Woods, Harrington Are National Champs

Daniel Woods and Emily Harrington won the Sterling Rope/USA Climbing Adult National Championship on March 4, giving the two Coloradans the top spots on the 2006 U.S. Adult Difficulty Team. Woods was the only male to flash the men’s finals route at the MetroRock gym in Everett, Massachusetts. Harrington and Andrea Szekely both flashed the women’s final, forcing a superfinal on a tweaked version of the men’s route. The U.S. Adult Speed Climbing Team also was chosen at MetroRock. Team members will receive a total of $6,000 in travel stipends from Sterling Rope.

Difficulty Results

Men
1.   Daniel Woods
2.   Vasya Vorotnikov*
3.   Gabor Szekely*
4.   Zeb Engberg
5.   Patrick Cassiday 

Women
1.   Emily Harrington
2.   Andrea Szekely*
3.   Mykael-Ann McGinley
4.   EB Broun
5.   Paige Claassen 

* Non-U.S. citizen 

U.S. Adult Difficulty Team

(Based on weighted average of qualifier and final results)

Men

Daniel Woods
Zeb Engberg
Brian Kim 

Women

Emily Harrington
EB Broun
Mykael-Ann McGinley 

U.S. Adult Speed Climbing Team

Men

Patrick Cassiday
Vadim Vinokur
Eric Cosman 

Women

Mykael-Ann McGinley
Jayme Hatch
Stephanie Outland
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