It was the coldest day ever for a WPOC event. The temperature might have made it up to 20o briefly with winds up to 20 mph and intermittent show showers. Had it not been for the annual meeting and social gathering, we might not have had more than half a dozen people. As it was, we had 27 participants and 21 starts with one person (Christy Freeman) even doing two courses.
Jim Wolfe was meet director. He designed four courses, including a red course that almost required getting your feet wet. Naturally, red runners did not want to do that because of the weather. Otherwise, every seemed to be happy about the courses.
In addition to the courses, WPOC had its annual social gathering and general membership meeting. Alexis has provided some photos of the gathering
Thanks to Kit Eagon, Laurie Opila, Dan Marincel and Eric Steinbring for handling registration. Thanks to Sherry Shank, Giuseppina Mecchia and Alxis Rzewski for handling start/finish. Thanks to Joe Logan agreeing to do instruction, although none was needed. And thanks to Dave Battista, Naomi Jarvis & James, Andy Strat and Jim Trautmann for helping to pick up the controls.
The next event will Raccoongaine on 23 March 2014. Thanks to everyone
for another successful year.
White Course 2.4 km
85 m climb 9 controls
| Troop 251 Leaders (2) | Troop 251 | 29:40 |
| The Scarface Snowy Owls (4) | Troop 251 | 33:15 |
| Christy Freeman | WPOC | 39:00 |
| Eric Steinbring | WPOC | 43:59 |
| Owen & Andy Mawrey | 45:42 |
Yellow Course 3.6 km
140 m climb 11 controls
| Fred & Andy Chenot | WPOC | 49:03 |
| Christy Freeman | WPOC | 73:06 |
| Giuseppina Mecchia (2) | WPOC | 92:02 |
| Brett Johns & Sky Barnes | 116:44 | |
| Kit Eagon lost punch card; returned in 145:55 | WPOC | DSQ |
Orange Course 4.2 km
205 m climb 11 controls
| Dan Marincel | WPOC | 60:01 |
| Kevin Peterson | 65:24 | |
| Naomi Jarvis & James | WPOC | 126:22 |
| Sherry Shank mispunched control #8; returned in 84:31 | WPOC | DSQ |
Red Course 6.6 km
255 m climb 15 controls
| Denis Anisimov | 65:12 | |
| Dave Battista | WPOC | 67:30 |
| Andy Strat | WPOC | 74:10 |
| Alexis Rzewski | WPOC | 78:39 |
| Brian Komoroski | 86:57 | |
| Jim Trautmann | WPOC | 96:25 |
| Joe Logan | WPOC | 111:10 |