The team has been doing awsome climbing at climbing competition the last couple weeks. First weekend we were competing at vertical endeavors in warrenville, IL. Everyone was there and having fun, crushing, and racking up points. Kolbi competed in the open division. Which is the top division. She was one of the youngest competitiors in her group. Some of hte moves were prety stretch out for her. For being her height she couldnt finish some of the routes. After pushing herself to her limits she ended up finishing in 6th Place which is awsome for her first competition in that division. Jack Lackey competed in the intermediate divison. He was able to crush it and get tons of points. Most of his routes were very technical and fun to watch him climb them and figure out the moves. He ended up in 7th Place. Jessica also competited in the intermediate divison. This was her second climbing competition. She did the same routes as Jack. She was a little nervous at the beginning. But after getting some points on the board she was able to relax. Was also a very good learning experience for her. She figured out that climbing slower is the best thing to do cause you can figure out when you do get stuck on a route. Jordan and Michael A. were in the advance division. The routes for them were very stretch and technical. They had a lot of fun and were able to do most routes. A lot of the the holds were crimpy type holds. Making it harder to grab onto them. But even so they had a lot of fun and push themselves to there limits. Michael was also very sick that day and still competed and kick some but. Jordan finished up in 10th Place and Michael in 22nd. Everyone did awsome and had a lot of fun.
The following weekend some of the team went down to Upper LImits West County climbing gym in St. Louis, MO. to compete in the first SCS climbing competition of the year. Its a gerat gym and the route setters always do a great job setting. We had to leave friday so that the team would be well rested cause of the 6 hour drive to get there. The gym is very huge and the walls are taller than the gyms in our area. The walls are 60 foot tall. Which makes endurance and resting on routes very important. Kolbi, Jack, and Michael A. were the the members that went down to compete and crush it. We were the farthest the team to travel there. There were 4 other teams there. Most them were from the area. Our coaches and athletes kept getting asked were we are from. It was pretty cool be the outsiders there. The routes wre very techinical and endurance. There were very cool movements and routes for everyone. There were routes from 5.4-5.13 which made it great competition for everyone there. They had routes for lead climbing and top rope. Our climbing team did a great job, climbed smart, and climbed strong. The results for the team were Kolbi took 2nd Place, Jack took 3rd place, and Michael took 3rd Place. The team crushed it this weekend. The team is hard work getting ready for our next compettion which will be on April 6th down in Homewood, IL at Climb ON climbing gym. Everyone is getting excited and cant wait to crush it. Photos and videos are up to so check them out. If have any questions feel free to contact us. Keep crushing and will keep everyone up to date with how the team is doing.
