Raccoongaine VII - SPORTident results

Raccoon Creek State Park
Raccoongaine VII (20 March 2016)

It was another cold day at Raccoon Creek as the high for the day maybe in the mid 30's. there was a very light snow flurry in the air, not too windy; so, most people regarded it as a good weather day. This year again there was very good cooperation for the participants with respect to parking. Thanks to all the competitors for making an effort at carpooling.

The registration limit was again reached early this year. We had 27 3-hour teams and 62 6-hour teams registered; however, one 3-hour team did not show up and four 6-hour teams did not show up. The format was the same as in previous Raccoongaines: 50 controls with values of 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 (10 controls of each value for a total of 1500 possible points). The penalty for lateness was 10 points per minute. Four mystery controls were not shown on the map (in this case controls 113, 115, 117, and 119) and four other controls (the mother controls, in this case 112, 136, 116, and 118, respectively) had maps to show where the mystery controls were. After arriving at a mother control, competitors could choose to go to the mystery control or not; all mystery controls were 20-point controls.

We had two controls that were problematical. The map at control 140 was incorrect so the control flag was placed on the correct feature; however that was about 60 m from the center of the circle on the map. This problem was noted during control placement and was put in the course notes and map corrections and was announced. The other problem was not discovered until after the race. Control 122 was placed on the wrong reentrant about 150 m from where the map showed it. Amazingly, even with this much displacement, 17 teams found 122. [If your team searched for 122 in vain, let us know and we will adjust your score - sorry, nothing we can do about the lost time.]

Comments about the races:

This year, for the first time, a woman was the overall winner on the 3-hour course: Comin' Over the Mountain with 370 points. Notably, second overall was Rob Wilkison, oldest person on the 3-hour course with 310 points. One team, Red Czars, had a problem with their SI card - they forgot to clear and check it. Their score was determined a couple days later when the download data was reinterpreted; originally, their score was almost -13000.

As he did in 2013, Brian Mayer tore up the 6-hour course, reaching 45 controls (counting #122) and attaining the highest score we have ever had at a Raccoongaine, 1420 points. Hail to the Chimp, last year's winner, was second with 37 controls and 1210 points. There was a three-way tie for third at 1080 points, including Olga Huber (the most successful woman on the 6-hour course) and UNO no DUO (one of our veteran competitors). Brian Mayer was awarded 30 bonus points for reporting #122 as displaced - others can get the same bonus by reporting they searched for and didn't find the control. This year's group on the 6-hour course seemed to be better than last year; there were 7 teams that reached 30 or more controls; last year, there was one.

No surprise, the most visited control was 103, with 130 and 136 not too far behind. Least visited was 137, not a surprise either due to its remoteness. Controls 105, 113, and 142 were tied for second least visited. For the mystery controls, it was a surprise that three teams that went to Mother control 118 did not go to mystery control 119; these controls were only a little over 100 m apart. Five teams went to Mystery control 117 without going to Mother control 116 first; two of these teams must have thought they were at 116 because they never went to 116.

One little bit of analysis. In putting out the controls, I found that going between control 127 and 146 to be extremely taxing, going down and up 60-70 m over a distance of only 400 m. I was curious as to how many teams took this same leg and how long it took them. Thirteen teams took the leg in one direction or the other; their times ranged from about 5 minutes to 36 minutes; I was amazed that UNO no DUO did it in about 8 minutes.

A lot of people helped to make Raccoongaine VII possible. Thanks to Alexis Rzewski for designing the courses and making the awards. Thanks to Dave Battista for vetting the course. Thanks to Joe Logan, John Huffman and Ryan Knecht for controlling parking. Thanks to Sherry Shank and Laurie Opila for dealing with waivers and packets. Thanks to Laurie Opila and Joe Logan for preparing food. Thanks to Joe Logan for putting out the water stops. And thanks to Jen Livingston and Laurie Opila for helping pick up control flags.

Results by category are shown below; to see combined results go here

For the splits, go here

To see the number of visits to each control, go here

You can see Alexis' photos from the event at photos Included in the photos are images of the routes of a bunch of teams - look at the last page.

