The winners of the annual SkillsUSA Championships in Masonry were announced Friday evening, June 27, at the Awards Ceremony of SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference. The Conference was held June 23 –June 27, 2008 at the Municipal Auditorium, the Kemper Arena, H. Roe Bartle Hall, the downtown Marriott and the downtown Radisson in Kansas City, Missouri. Over 5,000 outstanding career and technical education students joined the excitement of hands-on competition in ninety-one different trade, technical, and leadership fields.


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Medalists

Masonry	Bradley V Wright
High School	Earnest Pruett Center of Technology
Gold	Hollywood, AL

Masonry	Justin L Wiley
High School	West Stanly High School
Silver	Oakboro, NC

Masonry	Darren Tobolt
High School	Pioneer CTC
Bronze	Shelby, OH

Masonry	Alvaro Landaverde
College/PostSecondary	Arizona Masonry Contractors Association
Gold	Phoenix, AZ

Masonry	Travis Greenly
College/PostSecondary	Central Cabarrus High School
Silver	Concord, NC

Masonry	Keith McEneaney
College/PostSecondary	The Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades
Bronze	Media, PA

Thanks to Doug Cohee, Sales Manager, and employees of Miller Materials Company, Div. of Oldcastle AGP Midwest, Kansas City, MO. for hosting the masonry contestants and their instructors with a block plant tour and a session with John Sheehy, President, Summit Masonry. Additional thanks goes to Justin Meyer, Sales Manager, and the employees of Midwest Block & Brick, Inc., Kansas City, MO. for suppliers of the block to the masonry contest along with block for the Team Build Contest.