IUP Co-Op Recreational Park
Orienteering Meet and IUPOC Reunion
30 June 2018


It was a very hot, sunny day.  The temperature hovered around 90 and the humidity was high.  Nevertheless, 40 intrepid folks went out on the courses in 30 starts.  Everyone was warned about the bear in the park; but no one reported seeing it.  The turnout was about average for an event at the Co-Op Park; it is a bit far for many people in Pittsburgh and the heat was certainly a deterrence.  Despite the sweating, everyone seemed to have a good time on the courses.  Most of the people who came for the reunion stayed in the air conditioned lodge most of the time.  They spent much of the time reminiscing.

Mark Frank (organizer of the reunion) set the courses.  They were generally shorter and flatter than the typical course at the Co-Op Park.  He set them that way hoping some of the IUPOC alumni would give a few of the courses a try; only a couple did.  Several scouts successfully negotiated the beginner  course after keeping our instructor busy teaching them  want to do.

Thanks to Laurie Opila, Ryan Knecht, and James Fenn  for handling registration.  Thanks to Joe Logan for doing instruction.  Thanks to Mark Frank and Eric Weyman for placing most of the controls.  Thanks to Lee Bash, Naomi Jarvis, James Fenn, Joe Logan and Petr Hartman for doing control pick up.  And thanks to Mark Frank and Eric Weyman for doing general cleanup after the event.

You can view splits for all participants here

Our next event will also be at the IUP Co-Op Park on August 12.  The courses are expected to have much more typical amounts of climb and distance.


IUPOC Reunion 2018
results created by Ór

                                                                                                                                                               


Beginner Novice Intermediate Adv Short Adv Medium
Beginner            1.7k             55m
NameNotesClubTime
1Petersen (2) 33:33
2Ann Lankey (4) CVOC45:18
3Troop 622 (6) WPOC47:21
4Barbara Johnstone WPOC51:55
5Ben (3) 52:49
6Kevin German (3) 65:04
Russell (3) Found 4 controls; finished at 106:50 DNF
Tim Bidlack Found 6  controls; finished at 30:53 DNF


Novice        2.2k           80m
NameNotesClubTime
1Kat (2) 48:43
2Tim Bidlack 54:37
3Loretta OpilaW65WPOC57:09
4Tali Shalom Barak WPOC96:45


Intermediate        4.6k         155m
NameNotesClubTime
1Sherry ShankW55WPOC69:07
2Barak (2)M55WPOC76:09
3Petersen (2) 96:03
Brett Johns (2) 6 controls out of order; finished at 106:35 DSQ


Adv Short          4.3k           150m
NameNotesClubTime
1Rob Wilkison DVOA59:29
2Tim Gilbert CVOC74:24
3Ken Lappin NEEOC118:44
4Molchany (2) 123:00
5Mark Puda WPOC142:29


Adv Medium       5.6k         175m
NameNotesClubTime
1Katrina WeinmannW21WPOC47:21
2Petr Hartman DVOA52:36
3Ryan KnechtM40WPOC58:10
4Kevin Fleischman 68:49
5Yaki BarakM55WPOC89:18
6Joe LoganM55WPOC89:56
7Naomi Jarvis WPOC99:15
8Lee Bash WPOC156:32
James Fenn Found 10 controls; finished at 83:03WPOCDNF