Great Falls

If you ever know you're going to get both but wonder which is better to have first - sun or rain - this event will clearly go down as a vote for "end in the sun"! While the morning event set up took place in a soaking downpour, which may have also been enough to convince more than one pre-registered orienteer to stay at home, not long after noon the storm passed and a beautiful fall day in the sun dried everything (and everyone) out.

Many thanks to the volunteers who hung in there through both the wet and the dry, including:
Nadim Ahmed (Course Setter)
Jody Landers & Vido Aleksiev (Event set up)
Suzanne Izzo, Chris Zbrozek (1st time volunteer!), Ben Roberts & Don Fish (Registration)
Amy Louden (Set-up, e-punch, clean up)
Valerie Meyer (Set up, map printing)
John Janke (Set up)
Joe Barrett & Greg Lennon (Instruction)
Petya Aleksieva, Nicole Aleksiev and Max Ahmed (Event take down)
Sam Listwak, Eugene Tcipnjatov, Vido Aleksiev, Diana Aleksiev, Nadim Ahmed, Peggy Dickison & Martins Jonass (Control pick up)

We'd also like to highlight a report from Boris Granovskiy:
In the morning, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Junior Team held a training session in the midst of the downpour. Despite the weather, the session was attended by 30 juniors from across the region, including a strong group from the Patriots NJROTC program from Frederick, MD. After a warmup and running drills, the juniors, aged from 10-18, did theoretical exercises where they had to identify the elevation profile of a leg on an orienteering course while running. This exercise helped the runners work on their map reading skills on the run, as well as on visualizing contour details while orienteering.

We hope to see lots of QOC members at this coming Sunday's Mid-Atlantic Champs, so do check out the event details here and register for both the event and the QOC bus when you can.
-Kathleen & Greg Lennon, Event Directors

Beginner

Course Length: 3 km

Course Climb: 60 m

Number of Controls: 9

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	John Cunningham	QOC	30:48
2	Abigail Kaplowitz	Patriot NJROTC	41:13
3	Nicole Aleksieva	QOC	42:10
4	Matthew Thompson	Great Mills NJROTC	42:51
5	Krissi Lundblad	QOC	49:59
6	Khoi Nguyen		61:35
7	Matthew Howells & Zeno Lenz		70:37
8	Suzi Bryant		73:03
9	Elizabeth Barnett & Michaela		73:10
10	Bob Foster		73:26
11	Seneca Honzak	QOC	82:26
12	Valentina TsypnyatovA		83:27
13	Jennifer Connor		91:38
14	Jacob Williams	Patriot NJROTC	DNF (72:57)
14	Yusuf Noor	Patriot NJROTC	DNF (95:15)
14	Sophie & Ken Schell		MP (99:49)

Intermediate

Course Length: 5.6 km

Course Climb: 190 m

Number of Controls: 13

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	JP Landers	QOC	77:29
2	ANDREW YAZHUK		78:14
3	Max Ahmed	QOC	78:40
4	Gogi Kalka	QOC	98:06
5	Josue Bringas	Patriot NJROTC	98:07
6	John Landers	QOC	103:08
7	Mary Snieckus	QOC	107:23
8	Dominik Honzak & Penn Faulk	QOC	112:16
9	Andrew Szabo		113:50
10	John Cumings	QOC	114:07
11	Ana Perez		115:34
12	Mckenna Flint	Patriot NJROTC	116:54
13	Dylan Jones	Patriot NJROTC	118:24
14	Tyler Cunningham	Patriot NJROTC	118:43
15	Elina Desierto	QOC	120:47
16	Patrick Hession	QOC	126:27
17	Jen Laughlin		128:54
18	Colleen Noah	Patriot NJROTC	130:57
19	Howell Desierto	QOC	131:29
20	Paul Collinson	QOC	133:56
21	Beatri Bennett	QOC	139:13
22	Ginny Quam	QOC	142:40
23	Davd McIntire	QOC	147:52
24	Scott Sharp	QOC	149:13
25	Suzanne Shelden	QOC	159:01
26	Caleb Parkins	Patriot NJROTC	160:03
27	Colby White	Patriot NJROTC	160:52
28	Troy Lyden		161:45
29	Julia Follis	Patriot NJROTC	163:05
30	Courtney Shelden	QOC	166:25
31	Kayla Rodriguez	Great Mills NJROTC	DNF
31	Helen Doherty	QOC	DNF
31	Adam Szabo		DNF
31	Reiko Rager	QOC	DNF
31	Eli Allen		DNF
31	Dagon	QOC	DNF
31	Brian Briggman	QOC	DNF
31	Murphy Family	QOC	DNF
31	Winton Smith & Doug Brock		DNF
31	Tim McCormick	QOC	DNF
31	Elena Lumby		DNF
31	Linda Liepaskalna	QOC	DNF
31	Jeff Hale & Carter & Sonora	QOC	DNF (103:33)
31	Steven Cruz	Great Mills NJROTC	DNF (109:50)
31	Austin Williams	Great Mills NJROTC	DNF (110:34)
31	Ariana Watson	Great Mills NJROTC	DNF (112:10)
31	Samantha Anglemier	Great Mills NJROTC	DNF (112:22)
31	Chloe Beier	Great Mills NJROTC	DNF (112:35)
31	Ashley Canniff	Great Mills NJROTC	DNF (112:48)
31	Flavia Aguieiras		DNF (148:34)
31	Erick Guzman	Great Mills NJROTC	DNF (198:59)
31	Emilia Lunblad	QOC	MP (137:24)
31	Fractal Elves		MP (160:16)
31	Justin Blankenship	Patriot NJROTC	MP (160:54)
31	Lewis Faulk	QOC	MP (195:23)

