SANDBAGGED SUMMER SERIES
July 13 - Aug. 16 (finals on Aug. 22)
Finals Format
League Finals are on Saturday, August 22nd from 9-12pm and 3-6pm
Finals session sign ups are now open, use this LINK. Choose one of the two sessions.
Finals timing is pretty flexible we only ask that you signup for one of the two sessions to avoid overcrowding, but it won't be a big issue if you arrive early or stay later. For fairness to all participants please limit your climbing time to a 3hr time block regardless of when you arrived for your session.
We will announce winners early the following week.
Finals Climbing Details:
- There will be four finals climbs that are all progressive routes: each route will start off easier, and get harder as you climb up the wall. For example, the easiest climb will start at 5.7 and end around 5.9, and the hardest climb will start at 5.12-/5.12 and end at 5.12+.
- Each of the four finals routes will be designed for a different ability level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Open. Based on your performance throughout league and the grade you've climbed most consistently, you'll be assigned to the category that best matches your ability. On finals day, you'll compete on the route for your assigned category. These climbs are flash format: you get one attempt per climb. Once you fall, you must come down. The zone you achieve on your flash attempt = the points you receive. Each zone is worth 30 points. Climb these in your two-hour session window.
- To get points for a zone you must establish control of that zone: This means establishing a stable position on the zone, and/or moving past the zone. Tapping the zone hold, or peeling off the zone immediately does NOT count.
- You may climb up to five additional climbs around the gym for bonus points during your session. These climbs are scored the same as regular league climbs, except they are worth half the points you would get in a normal league week. However, there is a 5 point bonus for climbing a route the first time.
- We will have pizza (Slyce & Postcard) and drinks available starting around 11am or 5pm depending on the session.
- The league tank tops and T-shirts will be available for pick up on finals day.
- Awards will be available the following week after we tally up all the scores and announce the winners.
Award Categories:
- Top 3 teams overall
- Top 3 lead climbers overall
- Top 3 top rope climbers overall
- Top 3 climbers with the highest outdoor scores
Summer Sandbagged Sport League 2026 - Final Scores
Team Name Team Score Climber 1 Weekly Total Finals Overall Total Climber 2 Weekly Total Finals Overall Total
Tied the knot (newly weds) 3630 Lia Wolfe 1340 490 1830 Trevor Carter 1380 420 1800
Old and in the way 3530 Jon Lachelt 1300 445 1745 Matt Shannon 1320 465 1785
Beauty and The Grump 3509 George Stanev 1380 419 1799 Lavina Davis 1350 360 1710
Packed Pampers 3501 Kate Homme 1340 396 1736 Summer Ploegman 1330 435 1765
Team Five is Alive 3495 Karen Sanchez 1300 415 1715 Robbie Burson 1370 410 1780
Foot Chip Fetish 3493 Michael Windsor 1310 404 1714 Nathaniel Clay 1400 379 1779
The Hitched Huskies 3464 Chloe Carry 1360 369 1729 Zach Turner 1340 395 1735
Up in the Air 3393 Ean Hines 1280 393 1673 Evan Lambert 1330 390 1720
pink! 3385 Evan Mainz 1240 360 1600 Jude Heffern 1350 435 1785
The Rockies Ascenders 3353 James Graham 1300 423 1723 Max Webb 1250 380 1630
Dyno-sores 🦖 3344 Adelina Segura 1350 339 1689 Tammy Orr 1240 415 1655
Return to Sender 3323 Brandon McPhail 1220 363 1583 Russell McGrath 1310 430 1740
Piercing the Clouds 3286 Haley Pierce 1280 351 1631 lachelt 1250 405 1655
Knot Sure 3220 Alyssa Wagner 1240 370 1610 Stacey LaFrance 1240 370 1610
Belayer? I hardly know her! 3211 Avery Hovis 1330 261 1591 Wes MacLean 1310 310 1620
Hey Man, Nice Chalk! 3015 Mariam Rozendal 1320 435 1755 Sam Smith 1260 0 1260
Belaying for Soup 2851 Jeffery Gerwig 1270 305 1575 Shannon Flannery 1081 195 1276
Oba & Out 2581 Mike Oba 1081 325 1406 Taylor Oba 950 225 1175
You Odyssey Us Sandbagging 2480 Ashley Eldred 1350 0 1350 Vincent Mamotos 1130 0 1130
Hootenannies 1590 Holden Fox 350 0 350 Madeleine Dean 1240 0 1240
Witch Way is Up? 1468 Kelly Bye 582 243 825 Leah McTigue 464 179 643
Chalk Eaters 1320 Mia Morao 730 0 730 Zia Zhao 590 0 590
Sport League Details, Rules, & Overview
July 13 - August 16
Finals & Party on Saturday, August 22
Each week, you will be scored on your top 3 climbs. Both you and your teammate's top 3 climbs will combine for a total team score each week, and your total league score will be your 4 highest scoring weeks.
Team Formation
- Teams of 2 | Sign up with a partner! You will get a team score, which is the sum of both individual's scores.
- If you don't have someone to climb with, we can try to help you find someone!
- We assume you usually will climb with your partner, but it really doesn't matter for scoring purposes. If you need another pal to belay you some sessions, that is a-okay.
Setting a Climbing Style and Target Grade
Each week you'll be scored on the top 3 climbs you send. You get points for each climb based on your target grade and climbing style selected when you sign up.
