An Ameren gas journeyman team from Columbia has returned home after placing in a recent national competition.

Nate Knigge, Jordan Davis, Dallas Castagna, Chad Crawford and team captain Robert Hillerman II participated in the National Gas Rodeo Sept. 10-12 at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky. They came away placing 9th. The Columbia team was among four Missouri and two Illinois teams that competed at the rodeo event.

Competition events were not just against the other Ameren teams but other gas companies from across the U.S. as well. The placement is consistent from a couple years ago when another Columbia team headed by Hillerman again placed 9th overall .

Columbia's team is dubbed Complete Combustion. The competition means teams get to see how others operate and may sometimes take s

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