NOVA’s Welding Students Make a Clean Sweep at Local Competition

May 1, 2024 / Our Nighthawks

Northern Virginia Community College’s welding program dominated Swaby Welding Supply’s first-ever college and trade school competition. Caroline Patterson triumphed, winning the top prize, a welding machine. Marlin Adams placed second, receiving a smaller welder as a reward. Elliot Scott and Matthew Wolfe rounded out the competition, taking third and fourth place, respectively.

Photograph of, from left to right: Owner of the Swaby Group, LLC, Lee Swaby with welding students Elliot Scott, Caroline Patterson, Matthew Wolfe and Marlin Adams.
From left to right: Owner of the Swaby Group, LLC, Lee Swaby with welding students Elliot Scott, Caroline Patterson, Matthew Wolfe and Marlin Adams.

 

Submitted by:
Santiago Rivera, MA-STEM, SRivera@nvcc.edu