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