 


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Elite Men        3-hr        

Name Club Time Score Gross Score Penalty Bonus
3 288 KTN  178:13 280 280 0 0
6 293 Rayden Sorock WPOC 176:49 210 210 0 0
10 295 Operational Success  179:45 170 170 0 0
13 238 Team Immelmann  148:06 160 160 0 0
13 233 The Tall & The Small  176:33 160 160 0 0
15 287 Two Lost Men  169:49 150 150 0 0
19 289 The Shangles  162:26 70 70 0 0
31 292 Red Czars  216:07 -220 150 370 0
Elite Women        3-hr        

Name Club Time Score Gross Score Penalty Bonus
1 291 Comin' Over the Mountains  181:45 370 390 20 0
21 232 Shanks WPOC 197:36 50 230 180 0
25 285 Hartle Girls  175:04 20 20 0 0
Elite Mixed        3-hr        

Name Club Time Score Gross Score Penalty Bonus
4 286 PITT-H3  160:09 250 250 0 0
5 296 Hoods in the Woods  163:08 240 240 0 0
6 224 Honey Badgers  177:53 210 210 0 0
16 231 Team Wildman  172:52 140 140 0 0
19 229 Stormchasers WPOC 183:41 70 110 40 0
21 237 Two U's  169:22 50 50 0 0
Masters Men        3-hr        

Name Club Time Score Gross Score Penalty Bonus
9 294 Jeff Jones  169:47 200 200 0 0
10 298 Andrew Brown  173:57 170 170 0 0
Masters Women        3-hr        

Name Club Time Score Gross Score Penalty Bonus
26 236 Saarlane  233:29 -320 220 540 0
Masters Mixed        3-hr        

Name Club Time Score Gross Score Penalty Bonus
6 235 Doddering Gits  163:19 210 210 0 0
18 290 Team Dawson  150:11 100 100 0 0
Veterans Men        3-hr        

Name Club Time Score Gross Score Penalty Bonus
2 240 Rob Wilkison DVOA 180:50 300 310 10 0
10 297 Stephen Brown WPOC 170:32 170 170 0 0
21 234 Mark Sabich  150:07 50 50 0 0
Veterans Women        3-hr        

Name Club Time Score Gross Score Penalty Bonus
17 239 Smell the Roses WPOC 147:11 120 120 0 0


Elite Men        6-hr        

Name Club Time Score Gross Score Penalty Bonus
1 189 Brian Mayer  356:58 1420 1390 0 30
2 182 Hail to the Chimp  354:23 1210 1210 0 0
8 158 Grand Masters  348:47 960 960 0 0
9 133 MK  346:20 910 910 0 0
11 179 Clint Hartle  346:46 890 890 0 0
14 164 Oh here come our men now sir  351:11 840 840 0 0
28 161 Riley Jane  329:44 580 580 0 0
31 197 TBD  317:36 550 550 0 0
37 146 Gordon Huang WPOC 334:43 390 390 0 0
38 184 Jason Munley  357:39 370 370 0 0
41 141 Sean Sims  356:30 360 360 0 0
50 198 The Raccoons Ate Our Food  353:55 220 220 0 0
58 145 Subhodeep Moitra  270:15 130 130 0 0
Elite Women        6-hr        

Name Club Time Score Gross Score Penalty Bonus
18 139 Erin Rycroft  349:24 770 770 0 0
18 190 Julia Crytzer  361:56 770 790 20 0
22 154 Lisa Storey  366:08 680 750 70 0
33 137 Victorious Seekers  354:06 490 490 0 0
Elite Mixed        6-hr        

Name Club Time Score Gross Score Penalty Bonus
7 151 Topo the Mountain  346:26 990 990 0 0
29 159 Toejam and Girl  353:13 570 570 0 0
30 181 Scrambled Legs WPOC 334:50 560 560 0 0
38 173 Half Minds  333:05 370 370 0 0
43 152 Appalachi Trekkers  324:17 330 330 0 0
44 155 Team Hazelton  331:52 310 310 0 0
48 196 Pap & Pie  328:10 260 260 0 0
Masters Men        6-hr        

