Duke Energy Captures Nine Awards at International Lineworker Rodeo Competition

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Duke Energy teams brought home nine awards after competing in one of the most celebrated lineworker competitions in the world – the International Lineman's Rodeo – Oct. 18 in Bonner Springs, Kansas.

Approximately 1,200 competitors from across the globe competed at this year's International Lineman's Rodeo.

This included 78 competitors from Duke Energy who won top honors at regional Duke Energy Lineman's Rodeo events earlier this year.

The International Lineman's Rodeo has attracted the best lineworkers from around the world for more than 40 years to compete in job-related events designed to simulate traditional lineworker tasks and challenges typically performed to maintain service and restore power.

Competitors are judged on speed, agility, technique and safety procedures.

Lineworkers help deliver reliable service year-round, respond after storms or other extreme weather events and work on vital projects to better serve customers and communities.

They also install newer technologies on the grid such as smart, self-healing technology, which detects a power outage and reroutes power – often restoring service in under a minute.

Winners by the numbers:

Journeyman Mystery Event #1

Fourth place – Jordan Henderson (Hendersonville, N.C.), Heath Burrell (Hendersonville, N.C.), Miles Bell (Tryon, N.C.)

Journeyman Mystery Event #2

Fourth place – William Gandy (Hartsville, S.C.), Zachary Haithcock (Sardis, S.C.), Joshua Haithcock (Sardis, S.C.)

Journeyman IOU (investor-owned utility)

First place – Tyler Nickols (Marion, N.C.), Joshua Buckner (Marion, N.C.), Tyler Manick (Old Fort, N.C.)

Second place – Jordan Henderson (Hendersonville, N.C.), Heath Burrell (Hendersonville, N.C.), Miles Bell (Tryon, N.C.)

Fourth place – William Gandy (Hartsville, S.C.), Zachary Haithcock (Sardis, S.C.), Joshua Haithcock (Sardis, S.C.)

Journeyman Seniors

First place – Keith Griffin (Marshall, N.C.), Jay Tipton (Marshall, N.C.), Sandy Barnhill (Fuquay Varina, N.C.)

Fourth place – Matthew Clark (Benson, N.C.), Danny Haithcock (Timmonsville, N.C.), Hunter Boone (Southern Pines, N.C.)

Journeyman Overall

Third place – Tyler Nickols (Marion, N.C.), Joshua Buckner (Marion, N.C.), Tyler Manick (Old Fort, N.C.)

Fourth place – Jordan Henderson (Hendersonville, N.C.), Heath Burrell (Hendersonville, N.C.), Miles Bell (Tryon, N.C.)

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