The top two performers in the Pacific Region Cadet Competition switched places this year when the Alaska Wing’s Kodiak Composite Squadron team captured first and the Washington Wing’s Overlake Composite Squadron finished second.
The California Wing’s San Diego Cadet Squadron 144 repeated its third-place performance from 2024.
Ten teams in all competed, with these seven rounding out the field:
California Wing Diablo Composite Squadron 44
Hawaii Wing Maui Composite Squadron
Nevada Wing Douglas County Composite Squadron
Tahoe Truckee Composite Squadron
Oregon Wing Gorge Composite Squadron
Washington County Composite Squadron
Washington Wing Columbia Basin Composite Squadron
The Kodiak cadets finished in the top three in all seven categories — first in Indoor Drill, Written Exam, and Team Leadership Problem; second in Standard Drill and Element Drill; and third in Inspection and Physical Fitness.
In addition, Cadet 1st Lt. Isaac Hall and Cadet Senior Airman Aleksander Nichols, both on the Kodiak team, led the field with the highest written exam scores.
The Kodiak team consisted of:
Cadet 1st Lt. Isaac Hall
Cadet 2nd Lt. Liam Long
Cadet 2nd Lt. Vivian Lorch
Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Kaylin Burnside
Cadet Senior Airman Nichols Aleksander
Cadet Senior Airman Daniel Dorado
Hall, Long, and Lorch also competed on the second-place 2024 team.
The Overlake team placed first in Standard Drill and Element Drill, second in Indoor Drill, and third in Team Leadership Problem.
Making up the Overlake team were:
Cadet Capt. Brenton Natale
Cadet 1st Lt. Tyler Wentz
Cadet 2nd Lt. Stella Stefani
Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Sofia Luferenko
Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Sarah Tafas
Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Raina Tuladhar
Natale and Luferenko returned from last year’s first-place team.
The San Diego team captured two first places, in Inspection and Physical Fitness, and two third places, in Indoor Drill and Element Drill.
The San Diego squadron team consisted of:
Cadet 2nd Lt. Kevin Cheeseman
Cadet 2nd Lt. Lauren Smith
Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Sebastian Gaspar
Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Nicolas Hartle
Cadet Master Sgt. Ng Itski
Cadet Staff Sgt. Noelle Martin
Smith, Gaspar, and Hartle were also members of last year’s third-place team.
Category results included:
Indoor DrillKodiak Composite Squadron
Overlake Composite Squadron
San Diego Cadet Squadron 144
Standard DrillOverlake Composite Squadron
Kodiak Composite Squadron
Gorge Composite Squadron
Element DrillOverlake Composite Squadron
Kodiak Composite Squadron
San Diego Cadet Squadron 144
InspectionSan Diego Cadet Squadron 144
Gorge Composite Squadron
Kodiak Composite Squadron
Written ExamKodiak Composite Squadron
Diablo Composite Squadron 44
Gorge Composite Squadron
Physical FitnessSan Diego Cadet Squadron 144
Douglas County Composite Squadron
Kodiak Composite Squadron
Team Leadership ProblemKodiak Composite Squadron
Diablo Composite Squadron 44
Overlake Composite Squadron
Fastest male mileCadet Capt. Imanuel Walker, Gorge Composite Squadron — 5:22
Fastest female mileCadet 2nd Lt. Lauren Smith, San Diego Cadet Squadron 144 — 7:11
Highest Written ExamCadet 1st Lt. Isaac Hall and Cadet Senior Airman Aleksander Nichols, both Kodiak Island Composite Squadron
