Meet Results
Meeting, Picnic & Meet
Crowders Mountain State Park | 21-Oct-2006 | James Sisk, meet director.
The COK may have set a record for a local meet – 197 participants! And what a day for that throng to come out and enjoy pristine orienteering weather and some rather daunting terrain. All-in-all it was an extremely good day for orienteering. With both the white and yellow courses, control locations strayed a bit from USOF standards so that folks could stretch their navigational skills a little and get more accustomed to using their compass. Orange course participants had several route selections (all of which required them to climb, climb, & climb). For orange course runners you should remember an essential skill to hone is using ATTACK POINTS and CATCH FEATURES. If you’re unsure how to implement these tactics just ask a seasoned pro at the next meet.
Green course runners were not pleasantly surprised to find nearly all thickets within the park (did the course setter do this on purpose? Of course he did). Unlike former Presidents, I’d like to come clean and make a gesture of contrition. There was a misplaced control on the Green course. Namely, control #7 was off by about 25 meters. I can’t blame it on a vast right (or left) wing conspiracy and I doubt seriously that zombies moved it (although a few do inhabit the park). I can only blame myself. Therefore, anyone who missed that control can get time credit at their next meet. Just check with the time keeper and ask them to subtract 20 minutes from your time…..
Webmasters Note: Yeah, ri-i-ight. We can anticipate an icy wind from Dante's Inferno at about the same time. (In other news: Look! A flying pork chop!)
Much appreciation to David A., Dick D., Don C., Bill K., and the park rangers of Crowders Mountain for their support. Speaking of support, our venerable President mentioned in our annual meeting that the number of participants is growing, but the number of people helping to run meets is diminishing. Please consider becoming more involved with the COK. There are many roles that do not take up a lot of time & effort; and the club never refuses help whatsoever! You can contact David Alexander to find out how you (or your organization) may be able to help keep orienteering alive and strong in the greater Charlotte region.
And on a final note – thanks to Pam & David Alexander for a wonderful BBQ picnic and a great annual membership meeting. See you in the woods.White Course — Length in kilometers: 2.7
Rank Competitor Finish time 1 BR 1 2 BR 4 3 BR 1 4 Soggy Bottom Boys 5 Crazy Boyz 6 Lost Boys 7 Lost Sisters 8 Old Foggies 9 Beck 10 Carol Peasley 11 St Mark All-Stars BR 3
Yellow Course — Length in kilometers: 2.8
Rank Competitor Finish time 1 BR H5 (sounds like a flu strain) 2 BR 1 3-Tie SC D Boys 3-Tie SC Lost 5 Ilson 6 SC Terminators 7 Phil Kiser 8 York AS 9 Tandance & Murphy (the wonder dog) 10 Gray 11 Chapman 4 12 3 Amigos 13 Chapman 2 14 SC Manson 15 Troop 140 #1 16 SC Bentley Troop 140 #2 York #1 Chapman 3 St Marks Unknowns St Marks Ricks SC Panthers
Orange Course — Length in kilometers: 3.8
Rank Competitor Finish time 1 Ian Prince 2 John Fairley 3 York Brown 4 York R 5 Richard Davis (he beat his brother…) 6 Adventure US (Getz) 7 Dan Davis (…but he’s on the injured list) 8 Deb Dowling 9 SC Walker 10 Don Christiansen 11 BR 2 12 SC Duffey 13 York Savoie 14 York Coyne 15 York 2 16 Sylvia Davis 17 Phyllis Tarrant John Barnes Heckle & Jeckle Troop 140 Rangers Troop 140 Pansies BR549 York Summy Chapman 1 York 1 Marie
Green Course — Length in kilometers: 4.7
Rank Competitor Finish time 1 Josef Trzicky 2 Charlie Martz 3 Matt & Shane (adventure racers!) 4 Joe Halloran 5 Lorna & Toby 6 Thomas Strouse 7 Cole 8 Mark Chamley 9 Jack Williamson 10 Ben & Jason 11 Pruitt Barry & Bodkin Bill K. Charles M.
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