USA Climbing is honored to welcome the world’s best competition climbers to Salt Lake City and host three IFSC World Cups May 20-29! Speed & Bouldering, May 20-22 Paraclimbing, May 24-25 Speed & Bouldering, May 27-29 An amazing international field has assembled with more than 30 countries represented. The full list of international athletes can be found below: Speed & Bouldering, May 20-22 registrations Paraclimbing, May 24-25 registrations Speed & Bouldering, May 27-29 registrations Please know the athlete list is subject to change to due injuries or travel issues. As for the home team, Team USA will be massive and include Natalia Grossman and Emma Hunt fresh off their gold and silver medal performances, respectively, at the IFSC World Cup Seoul. Last year’s Bouldering winner, Sean Bailey, and Olympian Colin Duffy will look for success in Bouldering while a very deep Speed team will test themselves against the world’s fastest climbers. The US Paraclimbers are ready for their first World Cup of the season and excited to build on their strong 2021 performances. Bouldering Adriene Clark Cloe Coscoy Melina Costanza Kylie Cullen Natalia Grossman Emily Herdic Sienna Kopf Meagan Lynch Maya Madere Quinn Mason Brooke Raboutou Campbell Sarinopoulos Sean Bailey Charles Barron Colin Duffy Ellis Ernsberger Ross Fulkerson Zach Galla Joe Goodacre Jesse Grupper Ben Hanna Simon Hibbeler Palmer Larsen Speed Callie Close Sophia Curcio Isabel Gifford Emma Hunt Olivia Ma Kelly Piper Liberty Runnels Noah Bratschi John Brosler Silas Chang Merritt Ernsberger Joe Goodacre Zach Hammer Oliver Kuang Micah Liss Quinn O’Francia Darren Skolnik Samuel Watson Paraclimbing Raveena Alli Maureen Beck Sarah Belanger Mariah Bener Charlie Cook Mandi Curtis Rae Brittany Davis Giovanna Dubuc Anh Phuong Hua Emeline Lakrout Hannah McFadden Grace Helena Miller Lindsay Purcell Alexandra Redshaw Lauren Rouse Eleanor Rubin Melissa Ruiz Emily Seelenfreund Madisyn Taute Natalie Vorel Caroline Winstel Hannah Zook Brayden Butler Bill Casson Alexander Dornbusch James Fountain John Freeland Connor Gearey Tanner Jones Diego Kusnir Jared Lenahan Matthew Lynch Jorge Macias Benjamin Mayforth Elliott Nguyen Nathan Payne Justin Proctor Carlos Quiles Stephen Sattel Yasif Shams Trevor Smith Micah Winkle Sunny Yang Brian Zarzuela Ethan Zilz Follow the action! Join us live in SLC! This is the only chance to see the world’s best competition climbers in the US in 2022. If you still have time to make a last minute trip, tickets are still available and details can be found here. If you can’t make it out, follow the exciting IFSC YouTube livestreams featuring Pete Woods and Meagan Martin. The event start times and YouTube schedules are below. All times are MDT. Friday, May 20 12:15 pm, Speed qualifications 8:00 pm, Speed finals (livestream link) Saturday, May 21 9:00 am, Men’s Bouldering qualification 3:30 pm, Women’s Bouldering qualification Sunday, May 22 11:00 am, Bouldering semifinals (livestream link) 6:00 pm, Bouldering finals – Men then Women (livestream link) Tuesday, May 24 9:00 am, Paraclimbing qualification Wednesday, May 25 12:00 pm, Paraclimbing finals (livestream link) Friday, May 27 12:15 pm, Speed qualifications 8:00 pm, Speed finals (livestream link) Saturday, May 28 9:00 am, Women’s Bouldering qualification 3:30 pm, Men’s Bouldering qualification Sunday, May 29 11:00 am, Bouldering semifinals (livestream link) 6:00 pm, Bouldering finals – Women then Men (livestream link) For live scoring and social media updates: Live Scoring – For live scores and results, download the IFSC app for iOS or Android or follow live scoring here. Social Media – Follow the IFSC’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for event coverage and USA Climbing’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for Team USA updates and results. Please continue to check this page as more details are coming. Homepage athlete collage courtesy of athlete Instagram accounts.
During a marathon of events, the climbing in Innsbruck has been nothing but action packed! Having just concluded the World University Sport Climbing Championship, the impressive Kletterzentrum facility in Innsbruck, Austria quickly moved on to host the 2022 Paraclimbing World Cup. Things got kicked off with a qualifying round that included 118 registered athletes on June 21st. After a fantastic showing at the Paraclimbing World Cup in Salt Lake City last month, fifteen U.S. Team athletes headed to Innsbruck to compete on the international stage once again. With a stout field of competition, four of those fifteen would move on to finals the following day. Ultimately, of the four U.S. athletes that moved on to finals, each one would go on to take a podium spot for their category, with climber Benjamin Mayforth winning his first World Cup Gold Medal. Benjamin Mayforth – Men RP2 – Gold Medal Melissa Ruiz – Women RP1 – Silver Medal Brian Zarzuela – Men AU2 – Silver Medal Hannah McFadden – Women AL2 – Bronze Medal Ben Mayforth taking the Gold at the 2022 Paraclimbing World Cup in Innsbruck. Melissa Ruiz taking Silver at the 2022 Paraclimbing World Cup in Innsbruck. Brian Zarzuela taking Silver at the 2022 Paraclimbing World Cup in Innsbruck. Hannah McFadden taking home the Bronze at the 2022 Paraclimbing World Cup in Innsbruck. Photos courtesy of the IFSC. Click here to check out all of the photos from the 2022 World Cup event in Innsbruck.
