Our first annual Heartland Skills Competition was nothing short of amazing! After the last couple of years, it was beyond refreshing to see our entire Heartland family gathered in one place. Thank you to our Kansas City Hometown for ensuring the day was one nobody would forget. There was so much for everyone to enjoy! Our team had fantastic raffles and giveaways of phenomenal prizes, such as an autographed jersey and baseball from Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty. We also had our 5th Anniversary Photo bus on site, air inflatables, and face painting for the kids! Our families also enjoyed tasty eats from some of the best food trucks KC offers. And to top it all off, our families were given a first-hand exclusive look at our bottling process with our Production Facility tours.
All our participants brought their A-game, and the competition was as fierce as ever! But when the dust settled, Jamie Fleer and our Kansas City Hometown took home the most hardware with two Gold, one Silver, and one Bronze. We then had a 4-Way Tie between our Wichita, St. Louis, South, and Central IL Hometowns, each walking away with three medals.
Special thank you to our sponsors, brand partners, volunteers, and everyone who helped make this day such a success!
| 2-AXEL SMV First Place Jesus Fernandez – Wichita Second Place Tyler Collene – Kansas City Third Place Mike Gallup – Central MO 2-AXEL DELIVERY VAN First Place Cameron Johnson – NK Second Place Greg Van Dyke – STL Third Place Darrin Babbs – Central IL 4-AXEL TRACTOR TRAILER First Place Zachary Ruesler – South Second Place Todd Bishop – Central IL Third Place Lance Brendel – STL |
| FORKLIFT First Place Todd Horsman – Central IL Second Place Dalton Albers – South Third Place Kevin Province – Kansas City ELECTRIC PALLET JACK First Place Gilbert Banuelos – Kansas City Second Place Dennis Boyd – Wichita Third Place Atonya Cole – STL MERCHANDISING First Place Andres Medina – Kansas City Second Place Michael Edwards – South Third Place Alex Perez – Wichita |
