Metro Atlanta Skills Challenge

For event information, connect with either of these two Metro Atlanta Skills Challenge contacts.
Nicole Long
Brasfield & Gorrie
(678) 581–6468
nlong@brasfieldgorrie.com		 Tim Hobbs
AGC Georgia
(678) 298–4122
hobbs@agcga.org
 
Recap from this region's Skills Challenge event
Host Contractor: Brasfield & Gorrie


Fall 2026
Cobb County Civic Center
548 South Marietta Pkwy SE
Marietta, GA

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Metro Atlanta Skills Challenge Information   

 

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Congratulations to the 2025 Metro Atlanta Skills Challenge winners!
*indicates student qualified to advance to the SkillsUSA Georgia State Leadership and Skills Conference (SLSC) at the Georgia World Congress Center in February 2026. Only students who are within this event's region are allowed to qualify for state. In some instances, students from schools outside of this region's "home" schools won top honors at this event, thus students placing lower than 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place at this day's event were then eligible to earn qualifying positions for state competitions. 

Alliance Cup Winner - Roswell High School

 

Blueprint Reading
1st - Roswell High School - Nicky Szedon 
2nd - Carrollton High School - Anthony Barrientos 
3rd - Decatur Career Academy, Decatur High School - Christopher Chilik

Cabinetmaking
* 1st - Cherokee High School - Joseph McPherson
* 2nd - Cherokee High School - Michael Elrod
* 3rd - Roswell High School - Cameron Anthony 

Carpentry
1st - Adairsville High School - Francisco Flores III
2nd - Sonoraville High School - Chapel Parr
3rd - Chattooga High School - Kasen Elsberry
* Cherokee High School - Antonio Lopez-Pablo  
* Maxwell School of Technology - Ramon Luna Jr.
* Berkmar High School - Christopher Cativo

Electrical
1st - Chattooga High School - Matthew Busby
* 2nd - Roswell High School - Bodie McGlynn  
3rd - Sonoraville High School - Clay Worley 
* Buford High School - Brody Ammons
*Noth Paulding High School - Anthony Becraft

Heavy Equipment Operations
1st - Marietta High School -Ian Simms
2nd - Roswell High School -Miller Westerfield
3rd - Chattooga High School -Oaklyn Young

HVACR
1st - Cobb Innovation and Technology Academy - Ariela Vega
2nd - Cobb Innovation and Technology Academy - Larry Reyes
3rd - Cobb Innovation and Technology Academy - Matthew Hatfield




 Metal Studs/Drywall
1st - Adairsville High School - Kaiden Coker and Landon Cassidy
2nd - Cass High School - Cooper Plummer and Gavin Quick
3rd - Marietta High School - Angel Guzman and Chris Salazar

Masonry
1st - Sonoraville High School -Hudson Kinman
2nd - Chattooga High School - Jonas Hardy
* 3rd - Marietta High School - Dylan Vizcarra
* Cobb Innovation and Technology Academy - Cooper Sunday
* Cobb Innovation and Technology Academy - Isaiah Brisbane

Plumbing
1st - Adairsville High School - Natalie Wade
2nd - Chattooga High School - Riley Willis
3rd - Chattooga High School - Chance Elrod
* North Paulding High School - Liam Jones
* Berkmar High School - Mario Garcia
* Frederick Douglass High School - Jair Narciso
TeamWorks
* 1st - Roswell High School
     Alex Ridge, Dekker Maloni, Hunter Mitchell, Ian Mackay
2nd - Berkmar High School
      Ian Rodriguez, Isaias Gonzalez-Herrera, Rodolfo Hernandez, Francisco Cruz

Welding
1st - Chattooga High School - Gunner Henderson 
* 2nd - Cherokee High School - Trace Schall
3rd - Chattooga High School - Parker Powell
* Cherokee High School - Gavin Mays
* Cobb Innovation and Technology Academy - Leonel Hernandez-Rodriguez

Welding Fabrication
* 1st - Cherokee High School
Christopher Phillips, Josue Reyes Delgado, Perez Bautista
2nd - Maxwell School of Technology
Brandon Auyoung, Carlos Gomez, Juan Barron



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