Barbering students sweep clean at state SkillsUSA competition

Franklin County Career Technical Center seniors Byron Cotoc and Federico Juan and sophomore Kevin Cotoc sweep clean in barbering at the Alabama Skills USA state competition – taking second, first and third place respectively.

Juan, a senior, places first, qualifiing to compete at the SkillsUSA National Competition in Atlanta this summer.

Franklin students competing in the Alabama SkillsUSA competition are (back row) Katie Gentry, Hope Morgan, Kyra Rollins, teacher Danielle Hargett, Jaylee Cross, Jade Romero, Federico Juan, Kevin Cotoc, Byron Cotoc, (front row) Symia Bell, Shaily Warren, Georgia Crochet, McKayla Young, Samara Johnson and Kevin Arango.

Kevin Arango, Federico Juan, Kevin Cotoc and Byron Cotoc show their skills, joined by teacher Hargett.

FCCTC cosmetology instructor Danielle Hargett takes students Kyra Rollins – a student at Phil Campbell, who took third place in esthetics – Kevin Cotoc, Byron Cotoc and Federico Juan to compete in the Alabama Skills USA competition.

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Russellville High School students studying barbering at the Franklin County Career Technical Center placed in the top three at a state competition recently.

“This was my first year to take students to state,” explained Danielle Hargett, cosmetology instructor, who works for Russellville City and Franklin County. “Every student that went and competed or otherwise participated took part as a model in cosmetology. I took a total of 14 students.”

In barbering:

• Federico Juan, a senior, placed first, and is qualified to compete at the SkillsUSA National Competition in Atlanta this summer.
• Byron Cotoc, a senior, placed second.
• Kevin Cotoc, a sophomore, placed third.

“It was a clean sweep in barbering,” Hargett said. “I also had a student, Kyra Rollins from Phil Campbell, place third in esthetics. I’m very proud of all of them.”