Lake Needwood

Course results can be seen below as well as on Attackpoint and WinSplits. To enter your routes and see how others went, head to RouteGadget.

Save the Date! Our next event is Sunday, April 3 at Manassas National Battlefield Park.

We had a great day at Lake Needwood. The weather forecasters had been predicting a chilling rain, but it stayed dry throughout the meet – then finally let loose as the control pickup crew headed out. This is one of the club’s newest maps, and it’s a good one: accurate, up-to-date, and consistent in its level of detail. That said, it provides a big challenge to the Course Setter. The park is very long and narrow, and is divided by a major uncrossable stream. There are plenty of bridges, but nevertheless, those constraints make it much harder to devise legs with interesting route choices. Course Setter Mihai Sirbu did an outstanding job. The very small number of DNF’s shows that his courses were at an appropriate level, and the even smaller number of MP’s shows that his control placements were spot on. (Those new to the sport: Do you realize that the Course Setter hangs out all those controls him/herself? It’s an all day job, done the day before the meet. Luckily, collecting them at the end of the meet goes much faster, thanks to the help of many volunteers, who each go out and collect 5-6 control flags.)

Speaking of volunteers, many thanks to all the people who helped make the event run so smoothly, not only those who had signed on in advance to help out, but also to those who jumped in on the spur of the moment when the need arose.

First and foremost, of course, the amazing timing/results team: Valerie Meyer, Amy Louden, Mary Snieckus, and Tori Campbell.
The calm and competent registration crew: Eva Matveeva, Helena Mora-Jensen, Ben Roberts, and Lee Todd.
The inspiring Beginner Instructors: Craig Shelden and Stephanie Coffin.
The people who stepped in and provided beginner’s and even intermediate instruction when we had a sudden flood of demand at the last minute: Christiana Logansmith, Jane Leggett, and Sara Lemanski.
The Course Setter himself, who gave a special clinic on route choice for intermediate and advanced O’ers: Mihai Sirbu. The rain-soaked control pickup crew: Michael Dickey, Greg Palardy, Eugene Tsypnyatov, Anne Jepsen, Kim Jepsen, and Charles Carrick.

- Diana Todd, Meet Director

White

Course Length: 2.1 km

Course Climb: 60 m

Number of Controls: 7

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Samantha Walker	QOC	21:23
2	Nicole Alexsieva		31:41
3	Marquita Holmes Grp 7 & Gregory	QOC	37:29
4	Eli Mayer	QOC	42:08
5	Darby Johnson	QOC	42:27
6	Emmett Gelfand & Harold		42:53
7	Nathan Mayer	QOC	43:48
8	Ziggy Tomares & Rachel & David Katz		43:52
9	Peter Campbell & Dad	QOC	44:40
10	Seth Barush & David	QOC	46:20
11	Edvin Simonsson		47:02
12	Hanna Simonsson		48:02

Yellow

Course Length: 2.7 km

Course Climb: 70 m

Number of Controls: 9

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Dominik Honzak	QOC	27:26
2	Tolik Kuznetsov & Yuliya	QOC	34:26
3	Alexey Egorou & Damara & Katia		37:16
4	John Briley & Ollie		42:51
5	Reiko Rager & David & Justin	QOC	47:14
6	Ted Morgan	SVO	48:04
7	Kira Bertheussen	QOC	48:50
8	Ksusha Ulyanova	QOC	51:54
9	Mary Laura Fitzgerald		52:30
10	William Schaefer	QOC	55:05
11	Radka Herndon	QOC	56:39
12	Glen Gibson	QOC	72:53
13	Joshua Irizarry-Diaz & Hilda & Wigberto		149:03
14	May Joy Grenier	QOC	DNF (86:27)
14	Nina Yegorova		MP (38:16)
14	Svetlana Didenko		MP (49:39)

Orange

Course Length: 3.6 km

Course Climb: 125 m

Number of Controls: 9

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Josh Bascom	QOC	44:05
2	Alexis Merka	QOC	46:54
3	Petr Tsypnyatov	QOC	51:39
4	Eugene Vasilchenko	QOC	53:07
5	Valerie Meyer	QOC	53:21
6	Einar Olsen	QOC	60:00
7	Michael Lieder	QOC	60:44
8	Kim Couranz	QOC	61:08
9	Jack Logansmith	QOC	64:00
10	Warren Preston		67:03
11	Jim Weber & Ethan & Jason	QOC	69:22
12	David & Eric McIntire & Evan		73:17
13	Matthew Laskowski	QOC	73:57
14	Michael Laskowski		74:18
15	Jane Leggett	QOC	78:19
16	Dustin Brown & Heidi & Noah & Emery & Okeyo		79:56
17	Kasey Mitchell & Martin Gilbert		80:27
18	Matthew Weeks	QOC	90:11
19	Jared Markowitz & Frances Koons		92:17
20	Mark Murphy		97:30
21	Florence Tan	QOC	128:23
22	Anna Campbell	QOC	DNF
22	Michael Haley Goldman & Henry & Genevieve		DNF
22	Kayla Wright & Daphne Wright		DNF (58:55)
22	Samantha Walker	QOC	DNF (65:30)
22	Lee Todd	QOC	DNF (84:59)
22	Team Team	QOC	DNF (87:14)
22	Johnathan Simmons		DNF (107:28)

