Congrats to all for a tough and fun day in the woods. Big shoutout to Gary Thompson for all his volunteered time and energy. The Course was perfect and his point system was masterful!

Also big shoutout to a lot of newer folks to the sport, well done!

Great job with this meet Kelleys and Youngs! Beautifly made SLOC logo cutting board made by Mark Young as prizes for the top finishers. Very cool.

People must have been excited for the new map and favorable February weather as we had over 100 people attend! There are so many folks to thank for lending a hand in helping pull this together. From Brian Hey and David Fischer with permitting and equipment, Jason, Jeff Sona, and Jarrid for help getting the Wyman Center as our start/finish, Josh, Jeff Ryan, Mark, and Bryan for helping with epunch learning and course concepts, Jeff and Bryan for vetting, and Jeff, Todd, and Josh for course set up and pick up. The Kelly’s, Jerry, and Brian Rodenbeck for help cleaning up and Manoj for jumping in to help with the registration table. We had a scout group and several new folks who learned and had their first day in the woods orienteering this meet. Thanks to Josh and Mark for doing some teaching. What a group effort! Congratulations to Bryan Niehaus for taking home the first ever GROM Rock which was awarded to the best combined score for participants who completed both the Blue and Score O Courses. I had such a good time, and given the new map and the efforts the club is anticipating in getting more of Greensfelder Park mapped in 2023, I am committing right now to another similar event of this kind in February 4, 2024. Mark your calendars now! -Nathan

Link to the course notes and details

Great course Yvonne. It was an exciting event, so many new friends who have been at meets this past year are returning more and more. The woods family is growing and its a great time to be part of SLOC. Well done Mark and Bryan for the quick work on the e-punch. Dave Frei held court once again teaching us all that the best route from 6 to 7 was immediatly up the Eastern spur after the road crossing and folloing the ridge to the attack point. The Master.

Position	Name	Points	Time	Penalties	Final	Notes
1	Jeff Ryan	13	1:07:45	0	13
2	Nathan Graves	13	1:11:32	0	13
3	Josh Borgmeyer	13	1:13:30	0	13
4	Vladimir Yurkuns	13	1:18:50	0	13
5	Matt Soraghan	13	1:21:20	0	13
6	Mark Geldmeier	13	1:33:15	0	13
7	Karl Schute & Mike Wilson	13	1:33:23	0	13
8	Manoj Sood	13	1:47:25	0	13
9	Tim Johanns	13	1:50:30	0	13
10	Steven & Cynthia Truemper	13	1:59:03	0	13
11	Ryan Roe	13	2:02:03	0	13
12	Ken DeBeers	13	2:04:43	0	13
13	Adrian Beloqui & Bennoy Shimotani	13	2:05:43	0	13
14	Jeff Sona	13	2:08:04	0	13
15	Peng Jing Yuan	13	2:08:29	0	13
16	Mike Rhodes	13	2:17:08	0	13
17	Robert Bart & Cpt. Ahab	13	2:20:58	0	13
18	Heide Abbot & Dan Ingram	13	2:22:17	0	13
19	Carrie Sona	13	2:24:46	0	13
20	Ted & Sandy Weiss	13	2:30:15	0	13
21	Joseph Marincel	13	2:36:15	0	13
22	Dave and Stacey Hagen	13	2:57:45	0	13
23	Doug Hoff & Alicia (could not read last name)	10	2:52:00	0	10
24	Steve, Elizabeth and Tim Brennan	7	2:27:21	0	7
25	Ilker Tunay	13	3:06:00	6	7	6 minutes late
26	Joe and Tamara Szabo	13	3:08:00	8	5	8 minutes late
27	Anne Schrupp	0	–:–:–	0	0	LOST PASSPORT
NO POSITION	Adam Fister & Darrell Leadbetter	0	5:17:00		0	Disqualified for course closure violation

Position	Name	Points	Time	Penalties	Final	Notes
1	Myles and Scott Kelley	9	0:45:56	0	9
2	Chase Sickbert	9	0:46:30	0	9
3	Douglas Sickbert	9	0:46:31	0	9
4	Gregory, Izzy and Luna Cuddihee	9	0:57:00	0	9
5	Dennis Yurkuns	9	0:59:45	0	9
6	Perry and Eli Gabbard	9	1:24:05	0	9
7	Simon, Savannah and Melissa Kelley	9	1:45:02	0	9
8	Sternau Familt	9	–:–:–	0	9	No Start Time on Record

Big thanks to Eric Buckley for putting on a great meet in an awesome park. Here’s Eric’s summary below:

This fall’s (winter’s?) event at Hawn was my first event directing in quite some time, and it showed. Included in my gaffes was leaving the results in the equipment bin which is why these are being posted two weeks after the fact. Thanks for all your patience!

