As always we were blessed with wonderful October weather this past Saturday. Foothills were covered
with fun yellow colors and worth grass season was already coming to the end :) Drinking as much as possible
water was the rule of the day. Especially mid-day! Temperatures reached 90 at noon.
We even managed to run out of blank maps but thanks for the help from the world class adventure runner
Michael Tobin we had enough supply to provide all who came for the meet.
Beginner course had two flavors: Mini and Standard. David Foster with little precious daughter took the
Mini course and successfully found all 4 controls. Many newcomers and veterans alike tried Beginner Standard course
which was on a little longer side with almost 3 km length and 100 m climb. All who started braved the heat
and finished with smiles. Even little Monica smiled when the meet director applied some antiseptic onto cut
on her palm. Cullum family duos competed to the last control head to head. I was very pleased to see some happy faces
because I believe that orienteering is not about competition - it is family adventure time.
Really hot competition was on Intermediate course with young squads of runners and experienced adventure runners
leaded head to head. Well, experience always count. However, looking at the performance of the juniors,
seniors should be aware!
Three braves challenged Advanced course that stretched across the entire map and offered some difficult
legs. Michael Tobin showed very impressive
time and edged our veteran Jeff Black. Doug LaMott was third.
Mini Course: 1.9K, 80m, 4 controls
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David Foster & daughter 40:42
Beginner Course: 2.9K, 100m, 7 controls
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Jeff Fereday, Paul Montgomery,
Greg Montgomery 32:16
Rochelle & Dan Cullum 43:53
Eric Zuber & Angela Haener 44:45
Jim & Natalie Cullum 45:35
Mitchell, Monica, and
Bob Leibowitz 48:20
Kathryn Engle 48:28
Kristin, Kayla, and
Lawalee Ritzenthaler 48:53
Arun Lokanathan Family 69:10
Intermediate: 3.9K, 280m, 9 controls
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Brad Turpen 41:35
Jordi Johnson, Charlie Fereday,
Luke Studebaker 43:00
Rebecca Rusch 44:45
Stuart Allyn, Tyler Allyn,
Connor Haunold 53:40
Karin Didisse 54:40
Mark Schoenfeld 65:37
Bob Didisse DNF
Advanced: 5.75K, 550m, 13 controls
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Michael Tobin 57:41
Jeff Black 58:15
Doug LaMott 83:04