Derek Krueger of Belleville wins $1,500 as Class A truck driver

Derek Krueger of Belleville won a $1,500 award for first prize in Class A Truck Driving at the Medline Midwest Regional Rodeo.
Mike Piotrowski of McHenry, IL won first prize for Class B Truck Driving and Travis Ross from Blue Springs, MO, won first in the Parcel Truck category.
This spring, Medline is hosting five regional rodeos for its drivers and their families at Medline facilities across the nation. These regional events, which focus on each driver’s safety skills and abilities, follow more local events held earlier in the year at the company’s approximately 50 distribution centers.
The Midwest Regional Rodeo was held in May at the Medline distribution center in St. Peters, MO. The first-prize winner in each category received an award for $1,500 and will have the opportunity to compete at Medline’s National Rodeo, to be held near the company’s global headquarters in Mundelein, IL, later this summer. At the National Rodeo they will compete for up to $5,000 in prize money as well as provide inspiration to the company’s more than 1,800 drivers.
MedTrans is the transport fleet of Medline — the largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies and equipment in the U.S.