2012 SCS Nationals

Earlier this month, Team Momentum sent 9 of its top climbers to compete at the SCS Youth National Championships in Atlanta.  The competition took place over a 4 day period, July 5- 9.  Everyone climbed the first two days, one route per day, with the scores of those two days being tallied to determine the top 16 (out of 35- 40 per category).  Those top 16 moved on the to semi-final round (Saturday), which determined the top 10 going on to finals (Sunday).

Momentum had two athletes, Nathaniel Coleman (male B) and Palmer Larson (male A) make the final day, placing 5th and 10th respectively.

Final results for Momentum athletes are as follows:

Madison Roden (female D): 28th
Daniel Reavy (male C): 35th
Ellise Shuman (female C): 15th
Katie Shuman (female B): 14th
Nathaniel Coleman (male B): 5th
Sarah Legg (female A): 12th
Rachel Wedge (female A): 24th
Cole Bradburn (male B): 31st
Palmer Larson (male A): 10th

Congratulations to our national team!  We are proud of the strength, courage and determination they showed all year and at this competition which drew the very best American youth climbers from all corners of the country.

Follow this link for a few photos from the comp:

Momentum Team competes at the SCS 12 Youth Divisional Championship

Report from the ground, June 26th 2012

The Momentum Team competed at the Division 2 Championships in San Diego, CA June 9th
& 10th. Everyone had a great time, as 19 of our youth competitors represented Team
Momentum at one of the toughest Divisional championships in the US. Top finishers in this
event earned a spot at the National Championships in Atlanta next month, July 5- 8. The top
4 finishers in Atlanta earn US Team spots.

Congratulations to all these dedicated kids who made it to Divisionals this season. It takes
commitment and hard work on the part of the climbers, support and encouragement on the
part of the parents, skillful and caring coaching, as well as good will and encouraging words
from the local climbing community at Momentum and beyond.

Participants this year in FYD were McKenna Hogan, finishing 17th, Aspen White finishing
16th, Madison Roden finishing 10th; in MYD were Eli Brickey finishing 18th, Xander Butler
finishing 17th, Victor Baudrand finishing 9th; in FYC were Maisy Hayes finishing 12th and
Ellise Shuman finishing 4th; in MYC were Cade Tyrell finishing 19th and Daniel Reavy
finishing 5th; in FYB Katie Shuman placed 7th; in MYB were Alex Tresco finishing 12th and
Nathaniel Coleman, who flashed his final route, finishing 1st; in FYA were Vera Zanker
finishing 13th and Rachel Wedge finishing 2nd , right behind Sarah Legg who finished 1st; in
MYA were Dylan Drescher finishing 15th, Cole Bradburn finishing 7th, and Palmer Larsen
finishing 5th.

Some of the team also competed in the Speed Climbing portion of Divisionals.
Xander Butler, Madison Roden, and Alyse Shuman all took 6th place in their respective categories with an invitation to Nationals!
Daniel Reavy took 9th; Katelin Shuman 15th; Nathaniel Coleman 2nd with an invite; and Palmer Larsen took 1st with an invitation to Nationals!

The following climbers will be representing Team Momentum at Nationals in Atlanta:

-Madison Roden

-Dan Reavy

-Ellise Shuman

-Katie Shuman

-Nathaniel Coleman

-Rachel Wedge

-Sarah Legg

-Cole Bradburn

-Palmer Larson

Also, congratulations to our friends Ben and Sam Tresco who finished 2nd and 6th
respectively in MYA, earning spots at Nationals.

It was an amazing weekend watching these kids at their best, doing what they love. We
also spent time as a team together at dinner at Callahan’s Saturday evening and then at the
Drescher condo on Sunday.
  Congratulations and thanks to all!