No fewer than 23 area students medaled at the SkillsUSA competition.

The Carbon Career & Technical Institute took 33 students to Hazleton for the District 1 Skills Competition recently.The area students who medaled, along with the home school district they attend, and categories they medaled in, are as follows.First PlaceTrese Merkel, Lehighton, Advertising DesignKali Weller, Palmerton, CosmetologyRain Hellums, Jim Thorpe, First Aid/CPRAleksander Everett, Palmerton, Job Skill Demonstration, Owen Henninger, Jim Thorpe, assistantBrandon Gleockler, Panther Valley, Job Skill Demonstration Open, Shane Sutch, Jim Thorpe, assistantKylee Mullen, Jim Thorpe, Medical MathLauren Pickrell, Palmerton, Medical TerminologyBrandon Poole, Panther Valley, Related Technical MathGreg Oboril, Jim Thorpe, WeldingSecond PlaceRonald Dowd, Jim Thorpe, Auto Service TechnologyDmitriy Revzin, Jim Thorpe, Collision Repair TechnologyKale Muscarella, Lehighton, Computer MaintenanceAustin Kerr, Jim Thorpe, HVAC/RefrigerationLaurel Seemiller, Palmerton, Job InterviewJanai Kerr, Jim Thorpe, PlumbingTyler Hahn, Palmerton, Precision Maching TechnologyStephanie Villalta, Jim Thorpe, Prepared SpeechThird PlaceJohn Nickerson, Panther Valley, Automotive RefinishingShelby Haydt, Panther Valley, Extemporaneous SpeakingKyle Cope, Lehighton, Industrial Motor ControlKayla Sharwell, Jim Thorpe, Photography