Laurel Ridge State Park
Ski Orienteering Event
21 January 2024
It was a cold day (only 10-19 degrees) with a lot of snow on the ground - finally some weather appropriate for ski orienteering.
We had a very good turnout with 22 official starts and 39 participants.
There were three other people who went out on the Medium
course on their own. They wanted to be normal participants but
had to wait for almost 2 hours trying to rent skis - the concession was
very busy.
Naomi Jarvis was the original event director. She designed the
three courses; however, due to an injury, she turned over putting out
the controls to Dave Battista. We had a
couple of people do two courses: Adrian Reyes who won on the
Short course and Joachim Areskar who won on the Medium course.
Also notable was
Sam Shaheen who blazed through the Long course, winning by almost 13 minutes.
Thanks to Mike Lubich for teaching the group of scouts who participated
how to ski. Thanks to Linda King and Laurie Opila for handling
registration. Thanks to Ryan Knecht who
helped with start/finish. And thanks to Dave Battista, Jim Trautmann and Linda King for doing control pickup.
The next WPOC event will be Raccoongaine on March 23; registration for that opens on Feb 1.
Short Course 1.6 km 25 m climb
|
Name |
Notes |
Club |
Time |
| 1 |
Adrian Reyes |
|
|
32:34 |
| 2 |
Marcus Faber |
|
WPOC |
39:00 |
| 2 |
John Michael |
|
|
39:00 |
| 2 |
Mike Wolfe |
|
|
39:00 |
| 5 |
Bob Mckinstry I (4) |
|
WPOC |
57:42 |
| 6 |
Christee Homan (2) |
|
WPOC |
71:12 |
|
Hanna Kim (6) |
Did not return |
|
DNF |
Medium Course 3.0 km 65 m climb
|
Name |
Notes |
Club |
Time |
| 1 |
Joachim Areskar |
|
|
35:32 |
| 2 |
Noel & Laurel |
|
|
65:55 |
| 3 |
James Anglin |
|
|
87:48 |
| 4 |
Adrian Reyes |
|
|
99:00 |
| 5 |
Nathaniel Hazelton (2) |
|
WPOC |
104:05 |
| 6 |
McKinstry II (5) |
|
|
157:43 |
|
Linda King |
Missed last control; finished at 99:27 |
WPOC |
DNF |
|
Michael Lubich (2) |
Missed last control; finished at 111:00 |
|
DNF |
Long Course 6.2 km 125 m climb
|
Name |
Notes |
Club |
Time |
| 1 |
Sam Shaheen |
|
|
56:32 |
| 2 |
Jan Merka |
|
QOC |
69:29 |
| 3 |
Jim Trautmann |
|
WPOC |
74:26 |
| 4 |
Joachim Areskar |
|
|
76:09 |
| 5 |
Dagmar Merkova |
|
QOC |
100:04 |
| 6 |
Jason Miller |
|
|
101:25 |
| 7 |
Keith Irvin (2) |
|
WPOC |
179:12 |