ABS 16 YOUTH REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: CAPITAL REGION RESULTS

Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014

Sportrock

45935 Maries Rd. 

Sterling, VA 20166

Congratulations to TeamPRG for winning the Captial Region Team Championships! 

48 team members competed and 27 are moving on to compete in all categories at Divisionals in Glastonbury, CT in January!

Individual Places

(Scroll to bottom to see detailed scoring and click to zoom in)

*Divisionals invitation

Team PRG Climber	Category	Place
Leilani Peralta	Female A	2	*
Gabby Peralta	Female A	3	*
Maddie Caccese	Female A	14
Grace Barth	Female B	3	*
Olivia Harmanos	Female B	4	*
Stephanie Celommi	Female B	6	*
Kadambari Pottasseril	Female B	11
Grace Wynn	Female B	18
Payton Kuhn	Female B	19
Anupama McCulloch	Female C	2	*
Allyson Trexler	Female C	6	*
Lucy Clayton	Female C	7	*
Cara Fields	Female C	8
Meghan Mcdevitt	Female C	15
Tesssah Hardy	Female C	18
Amelia Thibault	Female C	21
Brodie McCarthy	Female D	3	*
Lauren Haegele	Female D	9
Sydney McMillin	Female D	10
Zoe Steinberg	Female Jr	1	*
Isabel Gourley	Female Jr	6	*
Conor Gourley	Male A	2	*
Ben Maurer	Male A	3	*
Alex Pearlstein	Male A	4	*
Heath Lawrence	Male A	14
Jake Zanar	Male A	17
Kevin Celommi	Male B	1	*
Griffin Barros-king	Male B	5	*
Jacob Allwein	Male B	7	*
Tyler Schwenk	Male B	8
Leo Kates	Male B	10
Matt Vanmeter	Male B	20
Ryan Byrd	Male B	22
Elijah Franks	Male B	23
Noah Wheeler	Male C	1	*
Soren Carlson	Male C	2	*
Kyle Mezrow	Male C	8
Ryan Bertolino	Male C	9
Brett Mezrow	Male C	14
Benn Wheeler	Male D	1	*
Creed McFall	Male D	2	*
William Peralta	Male D	3	*
Colby Lairdson	Male D	4	*
Solomon Barth	Male Jr	1	*
Jesse Grupper	Male Jr	2	*
Jacob Woods	Male Jr	3	*
James Pesce	Male Jr	6	*
Alex Dogonniuck	Male Jr	10

Checkout this info-graphic regarding the interpretation of the results.

Female D

Male D

Female C

Male C

Female B

Male B

Female A

Male A

Female Jr

Male Jr

ABS 16 YOUTH REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: CAPITAL REGION

Sportrock

45935 Maries Rd. 

Sterling, VA 20166

Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014

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Registration is closed.

Format:

Regionals will be an On-Site format and will consist of 6 problems per category with 4 minutes allowed for attempts on each problem.

Please review the USA Climbing rulebook for complete event rules. Isolation and Climbing will be conducted in 3 waves. Each wave has a separate Iso opening and closing time and will climb at separate times. PLEASE BE ON TIME FOR YOUR WAVE. Climbers ARE NOT allowed to enter the climbing facility prior to their time to report into Isolation. If they do, they may be disqualified from the event.

Wave 1 - FJr FYA, FYB, FYD, MYD
8:30 Iso opens
9:30 Iso closes
10:00 Climbing begins FYA, FYB, FYD
10:40 Climbing begins MYD
11:00 Climbing begins FJr

Wave 2 - FYC, MYA, MYB 
10:02 Iso opens 
11:02 Iso closes
11:32 Climbing begins FYC, MYA, MYB

Wave 3 - MYC, MJr
11:30 Iso opens
12:30 Iso closes
1:00 Climbing begins MJr, MYC

Preliminary Running Order and updated schedule is available at:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/waf71nr1ujja6hk/ABS-16_Regionals501_PrelimRunningOrder_Rev2.pdf?dl=0

Check your isolation times, that you are listed correctly, and are in the correct category.

Volunteers: 

Please consider volunteering! Anyone interested can contact Tiffany Kemp at tiffany@sportrock.com.

Bouldering Rules Video:

TeamPRG Running Order:
TeamPRG is sending 48 athletes and representing in all 10 categories.

