FARMINGTON — A team of six student leaders from the University of Maine at Farmington recently competed in the annual Collegiate Leadership Competition.

The UMF team was one of 25 teams competing from the U.S. and Canada in a two-day virtual competition, where the team from Farmington placed third for their results score and fourth overall.

This year’s team included Chloe Allen from Windham, Isaiah Day from Fryeburg, Gabbi Fultz from South Berwick, Conner Malone from Newport, Austin Marden from Strong and Tiana McDougal from Corinth. The UMF team is sponsored by Farmington Rotary.

Malone received the competition’s Emerging Leader Award. Elyse Pratt-Ronco, co-coach of the UMF team, was named Coach of the Year.

The UMF team met weekly during the semester to practice with coaches Kirsten Swan and Pratt-Ronco and mentor-coach and UMF senior Brandon Reed.

Members of the UMF team found the experience taught them many applicable skills, including how to work together as a team, how to support each other and how to learn from other people’s perspectives, according to a news release from April Mulherin, UMF associate director for media relations.

“I am so proud to have worked with this group of leaders all semester. They already hold leadership roles on campus, and now they have more skills to bring to the UMF community,” said Pratt-Ronco. “What was most evident all semester about this group was their high emotional intelligence. They trusted one another, communicated well, and always showed tremendous respect for themselves and the team.”

Founded in 2015, Collegiate Leadership Competition (CLC) provides collegians passionate about leadership with a practice field. Students actively apply their learning via a global leadership competition.

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