Team Mesa Rim – 2015 SCS Regional Championship Results

We are pleased to announce the final results from the 2015 SCS Regional Championship held at Mesa Rim on May 9th! Over 150 competitors streamed through Isolation last weekend, waiting for their chance to get on the awesome routes the Mesa Rim setting team put up! Team Mesa Rim had 21 competitors in total and we really made our presence known!

Congratulations to all the competitors, and a big shout out to Domenic Durso, Antonio Machaz, Sydney Darensburg, Isabella Wright, Sora Haagensen, Sage Karolides, Luke Rodley, Natalie Pellette, Adam Kosviner, and Miles Rogondino who will be traveling to Millcreek, UT next month for the SCS 2015 Division 2 Championship!

 Thank you to all the parents and volunteers who worked so hard to make this event a success!

 SCS 2015 Regional Championship

Male Youth D (out of 23 climbers):

9th – Nathan Kain

13th – Noah Gardner

16th – Antonio Machaz

18th – Ryan Maluf

19th – Weston Gardner

23rd – Daven Giardina

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 Female Youth D (out of 11):

9th – Alina Albert

10th – Natalie Jalaie

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 Male Youth C (out of 14):

6th – Domenic Durso

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Female Youth C (out of 18):

2nd – Sydney Darensburg

3rd – Isabella Wright

6th – Sora Haagensen

14th – Kylie Hall

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Male Youth B (out of 22):

2nd – Sage Karolides

4th – Luke Rodley

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Female Youth B (out of 14)

3th – Natalie Pellette

14th – Claire Kerofsky

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Male Youth A (out of 17)

3rd – Adam Kosviner

6th – Miles Rogondino

10th  – Nik Karolides

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 Female Youth A (out of 12)

10th – Ellie Fox

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– Team Mesa Rim

Team Mesa Rim • April Competition Results

April was a busy month for Team Mesa Rim with two Sport Climbing Series (SCS) Local Competitions at Solid Rock, Poway and Vertical Hold!

The results are posted below for the 26(!!) team members that competed. With our solid performances at these comps, we are showing the Southern California climbing community that Team Mesa Rim is a force to be reckoned with! SCS Youth Regional Championships are just around the corner and we’re excited to have the “home-wall advantage”. The Team is training hard and working to prepare ourselves mentally for this next challenge, so if you see us practicing in the gym (you know when we’re there!), show us your support as we get closer to the date: May 9th, 2015!

Solid Rock (4/11/15)

Male Youth D (out of 25 climbers):
7th – Noah Gardner
9th – Ryan Maluf
14th – Antonio Machaz
19th – Weston Gardner
22nd – Daven Giardina

Female Youth D (out of 12):
8th – Alina Albert
10th – Natalie Jalaie
11th – Ines Machaz

Male Youth C (out of 14):
2nd – Domenic Durso
8th – Geoffrey Xu

Female Youth C (out of 13):
2nd – Sora Haagensen
4th – Isabella Wright
5th – Sydney Darensburg

Male Youth B (out of 21):
2nd – Sage Karolides
6th – Luke Rodley
17th – Mark Tankersley
20th – Ryan Lewis

Female Youth B (out of 13)
6th – Natalie Pellette
8th – Marin Grillo
13th – Claire Kerofsky

Male Youth A (out of 17)
3rd – Nik Karolides
7th – Adam Kosviner
9th – Miles Rogondino

VERTICAL HOLD (4/18/15)

Male Youth D (out of 19 climbers):
5th – Noah Gardner
7th – Antonio Machaz
9th – Nathan Kain
16th – Weston Gardner
16th – Daven Giardina

Female Youth D (out of 14):
9th – Nitika Tatineni
10th – Neha Dandu
11th – Alina Albert
11th – Ines Machaz

Male Youth C (out of 9):
5th – Domenic Durso

Female Youth C (out of 17):
1st – Sydney Darensburg
2nd – Sora Haagensen
4th – Isabella Wright
7th – Kylie Hall

Male Youth B (out of 16):
1st – Sage Karolides

Female Youth B (out of 11)
11th – Claire Kerofsky

Male Youth A (out of 12)
4th – Nik Karolides
8th – Miles Rogondino

Female Youth A (out of 7)
7th – Ellie Fox

Check out more photos from the competition on Vertical Hold’s Facebook Page.

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Kristine Glauber • Mesa Rim Youth Coach

Train with the Best to Become Your Best: Working with Angie Payne

When we heard that Angie Payne was coming to Mesa Rim to watch CCS Nationals, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to have her lead a clinic for our youth climbing team! Angie is a legend of the sport, best known for her hard sends outdoors and longevity at the top end of competition climbing in the US.

