Six 1st place finishes for Team ABC at the first Youth SCS Comp this season!
Fun in Colorado Springs!
Team ABC traveled down to Colorado Springs to compete in the first Sport Climbing Series Youth Comp of the season. We are super proud of all the kids and glad to share that ABC took SIX first place finishes! Here are the ABC finishes from the event:
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Female Youth D
Ashley Fisher 1st
Phoebe Dolan 2nd
Mia Manson 3rd
Corinne Otterness 4th
Campbell Sarinopoulous 5th
Lydia Dolan 6th
Bella Weksler 8th
Jasmine Mosberger 9th
Anna VonDugen 10th
Sarah Smith 11th
Margaux D’Amato 15th
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Male Youth D
Colin Duffy 1st
Luke Reivich 4th
Sawyer Reivich 6th
Samual Kuepper 10th
Liam O’Brien 16th
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Female Youth C
Brooke Raboutou 1st
Stella Noble 2nd
Ravelle Nelson 3rd
Ariana O’Brien 16th
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Male Youth C
Ray McVicker 1st
Mateo Gallegos 2nd
Max Manson 13th
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Female Youth B
Ivy Todd 1st
Kiana Ellis 4th
Margo Hayes 5th
Isabelle Goodacre 14th
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Male Youth B
Shawn Raboutou 1st
Malcolm Oliver 2nd
Tristin Crane 4th
Timmy Dolan 9th
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Male Youth A
Austin Lankford 2nd
Jaime Cantarovici 10th
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Great job team!
Bouldering Camp!
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CAMPS!!!
Team ABC Boulder has many exciting camp opportunities coming up through the Spring and Summer. Instructors include World Class climbers and coaches like Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou, Lynn Hill and Obe Carrion. Most camps are open to ABC Athletes as well as qualified athletes from other gyms and teams around the world. If you want to join an ABC camp, click here Camp Sign-Ups and More Info (or use the links in the right menu) and then click “more details” to learn more about the camp you are interested in. If you have questions, please email us – info@abckidsclimbing.com.
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ABS 14 Nationals – Final Results + NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPS!!!
Team ABC Boulder wins 2013 ABS 14 National Team Championship!!!
ABC did not have the most climbers in the event, but overall ABC was the highest-performing team at ABS Nationals. Great job team!
The Results List for Team Championships - www.absnationals.org/08/news/Team%20Results.pdf
Stella climbing her way to 2nd place
Individual Results
We are very proud of all Team ABC Athletes who competed in the ABS 14 Youth National Championships! Here are Team ABC results from Finals. If they have a NT it means they made the National Bouldering Team:
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Female D
National Champ Mia Manson with Alex Johnson
1. Mia Manson – 2013 National Champion!!! NT
2. Phoebe Dolan NT
www.absnationals.org/08/news/FYD%20Final%20Results.pdf
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Male D
3. Colin Duffy NT
10. Liam O’Brien
www.absnationals.org/08/news/MYD%20Final%20Results.pdf
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Female C
2. Stella Noble NT
Stella in finals
4. Ariana O’Brien NT
6. Brooke Raboutou
www.absnationals.org/08/news/FYC%20Final%20Results.pdf
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Male C
5. Joe Goodacre
www.absnationals.org/08/news/MYC%20Final%20Results.pdf
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Female B
2. Margo Hayes NT
4. Isabelle Goodacre NT
www.absnationals.org/08/news/FYB%20Final%20Results.pdf
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Male B
3. Shawn Raboutou NT
www.absnationals.org/08/news/MYB%20Final%20Results.pdf
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Female A
2. Megan Mascarenas NT
5. Laurel Todd
www.absnationals.org/08/news/FYA%20Final%20Results.pdf
Laurel by Tom Condie
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Male Junior
7. Michael O’Rourke
Michael O’Rourke
8. Matt Lubar
www.absnationals.org/08/news/MJR%20Final%20Results.pdf
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Great job ABC!!!
ABS 14 Nationals – Semifinals Results + Finals Running Order
Great job to all who competed in Semifinals today!
The semifinals round was 3 problems per category. The problems were apparently quite hard as most categories had very few sends from any climbers.
Here are the semis results from Team ABC athletes. The link at the bottom of each is to the full qualis and semis results for that category. Sends are noted.
