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Windham
Tech Auto Department Wins State Ford/AAA Finals
The Team of Steve Pacheco and Richard Pleasant from
Windham Technical High School came in first in
the Ford/AAA Auto Skills Competition held at the
North Campus of Gateway Community College in North Haven, Connecticut on
Friday, May 11, 2007. Pacheco and
Pleasant competed against nine other teams from state
Technical
High Schools
and Comprehensive
High Schools from around the state. Students earned the right
to compete in the state finals based on scores from tests taken in
February. Twenty students
were chosen from over 150 students from 19 schools taking the written
exam.
Students
competed on identically prepared 2007 Mercury vehicles. The
cars had faults or "bugs" placed in the cars and the students'
task was to find and repair problems and replace defective parts. The students had 90 minutes in which to complete all repairs and
drive the car to final judging.
Pacheco,
Pleasant and their instructor Mr. Brendan Smith each won an all-expense paid trip to
Dearborn, Michigan to compete in the National Finals in June.
See more photos of the students competing.
See video highlights of the competition.
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Final Placements were:
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Windham Technical High
School
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O'Brien Technical High
School
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Wolcott Technical High
School
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Vinal Technical High
School
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Ellis Technical High
School
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Other
schools that competed were: Cheney Technical High School (Drew Smith and
Martin Otranto, Instructor Richard Denault), Rockville High
School (Rodney Berwick and John Sy, Instructor Bryan Wright), Grasso
Southeastern Technical High School (Joshua Woodall and Kevin Horton, Instructor
John Blake), Platt Technical High School (William Haley and Matthew
Sobek, Instructor James Osnato), and Kaynor Technical High School
(Thomas Woodard and Marc Laughlin, Instructor David Emmons).
1st place - Windham Tech - Steve Pacheco and Richard Pleasant with their instructor Brendan Smith
and Laurence Eiden, Technical Competition Manager
2nd place - O'Brien Tech - Michael
Farrington and John Inzitari with their instructor Nick Macero
and Laurence Eiden, Technical Competition Manager
3rd - Wolcott Tech - David Jacobs and
Jeffrey Olson with their instructor Allan Howard
and Laurence Eiden, Technical Competition Manager
4th - Vinal Tech - Martin DeGumbia and
Robert Kochuk with their instructor Williams Balch
and Laurence Eiden, Technical Competition Manager
5th - Ellis Tech - Ryan Griffin and
Chris Solomon with their instructor Ignacio Vega
and Laurence Eiden, Technical Competition Manager
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