Meet Results

  Thanksgiving Recovery Meet

McDowell Nature Preserve | 3-Dec-2005 | James Sisk, meet director.

What a great day to recover from Thanksgiving indulgences! Just ask the 154 participants who enjoyed the crisp fall weather and some rather challenging courses. We had a good contingent of scouts (some of who helped yours truly as a requirement for their orienteering merit badge) and some visitors from as far away as Myrtle Beach. There were even graduates of the recently held Central Piedmont Community College orienteering class. If you’re unaware of this class you can check out the CPCC website at www.cpcc.edu and look for the course -PED169. The course is held every fall & spring semester.

In our continuing efforts to use electronic punching on the advanced courses I can only say that we’re almost there. I’m getting better at e-punch administration, but they still make me wear my "trainee" badge. Sun spots or a vast right/left wing conspiracy caused one control to go bad; but the system still allows for subsequent registration of times & controls. This glitch only makes us more proficient and will help identify contingency requirements for our big upcoming A-meet and Interscholastic Championships in 2006. The club still needs volunteers to learn the electronic punching system. It’s not hard and will help the club immensely.

Participants on the Red Course were reminded that just because a map shows open land (yellow color) that doesn’t mean the area is free of obstacles. Does anyone know what a "wait-a-minute" vine is?

A big shout out to the Mecklenburg Department of Parks & Recreation is in order. Woody and Karen were especially accommodating by providing our shelter and for always being supportive of our sport. Ian Prince, David Alexander, and Bill Ketring are great volunteers and should be thanked for their help as well. Even though they were with us only in spirit – special thanks is also in order to Blair Peery for his understanding of the binary system and to Arnold Willen for his understanding of mystifying Swedish software. I would like to encourage everyone who enjoys the sport of orienteering to consider an active participation with the club and to recruit new members. We can survive only with lots of enthusiastic support. See you in the woods! (see bottom of page for more)

 

White Course — Length in kilometers: 2.24

Rank	Competitor	Finish time
1	Daniel Polk	55:48
2	T74	64:53
3	Trench Rats	70:54
4	Elizabeth Cole	82:45
5	Lawerence Sison	88:15
6	Jamie Ford	89:05
7	Timber Wolves	91:06
8	The Woodchucks	93:50
9	Flaming Arrows	131:48

Yellow Course — Length in kilometers:  2.9

Rank	Competitor	Finish time
1	Alex Savoie	58:11
2	Alex Kendliora	80:16
3	Josh Ingle	84:19
4	Fast Peoples	84:32
5	Speed	85:15
6	Elements	90:55
7	Big Dogs	93:09
8	Eier	97:10
9	SCHS	107:00
10	Landis	117:26
11	Troop 140 #4	117:35
12	Troop 98 #1	120:50
13	Troop 140 #3	131:55
14	The BK’s	136:25
15	Troop 98 #3	152:10
16	Cobras	165:35
17	Pioneers	223:20
	Jesse Howard	DNF
	Ransom	DNF
	Dragons	DNF
	Family Kocher	They enjoyed it

Orange Course — Length in kilometers: 4.7

Rank	Competitor	Finish time
1	Matt Malikowski	111:35
2	Mike Burns	114:00
3	Sun Valley #4	117:53
4	Al Rogers & Katy (unofficial COK mascot)	122:00
5	Sun Valley #2	122:33
6	Jack Furr	139:55
7	Taft Family	152:50
8	Aaron McCoy	154:15
9	Mark & Dan	168:20
10	Barbara (on her first solo run)	191:00
11	Sun Valley #3	202:30
12	Troop 140 #6	206:00
13	Mini Team (corrected)	212:40
14	The Barbarians	219:07
15	Troop 140 #2	239:55
	Rainbow	DNF
	A&D	DNF
	Phyllis T.	DNF
	Troop 140 #1	DNF
	Sun Valley #1	DNF

Brown Course — Length in kilometers: 4.3

Rank	Competitor	Finish time
1	Charles McComas	83:05
2	Stan Parker	89:34
3	Keith Liscinsky	105:34
4	Terese	113:55
5	2 Stooges	154:42
6	Charles Bodkin	199:43
	Dancing Bears	DNF
	Hector Antencio	DNF
	Lane Williamson	DNF
	Ilson	DNF

 

Red Course — Length in kilometers: 6.7

Rank	Competitor	Finish time
1	Joseph Trzicky	86:13
2	Walter Siegenhalter	87:35
3	Charlie Martz	89:30
4	Ian Prince	96:34
5	Dan Davis	127:44
6	Ken Hanson	135:28
7	Matthew Getz	149:08
8	Rob Christian	149:56
9	Jess Greer	161:48
10	Stephen Morris	177:35
11	Bill Kettring	181:30
12	Toby/Jim Kelleher	195:40
	Team Berkley	DNF
	John F.	DNF

 

P.S.   You may notice an extra Special-O course listed at the bottom of this page. It was “special” in that it deviated from standard USOF design criteria. This course was designed to give runners a little more challenge by making route choices very difficult through some rather daunting terrain. Runners had to use their compasses much more because there were no attack points or catch features. The Special-O course was built up from legs from both the Red course and the Brown course.

Webmaster’s Note:  So that would make it what — a Maroon course?

Whatever you say, Webmaster. At any rate, only the Williams took the challenge, so they came in both first place AND last place. Congratulations!

-James Sisk

SPECIAL-O — Length in kilometers: 3.7

Rank	Competitor	Finish time
1	Williams (3)	89:15

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