FBLA dominates districts

Karen Manley • February 10, 2017

On Wednesday, February 8, Fossil Ridge High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) competed in districts. Fossil won 72 top 5 placements, 52 students qualified for regionals, 10 double-qualified (in two events), and 8 qualified through written submissions.

Competitor Melissa Rauwerdink explained, “There’s different kinds of events, like role plays, public and impromptu speeches, production events and tests that people compete in for the best score.”

Rauwerdink went on to describe her favorite event. “ I really like entrepreneurship. In this event my team and I are given a scenario for a business and are asked to fix certain problems or give certain suggestions on how the business can improve. We then present these suggestions in front of a panel of judges. I like it because I not only have improved my public speaking but also allows me to analyze specific issues in a business that I could very well experience in real life, in the work force.”

Olivia Scott reflected on the importance of FBLA, saying they get to, “gain business experience. [We] dress and act the role of a professional business man or woman, learn from peers and guest speakers, and present your business leadership skills.

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“Overall I believe Fossil Ridge had a very successful performance as a team and as individuals throughout the competition. A large portion of Fossil students qualified for state and many took first place in their events,” said Scott.

State will be held April 19-21 in Vail. Best of luck Sabercats!

Here’s how the Fossil individuals did in districts:

Event	Student/s	Place *(=state qual)**
Banking & Financial Systems	Anjana Peddi, Jessica Yang	2*
Business Ethics	Rujuta Idate, Isha Sahasrabudhe	1*
Business Financial Plan	Amalia Cordsen, Jessica Fox	3*
Client Service	Austin Ritz	2*
Entrepreneurship	CJ Martindale, Zach Norrix, Melissa Rauwerdink	1*
Global Business	Spencer Evans, Preston Friehauf	1*
Global Business	Lisa Landwehr, Nick Lin, Chelsea Wang	2*
Help Desk	Austin Ownbey	2*
Name Tag Design	Josh Thornton, et al	2
Public Speaking II	Annalea Zhao	1*
Public Speaking II	Neil Rowen	3*
Sales Presentation	Tiana Chavez	3*
Social Media Campaign	Ansel Pierce	1*
Public Speaking I	Alexandre Shappell	2*
Computer Game & Simulation	Arnold Pfahnl, Gracie Finnegan	5
Website Design	Julie Brey, Haley Rockwell	1*
Digital Video Production	Ayden Adair, Deionus Bauer, Nathan Mahoney	1*
Digital Video Production	Angel Nylund, Lexi Nylund, Katie Badger	2*
E-Business	Ryan Tool, Nathan McIntyre	1*
Accounting I	Courtney Stone	1*
Accounting I	Melissa Rauwerdink	2*
Accounting II	Jessica Fox	5
Advertising	Ansel Pierce	1*
Advertising	Spencer Evans	2*
Advertising	Taylor Lyle	4*
Agri Business	Nick Lin	4*
Business Communications	Chelsea Wang	1*
Business Communications	Zach Norris	4*
Business Law	William Cutchin	5
Computer Problem Solving	Richard Thompson	2*
Computer Problem Solving	Rachel Tomas	3*
Cyber Security	Arnold Pfahnl	2*
Cyber Security	Ryan Tool	3*
Cyber Security	Richard Thompson	5
Economics	James Zeng	2*
Healthcare Administration	Naeem Aziz	2*
Insurance & Risk Management	Riley Hurley	2*
Insurance & Risk Management	Natalie Liao	3*
Insurance & Risk Management	Trevor Gaston	5
Intro to Business	Jeannie Zhang	1*
Intro to Business	StevieJo Davis	4*
Intro to Business Communication	Kaiya Anderson	2*
Intro to Financial Math	Emmakate Raisley	1*
Intro to Financial Math	Dane Harnisch	3*
Intro to Financial Math	Xinxin Liu	4*
Intro to Financial Math	Jeannie Zhang	5
Intro to Information Technology	Alexandre Shappell	3*
Journalism	Gracie Finnigan	3*
Networking Concepts	Josh Thornton	5
Organizational Leadership	Josh Thornton	2*
Personal Finance	Dylan Ellis	1*
Securities & Investments	Taylor Trujillo	2*
Computer Applications	Xinxin Liu	2*
Computer Applications	Chris Taylor	3*
Computer Applications	Connor Ellis	4
Computer Applications	Austin Ritz	5
Word Processing	Rachel Tomas	1*
Word Processing	Brandon Reynolds	2*
Word Processing	Dylan Ellis	3*

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