Audrey Williams of Cary repeated as women’s open champion with her sister Lauren second at Webster’s Rock the Hill 36 indoor climbing competition in Chapel Hill. Men’s open winner was Alex Rayburg of Chapel Hill. There were 160 climbers, up from 128 last year, the most in years.
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Andrew Kwong was second male and Bryce Yang third, Bri Saunders third female.
Preliminary climbs were held earlier with the finals March 2 for the oldest indoor top rope climbing competition in the country. More than $13,000 in prizes were awarded.
Division results: Youth Male, Weston Morris first, Ian Bouma second, Colton Davison third; Youth Female, Carina “Kat” Richardson first, Naomi Joiner second, Rebecca Benitz third; Recreational Male, Scott Lola first, Phineas Fields second, Mateo Difranco third; Recreational Female, Lilly Kohout first, Kate Thacker second, Vivi Rushing third; Intermediate Male, Jimmy “The Mountain Goat” Kempter first, Owen Pearson second, Theodore Kornylak third; Intermediate Female, Annabella Qian first, Jessica Alley second, Chloe Vollaro third; 50+ Stone Mason (co rec), Clark Gibson first, Brian Decker second, Diane Joseph third; Non-Binary, Matt Trower first, Eli Yetter-Bowman second, Samantha Adrian third; Para Peak, Dana Rubenstien, Keith Dodson, Michelle Ballasiotes. Hometowns N/A.
Mini Comps: Fast Campus 7.24 Hayden Smith; Longest Hang Time, 7 min. 35 sec, Bryce Yang; Fastest Speed Climb, 4.4 sec, Bryce Yang; Crate Stacking, 20 crates 4 nin. 50 sec, Kit Horrell.
Youngest Climber, Peter Bouma 7.5 years old; Oldest Climber, Bryan Kempter 72 years old; Best Route Set Dr. Kelly Olson.
