It was a rather overcast day with the temperature in the high 50's; but it didn't rain. We had a large turnout with a lot of newbies; in fact, we ran out of White course maps at the end and had to copy one. But many White course participants were treated to an encounter with an unusual non-competitor that positioned himself on the most obvious route between controls #1 and #2 - a large beaver. Many of the novices clearly had a good time and said they would come to our events again.
Dave Battista was meet director. Based on the finishing times, his courses were quite challenging. This was the first event in which we offered a scramble format course; it turned out to be a bit too difficult as several competitors finished with times close to or over 3 hours. A half-scramble was also offered - just do the first half of the scramble. One control (d) was complained about by many competitors; in hindsight, it probably shouldn't have been used because of the thickness of the vegetation surrounding it. Many of the scramble (and half-scramble) competitors did not follow the punching instructions which said, "The clue sheet associates the numbers 4 5 6 and 7 with [the boxed] controls ... to show where you should punch for the controls on the punch card." Instead, several competitors seemed to punch the boxed controls in the order they visited them. These competitors are marked with an asterisk in the results and would technically be disqualified; but because this is the first scramble, their punches were accepted.
Jennifer Livingston set up a string-O course for the younger children. A number of them did the course before or after spending some time on the swing set and/or going out with their parents on a regular course..
We had one new person join; Brittany Breier became our first junior member - welcome Brittany.
Thanks to Dave Torick, Brittany Breier, Janice Shields, Jason Maruccio, Alexis Rzewski, Jen Livingston and Loretta Opila for handling registration. Thanks to Joe Logan and Terry Gillis for handling start/finish. And thanks to Paul Sutcliffe, Joe Logan and Alexis Rzewski for helping to pick up the controls.
Here are the photos that Alexis took at the event.
The next meet will be a night event at Camp Seph Mack on October 24.
White Course 1.7 km
40 m climb 9 controls
| Jesse & Donna Loatman | 30:26 | |
| Jackson Perry | Indian Guides | 30:40 |
| Luca Rzewski | WPOC | 32:00 |
| Katrina & Emma | WPOC | 49:00 |
| Beegle (2) | 50:22 | |
| Lamisons (3) | 54:09 | |
| Ron Becher | 54:37 | |
| Kukieza Family (4) | 55:10 | |
| Rose (3) | 55:14 | |
| Heather Young (4) | 58:20 | |
| Ritter (2) | 58:20 | |
| Steelers (4) | 58:50 | |
| Hugh & Hugh (4) | 58:55 | |
| Dennis & Jordan | 59:40 | |
| Doug & Nolan (3) | 60:47 | |
| River Icenhour (4) | Troop 495 | 76:00 |
| Shea & Pahri Cullen | 76:28 | |
| Greiner (2) | 77:15 | |
| Blue Jays & theScorpion (4) | 79:22 | |
| Battista Family (3) | 80:25 | |
| Todd Turner (3) | 81:50 | |
| Stacy Bell (3) | 84:53 | |
| John Barnett (3) | 85:33 | |
| The Breier Bunch | WPOC | 87:35 |
Yellow Course 2.75 km
80 m climb 10 controls
| Matteo Pesenti (2) | 65:13 | |
| Patty Murtha | 68:36 | |
| Giuseppina Mecchia (2) | WPOC | 75:53 |
| Augustine (2) | WPOC | 83:30 |
| Dave Matlin & Rachel Bieber | 83:55 | |
| Riley Lamison & Jarek (4) | 89:47 | |
| Steelers (4) | 92:07 | |
| Flaming Mongoose (4) | 111:26 | |
| Chesky (4) | 111:53 | |
| Phoenix Group (5) | 112:46 | |
| Alpha Wolf (4) | 114:15 | |
| Tuscan Raiders | WPOC | 122:37 |
Orange Course 3.7 km
150 m climb 9 controls
| Joe Logan | WPOC | 81:51 |
| Paul & Kathy Sutcliffe | WPOC | 91:36 |
| Jason Maruccio | WPOC | 92:53 |
| Luca Rzewski (2) | WPOC | 94:22 |
| Andrew Shissler & Steve Thomas | 98:42 | |
| Tim, Nathan, Ryan | WPOC | 104:36 |
| Ian, Keith, Frances Irvin | 115:48 | |
| Loretta Opila | WPOC | 119:57 |
| James Tremblay | 123:20 | |
| Joan Ferraro | WPOC | 135:10 |
| Roger Stoffregen found 5 controls in 67:37 | DNF |
Half Scramble 4.5
km about 250 m climb 9 controls
| Mark Desnoyer * | 88:54 | |
| Thomas Latoza * | CMU | 173:50 |
| M.C. Tschantz * | CMU | 175:50 |
| Terry Gillis found 8 controls in 190:27 * | WPOC | DNF |
Scramble Course 8.4 km
about 450 m climb 16 controls
| Alexis Rzewski * | WPOC | 95:28 |
| Jim Troutmann * | WPOC | 132:18 |
| Fedya Kleshchev | ORCA | 145:21 |
| Mike & Diana Lorenz | WPOC | 171:10 |
| Frank Ferraro | WPOC | 172:43 |
| Ethan Goldblum | CMU | 185:56 |
| Samarth Bhargara | CMU | 185:56 |
| John Hinderliter * | WPOC | 226:44 |