MVOC Junior Orienteering Championships - Practice Event

November 12, 2004 - Caesar Creek State Park

Weather: Mid to upper 40's & partly sunny, damp undergrowth and fields due to rain the prior day.

Attendance: 147 in 64 groups

Thanks for meet assistance: Sharon Bond, Bob Frey, Bob Thobaben, Steve Barnhart, and Larry Berna

The courses were left in place after the meet for the following day's Turkey Hunt.  Competitors can compare their results with others who ran the same course the next day.  Greenville High School NJROTC, Badin ROKS, and Fairborn High School AFJROTC ran the same courses the following day in the Turkey Hunt.  Their results are included below for comparison only, and are marked with (TH) for Turkey Hunt.  Course conditions change from day to day, and their results are not considered for trophy standings.

The top 1/3 of finishers on a course (not counting OT's) should consider moving to the next higher course.  Finishers with an OT or DNF should move to an easier course and master it (top 1/3) before moving higher. Competitors on the green course should be confident enough in their navigation to run the entire course.

On the white course Meadowdale and Springboro duked it out with Meadowdale claiming the victory.

On the yellow course Hamilton made a good showing with several individuals placing well, including the top honors handily won by Matt Roark.  A pattern emerged with the DNF competitors on the yellow course.  It seems that for those who missed either 2 or 5 controls, most missed the same controls.  I was scratching my head wondering if the yellow course was too difficult due to the results until I looked at the Turkey Hunt results for the next day -- not a single DNF or OT.  Clearly many yellow competitors on Friday should have been on the white course.

On the orange course Hamilton again claimed victory with a top placing by Justin Kinsey.  Again, during the Turkey Hunt the next day there were no DNF's and only one OT.

I am really impressed with all the green competitors -- not a single DNF, and the OT's were not that much over.  Wayne and Hamilton really are closely matched here except for the winning performance by the Wayne team of Daniel Klepper and Josh Blankley, more than 20 minutes ahead of second place!

Great competition was had by all, and the Colonel White bus stuck in the mud provided ample entertainment.

Trophy Standings

Results

In the result tables below:

CWHS = Colonel White High School Army JROTC

FHS = Fairborn High School Air Force JROTC

GHS = Greenville High School Navy JROTC

HHS = Hamilton High School Navy JROTC

MHS = Meadowdale High School Army JROTC

ROKS = Rams O Klub at Badin High School, Hamilton, Ohio

SHS = Springboro High School Air Force JROTC

WHS = Wayne High School Air Force JROTC

OCIN = Orienteering Cincinnati

U = Unofficial (reason stated)

TH = Turkey Hunt time

OT = Overtime

DNF = Did not finish (- number of missed controls)

DSQ = Disqualified

Matt Bond
Meet Director


 
White Course - 1.64 Km long, 18 m climb, 6 controls
Zac Wilkins ROKS 17:09 (TH)
Matt Flum ROKS 19:12 (TH)
Josh Moran ROKS 22:28 (TH)
Morales W., Candice Sanders, Kristen Fording, Alex Snow, & Erin Carpenter FHS 25:27 (TH)
Kirby Morales group 4 (5 in group) FHS 28:59 (TH)
Alex Holmes & David Mortin
MHS
30:19
Head, Dickten, & Shafer
SHS
33:03
Lucas Garcia, Courtlynz Kerft, Briana Gonzalez, Lacey, & Bryan FHS 34:58 (TH)
Jeffrey D., Coleman T., & Easley T.
MHS
35:56
Collier, Goode, Willy, & Truesdell
SHS
37:48
Taneshia Jeffrey & Ryan Heisle
MHS
38:06

