It was a warm, sunny day for orienteering. This attracted a good number of participants (88) and 53 starts (several groups did both the white and yellow courses). There were also about 18 participants who were doing orienteering for the first time.
Jim Trautmann was meet director in absentia (he was at his brother's wedding in Bermuda). Judging by the winning times, Jim's courses were about the right length. However, there were a few problems here and there. The 4th and 6th controls on the red course caused a lot of searching as the features were somewhat obscured. And on the white course, two controls were not placed properly - this had the most negative effect on a late starter on that course who was given credit for the control and reported the mis-placements. Other commentary about the courses was generally positive. Many people from the orange and red courses came back with a bunch of seed souvenirs.
The unique feature of the Deer Lakes Event was a 3-leg relay. This was the first time we have tried to stage a relay. Generally, it went well; however, if we do this in the future, we need to rethink the timing for the start of the relay. It turned out that starting at 1:45 led to some chaos at the start/finish area as a lot of regular course finishers decided to come back in the 1:45-2:00 period. There were also several late starters that overlapped with the relay. All this happened to overlap with a newspaper reporter who was interviewing people in the start/finish area - see the link to the article below.
Thanks to Tali Shalom-Barak, Laurie Opila and Ryan Knecht for handling registration. Thanks to Andy Strat and Jerry Agin for handling start/finish. Thanks to Sherry Shank and Naomi Jarvis for doing instruction. Thanks to Alexis Rzewski for putting out controls. And thanks to Gordon Huang, Dave Battista, Kimmo Berg and Joe Logan for helping to pick up the controls.
See Alexis' photos from the event here
The next event will be at Mingo Creek Park on September 7.
White Course 1.8
km 55 m climb 9 controls
| Brett Johns & Kyle Ward | 18:47 | |
| Andrea Klukkerud (3) | 34:00 | |
| Fred Chenot | WPOC | 34:30 |
| Kojzar & Golubski | 45:24 | |
| David & Jennifer Vasil | 48:34 | |
| Alan K, John K, Ben M | Troop 301 | 50:38 |
| Livingston Family (4) | WPOC | 53:06 |
| Luca Rzewski (6) | WPOC | 67:52 |
| Russell Family (5) | 79:31 | |
| Rick & Judy | 96:36 | |
| Hira, Yu, Hiroe | 104:20 | |
| Jeri Wiederkehr | 136:05 | |
| B J Reiher (3) finished about 1 pm | DNS |
Yellow Course
3.3 km 100 m climb 11 controls
| Ryan Knecht | WPOC | 33:46 |
| Erlend Klokkerud | 36:20 | |
| Fred Chenot | WPOC | 48:31 |
| Andrew Kojzar | 49:39 | |
| Adam Golubski | 70:16 | |
| Brett Johns & Kyle Ward | 73:11 | |
| Sarah Martin | 76:00 | |
| Alan K, Ben M, John K | Troop 301 | 80:03 |
| Luca Rzewski | WPOC | 86:06 |
| John & Nancy | 96:31 | |
| Josh, Evan, Arron (4) | WPOC | 142:27 |
| Roman & Jeff (4) | 142:48 | |
| Tali Shalom-Barak - found one control in 44:00 | WPOC | DNF |
Orange Course 4.9 km 140 m climb 12 controls
E-punching was used for this course; see the links below for results and splits. Fastest legs are shown in bold in the listings
Red Course 7.5 km 235 m climb 13 controls
E-punching was used for this course; see the links below for results and splits. Fastest legs are shown in bold in the listings
Relay Results
The requirement was that there had to be either two or three people
per team. Kimmo Berg did not have a partner and so is listed last
as an unofficial team; he ran all three legs himself.
| Leg | Team Member | Length | Climb | Time | Total |
| 1 | Naomi Jarvis | 0.9 km | 25 m | 12:00 | 12:00 |
| 2 | Katrina Weinmann | 1.7 km | 40 m | 23:11 | 35:11 |
| 3 | Joe Logan | 1.0 km | 30 m | 8:19 | 43:30 |
| Leg | Team Member | Length | Climb | Time | Total |
| 1 | Eli & Sam Battista | 0.9 km | 25 m | 10:09 | 10:09 |
| 2 | Bobbi Battista | 1.7 km | 40 m | 48:11 | 58:20 |
| 3 | Dave Battista | 1.0 km | 30 m | 7:16 | 65:36 |
| Leg | Team Member | Length | Climb | Time | Total |
| 1 | Ian & Jen Livingston | 0.9 km | 25 m | 31:41 | 31:41 |
| 2 | Sean & Emma Livingston | 1.7 km | 40 m | 33:40 | 65:21 |
| 3 | Jen Livingston | 1.0 km | 30 m | DNS | DNF |
| Leg | Team Member | Length | Climb | Time | Total |
| 1 | Kimmo Berg | 0.9 km | 25 m | 7:52 | 7:52 |
| 2 | Kimmo Berg | 1.7 km | 40 m | 10:28 | 18:20 |
| 3 | Kimmo Berg | 1.0 km | 30 m | 5:16 | 23:36 |
You can see some photos from the event here
You can read the article that was written about the event
here