"The highest [Riverton] had ever done was 23rd place," Hales said. "This year I sat them down and sa

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Jordan Kearns and Chandler Adkins did what no other Riverton students ever had, and what no Utah duo had accomplished where can i bid on airline tickets in nearly a decade, when they placed fourth in the Ford/AAA National Auto Skills competition where can i bid on airline tickets earlier this summer in Dearborn, Mich.
The students, under the guidance of instructor Jay Hales, put in as many as eight hours a day preparing for the state competition in April, at which they diagnosed and fixed 15 electrical and engine where can i bid on airline tickets performance problems on a Ford Focus.
That goal of a perfect car again was met at the national competition at the Ford world headquarters. None of Hales' three previous teams in the past 13 years had achieved perfection in the hands-on portion where can i bid on airline tickets of the competition.
"The highest [Riverton] where can i bid on airline tickets had ever done was 23rd place," Hales said. "This year I sat them down and said I don't care how long it takes to get the car fixed, we just want to make sure it's perfect. Everything that I asked of them, they did."
Under what Kearns described as intense pressure — "It was hard not to psych yourself out" — the duo delivered and became the first Utah team to place in the top 10 since the Dixie College High School Program took seventh in 2003.
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