Nationals Update:
SCS Youth Nationals Competition Sandy Utah July 2009
Thursday July 9th: Arrive Salt Lake City UT about 4pm. Checked in for event then hotel. Went to OliveGarden for dinner and to Target to buy water with my Coach, Matt Slayton.
Friday July 10th 10:17am Resting, drinking water & Gatorade. Watching a Baseball History Program. Today's qualifying round is Flash Format. I climb last out of 30 climbers. I check in at 3pm.
Friday July 10th 1:48pm: Heading to do a walk thru the mall on the way to qualifying rounds. I check in at 3 and climb at about 6:30pm. My teammate Zan Bode (MYB) flashed both his routes this morning...way to go!!!
Friday July 10th 3:00pm: I checked in at the gym. Hear rules and watch some climbers. After that I went to eat at about 4. At 4:45 I started warming up.
** I have pics to get on but am having a problem with my memory card :(
Friday July 10th 6:30pm: I came out to climb. i flashed my first route. I did well enough on my second to qualify for tomorrow. WOW it was hard.
Friday July 10th 9:00pm: Had another great team dinner. Now I'm getting ready for bed. Gotta rest.
Saturday July 11th 8:30am: WOW I had a hard time getting to sleep last night.
I got up this morning and had a talk with my mom. I was forgetting how cool it is to have made it here. I have been climbing under a year and was one of 30, out of hundreds of kids, to make it to Nationals. That is special. I will take on the walls at Momentum Climbing gym in Sandy UT today and give it all I have.
** good job yesterday and good luck to my firends Max Becker, Drew Ruana, Tavray Ma'e & Charlie Barron. Also congrats to Sebastian Infantes & Lucas Watson for flashing both routes yesterday. To everyone else advancing today good luck on the wall and climb hard!!!
Saturday July 11th 9:30am: Going for breakfast. Check in is at 10:30am
Saturday July 11th 2:30pm: I did my best today. After being in ISO i came out and climbed hard. I came in 14th. Which I am proud of but was not enough to make it to the finals. I will work hard for it next year. I did however, qualify for the speed so tomorrow I will climb in the semi-finals and hope to make it to the finals.
Saturday July 11th 7:30pm: Went to dinner with my team.
Saturday July 11th 9:30pm: Headed to bed. Big day tomorrow!!
Sunday July 12th 9:00am: After breakfast I headed over to watch my friends compete. I was happy for them. It would have been nice to try the route though!!
Sunday July 12th 2:30pm: 2 hours late I get my speed semi-final. I finished 6th advancing to the final.
Sunday July 12th 4:00pm: Man my comepitors are fast. I took 8th in the finals for speed.
Over all this was a great weekend. I couldn't have asked for a better experience. I placed 14th in Sport and 8th in Speed at my first Sport Climbing Nationals Competition, my first year climbing!!!!
More pictures of me and my friends at Nationals to come!!!
"TO GIVE ANYTHING LESS THAN YOUR BEST IS TO SACRIFICE THE GIFT"a
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-Prefontaine
