As rain hammered the West coast, a number of BC athletes headed across the border to compete in this weekend’s Northwest Boulderfest held at Seattle Bouldering Project. With a strong showing in semi-finals, Jesse Taplin, Tiffany Melius, and Alannah Yip all made finals despite a large contingent of professional climbers left over from the Portland Boulder Rally. All three of these climbers are a part of the new Climb Base5 Open Competition Team and it looks like the intensive training that they have been going through over the past six weeks has really paid off.
Below are the results of FINALS. BC Athletes are in red.
Open Women’s Final Results
1. Lisa Chulich
2. Angie Payne
3. Sidney Trinidad
4. Alannah Yip
5. Tiffany Melius
6. Maria Celkova
7. Melina Constanza
8. Allison Vest
9.Victoria Anne Clarke
10. Brittany Goris
11. Allison Stewart-Patterson
12. Jenna Tseng
13. Ayesha Khan
14. Cierra Graham
15. Melise Edwards
Open Men’s Final Results
1. Nathaniel Coleman
2. Peter Dixon
3. Sean Bailey
4. Carlo Traversi
5. Jesse Taplin
6. Simon Parton
7. Alex Fritz
8. Isaac Cardiero
9. Rudolph Ruana
10. Tyler David Thompson
11. Brian Nugent
12. Gavin Johnson
13. Tristen Gosselin
14. JJ Mah
15. Sean Beaudoin
19. Hans Christian Montenegro
24. Kyle Murdoch
Based on these results, it looks like the 2015 BC competition year will be one to watch! The first competition of the season will take place October 24th, 2015 at The Hive Vancouver. Competitors can register the day of the comp but early registration gets you a free t-shirt (first 100 people) and ends October 16th, 2015.
