Shamrock Hunt, 11 Mar 2000, Germantown MetroPark

Saturday, 11 March 2000 dawned cold, and cloudy. Temperatures were in the 30's at 7:30am and stayed there for the 1st start just after 11am. Winds gusted to speeds around 20 miles per hour. The wind chill seemed below zero. During the day it rained, sleeted, and snowed. 25 participants and 4 workers braved the frigid temperatures.

White, 10 Controls, 2.2km in Length, 50m Climb

Mike Massie 31:20

Dakota Bradstreet T235 BSA 46:30

Kevin Troidl T235 BSA 46:30

Yellow, 12 Controls, 3.2km in Length, 95m Climb

Troop 103 A T103 BSA 66:15

Crew 103 VC 103 BSA 110:30

Troop 103 B T103 BSA DNF

Orange, 10 Controls, 3.9km in Length, 130m Climb

Nick/Mandi 108:25

Chuck Fabian 128:34

Brown, 07 Controls, 3.3km in Length, 150m Climb

Tim Derks/Ted Knecht OCIN 111:22

Green, 09 Controls, 4.2km in Length, 150m Climb

David Veech MVOC 56:51

Peter Raine COO 69:19

Red, 12 Controls, 5.8km in Length, 210m Climb

Steve Barnhart MVOC 63:08

Special thanks to David Irving and Karen Dennis for getting the maps over printed; Sue Blum for running registration; Bill Bell, Dakota Bradstreet, Chris Bell, and Kevin Troidl for running start, finish, and results; Dakota Bradstreet, Chris Bell, and Kevin Troidl for Saturday control recovery, and Roger and Sue Blum for control recovery after the bad weather passes. The meet was successful because of the volunteers.

Mark Novitski, Meet Director