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Lisa Lage

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Lisa Lage is an American rock climber who focused on competitive indoor rock climbing from 1997 to 2002. She is a five time Youth National Champion and a member of the US Youth Climbing Team for six consecutive years.

Lage joined the Junior Competition Climbing Association (JCCA) and won at the Youth Nationals becoming National Champion in the 12- to 13-year-old girl's division.[citation needed] That same year Lage attended the Youth Worlds and World Cup in Imst, Austria, but was unable to compete because she was too young. Her father's US Air Force career moved her family to Pope Air Force Base, NC.[1] After another undefeated JCCA season, Lage took second place at the Youth Nationals for the 14- to 15-year-old girl's division.[citation needed]

Lage began assistant coaching, with Lesley Pearson, a youth climbing team at her local gym, The Climbing Place, NC[2] She also had the opportunity to give a climbing demo to the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade classes at Pierce Middle School in Pennsylvania.[3][4] She was also the head route setter for an ASCF competition at The Climbing Place.[citation needed]

In 1999, Lage had 11 wins in the JCCA season, including the National Championship. She ranked 26th place at the World Youth Championship in Courmayeur, Italy, after her foot slipped on the second preliminary climb. In 2000 after an undefeated JCCA season, Lage becoming National Champion for the third time. She placed 13th at the Youth Worlds in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2001, Lage completed another undefeated JCCA season, winning both the National Championship and the Continental Championship.[5] Lage also claimed a third-place finish at the European Youth Cup in Trieste, Italy.[6] She competed in Austria, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Slovenia on the Difficulty World Cup tour.[7]

The 2002 season was Lage's final one. As an undefeated National Champion, she took 5th for difficulty and 14th for speed at the Youth World Championship in Canteleu, France. She completed a third Difficulty World Cup season, traveling to Russia, Singapore, Italy,[8] and Austria.[9] Lage's overall world ranking for 2002 was 28th.[10] After the season finished, Lage decided to return to the United States to pursue her degree from Philadelphia Biblical University now Cairn University[11] in Bible and Discipleship Counseling. Her last name changed to Luedtke when she married in 2005.

Competition results

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1997 competition results

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Rank Category Type, Venue Location Date
2nd Bouldering Women's Novice Hueco Tanks Rock Rodeo El Paso, Tx February 22
1st Kid's Division Limestoner Austin, Tx March 1
1st Women's Division Winter Wall Climb II, Boerne Athletic Center Boerne, TX March 8
1st 12-13 Female JCCA Regional, AK Rock Gym Silverthorn, CO June 6
1st 12-13 Female JCCA Regional, Jugheads Birmingham, AL June 14
1st 12-13 Female JCCA Regional, Rok Haus Lafayette, LA June 21
1st 12-13 Female JCCA Regional, ClimbMax New Orleans, LA July 12
1st 12-13 Female JCCA Regional, Exposure Rock Gym Houston, TX July 19
1st 12-13 Female JCCA Regional Championship, Texas Rock Gym Houston, TX July 26
1st 12-13 Female JCCA National Championship, Planet Rock Pontiac, MI August 16–17
1st Women's Open Swamp Comp II, Texas Rock Gym Houston, TX August 30
1st Women's Expert ASCF Local, Vertical Extremes Downingtown, PA September 20
3rd Women's Open Fall Flash Fest, ClimbMax Asheville, NC December 13
  • member of 1997 US Youth Climbing Team

1998 competition results

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Rank Category Type, Venue Location Date
3rd Women's Open Dixie Rock 9 Chapel Hill, NC February 27–28
3rd Women's Open Eastern Rock Ramble Roanoke, VA March 14
2nd Women's Open Eastern Rock Ramble Virginia Beach, VA March 28–29
1st 14-15 Female JCCA Regional, Charlotte Climbing Center Charlotte, NC April 4
1st 14-15 Female JCCA Regional, Vertical Extremes Downingtown, PA April 18
1st 14-15 Female JCCA Regional, ROC Ltd. Winston-Salem, NC May 2
1st 14-15 Female JCCA Regional, ClimbMax Asheville, NC May 16
1st 14-15 Female JCCA Regional, Stronghold Athletic Club Columbia, SC May 30
1st 14-15 Female JCCA Regional, Vertical Edge Durham, NC June 13
1st 14-15 Female JCCA Regional, The Climbing Place Fayetteville, NC June 27
1st 14-15 Female JCCA Regional Championship, The Climbing Gym Greensboro, NC July 25
2nd 14-15 Female JCCA National Championship, Rock'n & Jam'n Thornton, CO August 15–16
5th 14-15 Female JCCA Junior International, Mission Cliffs San Francisco, CA October 17
14th Women's Open ASCF National Championship, Chelsea Piers New York City, NY November 21–22
1st Open The Climbing Place Fayetteville, NC December 3
1st Women's Open Bouldering, Peak Experiences Midlothian, VA December 5
  • member of 1998 US Youth Climbing Team

