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ABS 14 Open (Adult) Nationals 2013 Quali Results
Women’s Qualifiers. Starting from right, you can see Women’s 1-4 out of 5 qualifier problems. | Photo by USA Climbing
Several Team ABC coaches, athletes, and friends competed in the qualifying round of ABS 14 Adult Open Nationals in Colorado Springs yesterday. We are proud to say that Megan Mascarenas, Garrett Gregor, Michael O’Rourke, and Rob D’Anastasio will be advancing to Semifinals today. Matt Lubar gave a good run, ending up in a heartbreaking 21st place, making him first out of Semis. Next year Matt!
We are also excited to watch our friends Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson, Josh Levin, Sierra Blair-Coyle, Matty Hong, and all the other great athletes who will be competing today!
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Here are the ABC results from Qualifiers. 40 women and 77 men competed. Top 22 women and 20 men qualified for semis (they took more women because of ties):
Women
Megan just flashed qualifier 2
1. Megan Mascarenas!!! - Megan was the only competitor to top all 5 qualis!
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24. Laurel Todd
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Men
Garrett looking strong as he climbs Men’s Q 4
4. Michael O’Rourke – 5 tops, 8 attempts
5. Rob D – 5 tops, 9 attempts
15. Garrett – 4 tops, 63 points
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21. Matt Lubar – 3 tops, 59 points
47. Stefan Lavender – 1 top, 52 points
53. Austin Lankford – 1 top, 46 points
57. Remi Arata – 1 top, 43 points
60. Nick Lyon – 1 top, 41 points
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Women’s Qualifier Full Results
Women’s Semifinals Running Order (top 22 qualifiers in reverse order)
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Men’s Semifinals Running Order (top 20 qualifiers in reverse order)
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Watch Semifinals Live starting at 11 am – ABS14 National Championships Semis Live Feed
Elite Athlete Michael O’Rourke 3rd place at SBC Pro!
Michael on Men’s Final 2 | Pro Climbers International
43 men entered the Men’s Pro Open category at the Seattle Bouldering Challenge Pro, a Unified Bouldering Challenge Pro Open Tour stop event. This is the first time this event has been in Seattle, and the purse was huge! $10,000 total for the open categories!
Of the 43 male entrants, only 20 advanced to semifinals. Team ABC had three representatives at the comp. Coach Rob D’Anastasio, who qualified in 4th; Coach Garrett Gregor, who qualified in 10th; and Elite Team athlete Michael O’Rourke, who qualified in 13th.
After semis the field was moved around considerably, with Coach Rob D’Anastasio finishing in 10th and Coach Garrett Gregor finishing in 16th.
Coach Garrett repping Team ABC in semis | Natasha Barnes
Michael was in 5th after semifinals, so he was one of 6 men to go on to finals.
Michael atop Men’s Final 2 | Pro Climbers International
Jimmy Webb near the top of a crazy looking men’s final | Natasha Barnes
The scores were constantly updating and there was no live feed so it was hard to tell what was happening from moment to moment, but when all was said and done Michael had climbed very well and ended up in a very proud 3rd place.
Michael on the podium! | Natasha Barnes
Great job Michael!!!
Here are the scores from the finals.
Men’s Final Results
Nice job to all who competed, especially Josh Larson who has taken his first major pro comp win. The scores are very close and it’s clear that all the competitors gave great efforts.
More: UBC: Unified Bouldering Championships
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