08/17/2023
Monday Night Aug. 14th 2023, McDowell County Board of Commissioners and McDowell Emergency Services Director William Kehler recognized our McDowell High/McDowell Tech. EMT National SKILLSUSA Winners.
Capt. Payton Teague & EMT student Emma O’Neil placed 2nd in the Nation in Atlanta Ga. the week of June 19th- 24th. Teague & O’Neil scored an impressive 978 points out of a possible 1000, which in turn was just shy of a 1/4 of a point from a 1st Place win.
This is our 3rd time competing at Nationals in EMT. 2019, Capt. Harlie Laws Price was our 1st student to ever compete at this level, the competition was a demonstration only then, but Harlie would have placed 1st in the High School division had their been a Championship at that time. Harlie was featured in the EMS World Magazine July 2019 edition. Last year 2022, our team of Capt. Autumn Slone & Chyenne Kelley placed 5th in the National EMT Competition.
So great things are happening here in McDowell County. Teague & O’Neil we’re each presented a National SKILLSUSA Plaque, National SKILLSUSA framed Competitors Certificate, a fully stocked EMT Jumpbag, along with a pulse ox, glucometer, and thermometer and 2 MTCC Coffee Mug.
Congratulations to both students.