TDB Nationals Final Results
Hey team.
Just sneaking around the interweb and saw a few posts about the final results. Couldn’t find the full results (not sneaky enough) but here are the top 3 in each category:
Women’s
1. Clarrie Lam
2. Elise Sethna
3. Melissa Lacasse
Men’s
1. Sean McColl
2. Yves Gravelle
3. Terry Paholek
These are the provisional results apparently, so don’t get all cranky if there is a mistake.
Stacey ended up finishing 4th. A strong finish for a girl making a comeback in the world of competition rock climbing. She admitted she was a tad bit upset, but when I chatted with her she was all happy and ready to enjoy friends and bubbly drinks at the afterparty. There seems to be a theme with the comeback girls lately. Angie Payne made quite the show last weekend at the ‘Battle in the Bubble’ in Boulder, CO, just barely conceding to Alex Puccio on the final problem. She’s apparently been out for the game for quite a while due to an intense injury. It’s all very inspiring to watch these girls perservere and come back strong.
On another note, I also heard that the prize money for this competition was given for up the 6 places in the Men’s category and only up to 3 places in the Women’s. Don’t quote me on these exact numbers by the way. In any case, it is an interesting situation. There were 44 men registered in the competition while only 15 girls entered. That is a whopping big difference. And in that respect, then perhaps it is fair to give more money for guys? BUT..think about it. Girlies don’t have a choice to be girlies. They just are. They cannot control how many of their sex enters into a competition. They try just a hard as the guys to earn their ranking at the end. So how come they should get penalized for this? Also, prize money is normally given out equally to both men and women through out the TDB circuit. Prize money is not controlled by the TDB, but rather the gyms that hold the comps. And there normally is alot more men than women at any given competition. So it seems to be out of the ordinary, and may be why it is causing a bit of an upset.
Just something to think about. I’m sure there will be lot’s of debate on the subject. There are always two sides to the story. In my opinion, I would say that it is unfair to give less money to the girls. But I am a girlie. So I’m a tad bit biased. Anyways, your thoughts ladies and gents?
May 24th, 2010 at 7:30 am
Good one for calling them out about the prize money. If that’s true then I think that’s totally ridiculous and unfair. If I were the 4th, 5th and 6th placed men, I’d split my winnings with my respective female competitors to make things right.
May 24th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Hey Vicki! Hope you’re doing well! That’s an interesting thought you’ve thrown out there. I’m not sure where I stand on the issue also being a girlie… But here’s a look at the stats- 6/44 is a 15.6% chance of a guy winning prize money and 3/15 is a 20% chance of a girl winning prize money (at all, any place) so the girls still have a better chance of winning prize money even if more is given out to the guys… But then why are people competing? For the money? For ranks? Or for fun? If the first, then this is more equal, for ranks, well, they don’t change… and for fun? Then we don’t care! Ta ta! Hope to see you ’round the rockies soon!!!!
May 25th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Hey, Vikki, I followed this link in through facebook. I’ll check out the prize money discrepancy. The CEC has had a policy for over 10 years now that all sanctioned competitions need to offer equal prize money to women and men. The requirement includes an equal number of prizes to an equal number of final places, as well. It’s not like in the Olympics or anything, where the men get gold, silver, and bronze medals, and the women only get gold and silver
Though, it may be too late to sort it all out for this event.
May 25th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Thanks for the comments everyone. Dave, that is interesting. I was unaware that the CEC had such a policy. Thanks for your consideration!