Laurel Hill State Park
Orienteering Meet
22 October 2017
It was a nice sunny day for orienteering, temperature about 70 (warm
for late October). We had a very good turnout with 45 starts and
77 total participants. A bunch of the participants were a group
of JROTC students from Albert Gallitin HS. They did well,
except for one group that thought they were ready for the Novice course
but were not. Another group from the Explorer's Club of
Pittsburgh tried out a variety of courses mostly doing well on them.
We also had a visitor from a South African club.
Everyone seemed to like Jim Wolfe's courses. The winning times
were what was to be expected and there were very few DNFs. We had
a rare tie for first place on the Advanced Short course with two
others fairly close behind. There was also a lot of competition
on the Advanced Long course. Our South African visitor was doing
exceptionally well on the long course through the first seven controls;
then a few mistakes dropped him out of contention. The splits
highlight the fastest times on the legs for the two advanced courses.
On both courses, the fastest legs were shared among the first
four finishers.
Thanks to Laurie Opila, Tom Gray, Barbara Johnstone and James Fenn for
running registration. Thanks to Linda Gray, Joe Logan and Andy
Strat for doing start/finish. Thanks to Naomi Jarvis for
conducting instruction. And thanks to Rayden Sorock, Andy Strat,
Edna & Tim Spang, Alexis Rzewski and Jason Miller for doing control
pick-up.
You can see the splits here
You can see the photos that Alexis Rzewski took at the event
here
Our next event is the last event of the year: Pine Ridge Park on
November 12. It will be combined with our annual membership
meeting and pot luck meal.
| 171022 Laurel Hill |
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| results |
created by Ór |
| Name | Notes | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Okinena Kusich (5) | | | 39:35 |
| 2 | Caige Moore (4) | | | 40:47 |
| 3 | Brody Nickelson (5) | | | 41:40 |
| 4 | Biglan (2) | | | 41:52 |
| 5 | Sokoveti Mataitoga (4) | | | 51:11 |
| 6 | Loretta Opila | W65 | WPOC | 54:21 |
| 7 | Mary Sleppy | | WPOC | 58:02 |
| 8 | Gordon Huang (3) | | WPOC | 60:20 |
| 9 | Bethany Melvin (6) | | | 79:33 |
| 10 | Kirill Kiselyov (2) | | | 88:50 |
| 11 | Brad Spencer (3) | | | 149:44 |
| Name | Notes | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Jason Miller | | | 37:50 |
| 2 | Brian Hattenbach | | | 39:26 |
| 3 | Jim Burns (2) | | | 50:12 |
| 4 | Mason Risley (2) | | | 69:19 |
| 5 | John Marsh | | | 94:03 |
| 6 | Barbara Johnstone | | WPOC | 95:38 |
| 7 | Bethany Melvin (5) | | | 99:00 |
| 8 | Christina Homan | | WPOC | 109:27 |
| 9 | Kaden Earley (4) | | | 113:22 |
| 10 | Debbie Stiles | | | 165:11 |
| Dean Augustin (3) | Found 7 controls; finished at 86:50 | | DNF |
| Mary Sleppy | No punch for control #2; finished at 108:58 | WPOC | DSQ |
| Travis Reckner (4) | Found 4 controls; finished at 166:45 | | DNF |
| Name | Notes | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Brian Hettenbach | | | 58:09 |
| 2 | James Fenn | | WPOC | 66:50 |
| 3 | Brian Ottinger | | | 82:19 |
| 4 | Tom & Linda Gray | | WPOC | 95:29 |
| 5 | Naomi Jarvis | | WPOC | 100:56 |
| 6 | Andy Shissler (2) | | | 107:41 |
| Giuseppina Mecchia | Found 7 controls; finished at 202:44 | WPOC | DNF |
| Name | Notes | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Joe Logan | M55 | WPOC | 60:22 |
| 1 | Ryan Roppel | | | 60:22 |
| 3 | Jim Burns (2) | | | 64:42 |
| 4 | Brian Ottinger | | | 65:10 |
| 5 | Rayden Sorock | | WPOC | 116:31 |
| 6 | Paul Sleppy | | WPOC | 155:26 |
| Name | Notes | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Katrina Weinmann | W21 | WPOC | 74:28 |
| 2 | Andy Strat | M21 | WPOC | 76:23 |
| 3 | Mark Vernon | | ROC | 82:49 |
| 4 | Alexis Rzewski | M40 | WPOC | 89:11 |
| 5 | Edna Spang | | WPOC | 124:38 |
| 6 | Tim Spang | | WPOC | 125:12 |
| 7 | Phil (3) * | | | 149:51 |
| Jason Miller | Out of order punching; finished at 133:21 | | DSQ |