Woods, Puccio Take Gold at ABS Nationals

Almost 100 competitors lined up Friday to tackle the qualifying problems, after which 23 men and 23 women advanced to semi-finals on Saturday afternoon. Finals started in the evening on Saturday, with the typical stacked line-up. The problems seemed to be on the reachy side for both men and women, as height was clearly an advantage on several climbs.

Puccio was the only woman to top all four problems, with two flashes on #3 and #4. Angie Payne, Shauna Coxsey, and Lizzy Asher topped three of the four. The men's routes proved more challenging for the competitors—Daniel Woods and Ethan Pringle each topped just two problems, with everyone else finishing only one problem.

The crowd went wild when Michael Bautista hucked to and held the finishing hold on men's #4—the only man to top the problem—but in the excitement, Bautista forgot to match hands at the top, disqualifying the finish.

Puccio has won every ABS Nationals comp since 2006 with the exception of 2009, when Alex Johnson won. Woods has won five of the last seven Nationals.

2011: Sean McColl, Alex Puccio
2010: Daniel Woods, Alex Puccio
2009: Daniel Woods, Alex Johnson
2008: Paul Robinson, Alex Puccio
2007: Daniel Woods, Alex Puccio
2006: Daniel Woods, Alex Puccio

Women's final results:

Alex Puccio
Angela Payne
Shauna Coxsey
Lizzy Asher
Alex Johnson
Sasha DiGiulian
Sierra Blair-Coyle

Men's final results:

Daniel Woods
Ethan Pringle
Michael Bautista
Carlo Traversi
Jon Cardwell
Austin Geiman

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