Blue Spruce Park
Orienteering Meet
20 August 2017
It was a warm, sunny day, perhaps a little too warm for the late
starters. Nevertheless, everyone seemed to have a good time and liked the courses that Sherry Shank set.
A few people noted the thick vegetation in some places; but that
is to be expected with August orienteering. We had 35 starts with
a total participation of 43 people. The number of beginner
starts was rather disappointing; but the number of advanced starts was
higher than expected and included several participants from other
clubs. Still, 35 starts is pretty good for an event this far from
Pittsburgh.
If you look at the split times for the Advanced Long (Red) course,
there is something unusual to note. The fastest times for each
leg of the two advanced courses are highlighted in red in the splits
listing (link is given below). For the Advanced Long course, five
different participants were the fastest on at least one leg of the
course; and the person who finished in first place was not one of them.
This can be attributed to two of the faster people being
disqualified for mispunching one control.
Thanks to Laurie Opila, Rayden Sorock, and Eric Steinbring for running
registration. Thanks to Kelly Sottile and James Fenn for helping
with start/finish. Thanks to Yaki Barak, Alexis Shank, Gordon
Huang, Jett Downey, and Sherry Shank for picking up the controls.
You can view the splits here
You can see the photos that Alexis Rzewski took here
Note: only a few of the photos show participants.
The next WPOC sponsored event will be on September 10 at Keystone State Park.
| 170820 Blue Spruce |
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| results |
created by Ór |
| Name | Notes | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Carl Speer | | | 26:17 |
| 2 | Tammy Greene (3) | | | 49:02 |
| 3 | Margaret Biglan | | | 64:12 |
| Loretta Opila | Found 5 controls; finished at 58:09 | WPOC | DNF |
| Name | Notes | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Alexis Rzewski | | WPOC | 37:56 |
| 2 | Naomi & James | | WPOC | 55:27 |
| 3 | Lora Lattanzi | | BROC | 57:37 |
| 4 | Carl Speer | | | 58:23 |
| 5 | Joseph Briggs (2) | | | 80:05 |
| 6 | Tom & Linda Gray | | WPOC | 88:09 |
| 7 | Giuseppina Mecchia | | WPOC | 98:57 |
| 8 | Christina Nowak | | | 124:47 |
| 9 | Jamie Rosensteel (2) | | | 158:17 |
| 10 | Kelly Sottile | | WPOC | 166:49 |
| Eric Steinbring | Found 3 controls; finished at 60:05 | WPOC | DNF |
| Name | Notes | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Philip Allen (2) | | | 107:04 |
| Tali Shalom Barak | Found 4 controls; finished at 159:55 | WPOC | DNF |
| Christy Homan (2) | Found 2 controls; finished at 159:26 | | DNF |
| Name | Notes | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Andy Strat (2) | | WPOC | 52:59 |
| 2 | Alexis Shank | | WPOC | 63:51 |
| 3 | Joe Logan | | WPOC | 81:40 |
| 4 | Rayden Sorock | | WPOC | 92:00 |
| 5 | Drew & Kayla Molchany | | | 136:33 |
| Ryan & Ramey Roppel | Found 3 controls; finished at 103:00 | | DNF |
| Name | Notes | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Ryan Knecht | | WPOC | 87:50 |
| 2 | Kevin Fisher | | SMOC | 88:02 |
| 3 | Katrina Weinmann | | WPOC | 89:11 |
| 4 | Sydney Fisher | | SMOC | 96:21 |
| 5 | Kevin Fleischmann | | | 148:52 |
| 6 | Gordon Huang | | WPOC | 171:27 |
| 7 | Yaki Barak | | WPOC | 180:01 |
| 8 | Andy Mowrey | | WPOC | 187:48 |
| Alexis Rzewski | Mispunched control #14; finished at 88:48 | WPOC | DSQ |
| Jett Downey | Found 8 controls; finished at 222:09 | WPOC | DNF |
| Mark Lattanzi | Mispunched control #14; finished at 79:46 | BROC | DSQ |