Press Release: Duncan Area Youth Engineering 2021 Contest Winners

November 17, 2021

Schools from across the Red River Technology Center district competed in the Duncan Area Youth Engineering Contest.

Duncan Area Youth Engineering Contest Winners

Students Win Cash Prizes for Racing CO2 Cars

Duncan, Oklahoma – The Duncan Area Economic Development Foundation (DAEDF) hosted this year’s Duncan Area Youth Engineering Contest for 7^th-12^th grade students in the Red River Technology Center school district on Tuesday, November 16, with students winning $4,075 in prize money.

Henry Lehr, Race Coordinator said, “This race is more than just a fun competition to earn prize money. In partnership with area educators and businesses, we are developing our area’s pipeline of talent while students are still in middle school and high school. It is a high priority across our community to educate our future workforce.”

Duncan Area Youth Engineering Contest – 2021 Middle School Winners

DAEDF’s Lyle Roggow, stands with Middle School Students Hunter Jones from Empire who placed 1st in the CO2 Race and  2nd Overall, along with Bailey Hunter from Duncan who placed 2nd in the CO2 Race and 1st Overall. 

People’s Choice

1^st place      Kami McMahan    Empire

2^nd place     Andy McFarland   Duncan

3^rd place      Ike Floyd                Duncan

Engineering

1^st place      Ike Floyd                Duncan

2^nd place     Avery Smith           Comanche

3^rd place      Allie Foster             Duncan

CO2 Race

1^st place      Hunter Jones         Empire

2^nd place     Bailey Hunter         Duncan

3^rd place      Kelan McFarland   Central

Overall

1^st place      Bailey Hunter         Duncan

2^nd place     Hunter Jones         Empire

3^rd place      Kelan McFarland   Central

Duncan Area Youth Engineering Contest – 2021 High School Winners

Clay Graham from Walters School, is presented his 1^st place check in the People’s Choice Awards Category by DAEDF’s Lyle Roggow and Henry Lehr.

People’s Choice

1^st place      Clay Graham        Walters

2^nd place     Xvier Mikes             Red River Technology Center

3^rd place      Reece Imel            Duncan (tie)

3^rd place      Seth Downey         Duncan (tie)

Engineering

1^st place      Brady Earsom

2^nd place     Case Rich              Red River Technology Center

3^rd place      Denna Bussinger   Red River Technology Center

CO2 Race

1^st place      Case Rich              Red River Technology Center

2^nd place     Jacob Kuehn        Red River Technology Center

3^rd place      Mason Surber        Red River Technology Center

Overall

1^st place      Case Rich              Red River Technology Center

2^nd place     Jacob Kuehn        Red River Technology Center

3^rd place      Mason Surber        Red River Technology Center

The contest is challenging for students, teachers, and parents.  It requires critical thinking, design, drafting, and manufacturing a CO₂ race car.  This contest is possible because of DAEDF’s partnership with our local middle schools, high schools, Red River Technology Center, and Cameron University.  Duncan’s Dream It! Do It! initiative is a manufacturing career pathway associated with the Manufacturing Institute and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). 

Participants for this year’s competition included students from Central, Comanche, Duncan, Empire, Rush Springs, Walters, Red River Technology Center, and homeschool. Resulting in 117 High School and 171 Middle School racers. All students from the Red River Technology Center sending districts are eligible to participate.

For more information about this event or additional ways DAEDF is partnering with industry and education, contact DAEDF at 580-255-9675 or info@ok-duncan.com.