Recap
What An Adventure!
My day started with the short walk through the deep and crusty snow to the start location. The amount of effort to go that 100 or so yards was kind of alarming. I thought to myself, “this could be a long day.” Then I thought, “I’m glad I’m only volunteering and not participating in this one!”
Andreas Johansson came up with a new type of event for us that involved four short courses, all of which overlapped one another and all of which were around 2 km in length. The initial thought was that it should not take much more than an hour for an experienced orienteer to complete all the courses, given their length and relative ease of navigation. We did not take into account the snow.
When the first full course competitor came back from the first of his four loops after about 40 minutes, we realized it could very well be a long day. However, as the day went on and paths to the controls began to get tracked down, the course did seem to get faster. Those who had later starts in the day definitely had an advantage.
It was fun to see participants’ reactions at the end of each course. Weary looks and smiles were equally common. I honestly thought there would be a good number of DNFs, but there were NONE. Instead, I saw satisfaction from everyone when they completed their courses; satisfaction that only comes from finishing something that does not come easy.
Well done, everyone!!!
Please check out the photos that J Smink posted to our Facebook site.
Submitted by Bob Turanchik, Race Director
Volunteers
Special thanks to the following volunteers:
- Andreas Johansson, Course Designer
- Corey Ringle, Finisher, Timer
- Fred Mailey, Timing, Scoring, and Control Collection
- Guy Russ, Check-in
- J Smink, Fire Tender, Control Collector, Photographer, and Interviewer (and thanks to all who took the time to be interviewed. Your feedback was very helpful)
- Steve Wells, Control Collection
Results
FULL Course: 40 controls 8.1 km - Sprints A - B - C - D
Name Controls Time
1 Dave Kostansek 40 77:42
2 Peter Johnson 40 103:22
3 Tod Flak 40 109:38
4 Daniel Gehling 40 117:00
5 Sandra Albro 40 125:33
6 Jonathan Bobel 40 138:02
7 Thunder Slowed 40 143:22
8 Ausshole TrailRunners 40 155:06
Jonathan Boyer 39 99:34 (missed 70 on A)
The MooBears 28 103:12 (A and B plus)
ThreeQ Course: 30 controls 6.2 km - Sprints B - C - D
Name Controls Time
1 Brandon Hopkins 30 112:12 (adjusted)
2 Average Jo 30 119:09
3 Coureurs des-bois 30 126:25
Grey Gang 20 90:45 (B and C only)
HALF Course: 20 controls 3.9 km - Sprints C - D
Name Controls Time
1 Gil Even 20 75:51
2 Alias-Russ Jones 20 100:41 (adjusted)
3 D squad 20 101:22
4 Tim Burdick 20 116:51 (adjusted)
5 Cazza in-the-Woods 20 129:25 (adjusted)
6 David Kulik 20 152:06 (adjusted)
Kelleigh Miller 19 141:40 (missed 75)
Mark Henderson 18 97:36 (missed 72 on C ...)
MINI Course: 10 controls 2.1 km - Sprint D only
Name Controls Time
1 Christina Noetzel 10 44:06
2 Katalin Christy 10 66:01 (adjusted)
Dragon Patrol 9 194:15 (missed 65)
Team Indominus-Rex 8 100:00 (missed 65,62)
Results Notes:
Overall times have been decreased primarily by subtracting out the Map exchange time: The time spent between MAP FINISH (actually Control 60) and MAP START (Actually Control 57).
A few teams/individuals on Sprint D used the MAP FINISH instead
of the correct “final” FINISH in the middle of the field. The MAP FINISH was at the flag pole and NOT used on Sprint D. Check Sprint D map for details. I “adjusted” the these finishes to allow the MAP FINISH to count for the official FINISH.
A few teams/individuals forgot to punch the MAP START after their
Map Exchange or Pickup. I “adjusted” their time for an average map exchange time.
A few teams/individuals confused and then mispunched controls on opposite sides of a building, bridge, or field area. Check the Clue sheets on your maps.