McFarlan Woods
Green Township Bicentennial Park
February 16, 2025
Course Setter: Jasper Ralinovsky
Thanks to all volunteers
who helped with this event.
Pre-registration: Guy
Olsen
Download: Matthew Robbins
Registration / Check-in:
Amy Lamborg
Control Pickup: Ben Hart,
Jasper Ralinovsky, Amy Lamborg, Matthew Robbins, Mike
Minium
Season Standings: Thurston
Miller
Livelox: Dylan Poe
A day and a half of
torrential rain that changed to heavy snow just before dawn turned the park
into a winter wonderland, and set the stage for an awesome winter
challenge. Every branch and twig of the
honeysuckle bushes so prevalent in this park hung low under a load of two
inches of snow, just waiting to dump on any orienteer who dared to push
through. Visibility was often reduced to
just a few meters – it was like night orienteering in the fog. Jacket pockets quickly collected enough snow
to arm both sides of a major snowball war (well, maybe not quite). Beneath the snow lurked gooey, slippery mud,
and well-worn trails often were more like linear marshes. Jasper’s well-concealed controls were even
more hidden by an accumulation of snow, and even after the loose snow was
brushed off the control units, it wasn’t always
possible to read the code through a layer of crusty snow and ice. Green and red courses were somewhat
shortened as the main streams were rushing torrents, and it was felt that the
crossings would be too much to ask. It
is not much of a stretch to wonder if the three who did manage to finish green
and red would have completed the longer original courses!
The day by the numbers:
38 pre-registered.
23 starters.
7 finishers.
Fortunately, all starters
did return safely, some colder and wetter than others. A tremendous thanks to those who went back
out to collect the controls; amazingly they were all collected that same day! Considering the attendance and completion
rate, we probably should have cancelled.
We seriously considered it, but the weather predictions were so close to
previous successful events we went ahead. We got more snow than expected, and
the park roads and lots were unplowed.
But, the weather wasn't terribly cold if you were out of the wind
and dry, although Amy and Jasper were stamping their feet a lot. It was
not too windy (much less wind than predicted).
But the footing in the woods was pretty treacherous,
and the low honeysuckle had inches of snow on each branch. One competitor said
it was claustrophobic, and another said it was like night orienteering in
fog---you couldn't see far, and you missed terrain
features!
Results by Course
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2. yellow (3) |
2.6 km |
10 Controls |
|
Place |
Stno |
Name |
Club |
Class |
Time |
Diff. |
|
1 |
35 |
Michelle Snavely |
COO |
YellowOpen |
56:10 |
0:00 |
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1 |
Ann Almstedt |
COO |
YellowOpen |
dnf |
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13 |
Clark Hand |
Home School |
YellowTrolMS-M |
dnf |
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3. orange (1) |
3.2 km |
11 Controls |
|
Place |
Stno |
Name |
Club |
Class |
Time |
Diff. |
|
7 |
Megan Digeon |
OCIN |
OrangeF |
dnf |
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4. brown (3) |
2.6 km |
8 Controls |
|
Place |
Stno |
Name |
Club |
Class |
Time |
Diff. |
|
1 |
18 |
Warren Mandrell |
OCIN |
M65+ |
1:20:57 |
0:00 |
|
2 |
29 |
Dave Robinson |
OCIN |
M65+ |
1:55:39 |
+34:42 |
|
3 |
41 |
Stephanie Jordan |
OCIN |
BrownF |
2:04:57 |
+44:00 |
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5. green (12) |
3.5 km |
10 Controls |
|
Place |
Stno |
Name |
Club |
Class |
Time |
Diff. |
|
1 |
19 |
Michael Minium |
OCIN |
M55+ |
2:12:32 |
0:00 |
|
2 |
38 |
Jason VonNida |
OCIN |
GreenM |
2:13:00 |
+0:28 |
|
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|
14 |
Benjamin Hart |
OCIN |
M55+ |
dnf |
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|
11 |
Jared Grissom |
Union County HS |
GreenTrolV-M |
dnf |
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|
3 |
Brenda Blacklock |
ICO |
F45+ |
dnf |
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|
12 |
Theresa Grissom |
OCIN |
F45+ |
dnf |
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|
24 |
Andy Orth |
OCIN |
GreenM |
dnf |
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|
31 |
Stephanie Ross |
OCIN |
F45+ |
dnf |
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|
42 |
Isis Espinosa |
OCIN |
F35+ |
dnf |
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|
6 |
Jason Day |
OCIN |
GreenM |
dnf |
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|
4 |
Chris Bolanos |
None |
GreenM |
dnf |
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|
40 |
Kennedy Altamirano |
Hamilton HS JROTC OH |
GreenTrolV-M |
dnf |
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6. red (4) |
3.8 km |
11 Controls |
|
Place |
Stno |
Name |
Club |
Class |
Time |
Diff. |
|
1 |
44 |
Jonathan Stevens |
OCIN |
M35+ |
2:00:13 |
0:00 |
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43 |
Alex Gutierrez |
Hamilton HS JROTC OH |
M-20 |
dnf |
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|
20 |
Robert Minto |
ICO |
M45+ |
dnf |
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|
5 |
Michael Bordner |
OCIN |
M45+ |
dnf |
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