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PHCC supports industry contests at SkillsUSA competition • HVAC/R 1st Place Secondary –


FALLS CHURCH, VA.— Twelve top plumbing and HVAC/R students have received honors in the plumbing and HVAC/R competitions of the annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Contest held recently in Kansas City, Mo. PHCC — National Association and the


PHCC Educational Foundation support the plumbing and HVAC/R contests each year. The Foundation’s plumbing apprentice and journeyman training committee makes up the majority of the SkillsUSA plumbing technical committee, and PHCC members were on hand to set up and help with contest judging. The PHCC Educational Foundation also has a representative on the SkillsUSA HVAC/R technical committee, who assists with setup and contest judging. Throughout the week, more than


5,700 secondary and postsecondary career and technical education students


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competed in 94 trades contests. This year’s plumbing honors went to the following: • Plumbing 1st Place Secondary –


Daniel Serafin, Blackstone Valley RVTHS, Upton, Mass. • Plumbing 1st Place Post-Secondary –


Alexander Swanson, Minuteman RHS, Lexington, Mass. • Plumbing 2nd Place Secondary –


Alex Keenan, Delcastle Tech High School, Wilmington, Del. • Plumbing 2nd Place Post-Secondary


– Jason Hogan, Davis Applied Tech Center, Kaysville, Utah • Plumbing 3rd Place Secondary –


Alex Poisson, Sugar River Valley Regional Tech Center, Claremont, N.H. • Plumbing 3rd Place Post-Secondary –


Jered Otts, Greater Little Rock Area JAC, Little Rock, Ark. This year’s HVAC/R honors went to:


Jeffrey Nelson, Pathfinder Vo Tech, Palmer, Mass. • HVAC/R 1st Place Post-Secondary –


Connor Stidham, College of Southern Nevada, Henderson, Nev. • HVAC/R 2nd Place Secondary –


Christopher Kuhn, Lorain County JVS, Oberlin, Ohio • HVAC/R 2nd Place Post-Secondary –


Robert Scott, Elizabethtown Technical College, Elizabethtown, Ky. • HVAC/R 3rd Place Secondary –


Bradly Higdon, Earnest Pruett Center of Technology, Hollywood, Ala. • HVAC/R 3rd Place Post-Secondary –


Andrew Beckman, Northeast Community College, Norfolk, Neb. Technical committee members for this


year’s event included: • Robyn Bucknam, DEWALT


Industrial Tool Co., Mooresville, N. C. (plumbing) • Philip Campbell, United Association,


Las Vegas, Nev. (plumbing) • Laurie Crigler, L & D Associates Inc.,


Aroda, Va. (plumbing) • Robert Hahn, Chair, All Season


Energy Service, Union, N. J. (plumbing) • Merry Beth Hall, co-chair, PHCC


Educational Foundation, Falls Church, Va. (plumbing) • Harold Moret, Copper Development


Association, Braselton, Ga. (plumbing) • Roger Peugeot, Roger the Plumber,


Overland Park, Kan. (plumbing) • Dale Powell, Copper Development


Association, Harrisburg, Pa. (plumbing) • Ronald Shanaver, Milwaukee Electric


Tool Co., Brookfield, Wis. (plumbing) • Jamie Simpson, Schaal Heating &


Cooling, Des Moines, Iowa (HVAC/R) • Mike Stack, Stack Plumbing,


Kirkland, Wash. (plumbing) • Michael Steele, Cast Iron Soil Pipe


Institute, Hixson, Tenn. (plumbing) • Jim Steinle, Atomic Plumbing,


Virginia Beach, Va. (plumbing) • James Walls, Cast Iron Soil Pipe


Institute, Garland, Tex. (plumbing) The event was made possible by the


following generous industry sponsors: Headline Sponsors: American Supply


Association; Copper Development Association Inc.; Delta Faucet Company and Rothenberger USA. Additional prize and materials


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sponsors: Bosch Power Tools; BrassCraft Manufacturing Co.; Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute; Cooper B-Line Industries; DeWALT Tools & Accessories; Irwin Industrial Tools; Milwaukee Electric Tool Co.; Mission Rubber Co.; Oatey; PHCC Educational Foundation, PHCC – National Association; Ridge Tool Company; Sioux Chief Manufacturing Co.; Tyler Pipe; UA Local 8 and Viega.


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