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The 2025 SkillsUSA Minnesota State Championships began March 28 in º£½ÇÉçÇø, Minn., where º£½ÇÉçÇø College hosted the CNC Milling Specialist, CNC Programmer, CNC Turning Specialist, Marine Service Technology, Mechatronics, Motorcycle Service Technology, Precision Machining Technology, and Technical Drafting events. The competition continued at industry partner locations across the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro area.

The SkillsUSA Minnesota State Championships is an annual event that brings together hundreds of careers and technical education students who compete in over 80 different trade, technical, and leadership fields. The competition recognizes career and technical education (CTE) students who excel in their occupational areas, and spotlights leadership development activities that are an integral part of the SkillsUSA program.

The philosophy of the competition is to reward students for excellence, to involve the industry in directly evaluating student performance, and to keep CTE training relevant to employers’ needs.

º£½ÇÉçÇø Technical and Community College 2025 SkillsUSA Minnesota State Championships Results (** means that student is qualified for nationals which will take place in Atlanta in June):

Automated Manufacturing Technology - Team Competition

1st Place – Michael Blonigen, Tyler Czech, Dustin White (Machine Tool Technology)**

2nd Place – Noah Beulke, Lars Dropik, Ethan Tesarek (Machine Tool Technology) 

Carpentry

1st Place – Jackson McMerty (Carpentry)**

3rd Place – Wyatt Cronin (Carpentry)

Carpentry (High School Division)

1st Place – Tyler Giese (Carpentry) **

CNC—Milling

1st Place – Lars Dropik (Machine Tool Technology)**

2nd Place – Dustin White (Machine Tool Technology)

3rd Place – Brady Host (Machine Tool Technology)

CNC—Programmer

1st Place – Dustin White (Machine Tool Technology)**

2nd Place – Lars Dropik (Machine Tool Technology)

3rd Place – Ethan Tesarek (Machine Tool Technology)

CNC –Turning

1st Place – Dustin White (Machine Tool Technology)**

2nd Place – Lars Dropik (Machine Tool Technology)

3rd Place – Carter Drey (Machine Tool Technology)

Construction Blueprint Reading (State Only)

1st Place – Wyatt Cronin (Carpentry)

2nd Place – Thomas Bartosh (Carpentry)

Construction Blueprint Reading - High School Division (State Only)

1st Place – Tyler Giese (Carpentry)

Diesel Equipment Technology

1st Place – Brendon DeVries (Diesel Mechanics)**

2nd Place – Johnathon Bock (Diesel Mechanics)

Machine Trades Blueprint Reading (State Only)

1st Place – Dustin White (Machine Tool Technology)

Facilithon

3rd Place – Eli Haakenson (Mechatronics)

First Aide/CPR

**1st Place - Reece Petersen (Police Training)

Machine Trades Blueprint Reading – (State Only)

1st Place – Ian Adolphsen (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)

2nd Place – Lars Dropik (Machine Tool Technology)

3rd Place – Kaleb Robeck (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)

Machine Trades Blueprint Reading – High School Division (State Only)

1st Place – Reed Leavitt (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)

Marine Service Technology

1st Place – Nick Walter (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)**

2nd Place – Jackson Cavers (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)

3rd Place – James Donelan (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician) 

Mechatronics

1st Place Team Contest – Conrad Kadelbach (Mechatronics) - Cooper Olsonawski (Mechatronics)**

2nd Place Team Contest – Thomas Pietila (Mechatronics) - Isaac Ruegemer (Mechatronics)

3rd Place Team Contest – Kayla Bitzan-Anderson (Mechatronics) - Walker Jones (Mechatronics) 

Motorcycle Service Technology

1st Place – Nick Walter (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)**

2nd Place – Jacob Taylor (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)

3rd Place – Jackson Cavers (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)

Power Equipment Technology

1st Place – Aidan Bauch (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)**

2nd Place – Jayden Barber (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)

3rd Place – Zachary Felger (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician

1st Place – Logan Merdan (Machine Tool Technology)

2nd Place – Carter Vitch (Machine Tool Technology)

3rd Place – Aiden Holm (Machine Tool Technology)

Precision Machining (State only) – High School Division

1st Place – Carter Erlandson (Machine Tool Technology)

2nd Place – Isaac Radniecki (Machine Tool Technology)

Related Technical Math

1st Place – Gracelyn Gerads (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)**

2nd Place – Kaleb Robeck (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)

3rd Place – Lars Dropik (Machine Tool Technology)

Related Technical Math – High School Division

1st Place – Reed Leavitt (Machine Tool Technology)**

Snowmobile Service Technology (State only)

1st Place – Aidan Bauch (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)

2nd Place – Jakob Schmitz (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)

3rd Place – Zachary Felger (Marine, Motorcycle & Powersports Technician)

Technical Drafting

1st Place – Ian Adolphsen (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)**

2nd Place – Kaleb Robeck (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)

3rd Place – Cole Tetlie (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)

Technical Drafting – High School Division

**1st Place – Reed Leavitt (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)

Trade Math (State only)

1st Place – Dustin White (Machine Tool Technology)

2nd Place – Kaleb Robeck (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)

3rd Place – Ethan Tesarek (Machine Tool Technology)

Trade Math – High School Division (State only)

1st Place – Reed Leavitt (Mechanical Drafting, Design & Engineering)