Male Junior
1. Michael O’Rourke (3 tops, 2 flash)
7. Matt Lubar (2 tops, 1 flash)
www.absnationals.org/08/news/MJR%20SF%20results.pdf
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Female A
2. Megan Mascarenas (2 tops, 1 flash)
7. Laurel Todd (1 top)
www.absnationals.org/08/news/FYA%20SF%20results.pdf
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Male A
15. Austin Lankford (does not advance)
www.absnationals.org/08/news/MYA%20SF%20results.pdf
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Female B
2. Margo Hayes (2 tops, 1 flash)
10. Isabelle Goodacre
www.absnationals.org/08/news/FYB%20SF%20results.pdf
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Male B
1. Shawn Raboutou (flashed all 3 semis problems)
www.absnationals.org/08/news/MYB%20SF%20results.pdf
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Female C
2. Brooke Raboutou (flashed all 3 problems! So tied with Ashima for 1st in Semifinals, but was 2 in qualifiers so in 2nd overall at the moment)
3. Stella Noble (flashed 2, did the 3rd 2nd try)
6. Ariana O’Brien (topped 2, flashed 1)
www.absnationals.org/08/news/FYC%20SF%20results.pdf
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Male C
3. Joe Goodacre (did 2 problems, 1 flash)
14. Ray McVicker (does not advance)
www.absnationals.org/08/news/MYC%20SF%20results.pdf
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Female D
1. Phoebe Dolan (the only person to flash a semis problem in this category)
2. Mia Manson (one of only 4 climbers to send a semis problem in this category)
15. Campbell Sarinopoulos (does not advance)
www.absnationals.org/08/news/FYD%20SF%20results.pdf
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Male D
3. Colin Duffy (flashed 1 problem)
6. Liam O’Brien (flashed 1 problem)
www.absnationals.org/08/news/MYD%20SF%20results.pdf
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Finals Running Orders
And approximate climbing times.
Male/Female Junior - www.absnationals.org/08/news/MJR-FJR%20F%20Start%20List.pdf
Male/Female A - www.absnationals.org/08/news/MYA-FYA%20F%20Start%20List.pdf
Male B/Female D - www.absnationals.org/08/news/MYB-FYD%20F%20Start%20List.pdf
Male/Female C - www.absnationals.org/08/news/MYC-FYC%20F%20Start%20List.pdf
Male D/ Female B - www.absnationals.org/08/news/MYD-FYB%20F%20Start%20List.pdf
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For more info check - ABS Nationals Homepage
Come to Colorado Springs tomorrow to support Team ABC in Finals!
Good Luck Team!!!
ABS Nationals – Qualifier Results!!! + Semis Running Orders
We’d like to congratulate all the members of Team ABC who competed in Qualifiers at the ABS 14 Youth National Championships. It took hard work and dedication to get here, and we are so proud of all of you!!!
Below we will list the quali results of all Team ABC climbers and give links to the full results for each category, should you like to read them. It may be a bit confusing to understand what exactly the results mean, so here is an example with the scoring explained.
Male Junior
5. Michael O’Rourke – 2 tops, 43 points, 1 flash, 3 attempts to top, 6 attempts to high points
5. - he got 5th place
2 tops - he got to the top of two of the problems
43 points – each hold on each problem is worth one or two points (depending on whether you match). The top hold is always worth two points. There are 4 qualifier problems, so say problem 1 is worth 9, problem 2 is worth 17, problem 3 is worth 14, and problem four is also worth 13, then total possible points would be 9 + 17 + 14 + 13 or 53 points possible for the round. (These numbers are not exactly what they were in the comp, but no one finished all the problems so I’m not sure actual max possible score). In scoring the order of rank is by tops, then by total points. You earn points for problems you top and for problems you just climb on. Basically they’re looking at who did the most problems, then at who got the highest on most problems. At ABS 14 Adult Nationals last week, Megan took 4th overall, but she had the 2nd highest point value after finals. She took fourth because the competitors ahead of her topped more problems (see for yourself).
1 flash – he did one problem 1st try
3 attempts to top – this includes flashes (1 attempt) and other attempts, so if he has 1 flash and did 2 problems, it took him 2 tries to do the other problem so 3 total attempts to get his 2 tops.
6 attempts to high points – how many tries it took him to get to his highest scored holds (including tops), SO if he has 3 attempts to 2 tops, then it took him 3 tries to get to the highpoints on his other 2 problems, meaning 1 attempt to high point on one problem and 2 attempts on the other.
The idea of the scoring system is to see who did the best in terms of climbing the highest the fastest. Finishing one problem is worth more than just climbing high on all 4 but not finishing any because in climbing finishing the route or problem is what matters. After that they go back to how high you got on the others, how fast you got to the top, and how fast you got your highpoints.
Hope this helps explain the bouldering scoring system, as, though it makes logical sense, it can get confusing.
Below are the scores from the Qualifying Round for all Team ABC climbers who competed. Around the top 15 (depending on the category) will go to semis, if a climber does not advance it will be noted.
