Climb Yukon held its bouldering championships on Feb. 18 on the walls at the Porter Creek Secondary School gymnasium. A total of 45 climbers participated in youth and adult competition.
The format of the competitions was a “bouldering scramble” with 25 bouldering problems set up on the gym’s walls and ranked from easiest to hardest. Climbers got more points for climbing to the top of challenging problems with possible points removed for each unsuccessful attempt. At the end of a two-hour time limit, the climbers’ best six climbs were added together for their final scores
Aiko Wellman-Gagne placed first in the Youth Category D girls competition with 333 points. In second was Dorothy Dallaire with 281 points and Adelaide Hubert took third with a score of 271.
Isaac Rainey was first among the Category D boys with 451 points. He was followed by Porter Duke with 412 points and Eiger Allen with 410 points.
The winner of the youth A/B/C girls competition was Aira Yoshimura with 786 points. Second place went to Juno Hanatani with 531 points and Linnaya Searson’s 489 points was good for third place.
The podium for the A/B/C boys category was: Asher Johnson with 1,071 points, Esker Allen with 986 and Peter Embacher with 967.
The adult women’s category was won by Stephanie Routley with 797 points followed by Nelly Bouevitch with 758 points and Savanna Wang with 331.
The men’s podium was: Loic Markley who scored 1,263, Ethan Allen with 1,132 and William Yamada with 1,086.
The Yukon championships were a selection event for the western regional championships scheduled for April 20 and 21 in Calgary. Climb Yukon coach Gerard Garnier told the News that it is too early to tell which Yukon climbers will go to regionals, but he expects to travel with between six and 10 athletes.
Contact Jim Elliot at jim.elliot@yukon-news.com