2026-04-25 Hawn State Park Night-O

Add together the most beautiful weekend of the Spring, the most beautiful park in Missouri, superbly designed technical courses, night navigation, day navigation, a blazing campfire, and even whip-poor-wills…and you get orienteering bliss.

Thanks to Eric for designing and setting the courses. Thanks to all that attended (it was great to see the Kansas City area contingent!) We’re still polishing the results, so come back for those. And we’ll put the Livelox up too, so save your routes so you can add them later.

Results – Hawn Night 2026

Date: 2026-04-25

Pos Name Time Behind Time Lost
Yellow – Solo (3 / 3)
1Kevin Tefler17:170:00
2Janet Majure56:54+39:3718:22
3Cristina Duncan1:14:42+57:2536:16
Yellow – Group (5 / 6)
1Douglas & Chase Sickbert30:471:38
2Zach Althaus38:13+7:262:33
3Tdevil1:10:16+39:2911:13
4Crazy Yates1:10:25+39:3810:43
Lily & MomMP
Orange – Solo (4 / 5)
1Mary Jones1:04:392:40
2Sandy Beverly1:20:19+15:408:40
3Ralph Metcalf1:34:57+30:1817:26
John ShoenMP
Orange – Group (2 / 3)
1Generation Geldmeier1:32:380:00
B TeamMP
Red – Solo (9 / 13)
1Nathan Graves2:14:3911:00
Brent SuydamMP
Chris HeupelMP
Jeff SonaMP
Ken DeBeerMP
Manoj SoodMP
Michael EglinskiMP
Tom HerrnsteinMP
Wild Root 1MP
Red – Group (2 / 2)
Team DoiasMP
What could go wrong?DNF

Created by MeOS: 5/1/2026 8:28:18 AM

Results – Hawn Day2 2026

Date: 2026-04-26

Pos Name Time Behind Time Lost
Red-Solo (8 / 12)
1Jeff Ryan1:04:416:37
2Nathan Graves1:15:16+10:3511:32
3Mark Geldmeier1:24:25+19:442:41
4Mary Jones1:40:44+36:038:17
5Tom Herrnstein1:54:11+49:3042:44
Manoj SoodMP
Michael EglinskiMP
Team DoiasMP
Red-Group (3 / 4)
Lara HousemanMP
Robert BartMP
Zach AlthausMP
Orange-Solo (10 / 10)
1Kevin Tefler45:404:16
2Patrick Geldmeier1:12:34+26:5417:38
3John Shoen1:28:49+43:0933:56
4Sandy Beverly1:35:01+49:2134:34
5Mike Kraujalis2:00:59+1:15:1928:04
BobMP
David WelshMP
Janet MajureMP
Mark FreiMP
Ralph MetcalfMP
Orange-Group (4 / 5)
1Lily & Dad1:22:288:19
2Luke & Mom1:24:13+1:4513:43
3Bi Directionals1:58:55+36:2723:09
Steve & Tim BrennanMP
Yellow-Group (3 / 3)
1Lintner2:04:5124:29
D and DMP
Tater TotsMP

Created by MeOS: 5/1/2026 8:27:38 AM

2026-04-02 Queeny Park Results

Thanks to “Z” (Zdenek Palechek) for putting on this Summer (okay Spring) Sprint in Queeny Park. Participants searched for 12 CP’s placed in Z’s favorite locations. The weather was great, and good exploration was had by all.

2026-09-19 David Frei Kirkwood Night-O

Join the St. Louis Orienteering Club’s “flashlight” meet at Kirkwood Park. Designed for all ages, meet at the Lion’s Amphitheater and see how many check points you can find using your map and compass. Registration begins at 7:00 p.m. and the 45 minute meet starts at 8:00 pm with a mass start. There is a teaching session prior to the meet and awards following. Bring a headlamp or flashlight and a good sense of adventure!

