McColl and Vest Win Canada Boulder Nationals 2018

Sean McColl and Allison Vest have won the 2018 Canada Boulder Nationals held at Up the Bloc on March 3 and 4.

This is McColl’s 12th and Vest’s first National title.

From great commentating by Pete Wood and Tyler Norton on livestream to amazingly set problems, this was a big success for everyone involved.

Congrats to the great Luigi Montilla and Jean-Marc de la Plante for hosting such an energetic comp at their Mississauga gym Up the Bloc. They recently purchased Joe Rockhead’s in Toronto.

For a feed of updates visit here. Finals results below and Instagram videos, click to play. Follow up interviews with competitors to come.

Click here to watch Semis and Finals replays and full results here.

Male/Female Finals
1. Sean McColl / Allison Vest
2. Seb Lazure / Alannah Yip
3. Nathan Smith / Bronwen Karnis
4. Alex Fritz (FN) / Madison Fischer
5. Jason Holowach / Alyssa Weber
6. David Trudeau / Becca Frangos
7. Franic Bilodau

Skin? Low. Muscles? Sore. Psych? High! Headed to finals tonight with some strong women and it’s anyone’s game! Tune into the @up_the_bloc live stream at 6pm (3pm PST) to watch us try HARD. #hiveclimbing #ScarpaNA @hiveclimbing @scarpana ?: @climbbear

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Boom! Huge triple-dyno-ish move from @mccollsean to win #obn2018 Canada Boulder Nationals at @up_the_bloc for 12th title! @allisonvest win her first! Results in profile link! #bouldering Vid @litalienne01

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@bronwenkarnis going big and flying high on problem 3! Video cuts out just before she tops but she was the first to send it! • • • #OBN2018 #bouldering #climbing_pictures_of_instagram #coach #routesetting #athlete #etobicoke #toronto #canada #work #training #competitive #competition #photo #photography #sport #sportclimbing #rockclimbing #escalade #fitness #east #west #upthebloc #ontario #climbing #cec #climbingholds

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West Coaster @becca_frangos in Qualifiers at #obn2018 @up_the_bloc. Semis and Finals today! Turn it up! Results in profile link. Video by @stevefrangos #bouldering #climbing #dyno

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