Climbing Club Wins National Competition
The CSU Climbing Sport Club competed at the Collegiate Climbing Series (CCS) National Championships this past week in San Diego, California, operated by USA Climbing. The event took place at Mesa Rim Climbing Center. Overall the club had 24 people compete in 6 total disciplines (3 each for men and women), with 4 team members qualifying for finals. It was the second national appearance for the CSU team (they placed third last year), and the club took first place in the overall team result!
CSU beat out the University of Texas (2nd place), and CU Boulder (3rd place) for the win. Over 50 teams competed for the title from around the country.
In addition to the overall team win, 4 individual team members qualified for the finals, which took place on Friday. Individual results are listed below.
Congratulations to the Climbing Club!
Qualifier Results:
Ryan Fiore- 3rd in sport climbing
Peter Hurtgen- 11th in sport climbing
Brian Barry- 11th in sport climbing
Stephen Small- 53rd in sport climbing
Connor Watkins- 59th in sport climbing
Jacob Gadwa- 47th in bouldering, 1st in speed climbing
Johnathan Marlatt- 10th in bouldering
Sam Rothstein- 29th in bouldering
Brett Hoffman-48th in bouldering
Michael Jiang- 33rd in bouldering
Ethan Liem- 38th in bouldering
Christopher Wood- 63rd in bouldering
Marcus Lively-91st in bouldering
Bryan Wholey-80th in boudlering
Jacob Atkinson-82nd in bouldering
Ian Huber- probably around 80-90th (scorecard did not get entered properly, working to get the issue resolved)
Delaney Miller- 1st in sport climbing
Elaina Keegan- 25th in sport climbing
Hailey Bridgewater- 3rd in bouldering
Julia Payton- 29th in bouldering
Laren Cyphers- 27th in bouldering
Karen Gilbert- 15th in bouldering
Kaitlyn Hill- 53rd in bouldering
Giuliana Sheldon- 23rd in bouldering
Finals Results:
Delaney Miller – 1st in Women’s Sport Climbing
Hailey Bridgewater- 5th in Women’s Bouldering
Ryan Fiore- 2nd in Men’s Sport Climbing
Jacob Gadwa- 7th in Men’s Speed Climbing
Full results: http://www.ccsnationals.org/community/community_details.cfm?id=1055