Lemont Advances Three Events To IDEA State Competition

LEMONT, IL — Lemont High School’s Technology Student Association has advanced students in three events to the state’s top drafting contest. At the Illinois Design Educators Association Regional at Joliet Junior College on March 2, seniors Zach Counsil and Jake Wilk each earned individual medals, while seniors Aaron Bromberek and Kendrick Tran and junior Alex Fugiel teamed for a medal of their own. The school said all will compete at the IDEA State Competition at Illinois State University on Saturday, April 14. At least one Lemont student has advanced to state competition in 10 of the last 11 years.

According to the school, Wilk became the first Lemont student to win multiple IDEA Regional titles, as he repeated as the champion in the Architectural Board division. In that category, students are challenged to design and/or draw specified views, details or sections using provided materials, specifications and drawings.

Counsil was the runner-up in 3D Architectural CAD Modeling. In that category, competitors model small objects within a designated time period, calculating volume and distance checks of the objects modeled.

For the first time, the IDEA Regional at Joliet Junior College featured two team divisions – Engineering Design and Architectural Design. The school said Bromberek, Fugiel and Tran captured the Engineering Design category in which a student “firm” of two or three students complete a presentation and project solution to sell their firm’s design to a client.

The other divisions in which students compete are: Architectural Design, Engineering Design, Introductory Board, Introductory CAD, Architectural Board, 2D Architectural CAD, 2D Machine CAD, 3D Architectural CAD Modeling, 3D Assembly Modeling, and 3D CAD Modeling.

Lemont’s drafting program, under the tutelage of teacher Scott Duensing, has had a great deal of success in recent years at the IDEA Regional level.

Photo provided by Lemont High School.