Our meet last Saturday on the new Simplot Sports Complex map garnered several takers.  While it started
 off a bit humid and warm, the wind picked up and the temperature dropped several degrees halfway through
 the meet, offering a cooling breeze to steaming orienteers.  The date also happened to be the rough
 equivalent of local soccer finals and of several softball games, enhancing the difficulty of route choice
 a bit as participants could no longer take the straight line route across the soccer fields.  This location
 could also prove a bit more hazardous to our control inventory, as a couple runners managed to save a couple
 that threatened to walk off (moving control syndrome), and we eventually did lose one near the center of the
 park.  We plan to avoid the soccer season next time!
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Jason Sims, a guest who drove all the way from Washington state to attend our humble meet, discovered
 the dizzying speed of a fast park course.  (He was actually in town for a wedding, found us on the web,
 and decided to squeak this in as practice for a future summer race.)  Andy Hill displayed remarkable
 fortitude and hit all controls despite a stress fracture in his foot that is slowly healing.  Returning
 guest Rick Smith and daughter Ilana signed up for a membership and proceeded to tackle the course with gusto,
 and saved a moving control to boot.  Bonus points...  Sergey and Masha blazed through the entire suite and
 edged out the Smith team for 2nd place in the Beginners category.  David Bergset arrived a little later after
 navigating the park to find the start.  After a slightly roundabout route to the first control (perhaps due
 to my hasty start time), he quickly found the remainder with time to spare despite post-Robie syndrome and
 edged out Jason for 2nd place.  Sergey returned to the course solo and managed to set the speed standard while
 offering David a little extra breeze as he flew by.
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Course was Score format, with 9 5 point controls and 4 10 point controls.  Every minute over the allotted
 time deducted two points.  The final results:
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Beginner:  40 minutes, double points:
Orienteer           Time    Raw Score   Adj Score
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Rick and Ilana      55:45     85          140
Sergey and Masha    45:25     85          160

Intermediate:  40 minutes, standard points:
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Andy Hill           36:00     85           85

Advanced:  25 minutes, standard points:
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Jason Sims          20:30     85           85
David Bergset       20:25     85           85
Sergey              16:17     85           85

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We return to the green hills of Hull's Gulch next month (April 19th.)  Andy Hill will be directing.
  (We can hear the evil chuckles already.)  See you then!
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Jeff