Youth Nationals 2011

This past weekend I flew to Boulder, CO once again

This time I was traveling with the Fox Family so that Anna could compete at Youth Nationals

AJ was going out to Colorado as well to compete but he traveled with his grandparents

We met with him on Thursday Night at the competitor check in

middle wall at the competition

There are three days

Qualifiers - 4 problems 4 minutes

Semi finals - 3 problems 5 minutes

Finals - 3 problems 4 minutes

Anna competed Friday morning around 9am

problem 1

problem 2 - flash

problem 3

problem 4 - slab?!?

After qualifiers Anna got 28th

She climbed really well

But you could tell she was nervous

It was her first Nationals so that is to be expected

We have a lot of training to do for next year

Watch out Nationals 2012 - we are going to bring it!

problem 1

problem 1 - flash

I only got these few photos because I got nervous and couldn't take anymore pictures

I had so many pictures of Anna because Evan was taking the pictures while I was watching her

AJ flashed his first problem

Then he got REALLY nervous!

He could not read a sequence or climb well

His nerves took over him

If those problems were at the gym, he would of been able to flash all of them

We need to work with AJ about his nerves!

AJ got 38th

AJ didn't climb till 9pm

So we had a full day to do something

We decided to play putt putt

Winners in order - Jimmy, John, Kasia, AJ, Anna, Evan and Barbara

It was a fun two games of putt putt

We then went to get pizza at this place called Abo's Pizza on the Hill

Huge pizza

Jimmy, Anna, AJ and I split the pizza

Evan got his own slice of pizza

Jimmy eating one of his slices of pizza