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exboyfil

(18,067 posts) Sun Jun 19, 2016, 10:00 AM Jun 2016

First female teen to win Ohio masonry competition bumped from national contest [View all]

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/06/19/teen-girl-bumped-from-national-masonry-competition.html

Shania Clifford, a 17-year-old from Scioto County, became the first female to win a gold medal in the SkillsUSA Ohio masonry competition in late April.

But in mid-May, Clifford found out she would not be attending the next level of the competition, a national leadership and skills conference held in Louisville, Kentucky.

And she found out via Facebook.

This is a great competition that I knew nothing about. On the other hand the administration is abysmal.

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First female teen to win Ohio masonry competition bumped from national contest [View all] exboyfil Jun 2016 OP

This is just wrong. Best wishes to Shania Clifford. She should be going to the next competition.... think Jun 2016 #1

But there is no sexism! WhiteTara Jun 2016 #2

They said a similar scoring snafu happened before exboyfil Jun 2016 #3

You think they deliberately changed the scores to prevent a female from winning? oberliner Jun 2016 #4

70 years of being female WhiteTara Jun 2016 #5

Seems like it was a clerical error oberliner Jun 2016 #6

Of course. nt WhiteTara Jun 2016 #7

Is it your contention that they deliberately changed the scores so the girl would lose? oberliner Jun 2016 #8

Of course not. Boys always win. WhiteTara Jun 2016 #9

OK oberliner Jun 2016 #10

Of course not. WhiteTara Jun 2016 #11

I get the sarcasm oberliner Jun 2016 #12

She won and had her win given WhiteTara Jun 2016 #13

Because she was a girl? oberliner Jun 2016 #14

You'll have to draw your own WhiteTara Jun 2016 #15