Angie started climbing indoors in Cincinnati, Ohio at the age of 11. Soon thereafter she started competing on the youth circuit. 19 years later, she’s still at it, amassing three Bouldering National Championships and many podiums along the way. Upon graduation high school, Angie moved to Boulder, Colorado and quickly picked up outdoor bouldering. In 2010, she became the first woman to boulder V13.

Perhaps even more impressive than her obvious physical abilities is Angie’s incredible mental fortitude. She is known for going to battle with projects for multiple years, a feat requiring vast amounts of mental control and determination. On competition day, she always seems to show up upbeat and focused.

Angie’s accomplishments and well rounded character make her a great role-model for the athletes on the youth team. Through working with Angie, our Team Mesa Rim kids gained inside knowledge about what makes the best climbers tick. They learned how proper preparation can take their hard earned strength, power, and endurance, and translate it into results in the high stress environment of competition climbing. They are inspired by a climber who started out just like them and reached the top of the sport.

Not only did our youth team have a chance to soak up some of Angie Payne’s knowledge, but also a few of our members were lucky enough to get climbing and training advice from one of the best climbers in the world too as Angie hosted a couple workshops for our community while she was in San Diego.

Photo Collage Cred: Angie Payne

Kind words from Angie Payne:
THANKS to Mesa Rim Climbing and Fitness for having me, to all the clinic participants for being psyched, and to the youth climbing team for the motivation (and the team tank top!). This team is REALLY good at trying hard, and that’s a skill that I am always working to get better at. Today I seriously didn’t want to work out, so I wore my tank to channel the psych and try hard of the team (and yes, I took dorky photos to prove it!). Keep doing what you’re doing, Mesa Rim people!

From Mesa Rim Member Leen Jamal Schafer on Angie Payne’s Workshop:
Angie’s down-to-earth approach to training helped me reinforce training fundamentals I had previously forgotten, and she presented some fresh cutting-edge tools I’m looking forward to implementing. I greatly appreciated how some of her exercises indirectly helped me overcome some mental barriers impeding me from striving for my potential. Her patience and willingness to answer questions as holistically as possible was very appreciated. It was a pleasure getting to absorb some of the wisdom and psyche she has to offer. If she does another clinic, I’ll be there!

Thanks again, Angie! We look forward to your next San Diego visit!

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– Mark Kattus • Mesa Rim Coach

Introducing Mesa Rim’s Team Captains of the Youth Climbing Team!

This SCS season, Team Mesa Rim Youth Coaches elected Natalie Pellette and Miles Rogondino as team captains. As ambassadors for the youth climbing team, the coaches know that Natalie and Miles will be great role models for the newer competitors, encourage their peers to work hard, and continue to push their individual limits. Say hi to them if you see them climbing around the gym!

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Natalie:
1. How long have you been climbing? How long have you been with the team?
I have been climbing and been on the team for 3 years
2. What is your preferred type of climbing (bouldering, sport, speed) and why?
My favorite types of climbing are sport and bouldering
3. Where is your favorite place to climb outside?
I don’t have a favorite place to climb outside, but I mostly climb at Mount Woodson
4. If you could climb anywhere in the world, where would it be?
If I could be anywhere in the world, I would be in Europe
5. Who is your climbing role model and why?
My climbing role models are my coaches because they model what kind of climber I want to be when I grow up, a hard-working, determined, and fun climber
6. What is your goal for SCS season?
For the SCS season, I want to have fun at competitions, climb a 5.12a, and climb outside more often
7. What are you doing when you aren’t climbing?
When I’m not climbing I am hanging out with friends, at the beach, or just having fun.
8. Any words of wisdom to new climbers?
Don’t compare yourself to other climbers, just try your hardest and have some fun!

Miles:
1. How long have you been climbing? How long have you been with the team?
I have been climbing for around 2.5 years. I’ve been with the team for 3 seasons.
2. What is your preferred type of climbing (bouldering, sport, speed) and why?
I love to boulder but the height and exposure of sport climbing is a huge adrenaline rush.
3. Where is your favorite place to climb outside?
My favorite place to climb outside would either be New Jack or Joshua Tree.
4. If you could climb anywhere in the world, where would it be?
I would climb in Yosemite.
5. Who is your climbing role model and why?
Honestly [coach] Daton would be my role model. He’s been one of my coaches, and his attitude towards climbing is fun.
6. What is your goal for SCS season?
My goal is to go to Nationals.
7. What are you doing when you aren’t climbing?
I’m studying, exercising or hanging out with my friends.
8. Any words of wisdom to new climbers?
My wisdom is to be persistent, focus, have fun and breathe!

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Go. Climb.