14 WAC Magazine | wac.net
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handball / stair racing
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WAC fitness instructor Debbie Officer has spent a lot of time
looking up in recent months. Her hard work on the main
stairwell inside the WAC Clubhouse helped her emerge as one
of the world's top stair racers. is past November, Debbie
competed in SkyRise Chicago at the Willis Tower, climbing
103 flights of stairs in 19 minutes and 26 seconds, good for
ninth place among all women and second in her age group.
ree weeks later, she went even higher, climbing 119 flights in
26 minutes and 49 seconds to place 16th among all women at
the Towerrunning World Association final, held inside China's
Shanghai Tower, the second-tallest building in the world.
Debbie teaches cycle and boot camp classes at the WAC.
Handball Classic
Roughly 80 handball players from the Northwest and around
the country will serve it up at the annual WAC Handball Clas-
sic, set for Friday–Sunday, January 17–19. is event is one of
the biggest on the national handball circuit, and WAC mem-
bers are invited to attend as spectators. Matches will take place
on courts around the Club. For more information, contact
WAC Athletic Programs Manager Darin Barr at dbarr@wac.net
or call 206.464.3074.
u The WAC's Debbie Officer competed in many stairclimbing events in 2019.
Here she is pictured in the national championships in Las Vegas.
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