Students from Catonsville and Lansdowne high schools and Western School of Technology and Environmental Science were among the 161 from19 Baltimore County public schools whose scores at a regional competition qualified them for the statewide Future Business Leaders of America conference in Hunt Valley in April.

During the Feb 1 regional competition at Dundalk High School, 263 students participated in online events, such as accounting, business law, cyber security and global business; and 89 participated in performance events, including business ethics, public speaking, emerging business issues and client service.

In the online competition:

• Shyam Patel (Catonsville) was first in Computer Problem Solving

• Ryan Din (Western Tech) was first in Business Math

• Kaliyah Jordan (Western Tech) was first and Ramandeep Kaur (Catonsville) third in Health Care Administration

• Brandon Holtzner (Catonsville) was first and Samantha Fitzpatrick (Catonsville) was third in Cyber Security

• Alex Fasehun (Western Tech) was second in Introduction to Business

• Timothy Jacobs (Western Tech) was third in Business Law

• Adam Burgess (Lansdowne) was third in Future Business Leader

• The team of Candra Hart and Krishna Pani (Catonsville) was third in Global Business

In the performance events:

• Lauren Seward (Catonsville) was first in Client Service

• Maria Barkley (Western Tech) was first in Public Speaking II

• Beverly Atueyi and Debbie Fadoju (Western Tech) were first in Business Presentation

• Vashti Webb (Catonsville) was first in Impromptu Speaking

• Morgan Smith (Western Tech) was second in Public Speaking I

Judges represented the Port of Baltimore, First Financial Federal Credit Union and local businesses.

In addition to participating in events, students at the conference attended workshops on cyber security, a virtual business challenge, and college preparedness.