Students from Mt. Pleasant High School competed in the 32nd annual DMACC/Iowa Automobile Dealers Association (IADA) Automotive Skills Contest at the DMACC Ankeny Campus.

Ten students from Mt. Pleasant High School were among the more than 230 students representing 16 high schools from across Iowa in the written portion of the contest.

Eight two-member teams of Iowa high school automotive students qualified for the hands-on portion of the Automotive Skills Contest by having the highest average scores on the written test. Mt. Pleasant was one of the schools to advance. The others were Algona High School, DMACC Ames Career Academy, DMACC Ankeny Career Academy, DMACC Carroll Career Academy, Pleasant Valley High School, SWCC Career Academy and West Des Moines Valley High School. The alternate school is Ignite Pathways.

The contest will include eight skill-based stations in the following automotive areas: engine mechanical, automatic transmission, manual transmission and drive trains, steering and suspension, brakes, electrical diagnosis, heating and air conditioning, and engine performance.

DMACC Automotive Technology Program Chairperson Jerry Burns said the winning teams of students will receive tools and equipment donated by the Iowa Automobile Dealers Association and their respective schools will receive automotive components to be used for training purposes. The DMACC Foundation will also be providing scholarships for each member of the winning team.