Babcock Division of Gallitzin S.F.
Orienteering Meet
26 September 2021


 It was an excellent day for orienteering, sunny with the temperature about 60. There were a total of 41 starts from 61 participants; many of the people on the Beginner course also did the Novice course. This turnout was larger than expected and put a strain on the map supply; a couple maps had to be hand-drawn.

Jim Wolfe was event director; he advertised the courses (for Intermediate and Advanced) to be more technically challenging than usual; and they were judging by finishing times and participant's comments. Nevertheless, nearly everyone on these courses were happy with the courses.

It was somewhat surprising that there were no DNFs on the Novice (Yellow) course considering how many of the participants were newbies and were doing the courses after completing the Beginner course. Nearly everyone on the Novice course seemed pleased with their results. The exception was a team that mistakenly thought they were on the Intermediate course instead of the Novice.

Thanks to Laurie Opila, Tom and Linda Gray for handling registration/check-in. Thanks to Jim Wolfe for helping with start/finish. Thanks to Sherry Shank for conducting instruction. And thanks to Yaki Barak, Joe Logan, John Huffman, Lee Bash, and Laurie Opila for doing control pickup.

You can view the splits at Splits

You can analyze your route and compare to others' routes using RouteGadget

The next WPOC event will be at Pine Ridge Park on 7 November.


Babcock Division of Gallitzin S.F. 210926
results created by Ór


Beginner Novice Intermediate Adv Short Adv Long

Beginner2.2k 35m

NameNotesClubTime
1Katie Todd 13:23
2David Todd 22:22
3Joshua Cippel 39:47
4P. Tuinstra Troop 622 51:53
5Doug Hanlon 53:18
6Amy Shelleby 53:21
7Lisa Young 59:13
8Zachary Donehue 62:38
Loretta OpilaMissed last control; finished at 79:41 WPOCDNF
Patti LeibfreidControls out of order; finished at 47:11 WPOCDSQ

Novice3.4k 80m

NameNotesClubTime
1David Todd 40:01
2Emma York 52:21
3Doug Hanlon 60:09
4Scott Patterson 61:17
5Bruce Patterson WPOC61:31
6Ryan Repp WPOC64:08
7Linda Gray WPOC71:07
8Marjorie Cronin 71:13
9Nathaniel Hazelton WPOC77:29
10Eric Steinbring WPOC77:30
11Patti Leibfreid WPOC78:51
12Sara Halo 80:22
13Christee Homan WPOC88:41
14Zachary Donehue 92:43
15Lisa Young 102:46
16Josiah Smith 105:00
17Eric Smith 105:03
18Devon Hillman 111:57
19Renfan Yang 112:04

Intermediate4.5k 90m

NameNotesClubTime
Matthew MillerFound 7 controls; finished at 203:37 DNF
Bruce PattersonFound 2 controls; finished at 33:03 WPOCDNF
Christee HomanChanged to easier course WPOCDNF

Adv Short3.8k 55m

NameNotesClubTime
1Rob Wilkison DVOA98:38
2Joe Logan WPOC116:26
3Sherry Shank WPOC116:39
4Lee Bash WPOC146:46
John HuffmanFound 4 controls; finished at 114:29 WPOCDNF

Adv Long7.4k 150m

NameNotesClubTime
1Jonathan Boyer NEOOC136:29
2Yaki Barak WPOC157:29
Matthew HasselfieldFound 5 controls; finished at 85:50 DNF
Ryan KnechtDid not find any WPOCDNF