Competitive Team

The Rose-Hulman Climbing Team is now on its third year! We currently compete in the Heartland region. The club provides Varsity member's competition fees. Tryouts for the team are held at the beginning of each quarter. Currently, the Varsity team consists of Aidan McKnight, Anna Fusaro, Ben Katz, Chloe Rife, Jack McClary, Jackson Hansel, Noah Millard, Rylan Kammerer, Sam Ridgley, Trevor Morton,and Wes Siebenthaler.

NATIONALS 2018

This year, five our team members qualified for Nationals in Houston, Texas. These members were (from left to right) Noah Millard, Aidan McKnight, Wes Siebenthaler, Sam Ridgely, and Anna Fusaro. Our team competed in every event: bouldering, sport, and speed climbing. We did very well for our small size, ranking 67th out of 97 teams from across the country. Our top finisher was Aidan McKnight, who finished 88th out of 200 in men's bouldering. Wes Siebenthaler also finished 57th out of 111 in men's speed climbing.

REGIONALS 2018

During Regionals this year, we competed at home at Epic Climbing and Fitness in Indianapolis. We had five competitors: Noah Millard, Aidan McKnight, Wes Siebenthaler, Sam Ridgely, and Anna Fusaro. This year awards were given for each event (Speed, Sport, and Bouldering) and our team won both the Collegiate Speed and Sport Regional Champion titles. Individually, Wes Siebenthaler placed third in both men's Speed and Bouldering, and Anna Fusaro placed second in women's Speed. We had a ton of fun competing and meeting other members of our Heartland region (pictured to the right).

COMPETITIONS (2017 and 2018)

During our first competition of the year in St.Louis, Ben Katz and Wes Siebenthaler placed 2nd and 3rd for the men's overall division, while Anna Fusaro placed 2nd in the women's division.

PAST COMPETITIONS

In the past two years, our team won the Heartland Conference Championships twice, first in 2016 and again in 2017.