Recap: PA State Skills USA Competition

By Category: Post Event Report

Date of Event: 03/09/2026

Location: Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport PA

Number of Attendees: 60+

Event Summary: Penn College hosted the annual Skills USA state competition for both the individual competition and the team competition.

Andrew Hatch of BAE Systems Inc. and Randy Gery of BAE Systems Inc. evaluate students welds.
(From left to Right): Jesse Parker SWF Industrial, Andrew Hatch BAE Systems Inc., Brent Zimmerman High Steel Structures LLC, Slavik Borisov BAE Systems Inc., Randy Gery BAE Systems Inc., 1st Place-Gold- George Dalrymple from Pennsylvania College of Technology, 2nd Place- Silver- Luke Dudash from Thaddeus Stevens College Of Technology, 1st Place-Gold-Parker Findlay from Venango Technology Center, 2nd Place- Silver-Tucker Jayne from Lehigh Career And Technical Institute, 3rd Place-Bronze- Jacob Hornberger from Sun Area Technical Institute, Donald Pritchard Andrew Hatch BAE Systems Inc.
Some of the welding projects completed and awaiting evaluation.
More of the completed projects from the competition.