Posted below are the results from Tuesday’s meet that just happened to occur during World Orienteering Week (https://worldorienteeringweek.com/). Thanks to everyone that came out to my goofy format.

The times below are the validated (and adjusted best I could) adjusted times based on the rules.

Created by MeOS 4.1.1702 (U2): 5/21/2026 7:41:10 AM

The rain may have scared away a few, but thanks to all who came out to brave it!

LiveLox Details https://www.livelox.com/Viewer/Shaw-Park-Sprint-5-5-2026-/Sprint-1?classId=1148814

As for the 2nd sprint (the experiment) where participants were trying for the shortest distance and not the fastest time: there were some challenges with GPS batteries, forgetting to start the GPS, and of course the various types of devices. In the end, everyone’s distances were very very close.

Results:

Z Palecek: 1.11 miles

Brent Suydam: 1.13 miles

LeGrande Rives: 1.18 miles

Nathan Graves: 1.20 miles

After a blast of early-season snowfall swept through the area region early Saturday morning, our Thanksgiving O-meet was forced to take an unplanned pause. With the snowfall leading to Cuirve River State Park’s temporary closure, this meant a last-minute rescheduling or the meet was required. Thanks to all the flexibility of our participants and volunteers, we were able to regroup Sunday morning and enjoy a crisp, bright day of orienteering through a winter wonderland. 

Results

Thank you to everyone who came out and competed on the rescheduled date. Congratulations to all finishers—conditions were still soft underfoot, but that didn’t slow down some impressive performances.

Acknowledgments

A meet like this is only possible because of amount of behind-the-scenes effort. A big Thank You goes out to Mark Geldmeier for his numerous quick communication updates and overall guidance, Derek Hebda for spending many hours in the woods meticulously verifying the course to ensure everything on the map matched the ground and Ken Debeer and Jim Huss for clearing the course. 

We look forward to seeing everyone at the next event—hopefully under calmer skies.

Preliminary Results:

Thanks to all of you, 80 racers over 38 teams who toed the line at the inaugural CC4 Adventure Race. On behalf of SLOC and the race directing team that put this event on, we are very grateful for your participation. Prelim results are posted. If you see any discrepancies, please report them to us at contourline@stlouisorienteering.org ASAP.

A few housekeeping notes. I’ve created a shared Google drive with pictures. If you have photos, please send them to me by email and I’ll get them posted. We also have several items in the lost and found that are pretty nice. Two Kanpas compasses, two more compasses, a pair of Prana pants, sunglasses and a waterbottle. This stuff is all in the gear box we bring to the meets so if you are the owner of these items please reach out or show up at the Kirkwood Night O scheduled for September 13th. There are several nice items in there from the Babler O meet earlier this year and other stuff along the way.

If you have any feedback for us, please share that too. While the race directing team has participated in countless ARs and put on many O meets, this was our first go at this type of race and as we contemplate both our near-term fall schedule and the 2026 landscape, we’d like to know what you are interested in seeing. And, we are always looking for volunteers to help with our regular meets so if you want to give back to the community and take the a lead, or even supporting role, in directing a race, we’d love to have you.

Many thanks and congratulations to each one of you!

Attached is a more detailed set of results with timing from each leg for those who want to go into a little more detail.

Livelox: https://www.livelox.com/Events/Show/164603/Marquette-HS-2025