Page 12 - HIWT Spring 2018 World of Welding

Southwest Ohio Regional Skills U.S.A

By Janet Piechocki
On Saturday, February 17, 2018, Hobart Institute of Welding shelf out of a 4’ x 4’ x 3/16” steel plate. The dimensions of the book
Technology hosted the Southwest Ohio Skills USA regional shelf itself had to be 10” deep x 11” wide x 24” high.
competition. The event started at 8 a.m. and lasted until 2 The winners of the welding competition were Nathan Reeves of the
p.m. There were two individual competitions for that day. One Ohio Hi-Point Career Center in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Seth Gephart of
competition was in welding skills and the other being fabrication Upper Valley Career Center in Piqua, Ohio took second place and
skills. For the fabrication project, student teams had to build a book third place was Sammuel Roades of Miami Valley CTC in Clayton,
Ohio.
The fabrication team winners were
Austin Burnett, John Horton and Andrew
Lambrinides of Diamond Oaks CTC in
Cincinnati, Ohio for first place. Second place
was Hunter Ashcraft, Clayton Bowling and
Casey Ulm from Butler Tech-D. Russell Lee
Career Center in Hamilton, Ohio and third
place went to Derek Bell, Hunter Horsely
and Hunter Tuel from Ohio Hi-Point in
Bellefontaine, Ohio.
Congratulations to all the students
that participated in
this event.
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