Schedule for final day of World Youth Championship

Here is a quick run down on the final day's schedule.

8:00 Isolation opens for all lead climbers competing in semi-finals
9:00 Isolation closes
9:00 Venue opens for spectators
9:30 Semi-finals for lead climbing begins

1:00 p.m. Venue closes for route changeover for Finals
3:00 p.m. Isolation for top 8 finalists in each category opens
4:00 p.m. Isolation closes
4:00 p.m. Venue opens for spectators
4:15 p.m. Presentation of finalists
4:30 p.m. Observation for finalists
4:45 p.m. Finals for MYB, FYB and FYA
6:00 p.m. Finals for MYA, MJR and FJR
7:30 p.m. Awards ceremony

Immediately following awards ceremony there will be an after party at the venue for all athletes and coaches.

Starting order for semi-finalists as listed (reverse order of ranking after qualifiers) as of 11:00 p.m. is as follows:

FYB                                                            MYB
Melina Costanza (9)                                    Sam Enright (1)
Rita Marsanova (13)                                     Ben Hanna (10)
Grace McKeehan (15)                                 Drew Ruana (17)
Margo Hayes (24)                                        Kai Lightner (2)

FYA                                                           MYA
Chloe LaBerge (1)                                      Nick Bradley (1)
Zoe Steinberg (3)                                        Brendan Mitchell (8)
Sean Bailey (10)                                         Kyra Condie (12)

FJR                                                           MJR
Nicole Hansen (1)                                     Josh Levin (15)
Alexa Nazarian (2)                                    Dylan Barks (16)
Shannon Russell (5)                                  Noah Ridge (17)
Michaela Kiersch (11)                            
Delaney Miller (23)

Good Luck to all our sport competitors tomorrow!

Parents, if your athlete is leaving with you from the venue tomorrow please remember to get your athlete's luggage and other belongings from them before the closing ceremonies as some of the coaches will be leaving with all the vans as soon as the competition ends in order to catch the last ferry to Vancouver.

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!

CORRECTION!

Athletes leaving with their family on Monday after the competition will check out of the dorm Monday morning and bring all their belongings with them to the venue. Those planning on staying at the dorm on Monday night will check out Tuesday morning.