Frick Park
Orienteering Meet
16 September 2018

It was a warm day for mid-September, temperature in the low 80's.  The weather seemed to encourage people to turnout.  128 people showed up and went out on 74 starts.  We even had 12 individuals or groups go out on  two courses; this is an unusually high number even for Frick Park events.  Everyone seemed to have a good time

Kevin and Sydney Fisher designed the courses.  Based on the winning times and the number of DNFs, it looks like the Beginner course and the Advanced Long course were right on in terms of difficulty.  The Novice course and the Advanced Short course were a bit too difficult with long finish times on both and a significant number of DNFs on the Novice course.  The Intermediate course was also about right in terms of difficulty; it often has a significant number of DNFs as people try this course before they are ready for it.  Kevin's one comment is that if he had realized that so many people would try two courses he would have added a few controls so that some controls were not used on multiple courses.

Thanks to Yaki Barak for vetting the courses.  Thanks to James Fenn, Jim Trautmann, Sherry Shank, Laurie Opila and Jen Livingston for handling registration.  Thanks to Katrina Weinmann and Yaki Barak for helping with start/finish.  Thanks to Naomi Jarvis, Jen Livingston and Joe Logan for conducting instruction; Kevin also put in a little instructor time - the instructors were kept busy all day.  And thanks to Ryan Knecht, Alexis Rzewski, Joe Logan and Kevin Fisher for doing control pickup.  Also, thanks to Abel Sun and Will Levine for helping carry all the stuff from the parking area to the shelter.

You can view the photos that Alexis took here

The next WPOC sponsored orienteering event will take place on the streets of Beaver on October 6


Beginner (White) Course              1.8 km                75 m of climb
Name Notes Club Time
1 The Lapkowicz's (2) 30:00
2 Ana Paula Vizcaya Hernandez (4) 38:20
3 Franco Smigiel (2) 39:56
4 Debbie Stiles 40:03
5 Kristi Woolsey (3) 42:48
6 Jackson (2) 50:47
7 Josue Orellana (3) 50:48
8 Anna Voorhees (2) 51:40
9 Caleb Schmidt (3) 52:28
10 Ward (2) 54:18
11 Donkey Teeth (3) 60:02
12 Max Runners (4) 60:10
13 Brettlyn Toma (3) 62:06
14 Jeff Krystek 62:17
15 T2 (2) 69:14
16 Ananya Uppal (4) 69:36
17 Brian & Leo Hattenbach (3) 73:33
18 Debsoumya Chakarborti 74:00
19 Relda Willey & Mireille Mgokion 74:23
20 Ian Alexander (3) 74:52
21 Maitake (3) 75:06
22 Pam & Jean 77:40
23 Fabiola Prieto (4) 98:20
Yanov (4) Missed control #3; finished at 69:04 DSQ
Hazel Virdo (2) Found one control; finished at 12:50 WPOC DNF


Novice (Yellow) course                        2.6 km        130 m  of climb
Name Notes Club Time
1 Rose Saville-Iksic 64:09
2 Lee Saville-Iksic 65:58
3 Niko Drake McLaughlin (2) 92:39
4 Alexey Tatarinov (3) 95:55
5 Cool Busters (2) WPOC 103:54
6 Brewer (2) 109:36
7 Ananya Uppal (4) 111:27
8 Juan Carlos & Jonas 112:10
9 Pam & Jean 112:54
10 Franco Smigiel (2) 114:10
11 Drew & Kayla 137:13
12 Jan & Ken Janowitz 137:49
13 Tali Shalom WPOC 143:40
14 Annililators (4) 145:35
Hazel Virdo & David Devine Found 8 controls; finished at 99:12 WPOC DNF
Nicholas Taylor (4) Found 8 controls; finished at 109:52 DNF
Christina Nowak Found 7 controls; finished at 146:57 DNF
Debbie Stiles Found 6 controls; finished at 87:27 DNF
Debsoumya Chakraborti (2) Found 6 controls; finished at 171:10 DNF
Brian hattenbach (3) Found 3 controls; finished at 58:10 DNF


Intermediate (Orange) Course                4.2 km        210 m of climb
Name Notes Club Time
1 Alexis Shank WPOC 57:03
2 The Lapkowicz's (2) 104:23
3 Carlos Gonzales 131:41
4 Bert Davis 139:12
5 Charley George 204:31
Wrage (3) Found 10 controls; finished at 148:23 DNF
Michael Anastos Found 9 controls; finished at 88:54 DNF
Ana Vizcaya (4) Found 9 controls; finished at 114:48 DNF
Dean Augustin Found 7 controls; finished at 74:07 DNF
Giuseppina Mecchia Found 7 controls; finished at 165:58 WPOC DNF


Advanced Short (Brown) Coutse            4.0 km        190 m of climb
Name Notes Club Time
1 Joe Logan WPOC 86:33
2 Johan Holm 106:46
3 Gary Smyda & Niko Drake McLaughlin 126:23
4 Dank Team WPOC 139:22
5 Abel Sun & Will Levine 174:35
6 John Hohman 181:29
Loretta Opila Found 3 controls; finished at 47:45 WPOC DNF


Advanced Long (Red) Course                6.6 km            295 m of climb
Name Notes Club Time
1 Katrina Weinmann WPOC 72:07
2 Andy Strat WPOC 77:50
3 Alexis Rzewski WPOC 81:27
4 Sherry & Alexis WPOC 108:00
5 James Trautmann WPOC 112:44
6 Its Go Time (2) 113:00
7 Francis Hogle QOC 141:26
8 Naomi & James WPOC 181:08
Michael Brown Found 14 controls; finished at 216:35 DNF
Andrew Mowrey Found 9 controls; finished at  114:40 WPOC DNF
Dave Battista Found 5 controls; finished at 71:40 WPOC DNF
Melda-Alex-Xin Found 5 controls; finished at 227:32 DNF