CCC SkillsUSA students win at state competition 

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Students from Coffeyville Community College, Columbus Technical Campus made their mark at this year’s Kansas Leadership and Skills Conference in Wichita, KS April 18-20. Students competed against technical students from across the state in Automotive Service, Collision Repair and Construction.

Jarred Lloyd, who placed in the Automotive Written Exam and took the state championship in Parts Management said, “We have been preparing for this competition all year long and it ended up paying off for us.”

“I had a great time on the SkillsUSA trip,” said Trevor Brown. “I did the best I could under a timed pressure situation and placed third in the ‘Hands On’ out of 55. I owe my knowledge and skills to my instructor, Jeff Phillips.”

This years SkillsUSA winners include:

Jarred Lloyd 1^st, Parts Management

Bill Elmore, 2^nd Postsecondary Automotive Written Exam

Trevor Brown 3^rd Automotive Troubleshooting

Jerrod VanGilder 8^th Automotive Troubleshooting

Jarred Lloyd 2^nd and Trey Beech 3^rd, High School Automotive Written Exam

Bailey Zook 5^th overall for Construction-Postsecondary

Blake Parsons 5^th overall for Construction-High School

Joseph O’Malley 8^th overall for Construction-High School

Kyle Tedlock 10^th overall for Construction-High School

Jared Arbuckle 11^th overall for Construction-High School 

“As the SkillsUSA Advisor and Automotive Instructor, I would like to congratulate all of the contestants of this year’s state competition in Wichita,” said instructor Jeff Phillips. “All of the contestants represented the school in outstanding fashion and performed extremely well.”  

“We had outstanding placement and are very proud of our future industrial employees. We would like to thank the community for supporting us at all of our fundraisers throughout the year. The money raised at the fundraisers is how we pay for our way to the competition. We are looking forward to competing next year and hope to wind up just as successful.”