A record-breaking number of school students qualified at the Region Health Occupations Students of America Competition recently and will advance to the state contest March 6–8 in Athens. State qualifiers are from Chestatee, Flowery Branch, Johnson and West Hall Schools. First-place winners: Tony Cao, Johnson, creative problem solving Yennifer Clarin, West Hall, medical terminology Tiffany Cole, West Hall, veterinary medicine Logan Dumanowsky, Johnson, biomedical debate Caleb Harlon, Chestatee, nutrition Trenton Hembree, West Hall, epidemiology Nhi Huynh, Johnson, forensic medicine Zach Johnson, Flowery Branch, CERT Tyler Johnson, Flowery Branch, CERT Ryan Kerul, Flowery Branch, biotechnology Lesly Lopez, Johnson, dental science Tommy Luc, Johnson, creative problem solving Jessie Magana, Johnson, creative problem solving Aaron Martinez, Johnson, biomedical debate Kristen McCole, Flowery Branch, pharmacology Martin Mejia, West Hall, healthy lifestyles, Joshua Segraves, Flowery Branch, medical law/ethics Stephanie Tran, Johnson, biomedical debate Heidi Troung, Johnson, forensic medicine Fredis Velasquez, Johnson, creative problem solving Hannah Wilson, West Hall, human growth and development Alisha Wise, West Hall, medical reading Second-place winners: Elisama Castaneda, Chestatee, nutrition Muaz Choudhry, Flowery Branch, dental terminology Marisol Escanuela, West Hall, medical terminology Jackson Forrestal, Flowery Branch, pharmacology Tran Huynh, Johnson, forensic medicine Holden Koger, West Hall, medical reading Rocio Pajaro, West Hall, physical therapy, Bansari Patel, Flowery Branch, medical law/ethics Jeffery Staton, Johnson, forensic medicine Lexi Walters, Flowery Branch, pharmacology Third-place winners: Reachel Beaulieu, West Hall, physical therapy Sarah Bosworth, West Hall, CPR and first aid, Emily Coughlin, Flowery Branch, pharmacology Kristy Delgado, Johnson, EMT Fernando Garcia, Chestatee, medical math, Merritt Gazaway, West Hall, CPR and first aid Michael Heinze, West Hall, transcultural healthcare Diana Hernandez, West Hall, health lifestyles, Zach Lindsey, Johnson, epidemiology Sophie Munoz, Johnson, EMT Parker Ramey, Chestatee, medical terminology Elijah Segraves, Flowery Branch, pharmacology Dakota Thomas, West Hall, veterinary medicine