State Skills USA Conference 2023

This year's Skills USA State Leadership Conference saw the largest group from Thayer Central attend and compete in Grand Island April 13th-15th.  The 23 students attending did not disappoint with many placing in the top three and several placing 1st and becoming eligible to compete at the Skills USA  Nationals  located in Atlanta GA in June.  Many of our students have been busy preparing for up to 4 different competitions over the course of the last several months, with well over 100 different competitions to choose from.  https://skillsusanebraska.org/ has a full list and description of state and national competitions.  Students that placed, and or eligible for Nationals include:

EventDivisionNamePlace
Extemporaneous SpeechHSKristaHartley1st, National Qualifer
MSAydrian Meyer1st, National Qualifer
MSAva Rischer2nd
Prepared SpeechMSJocelynn Mumm2nd
State Pin DesignMSAydrian Meyer1st
State Tee Shirt DesignMSAydrian Meyer1st
Basic Health Care SkillsHSMadison Hammer2nd
Job Skill Demo AHSNakia Thomas2nd
MSAva Rischer1st, National Qualifier
Jocelynn Mumm2nd
Jessie Kayser3rd
Job Skill Demo OpenMSAydrian Meyer2nd
Crime Scene InvestigationHSElle Sudbeck, Christian Krupicka, Bradley Neff1st, National Qualifier
Team Engineering ChallengeMSJaxson Bowers, Aiden Degenhardt, Peyton Hubl1st, National Qualifier
Related Technical MathHSKrista Hartley3rd
Metric 500HSTriston Wells3rd
Technical Team Problem SolvingHSBrady Degenhardt, Carson McLaughlin, Murphy Sudbeck, Laken Wiedel2nd