Frick Park
12 June 2016
Orienteering Meet

It turned out to be an excellent day for orienteering:  bright sun with a temperature in the low 70's.  The combination of weather and Alexis' advertising of the event in almost every conceivable forum brought an exceptional number of participants. We had a very large turnout with 85 starts and 183 participants; so this ranked as the second or third largest local event we have ever had.

Yaki Barak designed the courses.  All of the comments I heard about the courses themselves was positive.  There were a couple of controls (#33 and #42, and maybe #46) which were not fan favorites; but these were not enough to keep everyone from having fun.  The finish times were generally rather long - the combination of hills in the park and course lengths were a large contributor to this.  Another contributor is the fact that many people jumped in over their heads and went on a course that was above their ability; this produced a rather large number of DNFs and DSQs.  There were quite a few beginners; so the instructors were kept busy.  We think only one beginner went on a second course.

Thanks to Laurie Opila, James Fenn, Ryan Knecht and Alexis Rzewski for handling registration.  Thanks to Barbara Johnstone, Naomi Jarvis and Joe Logan for running start/finish.  Thanks to Sherry Shank and Andy Strat for doing instruction.  And thanks to Dave Battista, Gordon Huang, Alexis and Joe for picking up the controls.

To see Alexis' photos from the event, go to photos

This was the last event of the spring season.   We will be taking the summer off and resume on August 21 with our event at Yellow Creek State Park.

Beginner (White) Course    9 controls     2.2 km     110 m climb
Name Notes Club Time
1 Ryan A     40:00
2 Darth Vader (2)   WPOC 74:28
3 Jason & Jessie (2)     75:31
4 Puppies and Kittens!  (4)     80:42
5 Dan & Hannah Lamoureaux (2)     91:16
6 Hot Rods (5)     97:15
7 Wontaek Yoo (3)     109:15
8 Brandon & Evan (2)     122:15
9 Hunter & Clayton (2)     122:38
9 Jacob Freshly & REM (2)     122:38
11 Bassoli (5)     136:48
12 Team Mommas (4)     143:03
  Jaden (2) Found 4 controls; finished in 66:18   DNF
  Nick Rudyk Found 2 controls; finished in 49:45   DNF
  Heideket (2) Found no valid controls; no start time   DNS
  Catherine Burke Lost punch card   DSQ
  The Yanacaeks (3) Did not return to finish   DSQ



Novice (Yellow) Course      10 controls      3.6 km     160 m climb
  Name Notes Club Time
1 Justin Scheifflee     72:30
2 Fred Chenot   WPOC 79:40
3 Naomi   WPOC 89:05
4 Brandons (2)     104:06
5 Andy & Tonya (2)   WPOC 104:40
6 Rollin' Rowles (3)     110:25
7 Ryan Alvorado     118:38
8 Paul Devito     118:55
8 Michael     118:55
10 Lisa Klemmer     131:38
11 Wendell (3)     138:28
12 Chris & Jasmine (2)     138:33
13 Team Doffo (2)     141:08
14 Jackson, Joe, Danny, Elwood (4)     170:40
15 Todd Shirley (3)     171:02
16 Wrage (5)     173:50
Team Unicorn (4) Found 8 controls in 104:50   DNF
  Smartin Found 7 controls in 77:05   DNF
  Hazel Virdo (2) Found 7 controls in 94:53   DNF
  Danny Sleator (3) Found 7 cntrols in 112:55   DNF
  360 No Scopes (3) Found 6 controls in 132:05   DNF
  Super Squads (4) Found 6 controls + 1 wrong one in 122:08   DSQ
  Whitley (2) 5 non-sequential controls in 100:03   DSQ
  Boy Scout Troop 343 Did not return to finish   DSQ


Intermediate (Orange) Course     11 controls        4.4 km      165 m climb
  Name Notes Club Time
1 Kevin Fleischmann     85:55
2 James Fenn   WPOC 89:55
3 Juan Carlos & Will (2)     116:44
4 Pink Fluffy Pegasis (5)     130:28
5 Magic is Real (4)     137:10
6 Geoff & Calvin Hogate (2)     147:19
7 The Average Joe's (2)     151:02
8 Veto Unicorns!! (4)     157:10
9 Hunter Bash & Alessandro Novelli (2)     161:19
10 Noah & Linda Chough (2)     172:20
11 Cheap Steaks (2)     196:50
  Tali Shalom Missed 2 controls; finished in 145:02 WPOC DSQ
  David Whitney (3) Missed 2 controls; finished in 190:20   DSQ
  Joshua & Lilly (3) Found 6 controls in 124:50   DNF
  Barbara Johnstone Found 5 controls in 105:56 WPOC DNF
  Naws Rule (6) Missed 7 controls; finished in 133:05   DSQ
  Navigators B  (6) Did not return to finish   DSQ


Advanced Short (Brown) Course       12 controls      4.2 km       210 m climb
Name Notes Club Time
1 Dave Battista WPOC 69:17
2 Ryan Knecht   WPOC 79:09
3 Joe Logan   WPOC 84:07
4 Luca Rzewski   WPOC 90:25
5 Johan Holm   WPOC 108:10
6 John Huffman   WPOC 118:34
7 Kirill Kiselyov     125:29
8 Ryan & Ramey (2)     133:31
9 Keith & Frances Irvin (2)     142:22
10 Rayden Sorock     170:45
11 Sherry Shank   WPOC 173:55
12 Scraggle (2)     219:10
13 Marcia Mauler (2)   NEOOC 221:06
Drew & Kayla (2) Found 5 controls in 147:41   DNF
Julian Harris 3 non-sequential controls in 221:07   DSQ


Advanced Long (Red) Course      18 Controls       7.3 km       305 m climb
Name Notes Club Time
1 Katrina Weinmann     107:53
2 Jen & Dave Super Team (2)     155:14
3 Joe & Youngmin (2)     164:45
4 Gordon Huang   WPOC 182:09
5 Stephen Brown   WPOC 196:20
  Paula Leslie (2) Missed 1 control; finished in 242:42   DSQ
  Eyth (2) Missed last 2 controls; finished in 188:06   DNF
  Double Trouble (2) Missed first 2 controls; finished in 223:05   DSQ
  Bert Davis (2) Found 13 controls; finished in 253:02   DNF
  Michael Brown Found 11 controls; finished in 248:05   DNF
  Rich Davies Found 9 controls; finished in 142:30 NEOOC DNF
  Doug Crytzer 9 non-sequential controls in 70:45   DSQ