Name Club Time Score Gross Score Penalty Bonus
3 135 Wishin I was Fishin  348:43 1080 1080 0 0
6 140 Thomas Rycroft  353:32 1060 1060 0 0
10 153 Todd Pownell NEEOC 374:07 900 1050 150 0
15 171 ThundeRoad Solo  347:47 830 830 0 0
20 178 Ryan Knecht WPOC 325:27 740 740 0 0
23 185 The Black Swamp Boys  378:18 670 860 190 0
26 169 Over the Hills  339:24 600 600 0 0
26 180 Beavis  333:14 600 600 0 0
32 187 John Huffman WPOC 357:34 540 540 0 0
38 136 Snail Trail WPOC 380:25 370 580 210 0
48 163 Mountain Meisters  354:42 260 260 0 0
50 174 Mountain Meisters v2  353:52 220 220 0 0
53 193 Andrew Mowrey  339:33 200 200 0 0
54 165 Pops Shangle  343:57 190 190 0 0
56 191 Doug Crytzer  329:52 150 150 0 0
Masters Women        6-hr        

Name Club Time Score Gross Score Penalty Bonus
3 148 Olga Huber  350:36 1080 1080 0 0
11 176 Team Spang WPOC 346:44 890 890 0 0
21 134 Where's the Finish  343:37 700 700 0 0
25 144 Barbara Niess-May  352:00 660 660 0 0
47 168 Team McP  316:53 290 290 0 0
Masters Mixed        6-hr        

Name Club Time Score Gross Score Penalty Bonus
11 138 BeeRingers  345:18 890 890 0 0
15 172 Thunder Road  347:45 830 830 0 0
34 150 Rogue Penguin  328:44 450 450 0 0
35 162 Swearing at our Bearing  345:43 410 410 0 0
Veterans Men        6-hr        

Name Club Time Score Gross Score Penalty Bonus
3 157 UNO no DOU UNO 354:38 1080 1080 0 0
17 156 Jerry Agin WPOC 353:44 780 780 0 0
41 188 Chuck Borchart  326:36 360 360 0 0
44 192 Ralph Lindzon  346:36 310 310 0 0
57 149 Richard Davies  322:33 140 140 0 0
Veterans Women        6-hr        

Name Club Time Score Gross Score Penalty Bonus
54 166 Moms Shangle  343:54 190 190 0 0
Veterans Mixed        6-hr        

Name Club Time Score Gross Score Penalty Bonus
23 147 Nightcrawlers  354:10 670 670 0 0
36 175 GHOSLO GHO 340:22 400 400 0 0
44 167 Team Lyons  316:12 310 310 0 0
52 160 The Force  361:07 210 230 20 0

	Name	Club	Time	Score	Gross Score	Penalty
3	288 KTN		178:13	280	280	0
6	293 Rayden Sorock	WPOC	176:49	210	210	0
10	295 Operational Success		179:45	170	170	0
13	238 Team Immelmann		148:06	160	160	0
13	233 The Tall & The Small		176:33	160	160	0
15	287 Two Lost Men		169:49	150	150	0
19	289 The Shangles		162:26	70	70	0
31	292 Red Czars		216:07	-220	150	370

	Name	Club	Time	Score	Gross Score	Penalty
1	291 Comin' Over the Mountains		181:45	370	390	20
21	232 Shanks	WPOC	197:36	50	230	180
25	285 Hartle Girls		175:04	20	20	0

	Name	Club	Time	Score	Gross Score	Penalty
4	286 PITT-H3		160:09	250	250	0
5	296 Hoods in the Woods		163:08	240	240	0
6	224 Honey Badgers		177:53	210	210	0
16	231 Team Wildman		172:52	140	140	0
19	229 Stormchasers	WPOC	183:41	70	110	40
21	237 Two U's		169:22	50	50	0

	Name	Club	Time	Score	Gross Score	Penalty	Bonus
9	294 Jeff Jones		169:47	200	200	0	0
10	298 Andrew Brown		173:57	170	170	0	0

