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Balls Bluff

RouteGadget and WinSplits are now online for this event.

A surprising number of new faces appeared for this meet, especially children. This was due mainly because of the attendance by Brownie Troop #2891. Thankfully, at the end of the day everyone was accounted for and nobody reported any injuries! (Stinging nettles don't count.) And even with the average times for the White and Yellow courses being on the long side, there were plenty of smiling faces from the finishers. (Well okay, Mihai Sirbu wasn't pleased with the control marker on Green #13 hidden amongst a fallen tree.) Also smiling were the hordes of ticks as they gleefully latched onto passing orienteers. All participants should check your bodies for these critters. Several of them traveled home with us.

The hilly terrain with soggy low lying areas added to the navigation challenge -- plus the relatively hot & humid weather -- but fortunately about 95% of the woods were quite open. When all factors are considered, the times for top half of the finishers on the advanced courses are quite commendable.

Thanks to the many helpers who greatly assisted us with running the event. Without you it wouldn't have happened.

- Marit & Don Davis

White
Course Length: 2.3 km
Course Climb: 70 m
Number of Controls: 9
Place Name Club Time
1 Cecilia Borges & Arthur & Melissa 39:42
2 Marit Luersen & Colin QOC 59:10
3 Tamir Klaff & Alexandra & Tali & Cale 72:40
4 Alexis Merka QOC 72:43
5 Rhoss Bueno Group 93:16
6 Valerie Meyer QOC NC (24:02)
7 Walter Hill & Karen Kautz MP (75:46)
8 George Blackwell & BSA Troop 1547 MP (85:31)
Yellow
Course Length: 2.3 km
Course Climb: 100 m
Number of Controls: 11
Place Name Club Time
1 Andrew Mason 42:39
2 Petr Tsypnyatov 49:45
3 Ivan & Beatriz Rosas 65:02
4 Benjamin Queipo & Lauren Fries 67:56
5 Kristopher Vadnais & Mackenzie & Abigail 68:08
6 Shirley Tan 70:42
7 Johanne Skjaevestad QOC 71:24
8 Brownie Trp 2891 #3 76:46
9 James Ellor & Diane Elizabeth & Molly QOC 79:40
10 Brownie Trp 2891 #4 82:29
11 Eduarda Hamann 87:37
12 Paul & Jesse Schroeder 91:45
13 Charlie Field & Jacob Field QOC 97:28
14 Brownie Trp 2891 #1 108:17
15 Margaret Trippe & Dheeraj 108:25
16 Stephen Nurre & Stephanie Elizabeth & Nicholas QOC 109:05
17 Greg & Anthony Cinque 109:57
18 Iva Zicha & Jerry the dog 114:22
19 James Martin QOC 118:17
20 David Hollender & Charlie 154:10
21 Valerie Meyer QOC NC (42:33)
22 Fredrik Borge QOC MP (47:49)
23 Patrick Field & Andrew QOC DNF (70:33)
24 Julia Briggs & Georgia & Julian QOC DNF (118:24)
25 John Rogers DNF (146:28)
26 Scott Anderson & Amanda Matt & Carig Elisabeth DNF
26 Brownie Trp 2891 #2 DNF
26 Dennis & Svetlan Jensen DNF
Orange
Course Length: 3.7 km
Course Climb: 200 m
Number of Controls: 15
Place Name Club Time
1 Robbie Field QOC 71:14
2 Torjus Skjaevestad 76:13
3 Henry Godfrey QOC 76:26
4 Jared Silk & Ryan Silk 82:57
5 Amos Shipe & Jacob & Keegan QOC 87:29
6 Ragnhild Skjaevestad 94:09
7 Laudeir Gomes QOC 97:46
8 Don Ames QOC 108:16
9 Scott Mabry QOC 109:40
10 Christiana Jack Logansmith 111:09
11 Michael Toner QOC 121:55
12 Amy Louden QOC 138:02
13 Richard Briggs QOC 143:51
14 Eric & Cambria Lyness & Indy & Joan QOC 154:31
15 Peter Meyer & Nancy & Cam 167:18
16 Andrew Nicholas Roberts & Matt Stalker 168:06
17 Joel Scalzo 170:11
18 Lydia Andrews & Patrice Wolfe QOC 171:21
19 Andrew Mason & 2nd course NC (63:32)
20 Mike Berry QOC MP (65:52)
21 Esben Jepsen & Rikke QOC DNF (73:54)
22 John & Michael Godfrey QOC DNF (87:02)
23 Mary Janis DNF (102:07)
24 Antonio Arancibia QOC MP (115:41)
Green
Course Length: 5 km
Course Climb: 280 m
Number of Controls: 15
Place Name Club Time
1 Bjorn Skjaevestad QOC 56:56
2 Andre Novaes Brazil 60:54
3 Jan Merka QOC 65:05
4 Sam Listwak QOC 65:39
5 Karl Swanson 70:14
6 Diarmaid O'Donghaile 70:19
7 Tom Wells QOC 71:44
8 Mihai Sirbu QOC 75:24
9 Greg Lennon QOC 77:53
10 Kim Jepsen QOC 78:33
11 Lars-Erik Borge QOC 84:08
12 Daniel Hartnett QOC 92:18
13 Ladka Neuhauserova 92:31
14 Nate & Alyssa Liefer 95:50
15 Patricia Mace QOC 97:15
16 Frantisek Brabec QOC 110:12
17 Joseph White QOC 111:04
18 Josh Blaustein QOC 119:34
19 Nyall Meredith QOC 124:44
20 George Crittenden QOC 144:05
21 Dmitry Charit QOC 145:26
22 Michelle Svoboda QOC 146:16
23 Charles Evans & Gulia & Dariya 158:02
24 Dan Do QOC 173:11
25 Sidney Sachs QOC 182:42
26 Ginger & Bill Arnold QOC 186:34
27 Tom Bruce QOC DNF (42:41)
28 Fred Hillmann QOC DNF (86:48)
29 Linus Hamilton QOC MP (89:13)
30 Christina Young QOC MP (127:35)
Red
Course Length: 7.1 km
Course Climb: 390 m
Number of Controls: 17
Place Name Club Time
1 Ken Walker Jr CSU 57:24
2 Jon Torrance QOC 62:28
3 Victor Lin QOC 76:57
4 Dave Hauver QOC 81:54
5 Tom Strat QOC 82:06
6 Tom Nolan QOC 85:21
7 David Onkst QOC 85:55
8 Daniel Quinn QOC 87:55
9 Dagmar Merkova QOC 113:40
10 Charles Carrick QOC 124:59
11 Heidi Onkst QOC 125:04
12 Gary Smith QOC 128:04
13 Mark Mace QOC 134:00
14 David Levine QOC 167:23
15 Jan Zicha 183:48
16 Bill Vienna QOC DNF (127:39)
Total Event Entries: 106
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).