Northport Business Students Place In DECA Competition

On Jan. 3, 68 Northport High School business students competed in the Suffolk County Regional DECA Competition at Suffolk County Community College. While more than 1,000 students from Suffolk County participated in this regional competition, 42 NHS students qualified to compete at the state level. These outstanding business students will travel to Rochester in March to compete at the State Competition:

First Place Winners:

• Mike Calobrisi and Ted Kavanagh - Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making
• Liam McKenna - Principles of Business Management & Administration
• Second Place winners:
• Ayla Lerner - Business Services Marketing
• Jack Tomczyk and Alex Freedman - Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making

Third Place winners:

• Tage Oster- Human Resources Management
• Top 10 in Category and State Qualifiers: Danielle Pothos, John Kippley, Valia Kavrakis, Ryan Reynolds, Erin Edgley, Alex Levick, Joe Loconte, Nick Tabert, Brenna Parker, Charlotte Kirincic, Rafiq Elkiki, Harsh Patel, Zachary Evans, Brendan McLelis, Hunter McCoy, Kevin Schmanski, Tom Lionetti, Sean Gathman, Brendan Larsen, Jake Giordano, Jaime Saturno, Meghan Smith, Annalee Meyers, Olivia Caulfield, Faith Gillin, Zach Heckman, Katerina Wettengel, Hayley Hayden, Conor Fitzpatrick, Kyle Gallagher, Adrian Ramonetti, Rosey Sarnataro, Jillian Preston, Maura Gilmore.

Photo Caption: 42 Northport High School students who competed at the Suffolk County Regional DECA Competition qualified to compete at the state-level competition on January 3.

Story, Photos courtesy of Northport-East Northport Union Free School District