Selecting your Climbing Style:
- Choose between Lead or Top Rope (TR).
- If you choose Lead, you will only be able to score climbs that you send on lead.
- If you choose TR, you can score climbs that you send on lead or TR, but there are no bonus points for leading.
Selecting your Target Grade:
- This should be the highest rated climb that you typically send on a day of climbing at the gym, according to the climbing style you select.
- We encourage you to set an aspirational goal! Keep in mind that your target grade should be difficult for you, but doable.
Scoring
- To receive points for a route you must send it cleanly without any takes. If you fall, then you must lower to the ground before starting again for it to count on your league sheets.
- We are NOT doing bonus points for leading. The benefit to leading is that you have more terrain to climb on. Push yourself as you see fit!
- You may "second" a route in the lead-only terrain and get points for that climb.
- You may re-climb a route during league for points two times, however, you will not get the 10 point "unique climb" bonus on your second climb.
- Your team score is the total points between you and your partner.
- To make Sport League more flexible and fair for everyone, we've updated the scoring this year. Each climber will have 6 scoring opportunities: 5 weekly league scores and 1 optional outdoor score (your top 3 outdoor climbs completed during league). At the end of the season, we'll count your best 4 scores. This means the outdoor score is completely optional. It gives outdoor climbers another scoring opportunity, while ensuring those who don't climb outside aren't at a disadvantage.
Your personal score each week will be the sum of the 3 hardest climbs you send clean. You must climb all of your week's climbs within the same session on the same day. Keep in mind that if you set your target grade accurately, not all 3 of your climbs are likely to be at or above your target grade. Put another way, if you consistently are sending climbs above your target grade, then you should have set your target grade higher - and you can expect that in the end your score will be adjusted to reflect this.
As you enter the routes on your scoresheet we'll give you the score you receive for each climb based on that target grade. If you climb a route at your target grade you get 100 points. Each grade above or below your target grade changes your score by 10 points.
(For example, if my target grade is 5.11 and I climb a 5.11- I'll get 90 points for that climb. But if I climb a 5.12- (which is 2 +/- grades above 5.11) I get 120 points.)
Points Per Send Based on Climber Target Grade
| Points | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.10- | 5.10 | 5.10+ | 5.11- | 5.11 | 5.11+ | 5.12- | 5.12 | 5.12+ | 5.13- | 5.13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.10- | 5.10 | 5.10+ | 5.11- | 5.11 | ||||
| 1 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.10- | 5.10 | 5.10+ | 5.11- | 5.11 | 5.11+ | |||
| 1 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.10- | 5.10 | 5.10+ | 5.11- | 5.11 | 5.11+ | 5.12- | ||
| 70 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.10- | 5.10 | 5.10+ | 5.11- | 5.11 | 5.11+ | 5.12- | 5.12 | |
| 80 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.10- | 5.10 | 5.10+ | 5.11- | 5.11 | 5.11+ | 5.12- | 5.12 | 5.12+ |
| 90 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.10- | 5.10 | 5.10+ | 5.11- | 5.11 | 5.11+ | 5.12- | 5.12 | 5.12+ | 5.13- |
| 100 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.10- | 5.10 | 5.10+ | 5.11- | 5.11 | 5.11+ | 5.12- | 5.12 | 5.12+ | 5.13- | 5.13 |
| 110 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.10- | 5.10 | 5.10+ | 5.11- | 5.11 | 5.11+ | 5.12- | 5.12 | 5.12+ | 5.13- | 5.13 | 5.13+ |
| 120 | 5.9 | 5.10- | 5.10 | 5.10+ | 5.11- | 5.11 | 5.11+ | 5.12- | 5.12 | 5.12+ | 5.13- | 5.13 | 5.13+ | 5.14- |
| 130 | 5.10- | 5.10 | 5.10+ | 5.11- | 5.11 | 5.11+ | 5.12- | 5.12 | 5.12+ | 5.13- | 5.13 | 5.13+ | 5.14- | |
| 140 | 5.10 | 5.10+ | 5.11- | 5.11 | 5.11+ | 5.12- | 5.12 | 5.12+ | 5.13- | 5.13 | 5.13+ | 5.14- |
Getting Bumped:
After Week 3 and after Week 5 of league, we'll evaluate what grades you actually climbed determine what your real target grade should have been and recalculate all of your scores based on that new target grade. We'll basically throw out your outlying highest and lowest grades and set the target grade one or two +/- grades above middle grades you climbed. If you hit your target, your score will stay the same. If you climbed well above or below your target grade, we will adjust your score accordingly. We will do our best not to bump you unless you are climbing well above or below your target grade.
Google Sheets
Each participant will receive a link to their own personal online Google Sheet for tracking their climbs. The only section of the Google Sheet tabs that will be editable will be the one for the current week and any bonus challenges. Paper scorecards will be available, but please only use them if you don't have a way to use the Google sheet. If you have any questions about the Google Sheet, ask the desk staff to show you how to use it. After you climb a route you'll enter the number of the route (from the start tag). Also have your witness (probably your climbing partner), enter their initials next to that.
Your sheet will also show you the routes your partner has logged, and their score.
Team scores will be pulled together each week on Monday and a leaderboard will be posted here on this webpage.
League Archives
Find all the results and photos from our past bouldering and sport leagues here!