ABS 15 Youth Nationals Results

Congratulations to all the climbers who competed in the ABS 15 Youth Nationals Feb. 28 - March 2 in Colorado Springs, CO.
Here are the high finishers:

• Mirko Caballero 1st place MYC (team invite)
• Ethan Rogers 3rd place MYD (team invite)
• Phoebe Wong 3rd place FYD (team invite)
• Kara Herson 4th Place FYB (team invite)
• Ross Fulkerson 5th place MYC
• Natalia Grossman 7th place FYC
• Radu Mihai Popescu Stanesti 7th place MJR
• Jacquelyn Wu 8th place FJR
• Anthony Lesik 9th place MYD
• Hanna Grossman 11th place FYA
• Matthew Grossman 11th place MYB

Full results available at http://www.absnationals.org/08/news/index.htm

SCS 2014 Schedule

Here is the schedule for the 2014 Sport Climbing Series (SCS) season. Special thanks to Touchstone Climbing for bringing the SCS Divisionals to our region for the first time since 2009.
3/22: High Altitude Fitness (Incline Village)
3/29: Pacific Edge (Santa Cruz)
4/5: Granite Arch (Rancho Cordova)
4/12: The Studio (San Jose)
4/19: RockSport (Reno)
4/26: Rocknasium (Davis)
5/10: NorCal Youth Regional Championships - IronWorks (Berkeley)
6/14-6/15 Division 1 Youth Divisional Championships - Mission Cliffs (San Francisco)
7/10-7/13 US National Championships - Stone Summit (Atlanta, GA)

Click here for more details...

ABS 15 Divisionals Results

Thanks to all the climbers who competed at the  ABS 15 Divisionals on Jan. 11-12 in Seattle, WA. Once again, our region's climbers put on a phenomenal display. Congratulations to the climbers who advanced and good luck at Nationals.

Gold

Jacquelyn Wu (Zero Gravity) - Female Junior
Ross Fulkerson (Planet Granite) - Male Youth C
Phoebe Wong (Planet Granite) _ Female Youth D
Connor Herson (Planet Granite) - Male Youth D

Silver
Radu Mihai Popescu Stanesti (city Beach) - Male Junior
Jenny Jiang (Sierra) - Female Youth C
Gabriel Flynn (Granite Arch) - Male Youth C
Hanna Grossman (Zero Gravity) - Female Youth A

Bronze
Rebecca Vincent (Planet Granite) - Female Junior
Joseph Diaz (Granite Arch) - Male Junior
Elise Buser (Zero Gravity) - Female Youth A
Kara Herson (Zero Gravity) - Female Youth B

Official results...

2013 SCS Nationals Registration is Live

Registration for the 2013 SCS Nationals, to be held July 4-7 at Stone Summit in Atlanta, GA, is now live (click here to register). Congratulations to all the competitors who received an invitation. Climbers who received a first-round invite must register by 11:59 p.m. MDT on Wednesday, June 20.
A preliminary event schedule is available here.

Strong Showing for Northern California Region at Divisionals

Climbers from the Northern California region put on a phenomenal display at the 2013 SCS Division 1 championships, held June 15-16 at Vertical World in Seattle, WA.
A total of 38 climbers from our region qualified for nationals in either sport or speed (or both).
Top performances included:

• Josh Levin, first place in both sport and speed (Male Jr.)
• Natalia Grossman, first place in sport, third place in speed (Female Youth C)
• Cicada Jenerik, second place in both sport and speed (Female Jr.)
• Jacquelyn Wu, third place in sport, first place in speed (Female Youth A)
• Hannah Grossman, fourth place in sport, third place in speed (Female Youth B)
• Piper Thrams, second in sport, fourth in speed (Female Youth C)
• Matthew Grossman, first in sport (Male Youth C)

Complete results here.