1999 competition results

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Rank Category Type, Venue Location Date
3rd Women's Open ASCF Dixie Rock 10 Chapel Hill, NC February 19–20
1st Women's Open ASCF Eastern Rock Ramble Roanoke, VA March 5–6
1st 14-15 Female JCCA Regional, Inner Peaks Charlotte, NC March 20
1st 14-15 Female JCCA Regional, Get A Grip Selinsgrove, PA March 27
1st 14-15 Female JCCA Regional, Vertical Extreme Downingtown, PA April 3
1st 14-15 Female JCCA Regional, Vertical Edge Durham, NC April 24
1st 14-15 Female JCCA Regional, The Climbing Place Fayetteville, NC May 1
1st 14-15 Female JCCA Regional, ROC Ltd. Winston-Salem, NC May 8
1st 14-15 Female JCCA Regional, Rocks & Ropes Greenville, SC May 15
1st 14-15 Female JCCA Regional, Stronghold Athletic Club Columbia, SC May 29
1st 14-15 Female JCCA Regional, ClimbMax Asheville, NC June 5
2nd 14-15 Female JCCA Regional Championship, Pyramid's Climbing Gym Greensboro, NC July 10
1st 14-15 Female JCCA National Championship, Peak Experiences Richmond, VA July 30 - August 1
26th Youth B Youth World Championship Cournayeur, Italy September 3–5
4th 14-15 Female Touchstone, Berkeley Ironworks Berkeley, CA October 16
1st Women's Open ASCF Difficulty, Oklahoma City Rocks Oklahoma City, OK November 6–7
1st Women's Division Youth Practice Comp, Inner Peaks Charlotte, NC November 13
1st Women's Open Fall Flash Fest, ClimbMax Asheville, NC December 4
1st Women's Open ASCF Difficulty, Rutgers University Rutgers, NJ December 12
1st Women's Open ASCF Difficulty, Xtreme Climbing Miami, FL December 18
  • member of the 1999 US Youth Climbing Team

2000 competition results

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Rank Category Type, Venue Location Date
1st Women's Open Eastern Bouldering Series, Inner Peaks Charlotte, NC January 22
1st Women's Open ASCF Difficulty, YMCA Atlanta, GA February 12
1st Women's Open ASCF Bouldering Championship, X-treme Miami, FL February 19
1st 16-17 Female JCCA Regional, Texas Rock Gym II League City, TX March 18
6th Women's Open ASCF Bouldering Nationals, Boulder Rock Club Boulder, CO March 25
1st 16-17 Female JCCA Regional, Stronghold Athletic Club Columbia, SC April 1
1st 16-17 Female JCCA Regional, Vertical Edge Durham, NC April 8
3rd Women's Open ASCF Difficulty Regional Championship, Atlanta Rocks Atlanta, GA April 15
1st 16-17 Female JCCA Regional, The Climbing Place Fayetteville, NC May 6
1st 16-17 Female JCCA Regional, Rocks & Ropes Greenville, SC May 13
4th Women's Open ASCF Difficulty Nationals, Planet Rock Ann Arbor, MI June 3–4
1st 16-17 Female JCCA Regional Championship, Sportrock Alexandria, VI June 17
1st 16-17 Female JCCA National Championship, Club Sport Portland, OR July 7–9
10th Women's Open Sabaru Gorge Games Invitational Columbia River Gorge, OR July 13–14
20th Women's Open ICC Bouldering World Cup Munich, Germany August 5–6
13th Youth A Youth World Championship Amsterdam, Netherlands September 1–3
35th Women's Open ICC Difficulty World Cup Lecco, Italy September 22–24
37th Women's Open ICC Difficulty World Cup Courmayeur, Italy September 28–30
25th Women's Open ICC Difficulty World Cup Nantes, France November 2–4
  • Member of 2000 US Youth Climbing Team, US Difficulty Climbing A Team, US Bouldering B Team