After an exciting opening round in Switzerland, the 2022 IFSC World Cup continues this Thursday with Speed and Bouldering in Seoul, South Korea. Team USA will be well represented by a talented team including Natalia Grossman, silver-medalist in Switzerland, and the Speed athletes who get their first shot at a 2022 IFSC World Cup. Bouldering Adriene Clark Cloe Coscoy Kylie Cullen Natalia Grossman Sienna Kopf Maya Madere Brooke Raboutou Nathaniel Coleman Ross Fulkerson Joe Goodacre Ben Hanna Palmer Larsen Speed Callie Close Sophia Curcio Emma Hunt Noah Bratschi John Brosler Joe Goodacre Quinn O’Francia Samuel Watson The full list of international athletes can be found here. Follow the action! Here is the IFSC event and YouTube livestream schedule converted to US Mountain Daylight Time, which is 15 hours behind Seoul: Thursday, May 5: 9:15 PM, Speed qualifications Friday, May 6: 5:00 AM, Speed finals (livestream link) 6:00 PM, Women’s Bouldering qualification Saturday, May 7: 12:30 AM, Men’s Bouldering qualification 8:00 PM, Bouldering semifinals (livestream link) Sunday, May 8: 2:00 AM, Women’s Bouldering final (livestream link) Followed by Men’s Bouldering final For live scoring and social media updates: Live Scoring – For live scores and results, download the IFSC app for iOS or Android or follow live scoring here. Social Media – Follow the IFSC’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for event coverage and USA Climbing’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for Team USA updates and results. Next up: Salt Lake City! If you want to see Team USA and the world’s best competition climbers live, join us in Salt Lake City, May 20-29. Event and ticket information can be found here. Homepage photo courtesy of IFSC and Daniel Gajda.
The next IFSC World Cup isn’t until May 6th, but we have back-to-back weekends of elite comps for you to watch until then. The USA Climbing National Team Trials presented by YETI are about to premier on ESPN2: Bouldering Finals Sunday, April 17 / 12pm EDT Lead & Speed Finals Sunday, April 24 / 11am EDT Featuring climbing commentators Meagan Martin and Pete Woods, watch how the 2022 US National Team earned their chance to compete on the world stage this year. All times Eastern. Please check your local listings. If you want to watch complete Semi-Final and Final rounds, please check out our YouTube playlist. Photos by P. Nguyen and B. Robles.
The 2022 IFSC World Cup season starts Friday in Meiringen, Switzerland. The Bouldering World Cup begins April 8 with qualifying followed by women’s semis and finals on Saturday, April 9 and men’s semis and finals on Sunday, April 10. Team USA is sending the strong team below and the full list of international athletes can be found here. Cloe Coscoy Melina Costanza Kylie Cullen Natalia Grossman Maya Madere Quinn Mason Brooke Raboutou Sean Bailey Nathaniel Coleman Colin Duffy Ross Fulkerson Jesse Grupper Ben Hanna There are several ways to follow the action and cheer for Team USA and the world’s best competition climbers. Livestreams – The IFSC will livestream semis and finals on their YouTube page. You can watch live at the times below or on-demand at any time post event. All start times are Mountain. Saturday, April 9 Women’s Semis, 3am MDT Women’s Finals, 10am MDT Sunday, April 10 Men’s Semis, 3am MDT Men’s Finals, 8am MDT App & Mobile – For live scores and results, download the IFSC app for iOS or Android or follow live scoring here. Social Media – Follow the IFSC’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for event coverage and USA Climbing’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for Team USA updates and results. Who are the athletes to watch this year? Get Climbing‘s take here and here. If you want more than livesteams, remote updates and would like to see a 2022 World Cup live, join us in Salt Lake City, May 20-29! Event, hotel and ticket information can be found here. Homepage photo courtesy of IFSC and Jan Virt.
Salt Lake City is hosting three IFSC World Cups in May! Speed & Bouldering, May 20-22 Paraclimbing, May 24-25 Speed & Bouldering, May 27-29 Join us to cheer for Team USA and the world’s best competition climbers as IFSC World Cups return to Salt Lake City. For more information and to purchase tickets, please go here. Photos courtesy of the IFSC.