That said, it was a great day to be in the woods. Most felt that the unexpected snow enhanced the experience. The courses were a bit longer than intended. I could chalk that up to the snow, but one of our fastest navigators, Nathan Graves ran it in 1:40:25 the following week in perfect conditions, so I think the vegetation at Hawn has just thickened up a bit since the days when we used see the top folks running 8-9 minutes/K.

Three courses were offered. A traditional Yellow, and a long and medium Pink. The long Pink included a couple legs that wouldn’t be completely out of place on an advanced course, though they had catching features to keep intermediates from getting too off course.

Due to the cold, the ball point pens weren’t working particularly well. Apologies to anyone whose name is misspelled below.

Pink Long:

Jack Boubonnais  1:49:14

Vladimir Yurkuns  2:05:25

Mark Geldmeier  2:08:03

Brian Rodenbeck  2:08:44

Brian Niehaus  2:15:42

Ken DeBeer  2:28:34

Paul Yemm  2:23:00 (12 controls)

Jeff Juell & Tom Evans 2:28:16 (12 controls)

Pink Medium:

Derek Hebda 1:39:14

Toni & Jeff Ryan 1:50:29

Robert Bart  2:21:01

Abby Wilde  2:33:11 (9 controls)

Harry, Mandy, & Nathan 1:54:00 (8 controls)

Patrick Kalgren  2:19:10 (8 controls)

Rob Whirting, Nathan Booker & Kristy Schwarzkoff 2:32:44 (8 controls)

Michael Knapp  2:11:14 (7 controls)

Alice Chloe, Brenna & Gannon 1:29:12 (5 controls)

Regin Payne  1:20:00 (4 controls)

Nat Woling  1:45:00 (3 controls)

Jen Doias  DNF (lost card)

Kevin Minton  DNF (lost card)

Ted & Sandy Weiss  OT

Alan & Kalley Richardson  OT

Colin, Craig, Joen Campbell  OT

Yellow:

Heidi Abott & Dan Ingram  35:55

Steven & Cynthia Truemper  36:45

Justin & Aiden  37:11

Clair & Jim Huss  50:13

Bryan, Henry, Paul, Kyle & Kaden  52:00

Steve & Tim Brennan  55:00

Dennis Yurkuns  1:02:32

Roasted Bears 1:30:10

Greg Tate 2:19:00

Deanne Row  2:19:51

Jasen & Michael Snyder  0:55:00 (6 controls)

Great event! Results below.

Name	Course	Category	CPs	Finish Time
OVERALL POINT TO POINT COURSE RESULTS
Jeff Ryan	Advanced	Individual	19	1:04:55
Nathan Graves	Advanced	Individual	19	1:14:00
Bryan Niehaus	Advanced	Individual	19	1:17:52
Matthew Darr	Advanced	Individual	19	1:47:05
Mark Geldmeier	Advanced	Individual	19	1:50:33
Jeff Adams	Advanced	Individual	19	1:54:41
Gannon Niehaus/Chase Homberg /Brianna Goff	Advanced	Group Adults	19	2:02:49
Jerry Young	Advanced	Individual	19	2:07:19
Ted and Sandy Weiss	Advanced	Group Adults	19	2:45:07
Melissa and Myles Kelley	Advanced	Group with kids	19	2:45:37
David Beatty and Erin Gimon	Advanced	Group Adults	19	3:14:13
Tracy Newell /Bryon House	Advanced	Group Adults	19	3:14:22
Douglas Caulfield	Advanced	Individual	19	3:53:54
Mike Gannon	Advanced	Individual	19	3:53:55
Brian Rodenbeck	Advanced	Individual	18	1:10:56
Matt Soraghan	Advanced	Individual	12	1:16:58
Nathan Goff	Advanced	Individual	10	1:49:32
Eric Buckley	Advanced	Individual		Lost dipper
Name	Course	CPs	Time
BY CATEGORY POINT TO POINT RESULTS
Individual
Jeff Ryan	Advanced	Individual	19	1:04:55
Nathan Graves	Advanced	Individual	19	1:14:00
Bryan Niehaus	Advanced	Individual	19	1:17:52
Matthew Darr	Advanced	Individual	19	1:47:05
Mark Geldmeier	Advanced	Individual	19	1:50:33
Jeff Adams	Advanced	Individual	19	1:54:41
Jerry Young	Advanced	Individual	19	2:07:19
Douglas Caulfield	Advanced	Individual	19	3:53:54
Mike Gannon	Advanced	Individual	19	3:53:55
Brian Rodenbeck	Advanced	Individual	18	1:10:56
Matt Soraghan	Advanced	Individual	12	1:16:58
Nathan Goff	Advanced	Individual	10	1:49:32
Eric Buckley	Advanced	Individual		Lost dipper
Group Adults
Gannon Niehaus/Chase Homberg /Brianna Goff	Advanced	Group Adults	19	2:02:49
Ted and Sandy Weiss	Advanced	Group Adults	19	2:45:07
David Beatty and Erin Gimon	Advanced	Group Adults	19	3:14:13
Tracy Newell /Bryon House	Advanced	Group Adults	19	3:14:22
Group with Kids
Melissa and Myles Kelley	Advanced	Group Kids	0:00:00	2:45:37

