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Lemont High School’s chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) placed among the top two in all 23 of its events at the Central Northern Area Conference regional, which was held virtually in January. Students in Lemont’s FBLA chapter were among more than 130 competitors representing eight Chicago-area high schools.
The top three finishers in each event earn the opportunity to participate at the 2022 FBLA State Leadership Conference, which will be held on April 1-2.
Lemont students placed first in five team competitions and ten individual events. Seniors Miriam Hagen and Reena Sethi and junior Olivia Antolak won Business Financial Plan; junior Benjamin Emini and sophomores Owen Geraghty, Ryan Geraghty and Casey Treanor triumphed in Computer Game and Simulation Programming; freshmen Russell Daniloff, Sofia Kuziel, Ali Nabulsi and Lavya Suri teamed to win Sales Presentation; seniors Jayne Pelen and Jackie Wencl combined to win Publication Design; and juniors Jack Madera and Marek Skotnicki were victorious in Data Analysis.
Individual winners included seniors Zach Etzkorn (Personal Finance), Albert Kunickis (Accounting I), Gracie Meloni (Impromptu Speaking) and Adam Yaagoub (Securities & Investments), juniors Jacob Heusuk (Cyber Security), Julia Janowski (3D Animation), Lauren Meyer (Client Service) and John Vranas (Political Science), and sophomores Kylie Meloni (Graphic Design) and Natalia Zagata (Introduction to Business Presentation).
Sophomores Mallory Corse and Adyson Duvall placed second in Introduction to Social Media Strategy. Seniors Miles Beachum (Business Calculations), Alex Juarez (Economics) and Melissa Nunez (Public Service Announcement), juniors Callan Campos (Social Media Strategies), Sebastian DelaTorre (Business Law) and Logan Staubus (Public Speaking), and freshman Anisha Oberai (Introduction to Business Concepts) all picked up individual runner-up finishes.
Lemont’s FBLA chapter won at least one event state title in nine of 11 competitions from 2010-21, and has captured multiple championships seven times, including a school-record five state titles in both 2011 and 2016. Martynas Juskelis ‘18, Anna Mietus ‘19 and Alex Paulius ‘18 each won three state titles in their careers, while Spenser Bailey ‘16, Danny Banas ‘11 and Krystian Paszek ‘11 won two each.
Lemont won three state titles in 2021, with Etzkorn and Gracie Meloni winning individual events and Hagen and Sethi teaming for a victory.
The FBLA is the largest business career student organization in the world, and includes 215,000 students worldwide in its high school division. Illinois’ chapter of the FBLA may be found on the Web at www.ilfbla.org. Lemont’s FBLA chapter is sponsored by teacher John Aspel.
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