	Name	Club	Time	Score	Gross Score	Penalty	Bonus
6	235 Doddering Gits		163:19	210	210	0	0
18	290 Team Dawson		150:11	100	100	0	0

	Name	Club	Time	Score	Gross Score	Penalty
2	240 Rob Wilkison	DVOA	180:50	300	310	10
10	297 Stephen Brown	WPOC	170:32	170	170	0
21	234 Mark Sabich		150:07	50	50	0

	Name	Club	Time	Score	Gross Score	Bonus
1	189 Brian Mayer		356:58	1420	1390	30
2	182 Hail to the Chimp		354:23	1210	1210	0
8	158 Grand Masters		348:47	960	960	0
9	133 MK		346:20	910	910	0
11	179 Clint Hartle		346:46	890	890	0
14	164 Oh here come our men now sir		351:11	840	840	0
28	161 Riley Jane		329:44	580	580	0
31	197 TBD		317:36	550	550	0
37	146 Gordon Huang	WPOC	334:43	390	390	0
38	184 Jason Munley		357:39	370	370	0
41	141 Sean Sims		356:30	360	360	0
50	198 The Raccoons Ate Our Food		353:55	220	220	0
58	145 Subhodeep Moitra		270:15	130	130	0

	Name	Time	Score	Gross Score	Penalty
18	139 Erin Rycroft	349:24	770	770	0
18	190 Julia Crytzer	361:56	770	790	20
22	154 Lisa Storey	366:08	680	750	70
33	137 Victorious Seekers	354:06	490	490	0

	Name	Club	Time	Score	Gross Score
7	151 Topo the Mountain		346:26	990	990
29	159 Toejam and Girl		353:13	570	570
30	181 Scrambled Legs	WPOC	334:50	560	560
38	173 Half Minds		333:05	370	370
43	152 Appalachi Trekkers		324:17	330	330
44	155 Team Hazelton		331:52	310	310
48	196 Pap & Pie		328:10	260	260

	Name	Club	Time	Score	Gross Score	Penalty
3	135 Wishin I was Fishin		348:43	1080	1080	0
6	140 Thomas Rycroft		353:32	1060	1060	0
10	153 Todd Pownell	NEEOC	374:07	900	1050	150
15	171 ThundeRoad Solo		347:47	830	830	0
20	178 Ryan Knecht	WPOC	325:27	740	740	0
23	185 The Black Swamp Boys		378:18	670	860	190
26	169 Over the Hills		339:24	600	600	0
26	180 Beavis		333:14	600	600	0
32	187 John Huffman	WPOC	357:34	540	540	0
38	136 Snail Trail	WPOC	380:25	370	580	210
48	163 Mountain Meisters		354:42	260	260	0
50	174 Mountain Meisters v2		353:52	220	220	0
53	193 Andrew Mowrey		339:33	200	200	0
54	165 Pops Shangle		343:57	190	190	0
56	191 Doug Crytzer		329:52	150	150	0

	Name	Club	Time	Score	Gross Score
3	148 Olga Huber		350:36	1080	1080
11	176 Team Spang	WPOC	346:44	890	890
21	134 Where's the Finish		343:37	700	700
25	144 Barbara Niess-May		352:00	660	660
47	168 Team McP		316:53	290	290

	Name	Time	Score	Gross Score
11	138 BeeRingers	345:18	890	890
15	172 Thunder Road	347:45	830	830
34	150 Rogue Penguin	328:44	450	450
35	162 Swearing at our Bearing	345:43	410	410

	Name	Club	Time	Score	Gross Score
3	157 UNO no DOU	UNO	354:38	1080	1080
17	156 Jerry Agin	WPOC	353:44	780	780
41	188 Chuck Borchart		326:36	360	360
44	192 Ralph Lindzon		346:36	310	310
57	149 Richard Davies		322:33	140	140

	Name	Club	Time	Score	Gross Score	Penalty
23	147 Nightcrawlers		354:10	670	670	0
36	175 GHOSLO	GHO	340:22	400	400	0
44	167 Team Lyons		316:12	310	310	0
52	160 The Force		361:07	210	230	20