MVOC Harvest-O

 

September 21, 2008

 

Twin Creek MetroPark - Camp Hook

 

Weather: 75 to 80 degrees, Partly Cloudy, Dry..

 

Attendance: 125 in 69 groups.

 

Thank you for helping to run the meet: Matt Bond, Tom Svobody, Mike Allen (ORRRC), and Justin M and Griffen R of Boy Scout Troop 320.  I couldn’t have run the meet without your help.

 

The late summer day was perfect for an O-meet..  But we were touch-and-go after the big winds from hurricane Ike came through the prior Sunday.  The sustained winds gusting to 80 miles per hour downed trees throughout the Miami Valley and Twin Creek was not an exception.  Somehow during the week, the Five Rivers Metropark staff managed to clear the trails in time for our event.  They did a truly amazing job.  My hat goes off for their dedication.

 

While not a record, the attendance was one of the busiest we’ve seen.  I guess it was a combination of everyone getting tired of being cooped up without power, and it being the first meet after the start of the new school year.  All the MVOC Junior-O schools brought teams to this event.  The MVOC Junior-O Championship looks like it could be a well fought event this year.

 

And some apologies.  To those who found the “Orienteering” direction sign at the park entrance to be facing away from you, my apologies.  In the Big-dark of 08 that followed the Big-wind of 08, I didn’t have Internet access in the last week of preparation.  I didn’t get a chance to check the club web-site directions and I assumed they matched the route I had been following.  Oops.  To the large groups that waited patiently to get registered.  It was my first time as meet director.  I appreciate your patience.  I’ll certainly be better prepared next time.  And to the Yellow course competitors, I appreciate your patience waiting for a start time.  We had 66 people in 36 groups run the Yellow course.  That was a big crush of people through the start area.  Next time we’ll do better.

 

As always, 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.

 

Results

In the result tables below:

FHS = Fairborn High School Air Force JROTC

GHS = Greenville High School Navy JROTC

HHS = Hamilton High School Navy JROTC

SHS = Springboro High School Air Force JROTC

WHS = Wayne High School Air Force JROTC

ORRRC = Ohio River Road Runner Club

OCIN = Orienteering Cincinnati

COO = Central Ohio Orienteers

TSN = Tuscon Az Orienteering Club

OT = Overtime

DNF = Did not finish

MSP = Mis-punched

DSQ = Disqualified

 

Tom McClory
Meet Director

White Course - 2.4 Km long, 12 controls

David Sangrey + Dad

BSA

26:00

Powers Family

 

26:35

Ben + Matt Bond

MVOC

42:40

Sharon Bond

MVOC

44:00

William Powers

 

46:15

Thompson / Pepple D

GHS

46:57

Team X-Calibur

BSA 320

90:20

Story / Morrison

SHS

97:48

Coleman / Middleton / Massie / Lairson

SHS

DSQ (Lost Card)

 

 

 

 Yellow Course - 3.0 Km long, 12 controls

Travis Egger

 

41:59

Meyers / Tyler Webb

HHS

49:03

Morgan /Morgan /Wedgewood

SHS

57:20

Tom Brincefield

 

60:05

Lehman / Branham

HHS

61:17

Team Alpha

FHS

62:48

John + Becky Bates

MVOC

63:45

Young / Jorge Flores

HHS

64:10

Ken Cullen

 

65:15

McBride / Robt Webb

HHS

65:55

Lynch / Jerami Flores

HHS

70:51

Linville / Campbell

HHS

74:50

Mike Allen

ORRRC

79:22

Breining / Page

WHS

88:00

Team Delta

FHS

93:55

Alex Roesch / Patti Blessing

BSA 530

100:33

Johnson / Baker

HHS

122:14 (OT)

Dezarn / Day / Stigall

HHS

122:40 (OT)

Padilla / Ceverera

HHS

154:14 (OT)

Hollingsworth / Flynn

HHS

DNF (11 of 12)

McDonald / Ferrell

WHS

DNF (11 of 12)

Bodnar / Lawer

SHS

DNF (10 of 12)

Brown / Jones

HHS

DNF (8 of 12)

Chamberlin / Reel

WHS

DNF (8 of 12)

Team Charlie

FHS

DNF (8 of 12)

Blue / Jones

WHS

DNF (7 of 12)

Goodridge / Wright

WHS

DNF (6 of 12)

Team Bravo

FHS

DNF (6 of 12)

Bennett / Steele

WHS

DNF (5 of 12)

Pepple M / Estes

GHS

DNF (5 of 12)

Nickell / Peirce

GHS

DNF (4 of 12)

Winder / Gunst

WHS

DNF (4 of 12)

Schmidt Family

 

DNF (2 of 12)

Cameron Cumberland

 

DSQ(Lost Card)

Parsons / Cook / Theil / Lewis

SHS

DSQ(Lost Card)

Shrayans Khaitan

SHS

DSQ(Lost Card)

 

 

 

Orange Course - 3.3 Km, 12 controls

Tom W + Justin G + Michael M

MVOC

68:50

Minners + Smindak

ORRRC

70:53

Sid and Nancy

ORRRC

73:03

Eric Weaver

SHS

88:50

David Williams

OCIN

89:27

Morgan / Wedgewood / Crowl

SHS

94:05

Tom Brencefield

 

94:30

Martinho / Fenstermaker

GHS

DNF (4 of 12)

Bilotto / Aikens

WHS

DNF (3 of 12)

Cocoran / Chenault

WHS

DNF (3 of 12)

Waggoner / Wright

WHS

DNF (3 of 12)

Douglas / Lovin

WHS

DNF (1 of 12)

Brewster / Leis

SHS

DSQ (Lost Card)

Jim Cimprich

 

DSQ (Lost Card)

 

 

 

 Green Course - 4.2 Km long, 13 controls

Gerald Yip

OCIN

40:57

Tom Svobodny

MVOC

44:30

Sergei Preobrazhensky

COO

47:35

Matt Bond

MVOC

50:15

Cristina Luis

TSN

65:35

Matthew Robbins

OCIN

72:50

Jeff McPherson

ORRRC

88:40

Alexander Preobrazhensky

COO

114:09

Clark / Ross

WHS

121:40 (OT)

Kruk / Hindman

WHS

DNF (8 of 13)