Tame the Dragon provides a great challenge for the fastest racers while also giving beginners (and everyone in between) the opportunity for an epic navigation adventure. With 8″ of snow falling earlier in the week, followed by bitter cold, the woods were a winter wonderland. On race day, early morning temperatures in the teens warmed into the upper 30’s by afternoon with sunny skies and light winds. The snowfall slowed the pace just enough. No one cleared the course this year. The Dragon would not be tamed.

It was great to see all the ROTC cadets from the Lafayette MO-81st. Nice job!

A big thanks to Gary and Ellen Thompson for putting on another successful rendition of this race. And thank you to all the participants. We hope you had a wonderful time in the snow!

***Check back for additional results details to be posted***

You just never know what kind of conditions you’re going to get at the first event of the year…sometimes it’s mild, sometimes it’s muddy, last year we had sub-zero temperatures. This year we had ice! The snow in the woods was compacted with a tough icy layer on top and the trails resembled bumpy bobsled runs. Thanks to everyone who came out to brave the ice!

Thanks to Mark Geldmeier for helping with registration and numerous other logistical support tasks. Rick Armstrong lent his substantial institutional knowledge by providing course consultation and also helped with control setting. Thank you, Rick!

Lost and Found:

• One YakTrax (I spoke with the gentleman who lost it, but I forgot his name!)
• One baseplate compass (it looks pretty new)

Please reach out to a SLOC member to claim these items.

-Yvonne

Individual – Yellow

Caleb Jones                                   28:03

Cassie Bart                                 1:31:56

Group – Yellow

The Bumble Bafs                            49:54

Lafayette MO-081 Red                   56:09

Lafayette MO-181 Blue                  56:42

Individual – Orange

Douglas Leonard                         1:06:26

Isaac Severson                            1:26:44

Caleb Jones                                 1 control

Group – Orange

Divorced Divas                              57:35

Orange is My Favorite Color       1:10:21

Bloody Tears Reunion                 1:24:15

Adams Family                             1:25:17

Lost Purple Posse                       1:43:04

Team Dillon                                 1:52:55

Get Outside!                                1:54:29

woLOSTods                                 1:55:29

Kevin and Rasa                           2:12:50

Lost But Faultless                        2:13:42

Muenks Family                            2:24:02

Team Cooper                     9 controls

Newbie Group                              5 controls

Kaveney Family                           4 controls

Mark Frei

Individual – Green

Robert Bart                                  1:31:28

Reid Linksvayer                           2:11:36

Ken DeBeer                                 2:18:01

Group – Green

Soggy Socks Brigade                   2:19:48

Sterling Hyland and Nic Green    2:39:52

Team Tird                                    2:45:34

Bailey                                          3:23:18

Sarah and Jake                            3 controls

Group – Red

Todd Dohogne & Zdenek Palecek 1:12:44

Slug-Os                                       1:40:14

Ted and Sandy Weiss                  2:56:24

Individual – Red

Eric Buckley                                 1:09:41

Nathan Graves                             1:09:47

Bryan Niehaus                             1:12:25

Josh Borgmeyer                           1:15:34

Vladimir Yurkuns                          1:16:43

Bridge Bordelon                           1:19:05

Michael Haveman                        1:21:03

Brian Rodenbeck                         1:26:39

Finley Miller                                 1:30:55

George Schweitzer                      1:51:18

Lara Houseman                           3:13:00

Zach Althaus                                3:13:03