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Last week during the Thanksgiving
holiday break, several Earth Treks Climbing Team athletes travelled with Head
Coach Ellis to Santiago, Chile to compete with Team USA in the 2012 Youth Pan
American Championships. The Pan American Championships are held every two years
and consist of Lead, Bouldering and Speed Climbing events
between athletes from all over North and South America. The event lasted for
four days this year and had a strong showing of US Athletes along with nine
other countries representing. The competition disciplines started with Sport
climbing, moving through Bouldering and finishing up on Sunday with the finale
being Speed Climbing. Our athletes performed amazingly throughout the comp having
strong showings in all three disciplines.
The athletes from the Earth Treks
Climbing Team and their respective placements can be found below:
Sport Climbing-
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Kerry Scott- 2nd
(Silver Medal)
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Claire Bresnan- 5th
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Ben Witham- 11th
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Bouldering-
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Claire Bresnan- 1st
(Gold Medal)
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Kerry Scott- 2nd
(Silver Medal)
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Brandon Lieuw- 5th
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Speed Climbing-
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Kayla Lieuw- 1st (Gold
Medal)
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Brandon Lieuw- 4th
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Kerry Scott- 12th
Also of particular note is that
Kerry Scott and Claire Bresnan each placed 3rd overall (Bronze
Medals) in their respective age categories.
All of the athletes from who
competed from the Earth Treks Climbing Team as well as all of the Team USA
athletes displayed phenomenal effort throughout the competition and are
deserving of great praise for their accomplishments and attitude. Congratulations
to all those that competed, the Earth Treks family is extremely overjoyed at
your accomplishments. It speaks to your
commitment as climbers, as a team, and your love of the sport. Keep up the great work.
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