Start time	Team PRG Climber	Category
10:08	Leilani Peralta	Female A
10:12	Stephanie Celommi	Female B
10:16	Brodie McCarthy	Female D
10:16	Kadambari Pottasseril	Female B
10:20	Lauren Haegele	Female D
10:20	Olivia Harmanos	Female B
10:20	Gabby Peralta	Female A
10:32	Grace Barth	Female B
10:36	Sydney McMillin	Female D
10:36	Grace Wynn	Female B
10:40	Maddie Caccese	Female A
10:56	Creed McFall	Male D
11:00	Colby Lairdson	Male D
11:04	Payton Kuhn	Female B
11:08	William Peralta	Male D
11:16	Zoe Steinberg	Female Jr
11:20	Benn Wheeler	Male D
11:20	Isabel Gourley	Female Jr
11:36	Leo Kates	Male B
11:44	Cara Fields	Female C
11:44	Griffin Barros-king	Male B
11:48	Tesssah Hardy	Female C
11:48	Conor Gourley	Male A
11:52	Jake Zanar	Male A
12:08	Alex Pearlstein	Male A
12:12	Meghan Mcdevitt	Female C
12:20	Ben Maurer	Male A
12:20	Tyler Schwenk	Male B
12:24	Anupama McCulloch	Female C
12:24	Ryan Byrd	Male B
12:32	Amelia Thibault	Female C
12:32	Jacob Allwein	Male B
12:36	Heath Lawrence	Male A
12:40	Allyson Trexler	Female C
12:52	Lucy Clayton	Female C
12:56	Kevin Celommi	Male B
1:04	Matt Vanmeter	Male B
1:04	James Pesce	Male Jr
1:08	Jacob Woods	Male Jr
1:12	Ryan Bertolino	Male C
1:16	Alex Dogonniuck	Male Jr
1:16	Elijah Franks	Male B
1:24	Soren Carlson	Male C
1:36	Brett Mezrow	Male C
1:40	Solomon Barth	Male Jr
1:44	Kyle Mezrow	Male C
1:44	Jesse Grupper	Male Jr
1:48	Noah Wheeler	Male C

USA Climbing Rulebook Update 2014

The USA Climbing Rulebook was updated on October 10, 2014. Changes are highlighted in Section 1.

All competitors and parents should familiarize themselves with it.

http://usaclimbing.net/rockcomps/resources/2014-1010%20USA%20Climbing%20Rule%20Book.pdf

Significant Changes – Overview 
o Revision of Rules 5.4, 10.4.3 and 11: To conform to USAC’s adoption of the SafeSport
policies.
o Clarification of Rule 5.4.4: Youth Team Championship participation.
o Clarification of Rule 5.5.3: ABS and SCS season competitions.
o Revision of Rule 5.11.4 a): Number of routes/problems for SCS and ABS competitions.
o Revision of Rule 5.11.4 (k) and (l): Redpoint format final score tabulation.
o Adoption of 5.12.9: CCS Regional Championship format.
o Adoption of Rules 5.18.5: Definition of “Hold” and “Handhold.”
o Adoption of Rules 5.18.6, 5.18.7 and 5.18.8: Start and Finish holds.
o Clarification of Rule 5.18.9: Prior to an attempt, competitors may only touch the marked
starting hold(s). If the competitor touches any other holds, they will be charged with an
attempt.
o Adoption of Rule 5.18.10: Control of start holds.
o Revision of Rule 5.18.11: Start of attempt.
o Adoption of Rule 5.18.12: Finish holds.
o Revision of Rule 5.25.9: Technical incident, Speed climbing.
o Clarification of Rule 5.28.1: Control.
o Revision of Rule 5.28.2: Route map, scoring.
o Clarification of Rule 5.28.4, 5.28.5 and 5.28.7 Scoring – Sport, Speed and Bouldering.
o Revision of Rule 5.31: Ties.
o Elimination of Rule 5.38.5: All redpoint problems must be clearly taped for the entire
route. Onsight problems/routes do not require taping provide there is a clear climbing
“lane” as to not cause confusion or interference to/from another competitor.
o Revision of Rules 6.10.1, 6.10.2 and 6.10.3: Sport climbing rankings.
o Revision of Rule 7.3.2: Route timing, Speed climbing.
o Revision of Rule 7.6.10: False starts, Speed climbing.
o Adoption of Rule 7.8: Ties, Speed climbing.
o Adoption of Rule 8.3.2: Climbing time recorded announcement, Bouldering.
o Revision of Rules 8.4.1, 8.4.2 and 8.4.3: Rankings, Bouldering.

Gravity Vault, Chatham Bouldering Competition

USA Climbing Local ABS Youth Competition

40 Watchung Avenue
Chatham, NJ 07928

Saturday, November 8th, 2014
ABS Youth Registration Form- Click Here

Schedule:8:45AM Climber check-in begins  (Suggested arrival time is no later than 9:30AM)
9:50AM Competitors’ Meeting
10:00 AM Climbing begins
2:00 PM Climbing Ends
3:PM Awards

Format: Red point

Pre-registration discount ends at 6:00PM the evening prior to the competition.

Judges Needed! Earn 2 Free Day passes, a Competition Staff Shirt, food and some great karma!- Please email james@gravityvault.com or call 973.701.7625