– Karen KistlerThe crowd watches as competitors work on their walls during the SPEC MIX Bricklayer 500 North Carolina Regional Qualifier. – Karen KistlerRyan Shaver, who started the masonry event, gives a thumbs up as the SPEC MIX Bricklayer 500 Regional Qualifier competition goes on behind him. These schools all have masonry at their high school, said Shaver and these students are currently enrolled in a masonry class in North Carolina today. In the Journeyman SPEC MIX Bricklayer 500, the first place winner was Ridenhour Masonry with bricklayer Mason Ridenhour and tender Micheal Ridenhour. In the Junior Bricklayer category, first place went to Jesse Carson High School with bricklayer Ethan Eddings and tender Garret Watkins.