Note: This event is park of the Kirkwood Greentree Festival. Yep, it’s on the official schedule. So, the park will be busy. The amphitheater is in the center of the park off Amphitheater Drive (appropriately named).

https://www.kirkwoodmo.org/recreation/greentree-festival

Meet Director: TBD

2026-08-04 Summer Series #8 – Broemmelsiek Park

Weeknight Series – #8

When: Tuesday, August 4, 6-8 pm

Where: Broemmelsiek Park. St Charles County. Follow signs.

Meet Director: Yvonne Deyo

Meet Info: This park has a network of trails and park roads, plus several lakes, creeks, fields, and some woods. Yvonne will keep us “somewhat” on the trails, but expect a few route choices that could be bushwacky. Traditional course choices with electronic punching. Courses open from 6-8 pm.

2026-07-21 Summer Series #7 – Gateway Arch

Weeknight Series – #7

When: Tuesday, July 21, 6-8 pm

Where: Downtown Saint Louis, Laclede’s Landing, Riverfront, and the Gateway Arch National Park grounds.

Meet Director: Mark Geldmeier

Meet Info: This will be an urban scramble. That is, you’ll be using an orienteering map as usual, but instead of punching, when you get to the circle location you’ll read your clue and look around for the correct answer. The start location is still being finalized. Come out and learn a little history while doing a bit of exploration.

2026-07-07 Summer Series #6 – Tower Grove Park

Weeknight Series – #6

When: Tuesday, July 7, 6-8 pm

Where: Tower Grove Park. Saint Louis City.

Meet Director: Mark Geldmeier

Meet Info: It’s the middle of summer, let’s stay out completely out of the woods. If you wanted an orienteering event that had zero hills…well, this is the one. It’s flat! We’ll have two point-to-point course options. One is short a fun for families and walkers, and a slightly longer one for those that want to run or walk fast. Courses will be open from 6-8 pm.

2026-06-23 Summer Series #5 – Marquette High School

Weeknight Series – #5

When: Tuesday, June 23, 6-8 pm

Where: Marquette High School. 2351 Clarkson Rd, Chesterfield, MO 63017. Enter main entrance and look for signs to setup area.

Meet Director: Terri Zuber & Mark Geldmeier

Meet Info: This large high school campus has a bit of everything. Mostly open, but a tiny bit of woods and even a creek. There will be two courses. A 45-minute score-O (where you can get them in any order) and a point-to-point course. Courses will be open 6-8 pm.

2026-06-09 Summer Series #4 – Queeny Park

Weeknight Series – #4

Registration Open

When: Tuesday, June 9, 6-8 pm

Where: Queeny Park. Smith Shelter. Weidman Road entrance, take first left to large parking lot. Looks for banners and signs.

Meet Director: Zdenek Palechek

Meet Info: Yes, we were here a few weeks ago, but Meet Director “Z”, has some more hidden places at Queeny Park that he’d like to share. Plus, with the vegetation completely leafed out, the park will look completely different. We’ll be using the older “manual” punch for this one. Courses are open 6-8 pm but we should be setup and ready before then. Come out and play!

2026-04-02 Queeny Park – Summer Series #1

Weeknight Series – Opener (REGISTRATION)

When: Thursday, April 2, 5-8 pm

Where: Queeny County Park. Smith Shelter (Weidman Road Entrance)

Meet Director: Zdenek Palecek

Meet Info: A special opening event for the summer weeknight series. Yes, this one is on Thursday evening (the rest of the summer events should be on Tuesday evenings).

Meet director, Zdenek (or you can call him “Z”), has a little treat setup for us to enjoy at Queeny. It’s a short 10 checkpoint course, visiting all of his favorite locations in the park. If you know Queeny, there are woods, fields, ponds, and plenty of trails and manmade things to keep your navigation on track. This will be “rogaine” style, which means you can visit the checkpoints in any order, and you only have to get as many as you feel like.

He’ll be there before 5:00 for any early birds. Show up and start whenever you want. Yes, there might be a few showers or storms around, but we have a shelter to stay dry before and after. Come out and play!