Name	Course	Category	CPs	Time
OVERALL SCORE O RESULTS
Stanley, Rod, Matt and Audrey Scherrer	Score O	Group kids	25	1:23:18
Paul Yemm	Score O	Individual	25	1:27:57
Cynthia and Steven Truemper	Score O	Group Adults	25	1:56:22
Jeff and Grace Juell	Score O	Group kids	24	1:34:06
Cindy, Eric, Caleb Hayes	Score O	Group kids	22	1:44:28
Aubrey Byron and Justin Walsh	Score O	Group Adults	22	1:59:12
Abby Wilde	Score O	Individual	20	1:43:15
Anne Schrupp and Jackie Otto	Score O	Group Adults	17	1:15:01
Michael Knapp	Score O	Individual	17	1:42:30
David Welsh	Score O	Individual	17	1:59:24
Jennifer, Ashton, Cody Farrell	Score O	Group kids	14	1:29:56
Shannon Welsh and Justin Jenkins	Score O	Group Adults	10	47 min
Kinsey Brasier ROTC	Score O	Group kids	10	1:57:15
Darryl and Nick Ledbetter	Score O	Group kids	9	1:59:35
David and Mary Freiper	Score O	Group Adults	8	1:10:20
Neal  Susan Bockwoldt	Score O	Group Adults	7	1:20:00
Rivercrest 1	Score O	Group kids	5	1:03:18
Adam and Stacy Fister	Score O	Group Adults	3	1:56:49
Nat and Alane Wolins	Score O	Group Adults	22-22=0	3:56:42
Rivercrest 2	Score O	Group kids	–	lost dipper
SCORE O CATEGORY RESULTS
INDIVIDUAL
Paul Yemm	Score O	Individual	25	1:27:57
Abby Wilde	Score O	Individual	20	1:43:15
Michael Knapp	Score O	Individual	17	1:42:30
David Welsh	Score O	Individual	17	1:59:24
GROUP WITH KIDS
Stanley, Rod, Matt and Audrey Scherrer	Score O	Group kids	25	1:23:18
Jeff and Grace Juell	Score O	Group kids	24	1:34:06
Cindy, Eric, Caleb Hayes	Score O	Group kids	22	1:44:28
Jennifer, Ashton, Cody Farrell	Score O	Group kids	14	1:29:56
Kinsey Brasier ROTC	Score O	Group kids	10	1:57:15
Darryl and Nick Ledbetter	Score O	Group kids	9	1:59:35
Rivercrest 1	Score O	Group kids	5	1:03:18
Rivercrest 2	Score O	Group kids	–	lost dipper
WHEELCHAIR GROUP
David and Mary Freiper	Score O	Group Adults	8	1:10:20
GROUP ADULTS
Cynthia and Steven Truemper	Score O	Group Adults	25	1:56:22
Aubrey Byron and Justin Walsh	Score O	Group Adults	22	1:59:12
Anne Schrupp and Jackie Otto	Score O	Group Adults	17	1:15:01
Shannon Welsh and Justin Jenkins	Score O	Group Adults	10	47 min
David and Mary Freiper	Score O	Group Adults	8	1:10:20
Neal  Susan Bockwoldt	Score O	Group Adults	7	1:20:00
Adam and Stacy Fister	Score O	Group Adults	3	1:56:49
Nat and Alane Wolins	Score O	Group Adults	22-22=0	3:56:42