Beige

Course Length: 2.6 km

Course Climb: 80 m

Number of Controls: 5

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Adam Bee	QOC	29:34
2	Craig Shelden	QOC	54:52
3	Chun Bleau	GAOC	58:43
4	Eva Matveeva	QOC	63:15
5	David Gedney & Elise & Hooper	QOC	83:17
6	Tabitha Stacy Family	QOC	83:45
7	Sara Robich	QOC	DNF (42:08)
7	David Frank	QOC	DNF (173:41)

Brown

Course Length: 3.3 km

Course Climb: 90 m

Number of Controls: 8

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Greg Lennon	QOC	37:48
2	Kathleen Lennon	QOC	41:06
3	Boris Granovskiy	QOC	42:07
4	Keg Good	QOC	46:31
5	Ed Buck & Kevin Schehl	QOC	48:20
6	Mary Snieckus	QOC	50:03
7	Daniel Lathrop	QOC	52:21
8	Miguel Perez		54:28
9	Diana Aleksieva	QOC	55:01
10	Richard Fulton & Catherine & Garrett	QOC	55:20
11	Kelly Singer	QOC	56:58
12	Jennifer Werner	QOC	57:29
13	Martin Houghton	QOC	60:17
14	Petya Aleksieva	QOC	60:54
15	Edward Enson	QOC	61:06
16	Wendy W	QOC	66:01
17	Richard Briggs	QOC	69:56
18	Lisa Novins	QOC	74:30
19	Jeff Haskell	QOC	76:37
20	Iouri Inna Merejouk		77:02
21	Sara Lemanski	QOC	78:50
22	Shannon Costello	QOC	79:10
23	Alexander Moiseeva & Anna & Natalia	QOC	84:40
24	Rob Briber	QOC	84:57
25	Robert Harrelson & Kate Newman	QOC	95:13
26	Bryan Brittain & Ted & Laura	QOC	96:14
27	Suzanne Izzo	QOC	129:02
28	Amy Louden	QOC	131:06
29	Chris Laskowski	QOC	DNF

Green

Course Length: 5.5 km

Course Climb: 175 m

Number of Controls: 13

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Amber Tomas	QOC	45:58
2	Nicholas Grenier	QOC	49:16
3	Rick Oliver	QOC	57:51
4	Peggy Dickison	OK	61:49
5	Dennis Doherty	QOC	66:37
6	Rob Whitestone	QOC	67:55
7	Gavin Weise	QOC	69:34
8	Allison Brown	QOC	69:56
9	Tom Strat	QOC	71:08
10	Roman Enson	QOC	71:28
11	Tom Wells	QOC	72:18
11	Cash Costello	QOC	72:18
12	Christiana Logansmith	QOC	72:32
13	Dagmar Merkova	QOC	73:04
14	Frantisek Brabec	QOC	78:22
15	Gogi Kalka	QOC	81:02
16	Ryan Collins	QOC	83:46
17	Thaddeus Law	QOC	84:11
18	Anne Jepsen	QOC	86:20
19	Page Kyle		87:42
20	John Vincent	Patuxent NJROTC	96:27
21	KC Dowdell Family	QOC	113:49
22	Sidney Sachs	QOC	120:21
23	Gail Edwards		123:33
24	Rae Ann Hicks	QOC	162:51
25	Lisa Zanti	QOC	DNF

Red

Course Length: 6.5 km

Course Climb: 175 m

Number of Controls: 12

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Hannah Culberg	QOC	54:07
2	Ted Good	QOC	55:42
3	Glen Gibson	QOC	57:34
4	Adam Smith	QOC	64:40
5	Tom Nolan	QOC	65:11
6	Charlie Bleau	GAOC	66:37
7	Thomas Cochrane	QOC	67:56
8	Ben Roberts	QOC	70:52
9	Victor Lin	QOC	72:15
10	Mykyta Chubynsky		76:41
11	Kira & Jon Bertheussen	QOC	76:52
12	John Baker	QOC	78:21
13	Greg Palardy	QOC	81:49
14	Jan Merka	QOC	86:50
15	Evgueni Belyi	QOC	92:29
16	John Rosicky	QOC	94:50
17	Mark Hicks	QOC	97:24
18	Gary Smith	QOC	102:19
19	Erin Brandt	QOC	113:02
20	Paul Nelson	QOC	117:52
21	Stephanie Coffin	QOC	136:16
22	Isaac Eaton & Alex Brossel & Shon Kaganovich		151:32
23	Daniel Quinn	QOC	MP (61:42)

Blue

Course Length: 8.4 km

Course Climb: 275 m

Number of Controls: 17

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Kevin Culberg	QOC	66:48
2	Jon Torrance	QOC	68:48
3	Norbert Linke	QOC	70:45
4	Jon Campbell	QOC	73:21
5	Videlin Aleksiev	QOC	76:42
6	Nadim Ahmed	QOC	82:21
7	Eugene Tsypnyatov	QOC	85:16
8	Kim Jepsen	QOC	85:38
9	Victoria Campbell	QOC	87:53
10	Alexander Novikov		100:21
11	Charles Carrick	QOC	101:59
12	Michael Dickey	QOC	105:09
13	William Chesarek	QOC	111:02
14	Alex Madden		115:18
15	Andrey Starikovskiy		117:46
16	Dustine Reppuhn	QOC	127:24
17	Mark Becker	QOC	130:44
18	Ben Bloschock	QOC	131:23

Abbreviations: DNF = did not finish, MP = mispunch, NC = non-competitive (usually 2nd course or course setter/vetter), OT = overtime (more than 3 hours or returned after course closing time).