Yellow Creek State Park (South Side)
Orienteering Meet
6 October 2019
It was a very overcast day with a few spritzes of rain and a
temperature in the low 60's - all in all, a good day for orienteering.
We had quite a good turnout with 40 starts and 66 participants.
This included a large group from a JROTC program that wants to
form an orienteering club. About one third of the people who
preregistered for the event decided not to come, perhaps the threat of
rain kept them away.
Jim Wolfe designed the five courses. He advertised the Novice
course as a challenge for those who only had beginner experience; and
it was, with finishing times generally an hour and a half. The
JROTC cadets constituted most of the starts on the Beginner course; but
this was their first real experience orienteering so times were a bit
slow. Winning times on the Intermediate and Advanced Short
courses were about as expected. On the Advanced Long course,
there was a real battle between Katrina and Ryan. Ryan led
through the first eight controls and then Katrina took over in the
middle of the
course as she led the rest of the way - see the splits. The
winning time was a little longer than was expected but not much.
Thanks to Laurie Opila, Debbie Stiles, Andy Strat and Ryan Knecht for
handling registration. Thanks to Mark Puda, Sherry Shank and Jen
Livingston for doing start/finish. Thanks to Jen Livingston and
Joe Logan for offering instruction. And thanks to Christee &
John Homan, Dave Battista, Ryan Knecht and Alexis Rzewski for doing
control pickup.
The next WPOC event will be at Laurel Hill State Park on October 27.
To see the split times for everyone on all courses, go here
| 191006 Yellow Creek |
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| results |
created by Ór |
| Name | Notes | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Dead Enders (2) | | JROTC | 57:39 |
| 2 | Marjorie Cronin | | | 59:55 |
| 3 | And I Ooop (2) | | JROTC | 61:54 |
| 4 | Mary Sleppy | | WPOC | 64:33 |
| 5 | Unicorns (2) | | JROTC | 67:09 |
| 6 | Ron Stewart (3) | | | 69:59 |
| 7 | Ryan Champagne (2) | | | 73:43 |
| 8 | Black Eagles (2) | | JROTC | 78:03 |
| 9 | Kirill & Lorina Kiselyov | | WPOC | 91:41 |
| 10 | Team Freeman (2) | | JROTC | 103:45 |
| Bruce & Everett Newkirk | Found 7 controls; finished at 125:57 | | DNF |
| Peanut Butter (2) | Found 4 controls; finished at 58:38 | JROTC | DNF |
| Name | Notes | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Amanda & Yahaira Ramirez | | | 85:12 |
| 2 | Katrina Haidari | | | 88:15 |
| 3 | Tatarinov (4) | | | 98:56 |
| 4 | Michael George (4) | | | 118:43 |
| Giuseppina Mecchia | Mispunched #9; finished at 146:11 | WPOC | DSQ |
| Pat & Brigette Petersen | Found 1 control; finished at 106:51 | | DNF |
| Fairy Tale (2) | Found 7 controls; finished at 154:10 | JROTC | DNF |
| Alexis Rzewski | Did not download | WPOC | DSQ |
| Name | Notes | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Matthew Hasselfield & Hannah Schreier | | | 69:07 |
| 2 | Debbie Stiles | | WPOC | 122:22 |
| 3 | Vitro (2) | | WPOC | 139:12 |
| 4 | Mark Puda | | WPOC | 151:53 |
| 5 | Christina Nowak | | | 170:04 |
| Christee & John Homan | Found 6 controls; finished at 135:44 | WPOC | DNF |
| Name | Notes | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Andy Strat | M21 | WPOC | 51:30 |
| 2 | Tim Spang | M40 | WPOC | 72:36 |
| 3 | Edna Spang | | WPOC | 100:51 |
| 4 | Ryan and Ivan | | | 119:46 |
| 5 | Tanja & Noah Peterson | | | 153:13 |
| 6 | Brian Petersen (2) | | | 159:08 |
| Loretta Opila | Found 7 ccontrols; finished at 132:47 | WPOC | DNF |
| Joe Logan | Skipped control #10; finished at 103:34 | WPOC | DSQ |
| Name | Class | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Katrina Weinmann | W21 | WPOC | 67:28 |
| 2 | Ryan Knecht | M40 | WPOC | 68:18 |
| 3 | Alexis Rzewski | M40 | WPOC | 80:37 |
| 4 | Sherry & Alexis Shank | W55 | WPOC | 109:14 |
| 5 | Dave Battista | | WPOC | 115:36 |
| 6 | Paul Sleppy | | WPOC | 178:58 |