Thanks to everyone that came out to Tower Grove Park for orienteering with the trees! Did you know that several of those tree species are rare or endangered and that Tower Grove is an arboretum with a mission of saving the trees?!

What a busy day in the park. With the farmers market and many outdoor enthusiasts, the park was packed. We even shared our HQ location picnic spot with a running/walking group. They were lively with music that kept the vibe going.

The response to this event was tremendous. A much larger turnout than was anticipated and we ran out of maps. Apologies to those that had to wait for a used map, and thank you to those that donated their map so it could be used again. Your club is frugal – we don’t like to waste things, but this time we guessed too little. Thanks everyone for rolling with it! If you want a map as a souvenir, shoot me an email and I’ll send an electronic version or mail a hard-copy. mgeldmeier@earthlink.net

Here’s a picture of the results. I’ll post a cleaner version in a few days.

Mid-summer in Saint Louis often means high humidity and/or thunderstorms…and we’ve seen plenty of that this season. But it was a somewhat comfortable summer evening at Marquette High School, home of the Mustangs. And with the nice weather, we had lots of people come out and join the fun.

The campus is fairly open, but there are some surprises…dark green (dense vegetation) and large fences, walls, and multi-level buildings…which might be on the map but not super easy to read when you’re in the field. There were also sports practices to dodge and the new turf football field construction that was on-going.

The results are divided into 1) the “Sprint” course for those that went in order and found them all, 2) the “Score-O” for those that got them in any order or missed some (not sure if everyone got the message about the 45 minute time limit, so results are sorted by name), and 3) “Sprint Round 2” for a few that went out a second time to see who was faster than a Mustang.

If something is incorrect (for example, you punched but it didn’t register), let me know. – Mark Geldmeier mgeldmeier@earthlink.net.

It was the most humid day of the summer so far. But that didn’t keep two dozen intrepid explorers from roaming the fields, trails, ponds, and parking lots of Queeny County Park. Z setup a score-O type course and gave us 45 minutes to find as many as we could. An additional challenge was no clue sheet…and the CP markers ranged from traditional flags to bare stakes, and even a couple of punches hanging only from a string! Orienteering is always an adventure. Thanks for coming out and having some hot & crazy fun.

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.

https://www.livelox.com/Events/Show/195931/Hawn-Night-O

https://www.livelox.com/Events/Show/195933/Hawn-Middle

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Results – Hawn Night 2026

Date: 2026-04-25

Pos	Name	Time	Behind	Time Lost
Yellow – Solo (3 / 3)
1	Kevin Tefler	17:17	–	0:00
2	Janet Majure	56:54	+39:37	18:22
3	Cristina Duncan	1:14:42	+57:25	36:16
Yellow – Group (5 / 6)
1	Douglas & Chase Sickbert	30:47	–	1:38
2	Zach Althaus	38:13	+7:26	2:33
3	Tdevil	1:10:16	+39:29	11:13
4	Crazy Yates	1:10:25	+39:38	10:43
–	Lily & Mom	MP	–	–
Orange – Solo (4 / 5)
1	Mary Jones	1:04:39	–	2:40
2	Sandy Beverly	1:20:19	+15:40	8:40
3	Ralph Metcalf	1:34:57	+30:18	17:26
–	John Shoen	MP	–	–
Orange – Group (2 / 3)
1	Generation Geldmeier	1:32:38	–	0:00
–	B Team	MP	–	–
Red – Solo (9 / 13)
1	Nathan Graves	2:14:39	–	11:00
–	Brent Suydam	MP	–	–
–	Chris Heupel	MP	–	–
–	Jeff Sona	MP	–	–
–	Ken DeBeer	MP	–	–
–	Manoj Sood	MP	–	–
–	Michael Eglinski	MP	–	–
–	Tom Herrnstein	MP	–	–
–	Wild Root 1	MP	–	–
Red – Group (2 / 2)
–	Team Doias	MP	–	–
–	What could go wrong?	DNF	–	–

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

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Results – Hawn Day2 2026

Date: 2026-04-26

Pos	Name	Time	Behind	Time Lost
Red-Solo (8 / 12)
1	Jeff Ryan	1:04:41	–	6:37
2	Nathan Graves	1:15:16	+10:35	11:32
3	Mark Geldmeier	1:24:25	+19:44	2:41
4	Mary Jones	1:40:44	+36:03	8:17
5	Tom Herrnstein	1:54:11	+49:30	42:44
–	Manoj Sood	MP	–	–
–	Michael Eglinski	MP	–	–
–	Team Doias	MP	–	–
Red-Group (3 / 4)
–	Lara Houseman	MP	–	–
–	Robert Bart	MP	–	–
–	Zach Althaus	MP	–	–
Orange-Solo (10 / 10)
1	Kevin Tefler	45:40	–	4:16
2	Patrick Geldmeier	1:12:34	+26:54	17:38
3	John Shoen	1:28:49	+43:09	33:56
4	Sandy Beverly	1:35:01	+49:21	34:34
5	Mike Kraujalis	2:00:59	+1:15:19	28:04
–	Bob	MP	–	–
–	David Welsh	MP	–	–
–	Janet Majure	MP	–	–
–	Mark Frei	MP	–	–
–	Ralph Metcalf	MP	–	–
Orange-Group (4 / 5)
1	Lily & Dad	1:22:28	–	8:19
2	Luke & Mom	1:24:13	+1:45	13:43
3	Bi Directionals	1:58:55	+36:27	23:09
–	Steve & Tim Brennan	MP	–	–
Yellow-Group (3 / 3)
1	Lintner	2:04:51	–	24:29
–	D and D	MP	–	–
–	Tater Tots	MP	–	–

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

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.

There were horses and there were Redbuds blooming. Initial results below. We’ll clean up and re-post soon. Thanks for attending!