Lemont High School’s Future Business Leaders of America qualifies for state competition in 18 events

The Lemont chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America placed among the top four in 18 events at the Central Northern Area Conference Regional, hosted by Joliet Junior College in December.

The top four finishers in each event earned the opportunity to participate at the 2025 FBLA State Leadership Conference on March 28 and 29 in Springfield.

Lemont students placed first in six team competitions and six individual events. Seniors Sofia Kuziel, Anisha Oberai and Charlotte Putt won Website Design; juniors Olivia Sarno and Addyson Wolfe were victorious in Business Ethics; sophomores Aras Gedgaudas and Gabriel Zarycki were first in Broadcast Journalism; sophomores Luke Auskalnis, Ian Koestner and Brandon Potaczek teamed to win Hospitality and Event Management; freshmen Daniel Khan and Will Sagotz won Entrepreneurship and freshmen John Perry and Alex Tchernev teamed to win Introduction to Programming.

Individual winners included seniors Matthew Bechtlofft (Graphic Design) and Karolina Gmiterek (Job Interview); juniors Joey Fiore (Business Plan) and Nina Risatti (Business Communications); sophomore Jonas Kimantas (Introduction to Marketing Concepts) and freshman Medha Vicharapu (Introduction to Public Speaking).

Other qualifiers included Aditya Oberai, Vikram Oberai and Aidan Potaczek placing second in Coding & Programming, Eamon Salmon and Eli Zogby placing second in Public Service Announcement, Amad Yaagoub placing second in Financial Statement Analysis, Ali Nabulsi and Lavya Suri placing third in Sales Presentation, Lorelai Dimitropoulos placing fourth in Public Policy and Advocacy and Tomas Taujanskas placing fourth in Introduction to Financial Math.