PEORIA – Waubonsie Valley’s SkillsUSA team medaled in the Top 3 in 23 different categories at its Illinois Championships in Peoria in late April.
Surya Kalyan and Sanjith Yelevarthy won 2nd in the 3-D Animation and Visualization category. Rukaiya Mohammed Aroos and Maanya Srivastava placed 1st and 3rd, respectively, in the Basic Health Care Skills category. In Community Service, Anoushika Chetty, Shaurya Jain and Krish Lingayat won 3rd place. Siyansh Virmani (1st) and Soham Dongre (3rd) placed in the Customer Service category. Marco Campagna and Jay Singh (1st) and Ethan Dave and Krish Lingayat (2nd) placed in the Cybersecurity category. In Extemporaneous Speaking, Simran Tarigopula won 1st and Soham Dongre took 3rd. In the Internet of Things and Smart Home category, Sanandh Tummuri won 2nd place. In the Job Interview category, Siya Deshmukh won 3rd. Divya Baliga (1st) and Saina Arora (2nd) placed in the Medical Assisting category.
In Medical Math, Sara Bansal (1st) and Arjun Yalamati placed. Sanandh Tummuri won 1st in Mobile Electronics Installation. In Mobile Robotics Technology, Salily Patki and Sanjith Yelevarthy took 3rd. In the Prepared Speech category, Simran Tarigopula won 2nd. In Principles of Engineering, Zahra Chisti (1st), Granth Shetty (2nd) and Sanjith Yelevarthy (3rd) placed. In Quiz Bowl, Aayush Choudhary, Akshara Arikatla, Salil Patki, Hannah Lee and Arjun Yogesh won 2nd place. Azim Kazmi (1st) and Aryan Soni (2nd) placed in the Technical Spelling category.
Randall Nash, Puneeth Malle, Salil Patki, Arjun Yogesh, Vennela Ramireddy, Rishi Rasputra, Jay Singh, Aryan Haldar, Shreekar Munigeti, Akshara Arikatla, Rukaiya Mohammed Aroos, Saina Arora, Aayush Choudhary, Puneeth Malle, Avaneesh Srikonda, Naira Khan, Zara Choudhary, Zahra Chisti, Surya Kalyan, Granth Shetty, Gyan Shetty and Ishan Suresh Kumar all placed in the Top 6.
SkillsUSA is a workforce development organization for high school students. The curriculum focuses on personal, workplace and technical skills. In competitions, students practice hands-on skills with current industry standards in more than 130 occupational areas. For more information, visit skillsusa.org.