IOwa State University Climbing Team

My biggest hobby outside of Engineering is climbing. I started climbing my freshman year at Iowa State and rapidly climbed through the different grades. By sophomore year I felt confident enough to tryout for the climbing competition team, and I was able to not only get a spot on the team, but specifically get one of the 10 Sponsored positions. With this spot on the team I was able to start going to several competitions with the team and soon earned my first podium (top 3) position. Since then I have competed in countless competitions and have even won a few as well. Competition climbing is not the only type of climbing I enjoy however, when I get the chance to climb outdoors on real rock, I take it.

In 2020 I was elected to be one of the 3 Climbing team captains. In this position, I was responsible for organizing climbing times, coordinating workouts, and determining sponsorship positions. These tasks became very difficult with the introduction of restrictions put in place due to Covid 19 however I was able to find a way around it by partnering with an app called MyClimb. I worked with the founder of the app to setup our local gym and climbing team so we could log climbs and compete in friendly competitions.