We had a great turnout on what initially appeared to be a very wet day. But the weather let up and proved to be comparably excellent orienteering conditions. This week we saw an upset in the long-standing beginner course powerhouse of Masha Velichko, coming in a close second to the Leibowitz team. This is the first time Mitchell ran the entire course without stopping! Monica watched this time. Hopefully, all enjoyed the beginner course. Brad Lowe, Angela Haener teamed with newcomer Cheri Lynne braved the intermediate course, which turned out to be a course that was very similar to the advanced course, to act as a decoy to the advanced runners. The meet director deviously placed intermediate controls in the vicinity of the advanced control location, except that the advanced control was slightly more well hidden. This required careful attention by the advanced participants in finding the correct control. The advanced course had the largest showing with several triathletes who noted that advanced course control #2 appeared to be in the river! This was taken as a triathlete advantage, due to their swimming experience. Actually, due to the overnight rain there was one advanced control that required, of me, a stream crossing with no nearby rocks. Long-time rivals Jeff Black and Sergey Velichko proved to be on top with competitors close on their heels. Jeff, if you want to beat Sergey, you are going to have to memorize the course, as Sergey does. Doug, your dog Tucker must be helping you find the controls. How did you get so fast? Karen Didisse braved snow storm road conditions to participate. Unfortunately control #2 and #4 had been removed from the course prior to her arrival. We created an advanced/intermediate category with the remaining advanced control settings. A very respectable time, Karen. We hope you all enjoyed our December meet. Assistant Meet Director, David Bergset Meet Director Ole Bergset Meet Results Beginner Bob, Mitchell Leibowitz 14:13 Masha Velichko 16:40 Ted, Patsy, Oluvia, Emily Comstock 23:50 Intermediate Brad Lowe 27:15 Angela Haener & Cheri Lynne 59:50 Advanced/Intermediate Karin Didisse 33:37 Advanced Sergey Velichko 32:21 Jeff Black 34:50 Ken Beckner 36:58 Doug LaMott & dog Tucker 37:30 Bill Leahy 38:43 David Bergset 41:32 Lee Scott 47:00