Two local Ivy Tech Community College students won gold medals at a state Information Technology competition recently.

The first-ever Statewide IT Challenge was held last month and Erick Bernal-Martinez won a gold medal in the computer science competition, while Tommy Lynch won gold in the database competition.

The inaugural Ivy Tech Statewide IT Challenge held in Indianapolis featured seven events based on the college’s IT courses, including software development/web design, computer science/programming, network infrastructure, IT Support, cybersecurity, server administration, and database management.

Seven local students took part including Bari McVay and Chris Fox in cybersecurity, McVay and Braxton Heinlein-Mann in network infrastructure, Bernal-Martinez in computer science, Lynch in database management, and Dylan Thompson, Justin Hanner and Heinlein-Mann in IT support.