Ethan Pringle and Angie Payne won the second annual USAC SENDFEST in Salt Lake City on August 11th at The Front climbing gym, taking home a top prize purse of $1,000 each. In a tight field of the nation's strongest competition climbers, their slim victories were marked by a flash of Men's #2 for Pringle — a slopey problem done by only a handful of the top finishers — and a strong send of Women's #3 for Payne — a techy boulder problem that went unrepeated by the field. Bosley's lonely send of Men's #3 moved him narrowly past Sharma; Puccio and Johnson battled it out, sending Women's #4 (tying for second place), but upon reviewing Qualifier results, Johnson eeked out the $750 second place finish.
 
The pool of competitors for this event read as a "Who's Who?" of the U.S.'s top young climbers making news: Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson, Jon Cardwell; as well as the familiar faces of comps past, such as Chris Sharma, Obe Carrion, Matt Bosley, and Steven Jeffery.
 
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2006 USAC Sendfest Results

Women's Finals:
Angie Payne
Alex Johnson
Alex Puccio
Cicada Jenerik
Portia Menlove
Kate Reese
Natasha Barnes
Alexsandra Balakiyero
Cheryl Pirozzi
Ally Dorey
Sydney McNair
Tori Maisey
Emily Harrington
Melissa LaCasse
Nadya Vorotnikov
Noella Nykyforuk
Kasia Pietras
Lani Adamson
Amy Cockerham
Joy Hansen
 
Men's Finals:
Ethan Pringle
Matt Bosley
Chris Sharma
Daniel Woods
Tyler Landman
Paul Robinson
Obe Carrion
David Marquess
Mark Hobson
Rob D'Anastasio
Tyler Davis
Tyler Haack
Vasya Vorotnikov
Brian Kim
Mike Auldridge
Jon Cardwell
Chris Lindner
B.J. Tilden
Steven Jeffery
Patrick Luther
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