2001 competition results

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Rank Category Type, Venue Location Date
1st 16-17 Female North American Continental Championship, Berkeley Ironworks Berkeley, CA February 3
1st 16-17 Female JCCA Regional, EarthTreks Columbia, MD March 10
3rd Youth A European Youth Cup Trieste, Italy April 7
1st 16-17 Female JCCA Regional Virginia Beach, VA May 5
1st 16-17 Female JCCA Regional, Sportrock II Alexandria, VA May 12
1st 16-17 Female JCCA Regional, Philadelphia Rocks Philadelphia, PA May 19
9th Youth A European Youth Cup Imst, Austria June 15–17
21st Youth A Youth World Championship Imst, Austria June 21–24
10th Youth A European Youth Cup Arco, Italy June 30 - July 1
31st Women's Open ICC Difficulty World Cup Chamonix, France July 11–14
1st 16-17 Female JCCA National Championship, Planet Rock Ann Arbor, MI July 27–29
36th Women's Open UIAA World Championship Winterthur, Switzerland September 5–8
1st Women's Open local comp Ludwigshafen, Germany September 15
40th Women's Open ICC Difficulty World Cup Lecco, Italy September 21–23
6th Youth A European Youth Cup Aprica, Italy October 13–14
29th Women's Open ICC Difficulty World Cup Aprica, Italy October 18–20
31st Women's Open ICC Difficulty World Cup Kranj, Slovenia November 16–18
7th Youth A European Youth Cup Birmingham, England December 7–9
  • member of 2001 US Youth Climbing Team

2002 competition results

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Rank Category Type, Venue Location Date
1st 18-19 Female USCCA Regional, Rocks & Ropes Greenville, SC March 2
1st 18-19 Female USCCA Regional, The Climbing Place Fayetteville, NC March 9
1st 18-19 Female USCCA Regional, Stronghold Columbia, SC March 16
1st 18-19 Female USCCA Regional Charleston, SC March 17
32nd Women's Open ICC Difficulty World Cup Bolzano, Italy April 26–28
27th Women's Open ICC Difficulty World Cup Yekaterinburg, Russia May 17–19
27th Women's Open ICC Difficulty World Cup Imst, Austria June 7–8
19th Women's Open ICC Difficulty World Cup Lecco, Italy June 28–29
1st 18-19 Female USCCA Junior Difficulty National Championship, Club Sport Portland, OR July 5–7
5th 18-19 Female USCCA Junior Speed National Championship, Club Sport Portland, OR July 5–7
22nd Women's Open ICC Difficulty World Cup Singapore, Singapore August 23–25
5th Juniors ICC Difficulty Youth World Championship Canteleu, France September 26–29
14th Juniors ICC Speed Youth World Championship Canteleu, France September 26–29
2nd Women's Invitational Touchstone Cup Combined Disciplines Concord, CA October 5–6
26th Women's Open ICC Difficulty World Cup Aprica, Italy October 18–19
  • member of the 2002 US Youth Climbing Team

References

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  1. ^ "440th Airlift Wing - Home". Archived from the original on 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  2. ^ http://www.theclimbingplace.com/index.php?id=home Archived 2014-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ http://www.edline.net/pages/peirce_middle_school Archived 2014-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Archives | The Philadelphia Inquirer". The Inquirer. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  5. ^ "Digital Rock". ifsc.egroupware.net. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  6. ^ "Coppa Europa giovanile, 2a prova Trieste, i risultati". PlanetMountain.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  7. ^ "Digital Rock". www.digitalrock.de. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  8. ^ "News | SCC". Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  9. ^ "Digital Rock". www.digitalrock.de. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  10. ^ "Climbing competitions results 2002". www.planetmountain.com. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  11. ^ "History - Cairn University". Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-02-24.