{"id":644,"date":"2025-04-12T16:51:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T16:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/philadelphia\/?p=644"},"modified":"2025-05-01T17:03:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T17:03:47","slug":"recap-district-002-welding-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/philadelphia\/2025\/04\/12\/recap-district-002-welding-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: District 002 Welding Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"644\" class=\"elementor elementor-644\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b3d03f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b3d03f\" 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 class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72665f7\" data-id=\"72665f7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88225bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88225bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 04\/12\/2025<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>E.A.S. Carpenters Technical Center, Philadelphia PA<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 60<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>I would like to thank the following competitors:<br \/>7th Place: Samuel Santalatte, Mastbaum H.S.<br \/>6th Place: Maddie Steele, Council Rock South H.S.<br \/>5th Place: Vincent Mokos, Central Bucks North H.S.<br \/>4th Place: Geary Castellanos, Camden Academy Charter H.S.<br \/>3rd Place: Chase Kelly, Timber Creek H.S.<br \/>2nd Place: Caden Cassidy, Bucks County Technical H.S.<br \/>1st Place: Nathan Sanders, Abington H.S. (Winner)<\/p><p>A great thanks to the Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters Technical Center and Local 219 for hosting such a fine event. A special thanks to EASCTC Director Bob Landy, Section 001 Vice Chairman Brandon Barrett and <br \/>Section 001 Educational Chairman Harry Graham! <br \/>The American Welding Society&#8217;s Philadelphia Section of District Two would like to thank our panel of Certified Welding Inspectors Bill Quinn, Dana Brease, Mike Chomin and Kenny Carroll, who donated their time and talents to judge the contest. <br \/>Thank you to our sponsors: Naval Welding Institute, J. A. Cunningham, Pennsylvania Welding Supply, Keen Gas, Lincoln Electric, and Tri-Steel. 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