San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District press release
Del Rio High School students in the Career and Technical Education’s Welding Program won numerous awards, including a state championship, at the 2023 SkillsUSA State Competition held recently in Corpus Christi, TX.
First Place Gold Winners – State Champions – Welding Team Fabrication team of Carlos Sanchez, Jovan Arizpe, and Rodolfo Hernandez. These students will advance to the Skills USA National Competition held mid-June in Atlanta, Georgia.
Third Place Bronze – Welding Sculpture- Carlos Villarreal
First Place & Best in Show – Welding Job Exhibit Furniture: Desks
Team A: Abraham Guillen, Felipe Lopez, and Fabian Magallon; Team B: Anay Martinez, Alexia Vasquez, Daniel Garces, and Jose De La Paz.
Also placing in the category of Welding Job Exhibit General – Welding Trees (Team):
First Place – State Superior Award, Valdemar Hernandez, Marc Villanueva, Felicidad Maldonado, Kenneth Brown, Ivan Morales, Omar Gomez, Carlos Villarreal, and Cesar Gonzalez
Second Place – State Excellence Award, Akillies Alcala, Juan Leija, Jovan Arizpe, Rodolfo Hernandez, Reynaldo Garcia, Angel Hernandez, Felipe Rodriguez, Shelby Lynde, Gael Pineda, Nathan Garcia, Herman Gilliam, Carlos Sanchez, Javen Reyes, and Ivan Rodriguez.
Welding Job Exhibit General – Welding Trees (Individual):
First Place – State Superior Award, Juan Iglesias and Jesus Zamarripa
Second Place – State Excellence Award, Pedro Guerrero, Jorge Perez, Rigoberto Garcia, and Adrian Sherman.
SkillsUSA Welding Sponsors are Tod Townsend and Carlos Bernal.
