Columbus Technical College’s SkillsUSA team came home big winners and the proud owners of nine medals after a weekend of tough competition in Atlanta. The Georgia SkillsUSA event pits the best of the best in different trade and skills arenas including cabinet making, welding, technical drafting, community service, automotive technology and more.

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David Hampton eventually earned the gold for the cabinet making competition.

Students and teams who placed first in their category will go on to compete in the national SkillsUSA event in Louisville, Kentucky June 23 – 26.

Jeremiah Peters participates in the carpentry event.

(left to right) Michael Morgan, David Hampton and Jeremiah Peters show off their gold hardware at the Georgia SkillsUSA event.

Winning (first place) gold medals and heading to Louisville are: David Hampton/Cabinet making, Jeremiah Peters/Carpentry and Michael Morgan/Major Appliance Technology.

Allison Lowry, Melissa Forsythe and Allison Cruz show off their silver medals in Community Service.

SkillsUSA advisor and major appliance technology program director John Lipham (left) poses with gold medal winner Michael Morgan.

Silver medal (second place) winners are: Allison Lowry, Melissa Forsythe, Allison Cruz for Community Service, Kimberly Kennedy/Medical Math, Seth Spang, Barry Spurgin, Cristopher Taylor for Welding Fabrication. Bronze medal (third place) winners are: Chris Washington and Antonio Granillo for Technical Drafting, Austin Smith and Wilton Cornett for Mechatronics, Safiya Pearson for Medical Terminology. Also competing were: Sheena Clarke, Shaunte Scott, Artayvis Clark, Roger Black and Shawn Huber.

Congratulations to all our SkillsUSA team members. You make us proud!