High school students were on Southwestern Community College's campus today, Thursday, March 24, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., competing in the 2022 Welding Skills Challenge and Industry Career Fair.
Contest winners included the following:
Team Winners
- First Place - AC/GC High School (pictured above)
- Second Place - Red Oak High School
- Third Place - Sergeant Bluff-Luton High School
- Fourth Place - East Union High School
- Fifth Place - Central Decatur High School
- Sixth Place - Mount Ayr High School
Top Individuals (pictured below with SWCC Welding Instructor Micah Elefson at far right)
- First Place - Aiden Evans (second from right), Creston High School
- Second Place - Jalen Michaelson (third from right), AC/GC High School
- Third Place - Hogan Grubbs (fourth from right), AC/GC High School
- Fourth Place - Ethan Wenberg (fifth from right), Red Oak High School
- Fifth Place - Konner Kinney (sixth from right), AC/GC High School
A big thank you to the event sponsors: Airgas, Miller Welders, Paul Mueller Company, and Vermeer Corporation. Industry Career Fair displayers included Altec, Dalton Ag Products, Miller Welders, Paul Mueller Company, Precision Pulley Inc., Vermeer Corporation, and Wellman Dynamics. A pizza lunch was provided by the Iowa Intermediary Network.
