Today wraps up the 2015 National Difficulty and Speed Competition in Central Saanich, BC.
On the men’s side of the competition, both Sean McColl and Elan Jones McRae went head to head, both falling on the same move with Sean sticking the hold with more control.
On the women’s side, Delany Miller fell on the last hold of the final route, clearly showing her dominance in her category. Because both Delany Miller and Melina Constanza are foreign nationals, the 2015 National title belongs to Alberta’s Becca Frangos, who’s performance was top notch throughout the weekend.
2015 National Champion Becca Frangos. Photo courtesy of Shane Murdoch ©
On the speed side of things, Czech climber Libor Hroza posted a world crushing speed of 5.388 seconds which was later deemed a technical false start by 1/10th of a second. In the end, China’s Qixin Zhong took gold in the IFSC Speed competition. On the women’s side, Russia’s Iuliia Kaplina took gold with a new world record of 7.74 seconds.
Here are the results of the Difficulty Open category.
Men’s Open
1. MCCOLL, Sean
2. JONAS MCRAE, Elan
3. LIGHTNER, Kai (FN)
4. UCHIDA, Lucas
5. HOLOWACH, Jason
6. SMITH, Nathan
7. MURDOCH, Kyle
8. EVELEIGH, Marc
9. EVELEIGH, Scott
Women’s Open
1. MILLER, Delaney (FN)
2. CONSTANZA, Melina (FN)
3. FRANGOS, Becca
4. WEBER, Alyssa
5. CHOUINARD, Annie
6. VINCE, Beth
7. BLOCK, Hannah
8. GOLDHOFF, Julia (FN)
9. MASSULLO, Julia
10. TWEG, Esti
11. WYETT, Olivia
For full in all categories, please click here.
Speed results will be added as they become available.
Special thanks to all those who make these events possible and the live feed for those of us viewing at home.
2015 National Champion Sean McColl. Photo courtesy of Shane Murdoch ©