It was a bright, sunny and very warm day, temperatures in the mid-70's to mid-80's for most of the meet.  The turnout was quite low; I don't know what caused that.

Jim Wolfe was meet director.  He designed two beginner-level courses (sprints A and B) and two courses with a few more advanced controls (sprints C and D).  The expectation was that participants would do two sprint courses at the same level so there would be individual sprint competition and combined 2-race competition.  For the most part, that worked out ok, although it would have been good to have about twice as many entries.  Everyone who participated seemed to have a good time, even those who went out on sprint C.  Sprint C had had one rather nasty control at the bottom of a cliff in an area of medium green.  It was expected that there would be some unhappiness about that control; and there was, but not too much.  Times were quite fast; predicted winning times were about 15 minutes for sprints A and B and under 25 minutes for sprints C and D.  This proved to be correct.

One interesting aspect of the meet was that we had a visitor from Sweden who had the most years of orienteering experience of anyone who has ever come to our meets:  70 years, having started at age 12.  Although the course he did was about the length he usually does, it probably had some more difficult controls locations that he was use to; he did sprint D.

Thanks to Laurie Opila, Sherry Shank and Barbara Johnstone for handling registration. Thanks to Jerry Agin for handling start and to Eric Steinbring for handling finish.  And thanks to Jim Trautmann, Jerry Agin, Andy Strat and Anneliese Steuben  for helping to pick up the controls.

The next event will be a workshop at Keystone State park.  This will be our first extensive workshop, providing activities for all skill levels..
 

Sprint A   Course   2.05 km    55 m climb     10 controls
 

Mel Hainey Jr.		17:50
Fred Chenot	WPOC	24:58
Barbara Johnstone	WPOC	32:00
Eric Steinbring	WPOC	33:15
Luca Rzewski	WPOC	36:45
Mike Polenavitch (2)		37:09
Brady Ross	WPOC	38:08
Carl Villwock (2)	WPOC	44:44
Michael DeVito		46:18
Paul DeVito		47:19
Team Madison (4)		48:41

Sprint B   Course    1.84 km    30 m climb    10 controls
 

Jerry Agin	WPOC	16:27
Kevin Tucker & Ashley H.	WPOC	18:20
Madison Raviart (2)		29:26
Fred Chenot	WPOC	30:30
Anders Villwock (2)	WPOC	34:31
David Ross	WPOC	37:04
Eric Steinbring	WPOC	40:02
Smell the Roses (3)	WPOC	40:05
Omri Barak	WPOC	45:15
Michael DeVito		47:23
Paul DeVito		47:41
Renee Dadey (2)		49:06
Rob Graham  - found all controls, no official start		DNS

Sprints A & B Combined
 

Fred Chenot	WPOC	24:58	30:30	55:28
Barbara Johnstone	WPOC	32:00	40:05	72:05
Eric Steinbring	WPOC	33:15	40:02	73:17
Madison Raviart		48:41	29:26	78:07
Michael DeVito		46:18	47:23	93:41
Paul DeVito		47:19	47:41	95:00

 

Sprint C   Course    2.80 km    75 m climb     11 controls
 

Andy Strat	WPOC	20:57
Jim Trautmann	WPOC	22:40
Dave Battista	WPOC	24:04
Anneleise Steuben	WPOC	24:16
Dan Marincel	WPOC	26:52
Jerry Agin	WPOC	39:16
Sherry Shank	WPOC	43:30
Yaki Barak	WPOC	59:17
David Ross	WPOC	67:33
Brady Ross	WPOC	76:33
Kevin Tucker & Ashley H.	WPOC	114:46

Sprint D   Course    3.01 km    55 m climb   12 controls
 

Andy Strat	WPOC	21:57
Dave Battista	WPOC	28:20
Jim Trautmann	WPOC	30:11
Anneliese Steuben	WPOC	31:13
Dan Marincel & Mel Hainey Jr	WPOC	35:17
Jerry Agin	WPOC	41:17
Sherry Shank	WPOC	45:01
Yaki Barak	WPOC	52:49
Jeff, Gretchen & Allison Lazor	WPOC	137:26
Ove Wigertz  - mispunch on last control, 68:27		DSQ

Sprints C & D Combined
 

Andy Strat	WPOC	20:57	21:57	42:54
Dave Battista	WPOC	24:04	28:20	52:24
Jim Trautmann	WPOC	22:40	30:11	52:51
Anneliese Steuben	WPOC	24:16	31:13	55:29
Dan Marincel	WPOC	26:52	35:17	62:09
Jerry Agin	WPOC	39:16	41:17	80:33
Sherry Shank	WPOC	43:30	45:01	88:31
Yaki Barak	WPOC	59:17	52:49	112:06