USA Speed Team Crushes at World Youth Speed Championship

John Brosler celebrating 3rd Place podium finish.

The long awaited day finally arrived for the USA Speed Team. Let me start by saying that all their hard work and dedication during training camp was very evident today. Twenty two of our speed climbers advanced out of the qualifier round with 4 climbers winning podium spots! Rita Marsanova took 2nd place, Kayla Lieuw took 2nd place, Kyra Condie took 3rd place and John Brosler  took 3rd place. Special recognition goes out to Brandon Lieuw and Grace McKeenan who each finished in 4th place. The others teams competing definitely took notice of this year's USA Team and knew that they are serious competiton for all.  Following is a summary of the USA Speed Team's Results:

FYB                                               MYB
Rita (2)                                           Brandon Lieuw (4)
Grace McKeenan (4)                      Michael Retoff (6)
Sidney Trinidad (5)                        Nicholas Becker (11)
Claire Buhrfeind (6)                       Peter Steffey (16)

FYA                                              MYA
Kayla Lieuw (2)                            John Brosler (2)
Kyra Condie (3)                            Brendan Mitchell (9)
Megan Carr (8)                              Dillon Moody (11)
Danielle Rogan (9)                        Jake Criss (12)
Jacquelyn Wu (11)                        Collier Skinn (14)
Hannah Tolson (14)

FJR                                               MJR
Shannon Russell (10)                   Josh Levin (9)
Delaney Miller (12)                      Thomas Pitzel (10)
Amelia Metcalf (13)                     Ryan Strickland (15)
Alexa Nazarian(14)                      Trevor DiTrani (18)
                                                     Dominic LaBarge (19)

Once again, CONGRATULATIONS to the USA SPEED TEAM. Way to represent!