{"id":22524,"date":"2018-07-03T07:30:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T11:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=22524"},"modified":"2018-06-27T16:54:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T20:54:11","slug":"goyings-gets-tough-earns-third-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/goyings-gets-tough-earns-third-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Goyings gets tough, earns third place"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Leon Goyings from Paulding, an equipment operator for the Ohio Department of Transportation District 1, placed third in the Director\u2019s Cup Truck and Loader Roadeo held recently in Columbus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An employee from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1 placed third in the loader competition at the Director\u2019s Cup Truck and Loader competition held Wednesday, June 6 in Columbus.<\/p>\n

Winning third place in the loader competition was Leon Goyings of Paulding, an equipment specialist in the ODOT District 1 garage, with a score of 2,145 out of a possible 3,020. His score was only 190 points behind the second place winner and 230 points behind first place.<\/p>\n

Goyings placed third in the districtwide roadeo held in May, which made him an alternate for the statewide roadeo. This is Goyings\u2019 sixth year competing in the roadeo. A 22-year veteran of the organization, Goyings has won several times at the state and national level in the roadeo competitions.<\/p>\n

Goyings, who says he competes in the Director\u2019s Cup because he enjoys the competition, began his ODOT career as a highway worker. Though his current position is equipment operator based in the district garage, he remains on the list of auxiliary snowplow drivers who assist full-time highway technicians and seasonal drivers in winter operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter where Leon is working within ODOT, he will always be a stand-out equipment operator. He has that knack and the roadeo creates the opportunity for him to display it,\u201d said Kirk Slusher, ODOT District 1 deputy director.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeon has been one of our best operators in District 1 for a long time. It\u2019s great to see him compete and do well on the statewide level. Competing against your peers from across the state at the roadeo offers our employees a great opportunity to show off their skills and abilities in truck and loader operations,\u201d said Rod Nuveman, highway management administrator for ODOT District 1.<\/p>\n

Also competing on behalf of ODOT District 1 was Chris Miles of the Defiance garage and Charles Cook of the Paulding garage.<\/p>\n

The roadeo is a friendly competition that pits equipment operators against one another to test their skill in maneuvering equipment through a series of obstacles intended to mimic situations they encounter on the job. Participants are also required to find deliberately-placed mechanical bugs on equipment as part of the pre-trip inspection portion of the competition. The competition also included a test of the rules and laws pertaining to holders of a commercial driver\u2019s license (CDL).<\/p>\n

All highway technicians at ODOT are required to retain a CDL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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