The 2022 Paraclimbing National Championships kick off this weekend at High Point Climbing And Fitness in Birmingham, AL. Paraclimbing Nationals will crown national champions and select the U.S. National Team athletes who will represent the USA at international events sanctioned by the IFSC. The 2022 U.S. National Team will be composed of the top three ranked US athletes per gender in each category. We will host live streams for Finals sessions on our YouTube channel. You can watch them live at the times below or on-demand at any time post event. You can also follow all of you favorite athletes with our live online scoring module! All start times are Central. Qualifying Session 1 | SAT 3/26 | 1:00pm CT Qualifying Session 2 | SAT 3/26 | 4:30pm CT Finals Session 1 (Livestreamed) | SUN 3/27 | 1:00pm CT Finals Session 2 (Livestreamed) | SUN 3/27 | 2:30pm CT Follow USA Paraclimbing’s Instagram and Facebook as well as our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for updates. Live scoring and results can be found on our live scoring module during the competition. The 2022 Championships is sponsored by The North Face, Prudential, YETI, Petzl, Entre-Prises, TRUBLUE, Grasshopper, Gnarly Nutrition and Rapid Reboot with invaluable support from our official hold, macro and volume suppliers.
Climbing Escalade Canada and USA Climbing are excited to announce that the North American Cup Series (NACS) will return in 2022. NACS features the three individual disciplines of climbing – bouldering, lead and speed – and allows athletes from the Americas the opportunity to compete at an elite level and develop outside of the World Cup circuit. The 2022 NACS will kick off in Alexandria, Va. at the end of April and will consist of five stops across North America. 2022 Dates and Locations: April 27 – May 1 Sport Rock, Alexandria, Va. (Bouldering, Lead, Speed) Click here for Scores and Results. June 10-11 GoPro Mountain Games, Vail, Colo. (Bouldering) Aug. 19-21 Jackalope Festival, Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec (Bouldering) Sept. 16-18 Alta Climbing and Fitness, Gilbert, AZ. (Lead, Speed) “The 2021 NACS was a leap of faith by both our organizations, and we are proud that the athlete community responded in such a positive way! We are excited to have a common vision for the development of elite athletes in North America, and see this program repeat in 2022.’ said Christiane Marceau, Executive Director of Climbing Escalade Canada “We are very happy with the success of the inaugural North American Cup Series in 2021 and thrilled to once again partner with our friends at Climbing Escalade Canada to develop the next generation of climbers,” said Marc Norman, CEO of USA Climbing. Participants in the Series must be licensed with and register through their respective National Federations. Detailed information sheets for each event including registration, training availability, time schedules, etc. will be provided a minimum of 30 days prior to each event. Rules for the events will be published to CEC and USAC websites. Please note that due to the coronavirus pandemic, timeline of registration and events may be adjusted as we progress.
USA Climbing is thrilled to announce that Chicago will host the 2022 Youth National Championships, July 25-31, and Youth Climbing Festival, July 21-23. The events will be held at First Ascent’s new Arlington Heights location. Twenty-four national champions will be crowned as young athletes compete in bouldering, lead and speed over the course of the seven-day Youth National Championships. Occurring two years before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Championships will help to identify some of the young stars who will one day vie to compete at the Olympic Games. “We are excited to bring our Youth National Championships and Youth Climbing Festival to Chicago,” said John Muse, VP of Sport for USA Climbing. “The central location, excellent gym and family-friendly activities will create a fantastic environment for young climbers and their families.” Building on the success of last year’s inaugural event in Reno, Nev., the Youth Climbing Festival will combine fun, skills-based competitions and convention-style presentations and workshops for athletes, coaches and parents from top climbers, industry leaders, experienced coaches and other experts. All C and D category climbers who qualify for and compete at Regional Championships will be eligible to attend the Festival regardless of their qualifying status for Youth Nationals. “We are thrilled to host competitors and families from all over the country for USA Climbing Youth Nationals at First Ascent Arlington Heights, our latest, largest gym designed with world-class events and competitions in mind.” Said First Ascent Co-founder, Dan Bartz. “Our team has dreamt of hosting Nationals since First Ascent’s early days, and we look forward to partnering with USA Climbing to make this competition an unforgettable experience for everyone involved.” More details regarding the event schedule and hotel block will be shared in the coming weeks.
The IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships begin this week on Wednesday, September 15 and conclude Friday, September 17. The event will be held in Moscow in conjunction with the IFSC Climbing World Championships, September 16-21. Representing Team USA will be: Leorenz Capili Tanner Cislaw Steven Hinson Matthew Lynch Benjamin Mayforth Arielle Rausin Melissa Ruiz Jake Sanchez Denise Stypulkowski Micah Winkle Brian Zarzuela Please follow these links for more information about: International Athletes Schedule Classification Watch the men’s and women’s Paraclimbing finals on YouTube here on Friday, September 17 at 10:40am MDT. Throughout the event, results will be posted on the IFSC website and Instagram account. Follow @usaparaclimbing and @usaclimbing on Instagram for updates and results of Team USA’s athletes. Photo by Bree Robles.