Raccoon Creek State Park
Raccoongaine XI  3-hour
5 June 2021


It was a Raccoongaine like no other:  displaced from Rec Hall, improvised parking, set up in a small group camp building, temperature in the 80's, forest full of leaves cutting visibility to 10 meters or less in many places and some Covid-19 adjustments.  Nevertheless, the participants made the best of it.  In fact, we had far fewer no-shows than at any past Raccoongaine.

24 of the planned 25  controls were put out.  We could not locate the feature where the 25th was supposed to go - it was a mystery control, so we didn't even bother to tell the participants it was missing.  As usual, there were five controls worth 10 points, five worth 20 points, five worth 30 points, five worth 40 points and five worth 50 points - total of 730 points possible (because of missing one).  There was a  penalty of 11 points per minute late.  We expected scores to be lower than in the past (even though we made the course more compact than last year) because of the heat and vegetation.  31 Teams participated (55 people) - limited because of Covid-19 restrictions.

Many people helped to put on this event:  Sherry Shank and Laurie Opila worked Check-In; Keith and Frances Irvin and Joe Logan managed parking; Joe Logan set out the water stops; Joe also did the finish check off; and Laurie Opila, Giuseppina Mecchia and Joe Logan prepared the food for the participants.  Jim Wolfe handled registration changes, downloading and producing results.  Alexis Rzewski and Jim Wolfe put out the controls.  Lee Bash, Jen Livingston, Alexis Rzewski and Jim Wolfe did control pick-up.

You can follow this link to the Splits    For a results listing that combines all classes, go here

You can analyze your route (or other people's) using Route Gadget  (I don't know why Route Gadget thinks everyone is a DNF)

Here is a link to a little commentary about which controls were visited

Here is a link to the photos that Alexis took at the 3-hour event  
(there will be an additional link to more photos soon)

Finally, here is a link to the Sunday 6-hour results

Alexis wanted me to remind any of the campers we had at our campsite that although we did not ask for any payment for camping, we do accept small donations for camping.  If you are so inclined, you can donate at  WPOC donations  


Raccoongaine XI 3-hr
results created by Ór


EM3 EW3 EB3 MM3 MW3 MB3 VM3 VW3 VB3

EM3        3-hr       

NameClubTimeScoreGross ScorePenaltyBonus
189 Son of AcornheadNone157:1316016000
179 The Stray Gobstoppers 174:0014014000
96 Walsh_Godsen 174:3910010000

EW3        3-hr       

NameClubTimeScoreGross ScorePenaltyBonus
104 Team ShankWPOC176:2222022000

EB3        3-hr       

NameClubTimeScoreGross ScorePenaltyBonus
107 Team Kellogg 181:45208230220
129 Impostors 178:2517017000
194 Irvin TeamWPOC166:2017017000
195 Forest FolkWPOC165:20707000
65 The HomansWPOC178:37707000

MM3        3-hr       

NameClubTimeScoreGross ScorePenaltyBonus
128 Maletich 176:3332032000
133 Yinzer66 176:5032032000
17 IndyXpress Clif Acceleration IndyICO173:2028028000
79 OMAPSHVO182:03247280330
119 Jason Smith 145:5114014000
66 John CumingsQOC204:04-252502750

MW3        3-hr       

NameClubTimeScoreGross ScorePenaltyBonus
67 A. JonesICO181:52278300220
41 Fragile FlowerROC156:3422022000
186 The B Buttons 198:16-159502090

MB3        3-hr       

NameClubTimeScoreGross ScorePenaltyBonus
64 Adventure BearOCIN172:34909000
193 Team Thornton 169:12808000
103 The M Team 113:59404000
190 Crewmates 172:45404000

VM3        3-hr       

NameClubTimeScoreGross ScorePenaltyBonus
191 Boulder Bob BoltzNEOOC172:4726026000
68 Bob FinkDVOA179:5325025000
106 Rob WilkisonDVOA179:2922022000
57 Ohio SoloNEOOC179:1712012000
192 Looney Tunes See Note 1113:50909000
175 Sabich See Note 2180:00303000

Note 1: Looney Tunes called a penalty on himself for going into an out-of-bounds area
and suggested we list him as SPW

Note 2: This team did not Clear and Check. The score is based on the valid punches as
indicated in the splits. The time is estimated.

VW3        3-hr       

NameClubTimeScoreGross ScorePenaltyBonus
188 AcornheadNEOOC171:3210010000

VB3        3-hr       

NameClubTimeScoreGross ScorePenaltyBonus
125 Team ShimizuCOO153:4721021000
69 Kindred Spirits 196:52532401870