Qualifier Results
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Male Youth D
4. Colin Duffy – 3 tops, 57 points, 2 flashes, 5 attempts to tops, 16 attempts to points
7. Liam O’Brien – 2 tops, 56 points, 2 flashes, 7 attempts to points
Full Quali Results MYD - www.absnationals.org/08/news/MYD%20Q%20results.pdf
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Female Youth D
1. Phoebe Dolan – 2 tops, 61 points, 2 flashes, 5 attempts to high points
3. Mia Manson – 2 tops, 54 points, 2 flashes, 5 attempts to high points
12. Campbell Sarinopoulos – 1 top, 40 points, 1 flash, 8 attempts to high points
Full Quali Results FYD - www.absnationals.org/08/news/FYD%20Q%20results.pdf
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Male Youth C
3. Joe Goodacre – 3 tops, 56 points, 3 flashes, 4 attempts to high points
14. Ray McVicker – 1 top, 46 points, 1 flash, 6 attempts to high points
18. Mateo Gallegos – 1 top, 44 points, 1 flash, 10 attempts to points (does not advance, but so close!)
Full Quali Results MYC - www.absnationals.org/08/news/MYC%20Q%20results.pdf
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Female Youth C
2. Brooke Raboutou – 4 tops, 67 points, 3 flashes, 8 attempts to tops (just 3 attempts behind Ashima, they were the only 2 in their category to top all 4 problems)
11. Ariana O’Brien – 3 tops, 64 points, 2 flashes, 6 attempts to top, 9 attempts to points
12. Stella Noble – 3 tops, 63 points, 2 flashes, 8 attempts to tops, 13 attempts to points
17th (tied). Ravelle Nelson – 3 tops, 54 points, 2 flashes, 4 attempts to tops, 5 attempts to points (unfortunately Ravelle and the girl she tied with are the first 2 out of semis. This round was so close!)
Full Quali Results FYC - www.absnationals.org/08/news/FYC%20Q%20results.pdf
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Male Youth B
1. Shawn Raboutou – 3 tops, 50 points, 3 flashes, 4 attempts to points (only one in his category to climb 3 problems)
17. Malcolm Oliver – 1 top, 26 points, 2 attempts to top, 5 attempts to points (does not advance)
Full Quali Results MYB - www.absnationals.org/08/news/MYB%20Q%20results.pdf
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Female Youth B
1. Margo Hayes – 4 tops, 68 points, 4 flashes (tied with Sidney Trinidad of Vertical World)
4. Isabelle Goodacre – 3 tops, 64 points, 3 flashes, 4 attempts to high points
31. Ivy Todd – no tops, 33 points, 6 attempts to high points (does not advance to semis)
Full Quali Results FYB - www.absnationals.org/08/news/FYB%20Q%20results.pdf
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Male Youth A
11. Austin Lankford – 1 top, 36 points, 1 flash, 7 attempts to high points
26. Remi Arata – no tops, 31 points, 8 attempts to high points (does not advance to semis)
Full Qualis Results MYA - www.absnationals.org/08/news/MYA%20Q%20results.pdf
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Female Youth A
1. Megan Mascarenas – 4 tops, 58 points, 3 flashes, 7 attempts to top, 7 attempts to high points
14. Laurel Todd – 1 top, 42 points, 1 flash, 7 attempts to high points
Full Qualis Results FYA - www.absnationals.org/08/news/FYA%20Q%20results.pdf
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Male Junior
5. Michael O’Rourke - 2 tops, 43 points, 1 flash, 3 attempts to top, 6 attempts to high points
10. Matt Lubar - 1 top, 40 points, no flashes, 2 attempts to top, 14 attempts to high points
Full Qualis Results Male Junior - www.absnationals.org/08/news/MJR%20Q%20results.pdf
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Links to all results and Semifinals Running Orders:
ABS Nationals Homepage Quali Results Lists
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Semis are today.
GO TEAM ABC!!!
ABS 14 Youth Nationals!
The ABS 14 Youth National Championships is taking place this weekend in Colorado Springs.
Qualifiers are today, and you can view the running orders here:
For those who make it through, Semifinals are on Saturday and Finals are on Sunday.
The kids have worked hard and trained hard to earn their invitations to this prestigious event, and we want to repay their commitment with the full support of our coaches, team members, and parents. If you have time, come down to Colorado Springs and support Team ABC at the American Bouldering Series National Championships!!!
GO TEAM ABC!!!!
New Profile for Elite Team Athlete Tristin Crane
Tristin Crane last summer in Spain
We are thrilled that Tristin was able to re-join Team ABC. He doesn’t live in Boulder, so practice is a bit more of a commute for him, and we are very glad to have him back! Click the photo to see his new profile.
ABS 14 Open (Adult) Nationals Final Results
Garrett using good technique on Men’s Open Final 2
We are extremely proud to share that both Coach Garrett Gregor and Elite Team Athlete Megan Mascarenas earned 4th place finishes at ABS 14 Open Nationals! This means Garrett and Megan are both on the US National Team!!!
Megan flashing Women’s Qualifier 3
This was Megan’s first-ever adult Nationals and Garrett’s highest Nationals placing ever.
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Great job Megan!
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Great job Garrett!
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You can see full results from the comp here - ABS Nationals Homepage
And see an album of event photos from Page Kuepper here - ABS NATIONALS FINALS
Women’s final rundown and more comp info here - ABS 14 Nationals – Media Links | The Spot Route Setting Blog
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