Meet Results

  Into the Pit at Latta

Latta Plantation Nature Preserve | 6-Jan-2007 | Jeanie Martz, meet director.

Fortunately we had a break in the rainy weather and meet day was sunny and warm.  The 143 participants included our usual mix of experienced orienteerers, JROTC members , Scouts and those still learning the sport..  It was good to see more adventure racers, and women, than usual.  We’ve had more participants in previous years; maybe the preceding days’ rain discouraged some people.  Those who didn’t come missed a beautiful day out in the woods

Thank you, Josef Trzicky, for setting the six (!) great courses.  I’m sorry, but I forgot to record the distances*.  Check out the fierce competition on the yellow course, where several places were determined by just seconds.  The most-discussed control feature was the two knolls at the bottom of a huge hole; it was easy to see who took the shortest route, by the mud on the seat of their pants.

Thanks to Charlie, Tandace and Josef for timing, Walter for instructing, Josef, Walter and David for picking up control flags, and to anyone else I’ve neglected to thank.  It takes a lot of volunteers to set up and take down the courses, register participants, instruct, answer questions, and time the runners efficiently.

*Webmaster’s Note:  Runners who have the distances recorded for their course, please send them to me at and I’ll fill them in. Thanks!

 

White Course — Length in kilometers:  ??

Rank	Competitor	Finish time
1	Team #1	1.02.24
2	Team #2	1.22.59
3	Great Falls Team #3	1.34.16
4	The Tiger Sharks	1.43.16
5	The Bull Sharks	1.44.16
6	Team Hawk	2.08.40
	Great Falls Team #9	DNF

Yellow Course — Length in kilometers: ??

Rank	Competitor	Finish time
1	Burroughs	53.17
2	Dickinson	55.55
3	Grant	1.00.03
4	Rubber Ducks	1.00.06
5	Leslie	1.00.23
6	Great Falls Team #7	1.04.32
7	Great Falls Team #2	1.06.09
8	Great Falls Team #5	1.07.10
9	Mango Bella Viva	1.07.30
10	Easley #1	1.07.48
11	Blue Ridge Team #4	1.11.09
12	C. K. Rival	1.13.03
13	Great Falls Team #6	1.13.07
14	Green Wave #2	1.15.37
15	Easley #2	1.22.47
16	Ilson	1.24.33
17	Green Wave	1.24.57
18	Towery and Carter	1.35.06
19	Kevin Bowden	1.36.06
20	Sprinkles	1.38.34
21	Lab Rats	1.38.58
22	Blue Ridge Team #5	2.03.27
23	Great Falls Team #8	2.07.47
24	Phyllis and Sara	2.44.48

Orange Course — Length in kilometers:  4.2   (Blair)

Rank	Competitor	Finish time
1	Chladkova	1.06.37
2	Dickenson	1.19.44
3	Lab Rats	1.31.25
4	Arlene Roman	1.33.08
5	Deb Dowling	1.34.57
6	Sandy Kohn	1.35.44
7	Truck	1.37.30
8	Blue Ridge Team #3	1.42.04
9	Jim Taft and Matt Lamb	1.46.32
10	Karen Hales	1.52.12
11	Barbara Scruggs	1.54.40
12	Amazing Blair Peery	2.10.30
13	Josh Granham	2.20.00
14	Derrell	2.21.00
15	Josh Revels	2.21.59
16	Bodkin, Barry and Jackson	2.42.22
17	Hansel and Gretel	2.43.48
18	Don Christensen	2.47.11
	Dana and Alicia	DNF
	Jessica and Amy	DNF
	Bost	DNF

Brown Course — Length in kilometers: ??

Rank	Competitor	Finish time
1	Lane	2.06.18
2	Al and Katie	2.06.55
3	Keith Liscinsky	2.14.11
4	Gator Kierce and dog	2.34.59
5	John, Gary and Reid	3.15.10
	Y Extreme	DNF

Green Course — Length in kilometers: ??

Rank	Competitor	Finish time
1	Scott Pyle	1.25.30
2	Keith Smith	1.28.37
3	Bill Ketring	1.38.25
4	Keith	1.47.00
5	Adventure Us	1.51.23
6	Tim Taylor	2.01.57
	Grass Stain	DNF
	Stewart	DNF
	Samantha Greeno	DNF
	Tim Smith	DNF

Red Course — Length in kilometers: ??

Rank	Competitor	Finish time
1	David Alexander	1.16.33
2	Charlie	1.20.05
3	Walter	1.30.28
4	Dan Davis	1.59.37
5	Chris Reber	2.27.04
6	Travis and Kanen	2.36.33
7	Mark Chamley	2.37.29
	Jason Baldree	DNF

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