{"id":379,"date":"2026-03-09T14:29:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralpenn\/?p=379"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:57:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:57:35","slug":"recap-pa-state-skills-usa-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralpenn\/2026\/03\/09\/recap-pa-state-skills-usa-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: PA State Skills USA Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"379\" class=\"elementor elementor-379\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-091168f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"091168f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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wp-image-384\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2026\/03\/IMG_0238-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2026\/03\/IMG_0238-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Andrew Hatch of BAE Systems Inc. and Randy Gery of BAE Systems Inc. evaluate students welds.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b075de6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b075de6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/centralpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2026\/03\/SkillsUSA-PA-2026-pic-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">(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.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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