Southern Michigan Orienteering Club
Highland Recreation Area – Spring Mill
Meet Director: Cooper Green
Standard O Meet
November 7, 2004
This beautiful Fall weekend saw one of the biggest turnouts of the year for a club meet. Four courses were offered which included White (3k), Yellow (4k), Green (6k), and Red (8.5k). With the leaves down from the trees, visibility through the woods was excellent; however, the leaves hid rocks and roots on the ground which proved to be an added challenge to finishing the courses (with ankles intact!). An attempt was made to place the control flags in locations that hid them until a party arrived near or at the specified feature.
The White course was tackled by four parties. Finishing times were remarkably close, with Ken Israel coming in on top at 84 minutes. It was fun to see an enthusiastic Troop 51 finish second and correctly identify a mis-marked control code on the clue sheet. The Yellow course had some exciting finishes. Jess and Karl Franklin took the top spot by a mere thirty seconds over Robert and Diane Dutton. There was a tie for fourth place between the Villemures and the team of ‘Chicks & Chunks.’ It was rumored that there was a ‘Hunk’ among the Chicks & Chunks; however, that was reported by only one team member and couldn’t be validated by a second.
The Green course had the most starts, as well as the most OE’s (Orienteering Experiences). An OE is scored when a party either doesn’t complete the course, or comes in over the time limit. Without a shorter Orange course offering, many people elected to tackle the harder Green. Dave Ives cruised to the fastest finish in the early morning, acting also as the course ‘vetter’ (checking for proper control flag placement – which he confirmed). Jim Kosteva placed second, while Roger Rush, doing his first ever orienteering event, impressed all with the third fastest time. Tina Thompson earned bragging rights by besting her husband Joe in their last meet of the year. Suspiciously, Dick West headed off into the woods with three beautiful young women and came out a couple hours later missing multiple control punches.
The Red course added three more difficult points to the Green course. Being the ‘advanced’ course of the day’s offerings, one flag was located in a pit (forcing someone to find the pit). Another flag was hung low and obscured by downed trees forcing one to find the ‘rootstock’ identified on a minor terrain spur (a special thanks to Tim Mielock who found the flag on the ground and re-hung it in its intended position). Mark Voit flashed through the course to take the overall win. Tim, who obviously chose the most direct route possible regardless of the dark green warnings on the map, ran his exposed and bloodied legs in for a second place finish with Thurston Miller close behind scoring third.
It was great to see many people out for orienteering training/practice coordinated by the Southern Michigan Adventure Club (SMAC). We hope to see you all back trying more orienteering meets and getting involved with SMOC. A special thanks to Dave Ives, Rick Waldo and his two sons Daniel and Dale for helping out with registration!
Results:
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Course |
Time |
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White |
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1 |
Ken
Israel |
1:24:00 |
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2 |
Troop 51 |
1:26:00 |
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3 |
Kuhn +2 |
1:27:00 |
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4 |
Campfire
Club |
1:46:00 |
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Yellow |
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1 |
Jess/Karl
Franklin |
0:50:00 |
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2 |
Robert/Diane
Dutton |
0:50:30 |
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3 |
Bill
Girardin |
0:56:00 |
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4 |
Chicks
& Chunks |
1:05:00 |
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5 |
Mike/Pat
Villemure |
1:05:00 |
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6 |
Tom Smith
& son |
1:09:00 |
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7 |
Paul
Morris |
1:20:30 |
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8 |
Brian
Crowe/Jody Gunther |
1:34:00 |
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9 |
Tracy
Bischer & Cory |
1:35:00 |
|
10 |
Joscelyn/Roberts |
1:38:00 |
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11 |
Jeff Ehli
& Chris |
1:42:00 |
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12 |
Heather
Guzick |
2:00:00 |
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13 |
Sherry/Chang/Gayle |
2:12:00 |
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13 |
Pompetzki/Aldred |
2:12:00 |
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15 |
Debra
Ullenbruck & Elizabeth |
2:16:30 |
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Erica
Wehrwein/Jill Slade |
OE |
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Andrew
Calendar & Carson |
OE |
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Green |
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1 |
Dave Ives |
1:20:00 |
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2 |
Jim
Kosteva |
1:31:30 |
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3 |
Roger
Rush |
1:35:30 |
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4 |
Roddy
Wares |
1:45:00 |
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5 |
Matt
Johns |
1:48:00 |
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6 |
Megan
Donahue |
1:48:15 |
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7 |
Tina
Thompson |
1:49:15 |
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8 |
Mike
Keating |
1:56:15 |
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9 |
Joe
Thompson |
1:58:15 |
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10 |
Pat Murad |
2:00:00 |
|
11 |
Brian
Halliwill |
2:17:45 |
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12 |
RM |
2:20:00 |
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13 |
Andy
Brown/Karen Williamson |
2:38:00 |
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14 |
Gordon
Seeley |
2:39:00 |
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15 |
Judy
McGarry/Justin Vanderberg |
2:48:00 |
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Bill
Pelletier & Daniel |
OE |
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Dick West
+ 3 |
OE |
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Mike Ryan |
OE |
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Soyna
Talwalker |
OE |
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Wyatt |
OE |
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Laura
Lamont |
OE |
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Diane
Hutchinson |
OE |
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DeForest
Eveland + 3 |
OE |
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Nick
Irish |
OE |
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Rich
Matthei |
OE |
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Red |
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1 |
Mark Voit |
1:14:15 |
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2 |
Tim
Mielock |
1:36:30 |
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3 |
Thurston
Miller |
1:39:15 |
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4 |
Plamen
Ratchev |
1:42:30 |
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5 |
Gordon
Davis |
1:45:45 |
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6 |
Alex Izzo |
1:51:30 |
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7 |
Mike
Breyer |
1:53:30 |
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8 |
Jeff
Brault |
2:03:30 |
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9 |
Dennis
Elston |
2:57:00 |
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John
White |
OE |
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Bill
Luitje |
OE |
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Dave
Mielock |
OE |
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Rick
Waldo |
OE |
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Jim Hafke
+ 1 |
OE |