WESTFIELD — In what is turning out to be an annual occurrence, the Westfield Technical Academy will be sponsoring a student in the national SkillsUSA competition in Atlanta, in June. Collision technology junior Adrianna Vazquez won gold in auto refinishing in the state competition last week, and will now move on to the nationals.

Twenty-two students from the WTA SkillsUSA chapter traveled to Marlborough for the three-day State Leadership and Skills Conference on April 25-27. The hands-on skills competitions ranged from four to six hours long for the students, using facilities at Blackstone Valley, Shawsheen Valley and Tri-County regional vocational high schools, with leadership contests at nearby hotel conference rooms.