SportClimber March 2023

Welcome and thanks for reading another month of SportClimber. Austin, TX. the capital of the great state of Texas, was the heart of climbing this month when the USAC National Team Trials and Para Nationals came into town. Hometown favorites Annie Sanders, Dillon Countryman, Merritt & Ellis Ernsberger and more shared the spotlight with well known competitors Kyra Condie, Hannah McFadden, Russ Fullerton, Justin Salas and Nathaniel Coleman to name a few. SportClimber shares our experiences at the event with behind the scenes fantastic photography from Austin’s own Steven Hu as well as a few fun images from your’s truly. We also took some time to visit with Ty Hardway and the incredible USAC Belay Team. Check out our article on their intense reponsibility at each of these events and…

Welcome Back to the Iron Jungle, savages! A lot has happened since we last visited together in this sacred space of personal growth, so I want to get you caught up on the news! The first week of March hosted USAClimbing National Team Trials, down in the great state of Texas. Elite Performance Climbing had four sponsored athletes competing for a coveted spot on the national team. “Bob” Dillon Countryman went into the combined finals in the lead and finished fourth, securing his spot on the National Team on his second attempt! Piper Kelly won the speed event landing her on the national speed team once again! Liberty Runnels also made a repeat appearance on the national speed team after finishing 8th, and Kailer Kordewick finished in fourth place just…

SEMI-FINALS 1 Kyra Condie 99.6 Salt Lake City, UT 2 Annie Sanders 99.5 Keller, TX 3 Adriene Akiko 79.5 Centennial, CO 4 Cloe Coscoy 68.9 Salt Lake City, UT 5 Helen Gillett 64.3 Cambridge, MA 6th - Kylie Cullen (59.6), 7th - Zoe Bitters (53.9), 8th - Sienna Kopf (44.4), 9th - Mira Capicchioni (43.9), 10th - Cate Harty (43.4) FINALS 1 Annie Sanders 99.5 Keller, TX 2 Kyra Condie 64.9 Salt Lake City, UT 3t Kylie Cullen 64.7 Redlands, CA 3t Cloe Coscoy 64.7 Salt Lake City, UT 5 Helen Gillett 54.5 Cambridge, MA 6th - Adriene Akiko Clark (49.8), 7th - Zoe Bitters (44.7), 8th - Kerry Scott (23.8)…

SEMI-FINALS 1 Adam Shahar 78.7 Tenafly, NY 2 Simon Hibbeler 69.6 Portland, OR 3 Hugo Hoyer 64.7 Chattanooga, TN 4 Benjamin Hanna 64.6 Salt Lake City, UT 5t Dillon Countryman 64.4 Plano, TX Ellis Ernsberger 64.4 Carrollton, TX 7th - Zander Waller (59.9), 8th - Nathaniel Coleman (59.6), 9th(t) - Zach Galla (58.9), 9th(t) - Ross Fulkerson (58.9) FINALS 1 Zach Galla 64.7 Suwanne, GA 2 Nathaniel Coleman 49.7 Murray, UT 3 Sean Bailey 44.5 Shoreline, WA 4 Dillon Countryman 39.9 Plano, TX 5 Hugo Hoyer 34.4 Chattanooga, TN 6th - Zander Waller (29.7), 7th - Adam Shahar (23.5), 8th - Jesse Grupper (19.2)…

SEMI-FINALS 1t Kyra Condie 39+ 96.1 Salt Lake City, UT 1t Annie Sanders 39+ 96.1 Keller, TX 3 Kylie Cullen 38 92 Redlands, CA 4t Cloe Coscoy 31+ 64.1 Salt Lake City, UT 4t Kerry Scott 31+ 64.1 Arvada, CO 6 Adriene Akio Clark 30+ 60.1 Centenial, CO 7 Morgan Tadje 29+ 57.1 Stansbury Park, UT 8 Zoe Bitters 27+ 51.1 Salt Lake City, UT 9 Nekaia Sanders 26+ 48.1 Corona Del Mar, CA 10t Helen Gillett 25+ 45.1 Cambridge, MA Sienna Kopf Salt Lake City, UT FINALS 1 Annie Sanders TOP 100 Keller, TX 2 Kyra Condie 32 68 Salt Lake City, UT 3 Kylie Cullen 26+ 48.1 Redlands, CA 4 Adriene Akio Clark 23+ 39.1 Centenial, CO 5 Helen Gillett 20+ 30.1 Cambridge, MA 6 Kerry Scott 19+ 28.1 Arvada, CO 7 Cloe Coscoy 16 22 Salt Lake City, UT 8 Zoe Bitters 15+ 20.1 Salt Lake City,…

SEMI-FINALS 1 Jesse Grupper 39+ 96.1 Upper Montclair, NJ 2 Dillon Countryman 39+ 96.1 Plano, TX 3 Sean Bailey 38 92 Shoreline, WA 4 Zach Galla 31+ 64.1 Suwanee, GA 5 Zander Waller 31+ 64.1 Decatur, GA 6t Nathaniel Coleman 30+ 60.1 Murray, UT 6t Luke Muehring 29+ 57.1 Atlanta, GA 8 Adam Shahar 27+ 51.1 Tenafly, NJ 9t Hugo Hoyer 26+ 48.1 Chattanooga, TN 9t Quinn Ofrancia 25+ 45.1 Seattle, WA Brian Squire South Hadley, MA 1 Sean Bailey 31 64 Shoreline, WA 2t Nathaniel Coleman 30+ 60.1 Murray, UT 2t Adam Shahar 30+ 60.1 Tenafly, NJ 2t Jesse Grupper 30+ 60.1 Upper Montclair, NJ 5t Zach Galla 30 60 Suwanee, GA 5t Hugo Hoyer 30 60 Chattanooga, TN 7 Dillon Countryman 29+ 57.1 Plano, TX 8 Zander Waller 28 54 Decatur, GA…