 
Special News Alert: K-Shard Fields Gets the
Gold in Pilkington Clear Advantage Technician Olympics; Brian Fenner
Wins Walt Gorman Memorial Windshield Repair Olympics
September 22, 2012
by Megan Headley, mheadley@glass.com
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AGTO gold medalist K-Shard Fields of Glasspro
Inc. accepts his trophy from Auto Glass Week Master of Ceremonies
Holly Biller. |
WRO gold medalist Brian Fenner (left) of Safe
Glass Technologies is congratulated by GlasWeld general manager
Dennis Garbutt. |
The winners of the Pilkington Clear Advantage Technician Olympics
(AGTO) and the Walt Gorman Memorial Windshield Repair Olympics (WRO)
were named today in Louisville, Ky., as part of Auto Glass Week.
K-Shard Fields of Glasspro Inc. in North Charleston, S.C., won the
top ranking of gold medalist in the AGTO, and Brian Fenner of Safe
Glass Technologies in Easton, Pa., took home the gold in the WRO.
Fields was followed by Travis Crebs of Techna Glass in Taylorsville,
Utah, in second and Nick Gittins of Techna Glass in Clearfield,
Utah, in third place in the AGTO. Chris Smith of Techna Glass in
Draper, Utah, rounded out the WRO at second, with Robert Rask of
IntegraGlass in Orem, Utah, following at third.
The winners of each event takes home $10,000 as part of his winnings.
In addition, Gittins was recognized with the Ray Asbery Innovation
Award for his development and use of modifications to his setting
tool. The award was dedicated to Asbery this year, in honor of the
innovation brought to the industry by the founder of Equalizer,
who passed away last year.
Both awards were announced during the Gala Awards Reception and
Ceremony held on the final day of Auto Glass Week.
Auto Glass Week ends today, but coverage continues next week on
glassBYTEs.com and in the November/December issue of AGRR
magazine.
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