Woodbridge High Senior Wins Gold Medal In Speed Climbing

When it comes to fearfulness of heights, Maddi Haferling was calved pinch nan other cistron — loving heights.

The Woodbridge High elder started climbing a doorway astatine location astatine property 4 trying to scope a pull-up bar. By 10, she was signed up for a climbing academy. At 17, she won a golden badge successful speed climbing past week astatine nan USU19 National Championship successful Salt Lake City.

On Thursday, she leaves for Arco, Italy, to compete astatine nan Youth World Championships.

“It’s beautiful cool,” she said.

At 5 feet tall, her situation is climbing a standardized 15-meter wall people and finishing pinch nan fastest clip going against an force climbing an identical course. She’s attached to a information statement successful lawsuit there’s a fall.

“Being a climber, I person a batch of spot that oust don’t have,” Haferling said. “I tin do 25 pull-ups that tin impressment you.”

So what happens if a Woodbridge shot subordinate challenges her to a pull-up contest?

“I deliberation they cognize they’d lose,” she said.

She trains 5 days a week, 3 hours a time astatine a Santa Ana climbing installation lifting weights and practicing velocity climbing techniques pinch different squad members.

“It’s bully I tin push myself successful a athletics and perpetrate to something,” she said. “Being connected a squad is amazing.”