Thank you to everyone that made it out to West Tyson Park. It was a beautiful day and we had a great turn out. It was great to see a lot of people stick around to get to know one another and talk about their route decisions, experiences, and whoopsies 🙂 A special welcome and congratulations to all the new orienteers that were at the event this weekend. Everyone that participated in the White Course completed it, despite it being a rather difficult white course and it could have even been categorized as a more difficult course (Yellow). The newbies should be proud of their accomplishment. The Orange and Red Course were both more challenging than usual, as well, with many of the CP’s requiring lengthy travel distance over many different terrain/feature changes which can confuse even the most experienced orienteers if your mind strays from the map for even a second. I was impressed by how well everyone did on both the Orange and Red Courses. A big thank you to Kevin Minton, Reanna Pierson, and Kate Geison for assisting with registration. Thank you to Jerry Young for assisting with starts. Thank you to Jeff Ryan for placing water on the course. Thank you to Nathan Graves, Kevin Minton and Scott Shaw for clean-up.
Regarding scoring, I apologize for not reminding everyone more loudly about the 2.5 hour time limit on the course. It was written on the website and vocalized to some but not all. For this reason, I scored anyone who came in less than 2.5 hours higher but still gave credit for all those who found more CP’s at lengthier times. I’ll remedy this for future courses. I look forward to seeing everyone at the Turkey Trot on 11-25-17 in Alton, IL directed by Jerry Young and family.
White Course                      CP’s  Time
- Kortas Family                   7      0:37
- Susan Kubinak                 7      0:41
- Yvonne and Siri Devo             7      0:45
- Gabriel Sison                   7      0:57
- Seth VanDyk                    7      0:58
- Blair Family                    7      1: 01
- Lisa Baxter                     7      1:48
- Wilde Boy Scout Group           7       1:59
Orange Course                     CPs     Time
- Mark Geldmeier                 10      1:13
- Lisa McNarney                  10      2:04
- Brian and Melissa Hey            10      2:06
- Jerry and Frances Young          10      2:08
- Tracy Newell                    10      2:18
- Byron House                    10     2:19
- Jason and Briana Goebel           6      2:18
- Joe and Tamara Szabo            5      2:16
- Davis Family                     6      2:24
- Kevin Minton and Reanna Pearson   5      1:16
- Adam Smith                     4       2:01
- Brad Winfield                    3       1:57
- Mersinger Family                 6       2:34
-  Rick Barker and Kurt Lage         10       2:39
- Mermis Family                   10       2:55
- Sonas and Rollers Group          10       2:56
- Brennan Family                  10       2:57
- Gus Kempa                      10      2:58
- David Beattie                     10      2:59
- Dick Luckerman                   10      3:15
- Garriga Family                    8       3:15
- Dave and Conner Leap             6       3:00
- Tom Haake                       5        2:44
- Tomew Lach                      DNF
- my apologies to Shawn Read as he found all 10 CP’s but I didn’t get his finishing time recorded.
Red Course                          CPs      Time
- Jeff Ryan                        11        1:17
- Eric Buckley                     11        1:18
- David Hagan                     11        1:44
- Jeremy Jameson                  11        1:57
- Nathan Graves                    11        2:02
- Patrick Kalgren and David McWilliams 7         2:15
- Jim Avery                        8         2:24
- Andy Wittenauer                   9         2:24
- David Welsh                     11         2:36
- Melissa Kelley                    10         2:41
- Kate Geisen                      7         2:35
- Team BOR: Robert, Cassie, Amie     4          2:43
- Carlos Garriga                    10         3:12
- Brian Rodenbeck                  11 – per report: lost passport
- Derek Hebda                      DNF
- Josh Meyerson                     DNF