 
Yellow Course - 2.70 Km long, 72 m climb, 9 controls
Geiger & Bussell GHS 47:57 (TH)
Kyle Kollstedt ROKS
48:20 (TH)
Zac Wilkins ROKS
48:38 (TH)
Matt Roark
HHS
54:10
Josh Moran ROKS
55:59 (TH)
Matt Flum ROKS
58:51 (TH)
Andy Shaver ROKS
67:00 (TH)
Colonel White group 12 (3 in group)
CWHS
67:30
Jacob Hellickson group 3 (5 in group) FHS
67:58 (TH)
Graham, Malinowski, Gillette, etc. (5 in group)
SHS
68:48
Jacob Williams
HHS
70:48
Turner & Wallace GHS
71:30 (TH)
Beckey Schweinfest
HHS
73:50
Westfall & T. Plunkett GHS
74:12 (TH)
Miller, Byers, & Normile GHS
74:47 (TH)
Dustin Gray
HHS
75:00
Becker
SHS
75:04
Justin Jackson
HHS
77:09
Putnam, Heindl, & Owens (Blake, Zach, & Birt) GHS
79:31 (TH)
Kelly Knight
HHS
79:49
Fields & Burns GHS
81:52 (TH)
Colonel White group 11 (4 in group)
CWHS
92:40
Colonel White group 8 (3 in group)
CWHS
94:42
Heather Weaver & Abby Crager
WHS
104:05
Broomhall, W. Plunkett, & Stith GHS
104:59 (TH)
Williams, Whiting, & Fritsch
HHS
109:50
Colonel White group 5 (3 in group)
CWHS
114:35
Colonel White group 4 (3 in group)
CWHS
115:00
Walser, Hume, & Dodge
HHS
116:00
Jeffrey D., Coleman T., & Easley T. (not tallied for trophy standings - ran white course first)
MHS
OT  (144:10) (U)
Taneshia Jeffrey & Ryan Heisle (not tallied for trophy standings - ran white course first)
MHS
OT  (148:18) (U)
Colonel White group 10 (5 in group)
CWHS
DNF (-2)
Colonel White group 2 (4 in group)
CWHS
DNF (-2)
Colonel White group 13 (4 in group)
CWHS
DNF (-2)
Colonel White group 17 (4 in group)
CWHS
DNF (-2)
Colonel White group 7 (3 in group)
CWHS
DNF (-2)
Colonel White group 16 (4 in group)
CWHS
DNF (-3)
Colonel White group 6 (3 in group)
CWHS
DNF (-4)
Alex Holmes & David Mortin (not tallied for trophy standings - ran white course first) MHS
DNF (-5) (U)
Brandon Dolle & Pat Doran
SHS
DNF (-5)
Colonel White group 3 (4 in group) CWHS DNF (-5)
Colonel White group 14 (3 in group) CWHS DNF (-5)
Colonel White group 15 (4 in group) CWHS DNF (-5)
Brittany Duncan
HHS
DNF (-5)
Tyler Farmer
HHS
DNF (-5)
Gray, Kammeron, & Poff
HHS
DNF (-5)
Colonel White group 9 (3 in group) CWHS DNF (-6)
Zack Simmons, Kaleb Granger, & Kinser
SHS
DNF (-7)
Colonel White group 1 (4 in group) CWHS
DNF (-7)
Ginnan, et. al. (3 in group)
SHS
DSQ
(Lost Card)

 
Orange Course - 3.77 Km long, 138 m climb, 10 controls
John Hayes & Geoff Burchfield GHS
74:05 (TH)
Bob Frey (adult - not tallied for Jr. standings)
OCIN
79:00
Justin Kinsey
HHS
80:46
Johnson & Halley GHS
83:11 (TH)
Doug Mulle
HHS
97:49
Scott Kavanaugh & Brian Brown
WHS
102:46
Shayna Chinn
HHS
105:30
Apodaca & Blankenship
HHS
OT  (125:34)
Josh Miller
HHS
OT  (127:44)
Tyahur & Morey
HHS
DNF (-5)
Puckett & Courtois
HHS
DNF (-6)
Jonathan Kellie
WHS
DNF (-6)
Aaron Hostetter & Brandon Jurdan
WHS
DNF (-6)
Josh Brock & Dillon Jeffs
WHS
DNF (-7)
Jamie Workman & James Bailey
WHS
DNF (-9)
Josh Shea
WHS
DSQ -
(Lost Card)
Ryan Smith & David Cook
WHS
DSQ - (no card returned)

 
Green Course - 4.27 Km long, 111 m climb, 11 controls
Daniel Klepper & Josh Blankley
WHS
83:12
Billy Riechers
HHS
104:34
Randy Jones & Robert Vann
WHS
105:03
Ray Wallace
HHS
110:10
Kenny Fugate
HHS
115:50
Travis Egger
WHS
OT  (120:50)
Matt Pack
WHS
OT  (122:54)
Zach Reed & Jihon Kim FHS
DNF (-2) (TH)

 
Red Course - 6.63 Km long, 225 m climb, 17 controls
Brennan Lawall
ROKS
107:58 (TH)