Medium Advanced

Course Length: 5.9 km

Course Climb: 235 m

Number of Controls: 14

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Rick Oliver	QOC	54:47
2	Jay Gelman	QOC	72:09
3	Jan Merka	QOC	72:12
4	Mihai G Sirbu	QOC	80:44
5	Dennis Doherty	QOC	81:07
6	Adam Smith	QOC	82:23
7	Diana Aleksieva	QOC	85:02
8	Rob Briber	QOC	90:12
9	Gavin Weise	QOC	90:43
10	Ethan Miller	Patriot NJROTC	91:56
11	Rob Field	QOC	92:10
12	Neal Attfield	QOC	93:42
13	Jody Landers	QOC	95:35
14	Paul Hession	QOC	95:47
15	Adam Remsberg	Patriot NJROTC	97:52
16	Max Janke	Patriot NJROTC	101:35
17	Heidi Onkst	QOC	104:50
18	Anne Jepsen	QOC	105:10
18	Tom Nolan	QOC	105:10
19	Matt Holman	QOC	108:29
20	Ryan Collins	QOC	110:36
21	Richard Briggs	QOC	114:37
22	Christion Hunt	Patriot NJROTC	118:22
23	John Organek	QOC	120:37
24	Chris Zbrozek	QOC	122:07
25	Dave Connolly	QOC	125:01
26	Christopher Clark & Seven Baker		125:45
27	Gary Smith	QOC	131:34
28	Philip Wadsworth	QOC	134:12
29	Gerson Monjaras	QOC	135:26
30	Gary Quam	QOC	137:32
31	Craig Shelden	QOC	153:47
32	Patrick Field	QOC	154:38
33	Loretta Doan & Philip Walsh		171:09
34	David Levine	QOC	178:47
35	Megan Jensen		186:29
36	Team Ogba		DNF
36	Petya Aleksieva	QOC	DNF
36	Shannon Costello	QOC	DNF
36	Ben Roberts	QOC	DNF
36	Cash Costello	QOC	DNF
36	Anders Sundstrom	QOC	DNF
36	Russ Damtoft	QOC	DNF (119:25)
36	Mary Schmidt	Patriot NJROTC	DNF (127:23)
36	Jordyn Johnson	Great Mills NJROTC	DNF (164:57)
36	Ryan Moore	Great Mills NJROTC	DNF (194:46)
36	Suzanne Izzo	QOC	DNF (197:55)
36	Mike Newman	QOC	DNF (204:52)
36	Michael Wood	QOC	MP (63:07)

Long Advanced

Course Length: 8.8 km

Course Climb: 310 m

Number of Controls: 23

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Ken Walker Jr	CSU	58:52
2	Jordan Laughlin		59:33
3	Boris Granovskiy	QOC	61:03
4	Joseph Barrett	QOC	63:06
5	Videlin Aleksiev	QOC	86:42
6	Zack Kuder	Patriot NJROTC	95:32
7	William Chesarek	QOC	97:05
8	Nicholas Schmidt	Patriot NJROTC	101:05
9	Ryan Stasiowski	QOC	103:07
10	Corey Cutshall	Patriot NJROTC	106:21
11	Howie Weinstein		107:42
12	Alex Suarez	Patriot NJROTC	110:19
13	Martins Jonass	QOC	116:34
14	Alexis Merka	QOC	116:45
15	Peggy Dickison	OK	125:34
16	Francis Hogle	QOC	140:23
17	Eric Damtoft		148:08
18	Dagmar Merkova	QOC	155:01
19	Mary Foster	QOC	165:44
20	Brayden Hasegawa	Great Mills NJROTC	173:59
21	Ryan Lowe	Great Mills NJROTC	188:54
22	David Onkst	QOC	DNF
22	Eugene Tcipnjatov	QOC	DNF (81:06)
22	Charles Carrick	QOC	DNF (154:21)
22	Braxton Bonilla	Great Mills NJROTC	DNF (189:32)
22	Kim Jepsen	QOC	MP (96:56)

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).