Recap
At the beginning of this week, the weather forecast was 50-60% chance of rain in the morning, but (everybody must have been good boys & girls) it kept delaying. And we could enjoy beautiful morning at a beautiful park. The humidity was a little high, though, it gave runners a little tough time. As entry level event director, I am personally pleased that I could serve cold drinks when participants came back all sweaty and red faced. ☺
Usually, a Score event uses same map for everybody. But, our thoughtful and considerate course designer, Howard Montgomery decided to have entry level course for newbies. (so they don’t get overwhelmed by a big map with bunch of difficult controls.)
Course designer’s note:
The entry level course, called the Novice, included 16 controls —both on trail and a short distance into the woods. It was constructed to be cleared. 320 points total.
The competitive course, the Full Scramble, contained 31 controls that were spread across all quadrants of the park. Because of the small acreage, combined with the score-style, most every control attack could be approached as a sprint unless the participant consciously designed her own long leg out of the landscape of controls she could select. Multiple course clearings was anticipated. (editor’s note: but it didn’t happen on the Full Scramble). 800 points total.
I did not necessarily value the furthest, hardest controls with the highest point values in all cases. This was on purpose. If you’ve ever watched a child find a fifty pointer or a couple of friends on their first time do the same, then you understand. 😉
We had total 28 team/individual with 37 participants.
Volunteers
Thank you, all volunteers!
- Event Director: Sanae Rogers
- Course Designer: Howard Montgomery
- Course Setter: Howard Montgomery
- Registrar: Mike and Justine Avery
- E-Punch Handler: Fred Mailey
- Control Pickup: Jay Smink, Rich Davies, Bob Turanchik, Karen Birt, Sanae Rogers
Results
Pos. Name Club Class Gross Penalty Time Score 1 Robert Boltz NEOOC Full 790 0 84:43 790 2 Carl-Mike Selig NEOOC Full 780 0 73:19 780 3 Mantas Dmukauskas NEOOC Full 730 0 88:35 730 4 Bob Turanchik NEOOC Full 740 15 92:11 725 5 Steve Hughes NEOOC Full 720 0 87:30 720 6 KathyJo Rufener NEOOC Full 700 5 90:22 695 7 Jay Smink NEOOC Full 690 0 80:53 690 8 Sandra Albro NEOOC Full 640 0 80:04 640 9 Tom Fritsch NEOOC Full 630 0 84:51 630 10 Fred Mailey NEOOC Full 590 0 85:27 590 11 Jonathan Bond NEOOC Full 590 5 90:13 585 12 Kelleigh Miller NEOOC Full 530 0 80:44 530 13 Oliver Sah NEOOC Full 520 0 81:09 520 14 Emily Kullman NEOOC Full 480 0 89:43 480 15 Eric Marotta NEOOC Full 470 5 90:11 465 16 Jim-M Hagle NEOOC Full 450 0 81:23 450 17 A Roberts NEOOC Full 460 25 94:02 435 18 Mike Avery NEOOC Full 430 0 83:39 430 19 Richard Davies NEOOC Full 410 0 88:43 410 20 Eric Walters NEOOC Full 460 95 108:02 365 21 Peter Johnson NEOOC Novice 320 0 51:33 320 21 Byron Sah NEOOC Novice 320 0 53:35 320 21 Robin Richmond NEOOC Novice 320 0 58:30 320 21 Carly Green NEOOC Novice 320 0 79:43 320 25 Mike Maslowski NEOOC Novice 300 0 58:35 300 25 Lauren Wooler NEOOC Novice 300 0 72:47 300 27 Justine Avery NEOOC Novice 220 0 85:09 220 28 Karen Birt NEOOC Novice 170 0 40:05 170
Note: some total scores reflect additional points due to Orienteers punching controls not on their course. This has been corrected in a few cases when the individual or team pointed out their extra punch(es) to the staff. The remaining extra punches will be left “as is”. Giving people credit for what they found. But note this is not standard practice. In the future, the scoring software will be updated to eliminate any extra punches.
Resources
Link for QuickRoute Images, AttackPoint, etc.
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