Penta students travel to Atlanta for 2026 SkillsUSA conference

Ten Penta Career Center students traveled to Atlanta to represent Ohio at the 2026 SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference after earning gold medals and first-place finishes at the Ohio State SkillsUSA Championships.

Every student competed among the best in the country and finished among the Top 20 in the United States.

Among the students traveling to Atlanta ware:

• Iris Hosey and Cecelia Raglow both from Lake Schools and enrolled in Penta’s Medical Technologies Program, competed on the Health Knowledge Bowl Team.
• Toby Niederkorn, from Northwood Schools and enrolled in Penta’s Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Program, participated in the Medical Math Competition.

Academic honors

        Baldwin Wallace University: Megan Hughes, Alexa Soltes, of Oregon; Sage Perry, of Elmore.

        Capital University: Katlyn Druckenmiller, of Oregon; Roman O’Brien, of Genoa.

        Commonwealth University: Bloomsburg: Theo Jakson, of Elmore.

        Heidelberg University:                Ava Smith, of Lindsey; Alayna Hahn, of Martin; Kaiden Reed, of Millbury; Brigid Enright, of Walbridge.

        Ohio Dominican University: Jared Hoersten, of Oregon.

        Ohio Wesleyan: Liv DuPont, Jess Joyce, Julia Joyce, of Oregon; Brianna Montgomery, of Gibsonburg; Eric Sander, Ian Sander, of Pemberville.

        Owens Community College: Mark Burgess, Jocelyn Castor, Morgan Cook, Dominic Donofrio, Leah Fox, Brian Meagher, Tristan Ogburn, Aidan Schroeder, Brendan Strong, Katrina Yoster, Tyler Adamson, Vanessa Allen, Austyn Badenhop, Shane Baldwin, Lydia Brady, Nathaniel Brown,  Dylan Calkins, Kaden Carroll, Rily Chambers, Dylan Champion, Delaney Coughlin, Destiny Dean, Heather Diegel, Timothy Faulkner, Caleb Finkbeiner, Matthew Fisher, Shelleana Galloway-Foreman, Jagger-Paul Grames, Gabriel Hagemann, Matthew Herrick, Marcie Hill, Zachary Huss, Naseem Jomaa, Raymond Jurski, Tyler Koehler, Samantha Kyle, Tabatha Leutz, Abigail Lewis, Bobby Linder, Clea Lynn, Shelby Mercher, Reed Mittendorf, Brianna Pawlaczyk, Calista Rose, Andrew Schrauder, Alec Sellgrn, Amoura Shimman, Cody Silva, Brooklynn Smith, Natalie Strong, Emilie Szymczak, Sean Swanson, Mohamad Tawil, Kaylee Vasko, Madison Yanez, Olivia Yenrick, of Oregon;

        Brennan Bengela, Joshua Berry, Mallory Billiard, Zachary Blandin, Brian Goltz, Haleigh Baker, Carter Behlmer, Tristen Brenner, Mya Calvillo, Austin Case, Justin Daly, Grace Donbrosky, Gabriel Flores, Erica Garcia, Nicholas Genzman, Marissa Gutekunst, Ricky Hartley, Cooper Heckman, Alejandro Hernandez, Mason Hurley, Tegan Jackson, Sean Kovacs, Makayla Lampros, Jennifer LaPointe, Bryceson Laurell, Gabriel Lewin, Trevor Mack, Kaydence Macrea, Kylee Mccaninch, Kirk Means, Natalia Pollauf, Jadyn Sime, Kellen Smith, Preston Snyder, Brian Sprinski, Logan Swartz, Lisa Tersigni, Aleeya Villarreal, Lucas Wamer, Austin Woods, Joey Zheng, of Northwood;

