SkillsUSA Wisconsin Announces Results for Stevens Point Regional Competition

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SkillsUSA Wisconsin, a partnership of students, teachers, and industry representatives working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce, announced the results of its regional competition held on Friday, Jan. 17, at Mid‑State Technical College in Stevens Point, WI.

CO2 Dragster
First Place: Lily Leonard, Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School
Second Place: Keane Steebs, Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School

Computer Programming
First Place: Casey Haugen, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School
Second Place: Dagmar Beckel, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School

Industrial Robotics
First Place: Bryce Blaubach, Trynn Verstegen, and Ian Whaples, Wausau West High School

Job Interview (High School)
First Place: Chelsea Kubiaczyk, Antigo High School
Second Place: Marty Bauer, Antigo High School
Third Place: Sheldon Stransky, Marshall High School

Job Interview (Middle School)
First Place: Annabelle Parizek, Antigo High School
Second Place: Lily Leonard, Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School

Precision Machining Technology
First Place: Samuel Schumacher, Wausau West High School
Second Place: Nicholas Davis, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School
Third Place: Emma Schumacher, Wausau West High School

Prepared Speech (High School)
First Place: Benjiman Romatowski, Lincoln High School (Wisconsin Rapids)

Prepared Speech (Middle School)
First Place: Olive Kaminski, Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School

Team Engineering Challenge (High School)
First Place: Camren Raduechel, Eli Schuett, and Kingsley Tessmer, Wausau West High School
Second Place: Kylie Kurth, Emme Tetzlaff, and Gavin Wasmundt, Wausau West High School

Third Place: Evan Fournier, Keegan Obst, and Wyatt Witte, Stevens Point Area Senior High School

Team Engineering Challenge (Middle School)
First Place: Jessica Quade, Jaxson Schider, and Clayton Schultz, Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School
Second Place: Atticus Khan, Maddyx Malsom, and Miles Morehead, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School

Welding
First Place: Nash Sullivan, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School
Second Place: David Hoehn, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School
Third Place: Devon Holub, Lincoln High School (Wisconsin Rapids)

Welding Sculpture (High School)
First Place: Brice Kaiser, Wausau West High School
Second Place: Hunter Helms, Clintonville High School
Third Place: Faith Weso, Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School

Welding Sculpture (Middle School)
First Place: Milayna Groh, Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School
Second Place: Achilles Prantalos, Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School
Third Place: Bella Rumpel, Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School

Those who placed advance to participate in the 52nd SkillsUSA Wisconsin State Leadership and Skills Conference in Madison, Wis. on Tues., April 1 - Wed., April 2, 2025. State competitions will occur at the Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, and Madison Area Technical College (MATC), 1701 Wright St.

The 2025 State Leadership and Skills Conference will feature more than 1,750 middle, high school, and college/post-secondary students, over 200 teachers, and more than 300 industry volunteers working in over 75 competitions.

Founded in 1973, SkillsUSA Wisconsin, with more than 2,500 members in over 150 chapters. The diverse talent pipeline covers 120 trades, technical, and skilled service occupations, mostly related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

More than 200 corporations, trade associations, businesses, and labor unions support SkillsUSA Wisconsin. Programs are integrated into career and technical education through a framework of personal, workplace, and technical skills grounded in academics. SkillsUSA also offers technical skill assessments and other workplace credentials.

Helping each student excel and a solution to shrinking the skills gap, SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit organization serving high school and college students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical, and skilled service occupations.

SkillsUSA empowers its members to become world-class workers, leaders, and responsible American citizens. SkillsUSA improves the quality of our nation’s future skilled workforce by developing framework skills, including personal, workplace, and technical skills grounded in academics. The SkillsUSA mission is built upon — and its success depends on — the commitment of members and partners to the following values: integrity, respect, responsibility, citizenship, and service.

For more information on the SkillsUSA Regional Competition in Stevens Point and/or the State Leadership and Skills Conference, visit www.skillsusa-wi.org or email wisconsinskillsusa@gmail.com.