Students work on their robots at the SkillsUSA competition at Fox Valley Technical College. February 20, 2026. PC: Fox 11 Online
(WTAQ-WLUK) — Some of Northeast Wisconsin’s most talented career and technical education students will represent the region in a statewide SkillsUSA competition.
Last week, students from 28 local schools gathered at Fox Valley Technical College for the SkillsUSA Wisconsin regional competition. The results were announced Tuesday.
Students who placed at regionals have the opportunity to advance to the 53rd annual Wisconsin SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference in Madison in April. Winners in all national qualifying events will be invited to represent Wisconsin at the National Leadership and Skills Conference in Atlanta in June.
Regional competition results are listed below.
Automotive Service Technology
- First Place: Ethan Powell, Madison La Follette High School
- Second Place: Craig Ziglinski, Germantown High School
- Third Place: Joshua Hutchenson, Beaver Dam High School
CO2 Dragster
- First Place: Chet Davis, Germantown High School
- Second Place: Darion Knox, Barack Obama School of Career & Tech Ed (BOSCTE)
- Third Place: Tubbs Shamarion, Barack Obama School of Career & Tech Ed (BOSCTE)
Diesel Equipment Technology
- First Place: Chekotey Horacek, Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School
- Second Place: John Brunner, Germantown High School
- Third Place: Lucas Frydach, Germantown High School
Facilithon
- First Place: Drew Kraus, Hartford Union High School
- Second Place: Easton Hansen, Jefferson High School
- Third Place: Abbott Skrobak, Watertown High School
Job Interview (High School)
- First Place: Anna Thiemke, Oshkosh West High School
- Second Place: Charlotte Rehm, Oshkosh North High School
- Third Place: Emily Steiner, Oshkosh North High School
Job Skill Demonstration Open (High School)
- First Place: Madrionna Timmons, Barack Obama School of Career & Tech Ed (BOSCTE)
- Second Place: Neimyli Gonzalez Rivera, Colby High School
- Third Place: Derion Knox, Barack Obama School of Career & Tech Ed (BOSCTE)
Job Skill Demonstration Open (Middle School)
- First Place: Camila Siebenlist, Riverside Middle School
- Second Place: Kamryn Hall, Barack Obama School of Career & Tech Ed (BOSCTE)
- Third Place: Addilee Skrobak, Riverside Middle School
Medical Math
- First Place: Janiru Herath, Germantown High School
- Second Place: Olivia Ghorai, Hartford Union High School
- Third Place: Kerrigan Kimball, Oshkosh West High School
Medical Terminology
- First Place: Adyson Vanier, Markesan High School
- Second Place: Anna Flanders, Hartford Union High School
- Third Place: Anna Lyngen, Oshkosh North High School
Power Equipment Technology
- First Place: Ayden Mitchell, Jefferson High School
- Second Place: Wyat Schleis, Mishicot High School
- Third Place: Haley Hughes, Hartford Union High School
Prepared Speech (High School)
- First Place: Grace Freimark, Oshkosh North High School
- Second Place: Stella Kluck, Oconomowoc High School
- Third Place: Kiyah Brunner, Oshkosh North High School
Prepared Speech (Middle School)
- First Place: Remedy Yang, Riverside Middle School
- Second Place: Camden Steicher, Riverside Middle School
- Third Place: Jordan Whitehead, Barack Obama School of Career & Tech Ed (BOSCTE)
Related Technical Math
- First Place: Zhicheng Haung, Germantown High School
- Second Place: Jeffrey Parrott, Oshkosh North High School
- Third Place: Alex Blohowiak, Oconomowoc High School
Robotics: Urban Search and Rescue (High School)
- First Place: Brennan Listle Jr. and Patrick Walrath, Watertown High School
- Second Place: Isaiah Reabe and David Uttam, West De Pere High School
- Third Place: Katherine Huhn and Jocelyn Mielke, Watertown High School
Robotics: Urban Search and Rescue (Middle School)
- First Place: Genevieve Giannetto and Jocelyn Jilek, Riverside Middle School
- Second Place: Jonas Bolden and Vincent Schmitz, Peshtigo High School
- Third Place: Seth Domer and Zoey White, Riverside Middle School
Team Engineering Challenge (High School)
- First Place: Jacon McClelland, Jackson Sauer, and Wyatt Sutton, Beaver Dam High School
- Second Place: Ayaan Seraj, Tanner Smith, and Rijko Urban, Oshkosh North High School
- Third Place: Alex Knoll, Shayla Schrock, and Tahlia Schwartz, Oshkosh West High School
Team Engineering Challenge (Middle School)
- First Place: Bentley Harrer, Gideon Listle, and Jameson Stewart, Riverside Middle School
- Second Place: Amelia Evans, Elliott Reidl, and Daniel Valenzuela, Riverside Middle School
- Third Place: Jamahd Beverly, Kamryn Hall, and Jordan Whitehead, Barack Obama School of Career & Tech Ed (BOSCTE)
Technical Drafting
- First Place: Cameron Brown, Oconomowoc High School
- Second Place: Conner Jeffords, Winneconne High School
- Third Place: Isabella Bonilla, Winneconne High School
Welding
- First Place: Joseph Gonnering, Freedom High School
- Second Place: Addam Biese, Freedom High School
- Third Place: Parker Phillips, Clintonville High School
Welding Sculpture
- First Place: Izzy Chappell, Appleton Technical Academy
- Second Place: Katelyn Abendroth, Jefferson High School
- Third Place: Erin Estes, Germantown High School
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