Finals for the 11th edition of ABS Nationals went down Saturday night in Alexandria, VA and it sounded like quite the show. Daniel Woods topped a strong men’s field and Alex Puccio edged out Alex Johnson (again) with some surprises following them on the podium, especially on the Men’s side of the ledger. Here are the top 5 finishers:
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Complete records are hard to come by but I believe this was Woods’ 3rd win in the past 4 years while Puccio has won 4 out of the past 5 years losing a close battle with Alex Johnson last year.
Of course, if you weren’t in the gym you really had no way of seeing the action unfold which is unfortunate in my opinion. Jamie Emerson tried his best to keep us posted via his twitter feed but he reached Twitter’s limit right as the heavy hitters were starting to climb. Garrett Gregor was also at the comp posting videos to twitter via his cell phone which was certainly better than nothing. Hopefully this will be the last year without some sort of live stream.
For pictures of Finals you can check out Ben Carlson’s site.
Report from routesetter Chris Danielson
Excellent pictures from Caroline Treadway. Part 1. Part 2.
Good discussion about the comp scene in posts on B3Bouldering here and here.
Gabor Szekely’s thoughts from a competitor’s perspective
I’ll update this post as more media becomes available.
Here are 4 videos of Daniel Woods:
Daniel Woods completes problem 1 of ABS Bouldering National Championships from Lu on Vimeo.
Daniel Woods completes problem 2 at ABS National Bouldering Championships from Lu on Vimeo.
Daniel Woods completes problem 3 at ABS National Bouldering Championships from Lu on Vimeo.
To be clear, this last video was taken after the comp. Thanks to B3 for clarifying.
Daniel Woods, final problem. Wins ABS National Bouldering Championship from Lu on Vimeo.
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