{"id":512,"date":"2025-05-03T16:08:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/rochester\/?p=512"},"modified":"2025-05-07T16:15:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T16:15:34","slug":"recap-2025-thruway-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/rochester\/2025\/05\/03\/recap-2025-thruway-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: 2025 Thruway Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"512\" class=\"elementor elementor-512\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5fb36f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5fb36f6\" 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-7814d03\" data-id=\"7814d03\" 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-af2831a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af2831a\" 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> 05\/03\/2025<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Rochester Arc + Flame Center 125 Fedex Way Rochester Ny 14624<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 150<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Padraic Bean &#8211; Lincoln Welding Development <br \/>Ryan Eubanks &#8211; Welder<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>The top 15 high school welding students from across New York state came to the Rochester Arc + Flame Center to compete in Thruway Cup for $25,000+ in prizes after being rated top 3 by their respective section. Sponsors from across the country were very generous in their donations for this event. We would like to thank these sponsors for supporting the future of our industry. 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