Name	Place	CPs reached	Time
Long Course Individual
Ukranian	1	20	0:54:25
Nathan Graves	2	20	0:56:16
Jeff Ryan	3	20	0:58:20
Kevin Minton	4	20	1:05:40
Bryan Niehaus	5	20	1:07:49
Josh Borgmeyer	6	20	1:16:42
Jeff Sona	7	20	1:28:10
Vladimir Yurkuns	8	20	1:44:26
Thomas Ryan	9	20	1:49:41
Eric Buckley	10	20	2:03:36
Abby Wilde	11	20	2:10:27
Carrie Sona	12	20	2:37:15
Nathan Wolins	13	15	3:35:22
Anne Schrupp	14	7	1:42:55
Gannon Niehaus	15	5	0:57:15
Long Course Group
Brian Woods & Kyle Cochran	1	20	2:12:48
Eric Cindy Caleb Shaely Hayes	2	20	2:14:37
Tracy Newell & Byron House	3	19	3:35:24
Brian & Phoebe Rodenbeck	4	19	2:04:12
Ted & Sandy Weiss	5	19	2:25:14
Stephen Elizabeth Tim Brennan	6	12	1:43:08
Cody Farrell & Jennifer Aston	7	15	2:59:36
Robert & Alexa Nichols	8	11
Short Course Individual
Mark Yurkins	1	10	0:26:16
Douglas Caulfield	2	10	0:35:01
Dennis Yurkins	3	9	0:40:49
Adam Fister	4	9	1:28:35
Short Course Group
Adrian Beloqui & Benroy Shimotani	1	10	0:34:10
Ken & Kathy DeBeer	2	10	0:40:37
Andrea Gokhan Kendal Adam Noah Kapan	3	10	0:56:14
David Connor Ursula Luvemore	4	10	1:00:52
Darrell & Nick Ledbetter	5	10	1:23:29
Jake Meege Pete & Carolyn Carvallo	6	10	1:31:29
Team Beetles	7	6	0:43:24
Jeff Becky Luis Annie & Olivia Adams	8	1	1:06:33
Short Course ROTC
MHS Team Squiggy	1	10	0:40:16
NJROTC Maverik	2	10	0:44:35
Roasted Turkeys	3	10	0:45:35
UCHS Flyin Lions	4	10	0:59:04
MHS Klement Crew	5	9	0:40:38
Teddy Bears	6	9	0:50:45
NJROTC Rooster	7	8	0:43:56

What a night! We laughed, some cried, but we all had fun celebrating the legendary David Frei. After spying the international space station orbiting overhead, David gave a very heartwarming speech that was very moving. To top off the evening we got to treasure hunt in an awesome park, then spin the wheel of fortune for some tasty and not-so-tasty treats from David’s favorite’s list. Thank you to everyone who came out and special thank you to the following people who helped make it an amazing evening: Jeff and Carrie Sona, Ken and Kathie DeBeer, Jeff Ryan, Kevin Minton, Mark Geldmeier, Robert Bart, Thomas Ryan, and Bryan Niehaus just to name a few.

2022-09-17 Kirkwood Night O
INDIVIDUALS	INDIVIDUALS	TIME	PENALTY
Individuals
1. Jeff Ryan	31	36:04
2. Jeff Sona	30	44:22
3. Kevin Minton	28	43:01
4. Matt Soraghan	28	44:50
5. Will Bray	27	43:15
6. Nathan Goff	25	43:56
7. Thomas Ryan	27-2 penalty= 25	46:59	2
8. Vladimir Yurkuns	23	40:52
9. Robert Bart	20	44:20
10. Anne Schrupp	16	44:07
11. Abigail Wilde	14	44:02
12. David Welsh	12	43:15
13. Laura Hauper	13-1 penalty = 12	45:45	1
14. Mark Yurkins	14-4 penalty = 10	48:30	4
15. Emily Frei	9	36:50
16. Mike Frei	9	37:25
17. Dennis Yurkuns	6	36:44
18. Carol Meagher	5	45:00
GROUP
1. Matt and Paige Helbig (OVERALL WINNER)	31	33:27
2. Chloe Harrisberger Kid Group	28	42:53
3. Harry and Christine Harrisberger	26	43:44
4. Scherrer Family	23	43:28
5. Jusin, Andrew, Brendan	22	43:45
6. Deyo Family	21	39:40
7. Troop 323	21	42:38
8. Adams Family	19	44:45
8. Ken and Kathie DeBeer	19	44:45
9. John and Vicki McLoughlan	17	44:10
10. Borgmeyer family	13	36:18
11. Joe and Kate Preuedel	13	37:30
12. Sam Ryan Group	13	39:11
13. JROTC 1	13	44:32
14. Ortbals Family	12	34:40
15. Jackie and Andrew Otto	12	44:40
16. Curran-Frei Group	10	38:00
17. JROTC 2	9	37:44
WHEELCHAIR DIVISION
1. David Frei and Mary Piper	11	44:59

It was a great evening at Joe Boccardi’s for the 2020 Route 66 Bike O. Participants came in many forms to enjoy this score o, scavenger style meet. There were corrections on the final results from what was announced at the meeting after the meet so check the chart for official braggin’ rights. No one did the course on Big Wheel but we did eat toasted ravoli anyway.

https://stlouisorienteering.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Results-Route-66-Bike-O-2022.xlsx