        Braylen Bryant, Matthew Lickert, Charlize Magnone, Brayden Rose, Raegan Schlatter, Samantha Arbogast, Geremiah Batch, Blair Drummond, Lynde Hartman, Alexander Hodulik, Emma Kable, Alina Kegerize, Payton Krohn, Jose Lozoya, Lily Magana, Charles Miller, Kyle Myrice, Kylie Pennington, Holly Rudd, Kyra Splichal, Mariah Sprague, Noah Suckle, Tatum Szych, Caleb Widmer, Sawyer Young, of Curtice;

        Derek Gilsdorf, of Clay Center; Cameron Overmyer, Gavin Herrig, Robert Holub, Amelia Wilcox, Todd Williams, of Elmore;

        Mya Colvin, Regan Anderson, Robert Holub, Nathan Brower, Augustus Buffington, Luke Clement, Chase Cooper, Taylor Costley, Riley Gardner, Gavin Goodman, Jimmie Green, Hope Hecklinger, Jessica Henry, Ava Huss, Sadie Huston, Seth Huston, Sophia Keaton, Raegan Leazier, Makayla Magrum, Kaden McWatters, Olivia Mihlbauer, Cassidy Miller, Ellie Nero, Vincent Pasty, Mya Rethman, Stella Rethman, Sophia Rice, Sophia Riedeman, Benjamin Routson, Kylee Snyder, Lyla Sprague, Aaron Straka, Kyla Thompson, of Genoa;

        Madison Hammer, Guadalupe Sandoval, Steven Craun, John Florio, Alex Lejeune, Bryce Maynard, Gracey Riffle, Rachel Rose, Joshua Short, of Gibsonburg; Gavin Kohlhofer, Alyssa Pickering, Sara Judiel Hodgins, of Graytown; Dennis Ratz, of Lindsey;

        Benjamin Barnes, Grace Miller, James Cashen, Austin Kieper, Angela Miller, Bryant Rhodes, Brylee Rhodes, Piper Sutton, of Luckey;

        Lucy Montgomery, Kaitlyn Montry, of Martin; Lyla Costanzo, Andrew Fife, Magdalynn Tucholski,  Hannah Bertok, Rowan Brossia, Lyla Edens, Madalyn Espinosa, Olivia Grant,  Christopher Hanthorn, Rachael Lawson, Braden Lesher, Alivia Macrea, Gavin Mangus, Jessica Materni, Carter Miller, Ryan Moser, Brett Sandwisch, Isaac Schimmoeller, Dillan Sheppard, Zachery Stuart, Frank Swails, Elle Tilton, of Millbury;

        Kaitlyn Meloche, Jacob Ridener, Lannden Schiets, Wyatt Augsburger, Jack Barron, Aubrey Bercar, Jason Cherry, Olivia Cherry, Rhiley Connors, Elizabeth France, Sophia Grieger, Hannah Hartigan, Jacqueline Henn, Kyndall Kaiser, Morgan Lalonde, Emma Phillips, Alex Rife, David Roepke, Madelynn Schiets, Effie Schulte, Cooper Schultz, Chloe Shupe, Kurtis Tallman, Madison Torres, Peyton Wagner, Adaline Warren, Christopher Zoltani, of Oak Harbor;

        Joshua Appelhans, Cassidy Chagnon, Cassandra Meggitt, Dakota Spangler, Alexis Ward, Kaitlyn Worthington, of Pemberville; Chelsea Rice, of Rocky Ridge;

        Morgen Littleton-Miller, Mia Angelina, Kayla Polus, Bradley Shoemaker, Tina Urbanowski, Wyatt Deanda, Brae Diebert, Laurel Dray, Kaylea Eckenrode, Mckenzie Fitch, Brandon Foster, Hailey Gobbell, Angela Hagan, Iris Hosey, Emmy Jebiwott, Tatum Lee, Andrew McCauley, Erik Morse, Jennifer Pindoley, Abigail Prout, Cecilia Raglow, Kortny Rollins, Dominique Rubel, Kevin Willcutt, of Walbridge;

Connor Requenna, Rebecca Bixby, Briana Busic, Matthew Garber, Hunter Lauer, Spencer Linke, Lukas Perry,