze: Gillette College Colter Morris
Manual Mill & Lathe
Gold: Sheridan College Nicholas Larson
Automated Manufacturing Team
Gold: Sheridan College Tawny Browning, Walkara Robinson, Jacob Seidel
SkillsUSA prepares America’s high-performance workers and provides quality education experiences for students in leadership, teamwork, citizenship and character development. Gillette College students enrolled in career and technical education programs compete in SkillsUSA each year and consistently excel.
All students and teams who won gold medals at the state level will go on to compete at the National Leadership and Skills Conference that will be held virtually this June.
