Waubonsee Community College students recently competed against each other in the college’s annual Auto Body Refinishing Competition.
The event was started eight years ago by Andrew MacDonald, Assistant Professor of Auto Body Repair, as a fun way to gauge the full refinishing potential of the students.
This year, finishing in first, second and third place were Javier Resendiz, Maria Newkirk and John Cisneros respectively.
“They refinish these front ends 12 to 15 times,” MacDonald said, explaining that the competition is a lot of work. “This is a way to get them to do their very best. The competition is based on their skills of applying the color evenly and to work to remove any imperfections in the painted surface after it has been refinished.”
Judges for the competition were Patrick Phillipi, Vice President of Body Builders Auto; Dr. Deborah Lovingood, Waubonsee Executive Vice President of Educational Affairs/Chief Learning Officer; Janet Koehring, Administrative Specialist Social Sciences, Education and World Languages; Kerri Wilson, Administrative Specialist Mathematics and Sciences; and Sarah Dwinnells, Administrative Specialist to the Assistant Vice President of Career and Technical Education.
