Winners Announced for TISE Dallas, Texas Regional Installation Competition

Zachary Stacey with Pruitt Flooring and Roy G. Lewis of Eagle Floorcovering Supplies took home the win for the last of the TISE Regionals Competitions. Photo: Informa.

The last of the TISE Regionals Competitions took place on October 6-7, 2023, at C&C Wholesale in Dallas, Texas. Eight flooring installers competed in either the LVP or carpet category for a chance at the National Installer of the Year title, which will take place during The International Surface Event (TISE) in Las Vegas.

The carpet category competitors were Kevin Keefe of QEP in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Zachary Stacey of Pruitt Flooring in Wichita, Kansas; Jesus Garcia of Cristino Flooring LLC in Houston, Texas; William McNeight of Craftmark Installations Inc. in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; and Jeffery Vickers of Craftmark Installations Inc. in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Stacey won the carpet category.

The LVP category competitors were Roy G. Lewis of Eagle Floorcovering Supplies in Phenix City, Alabama; Jesus Torres of Jesse Torres Flooring in Grand Prairie, Texas; and Noe Perez of North Texas Modern Flooring LLC in McKinney, Texas. Lewis won the LVP category.

Stacey and Lewis will travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, in January 2024 to compete for the national title at the TISE Regional Finalist Competition alongside other regional winners.

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Samantha Geiger joined Floor Trends and Floor Covering Installer magazines as the Multimedia Editor in March 2023. As a 2019 graduate from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor’s Degree in Professional Writing, Samantha has a background in lifestyle and entertainment journalism around the Philadelphia region as well as social media and digital content. Combined with her interest in artistic trends and lifestyle topics, she stepped into the flooring industry reporting on news.