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Climbing Teams Struggle Against Tough Opponents
The climbing team faced league powerhouse The Heights and league newcomers Madeira in a top-rope meet at Sportrock Gym in Sterling, Va.
The girls faced a bit of a challenge against Madeira school in this meet. Despite the fact that the Snails are in their first season in the league, this meet was hosted at their home gym. That gave them a distinct advantage as they knew the routes ahead of time and had practiced them often. Madeira took an early lead with many of their climbers scoring quick 5.10 routes. EHS was resilient, though, and kept fighting for our routes. Jane Owen ’19 and Mei Kuo ’19 each grabbed a 5.11 to add to their score and earned 22 points for first place in the girls’ leaderboard and second place overall. Gracie Guest ’19 and Olivia Tucker ’19 each earned 18, tying two Madeira girls for second place. Arden Faires ’19 earned 12 to round out the varsity scoring. Wardie Cammack ’20 had earned her spot in her first varsity meet of the season, but was the dropped score of 6 to the JV total. The varsity girls earned their win with a score of 92–76.
The JV girls also narrowly beat Madeira 56–52. Because our girls team is so deep, it is quite tough to pick the varsity six for each meet. Juliet Faris ’19 tied her varsity teammates with an impressive 22. Barrett Carney ’19 earned 15 for the JV. Nettie Webb ’18 scored 9. Arabella Dixon ’21 and Arianna Otoo ’21 tied with 4. Bridget McAree ’21 and Forbes Dudley ’21 found the scoresheet with 3 points each.
- Kidron Kollin ’19 with 18 points
- Thomas Adkins ’20 with 15 points
- Collin Fitzpatrick ’19 with 12 points
- Bobby Hood ’19 with 10 points
- Rob Deaton ’20 had his 7 points dropped from top five varsity scores.
