Somerset County Vo-Tech Students Win 86 Medals At SkillsUSA NJ Championships

BRIDGEWATER, NJ — Students at Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School recently competed in the 2026 SkillsUSA New Jersey State Championships against other Career and Technical Education students from around the state.

A total of 169 students from Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School took part in the state competition. Of those students, 86 received medals. The school’s medal count included 34 gold medals, 26 silver medals and 26 bronze medals.

The gold medal winners are now eligible to continue on to the next level of competition at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, in June.

More than 6,000 Career and Technical Education students from around the country are expected to take part in the national conference. During that event, students will showcase their talents and compete in more than 100 trade, technical and leadership fields.

The competition structure is tied directly to industry standards. Each industry determines the skills students need to demonstrate during the contests. The competitions are also run with help from industry trade associations and labor organizations.

SCVTHS students who received medals at the New Jersey competition are:

Gold

• Basic Residential Wiring – Craig Irey (Raritan)
• Basic Construction – Nicholas De San (Bound Brook)
• Chapter Business Procedure - Bhumija Grandhe (Bridgewater)
• Chapter Business Procedure - Trisha Iyer (Somerville)
• Chapter Business Procedure – Samanvi Mokkarrala (Bridgewater)
• Chapter Business Procedure - Guru Puduru (Bridgewater)
• Chapter Business Procedure – Varnika Pujari (Warren)
• Chapter Business Procedure - Vaibhav Vujjini (Hillsborough)
• Criminal Justice – Aiden Yoder (Hillsborough)
• Criminal Justice Quiz Bowl - Hannahjane Davies (Bridgewater)
• Criminal Justice Quiz Bowl - Valentina Diaz (Dunellen)
• Criminal Justice Quiz Bowl - Liam Espinoza (Watchung)
• Criminal Justice Quiz Bowl - Maria Imhauser (Hillsborough)
• Criminal Justice Quiz Bowl – Amiya Irizarry (Hillsborough)
• Electrical Construction Wiring - Ryan McClain (Bridgewater)
• Health Knowledge Bowl - Siyaa Choudhary (Somerset)
• Health Knowledge Bowl - Vihaan Iyer (Hillsborough)
• Health Knowledge Bowl - Saanvi Samant (Hillsborough)
• Health Knowledge Bowl - Bhuvi Sudhakar (Warren)
• Job Skill Demo Open - Treesa Joby (Hillsborough)
• Mechatronics - Caden Lise (Bridgewater Township)
• Mechatronics – Aditya Mohile (Bridgewater)
• Medical Math - Charlotte McLaughlin (Warren)
• Occupational Health and Safety Single - Shreya Patro (Branchburg)
• Occupational Health and Safety Single - Kushi Rao (Hillsborough)
• Occupational Health and Safety Single - Saanvi Trivedi (Hillsborough)
• Quiz Bowl - Lily Boguslavsky (Bridgewater)
• Quiz Bowl - Akshaj Kalepali (Bridgewater)
• Quiz Bowl - Pari Malla (Branchburg)
• Quiz Bowl – Abhay Naidu (Bridgewater)
• Quiz Bowl - Aarav Patel (Hillsborough)
• Quiz Bowl – Tanvi Patel (Warren)
• Quiz Bowl - Daniel Yuh (Somerset)
• Safety Display – Sofia Telmo (Bridgewater)

Silver

• American Spirit - Jacob Berman (Bridgewater)
• American Spirit - Deeksha Chaganur (Bridgewater Township)
• American Spirit - Aasritha Kancharapalli (Hillsborough)
• Automotive Maintenance and Light Repair – Arthur Anderson (Warren Township)
• Automotive Refinishing – Karla Chac (Bound Brook)
• Community Service - Jashith Gorrepati (Green Brook)
• Community Service - Krishay Patel (Hillsborough)
• Community Service - Rohan Patel (Hillsborough)
• EMT - Sanjana Chiluka (Hillsborough)
• EMT - Aarika Patel (Skillman)
• Entrepreneurship - Anagha Manjrekar (Branchburg)
• Entrepreneurship - Idhaya Gounder (Hillsborough)
• Entrepreneurship - Mahika Rathi (Bridgewater)
• Entrepreneurship - Keshi Shah (Bridgewater)
• Health Knowledge Bowl - Sarah Bahnasy (Bound Brook)
• Health Knowledge Bowl - Estefana Carino (South Bound Brook)
• Health Knowledge Bowl - Anya Konduru (Hillsborough)
• Health Knowledge Bowl - Valeria Reinoso (Hillsborough)
• Industrial Motor Control - Nick Martinez (Bridgewater)
• Medical Terminology - Venkata Pulla (Hillsborough)
• Screen printing Technology - Chloe Spellman (Somerset)
• Web Design - Evan Frank (Stirling)
• Web Design - Elijah Gyamfi (Bridgewater)
• Welding Fabrication - Cole Perez (Bridgewater)
• Welding Fabrication - Victor Holmlund (Hillsborough)
• Welding Fabrication - Kyle Wargo (Hillsborough)

Bronze

• Automotive Quiz Bowl - Wyatt Fleming (Branchburg)
• Automotive Quiz Bowl - Wynn Morgan (Hillsborough)
• Automotive Quiz Bowl - Zachary Rodriguez (South Bound Brook)
• Automotive Quiz Bowl - Levi Santos (Bridgewater)
• Career Pathways Industrial & Engineering Technology - Mithun Chigurupati (Bridgewater)
• Career Pathways Industrial & Engineering Technology - Laksh Kasanwal (Hillsborough)
• Career Pathways Industrial & Engineering Technology - Gavin Korger (Somerville)
• Entrepreneurship - Emma Arch (Green Brook Township)
• Entrepreneurship - Delilah Chery (Somerset)
• Entrepreneurship - Emily Gallardo (Bound Brook)
• Entrepreneurship - Treysy Perez (Bernardsville)
• Facilithon – Jon Klimuc (Bound Brook)
• First Aid/CPR - Sara Mora Gomez (Bound Brook)
• Medical Math - Koushik Swarna (Belle Mead)
• Medical Terminology - Saesha Purakayastha (Belle Mead)
• Nail Care - Sofiya Rohalska (Hillsborough)
• Plumbing – JP O’Neill (Somerville)
• Stagecraft - Thomas Balucha (Belle Mead)
• Stagecraft - Aniya Phillips (Bedminster)
• Stagecraft - Aleyzia Primus (Skillman)
• Stagecraft - Hunter Sibilia (Raritan)
• TeamWorks - Alexander Arguello (Hillsborough)
• TeamWorks - Alan Betancourt (South Bound Brook)
• TeamWorks - Logan Russomanno (Bound Brook)
• TeamWorks - Cole Russomanno (Bound Brook)
• Welding – Ty Bashir (Bridgewater Township)

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