Lake Needwood

Sunday at Lake Needwood, MD was an almost perfect day to wander through the park with cool early autumn weather. Over 200 enthusiastic participants, including first timers, members, new and old, scouts and JROTC, (and somewhat fewer than 200 dogs) walked, jogged or raced the 7 different courses.

We want to give credit where it's due, to Nadim Ahmed for all his work updating the map after the derecho last June, designing the courses and hanging all the controls.

Many thanks also to the super volunteers listed below. The event couldn't have been successful without your kind support and gift of time.

  • Registration volunteers – Don Fish, Mike Newman, Peggy Dickison, Lisa Beck, Jan Merka & Dasa Merkova.
  • Epunch volunteers – Valerie Meyer, John Baker, Heidi Onkst & Amy Louden.
  • Control pickup volunteers – Scott Pleban, Ted Good, Rob Field, Tom Wells, Don Davis, Don Ames & Dan Quinn.

    ~Patti & Mark Mace, Event Directors

    RouteGadget and splits on both WinSplits and Attackpoint are all online for this event.

    • White
    Course Length: 2.7 km
    Course Climb: 45 m
    Number of Controls: 8
    Place Name Club Time
    1 Shaw Smith Loudoun County HS NJROTC 24:57
    1 Marc Blanquart & Thomas QOC 24:57
    3 Monika Lategano Loudoun County HS NJROTC 26:47
    4 Shane Feldman 27:38
    5 Matt Jones Loudoun County HS NJROTC 28:24
    6 Oliver Alliss Loudoun County HS NJROTC 33:50
    7 Alex Hughes Loudoun County HS NJROTC 35:18
    8 Coyt Marthers Loudoun County HS NJROTC 37:43
    9 Steve Camp & Abigail Skilar QOC 46:31
    10 Regan Skjaevestad QOC 49:16
    11 Johanne Skjaevestad QOC 49:18
    12 James Hobbs & Cynthis Landesberg 51:34
    13 Nicole Lennon & Max Ahmed QOC 55:34
    14 Nicole Aleksieva CVOC 55:42
    15 Adam Kemper & Kathryn 58:24
    16 Martin Fleming & w/dad QOC 64:12
    17 Matthew Andelman Family 65:52
    18 Erin Coady & Eavan QOC 65:54
    19 Group 2 Harford Co Troop 889 & Greyson/Drew 67:23
    20 John Wirzburger & Wvan & Melissa QOC 68:33
    21 Natalie Dodge 69:09
    22 Zack Dodge 69:16
    23 Amanda Fallon & Betsy 72:53
    24 Joseph Hartung & Jennifer 75:54
    25 Maryliz Pecot & Charisma Anthea 76:17
    26 Edward Reinfurt & Tom Jackson Cale 76:27
    27 Group 3 Harford Co Troop 889 & Tommy/CJ/Jared 78:31
    28 Wyatt DeLoache & Karen 83:02
    29 Joseph Rogall & Crystal Rogall 85:03
    30 Samantha Walker QOC 88:15
    31 Eliza Walker QOC 88:20
    32 LaTonya Groom & Ian Hunter & Kyle Budd 96:29
    33 Group 1 Harford Co Troop 889 & Sean/Mason/Patrick 113:25
    34 Kirk Kalian & 2nd course Loudoun County HS NJROTC NC (23:49)
    35 Dora Giraldo DNF
    Yellow
    Course Length: 2.8 km
    Course Climb: 60 m
    Number of Controls: 12
    Place Name Club Time
    1 CJ Mills Loudoun County HS NJROTC 30:56
    2 Jose Rodriguez Loudoun County HS NJROTC 33:17
    3 Kirk Kalian Loudoun County HS NJROTC 34:17
    4 Sean Fish & Erin Bzymek QOC 34:31
    5 Tanner Harrison QOC 38:47
    6 Travis Langtry Herndon HS NJROTC 40:21
    7 Troy Breeden Loudoun County HS NJROTC 40:27
    8 Spencer Maghrouri Loudoun County HS NJROTC 40:31
    9 Diana Aleksieva CVOC 40:42
    10 John Hoerl 44:42
    11 Michael Haskell QOC 44:56
    12 Linda Cornelius QOC 47:13
    13 Heather Mahr QOC 47:26
    14 Austin Davis & Nancy Boggs 48:17
    15 Shirley Tan QOC 53:29
    16 Hieu Truong & Tracy Williams Jr 54:07
    17 Ed & Forrest Buck 55:05
    18 Charlie Field QOC 55:09
    19 Cecilia Landers QOC 57:24
    20 Andrew Szabo QOC 57:46
    21 Alexis Merka QOC 58:05
    22 Matthew Monaco & Denise O'Hara 61:40
    23 Bryan Brittan 62:48
    24 Stephen Nurre & Stephanie & Nicholas & Elizabeth QOC 63:35
    25 Amanda Ross & Kelly Barrett 64:37
    26 Kevin Sullivan Herndon HS NJROTC 64:48
    27 Mimi & Max Kippenbrock 65:46
    28 Tim Watkins & Ben & Lydia 67:05
    29 Richard Briggs & Julian QOC 67:54
    30 Shaw Smith Loudoun County HS NJROTC 67:55
    31 David Frank III 72:38
    32 Anna Howell 74:58
    33 Allison Maxwell Herndon HS NJROTC 78:24
    34 Kai Jenrette Jonathan Jacobs & William Fortune 82:24
    35 Mary Agnes Devine Group QOC 83:23
    36 Jack Montgomery 85:53
    37 Leander Issenberg & Mickey Issenberg QOC 87:24
    38 Brian Martinez & Channelle Heth 98:58
    39 Barbara Hemstreet & Corinna Mokotoff 104:21
    40 David Wilcox & Keanu & Sierra 104:53
    41 Anne Hebral & Emmanuelle Guerre QOC 106:41
    42 Margaret Schear & Dave Caleb Jacob 110:29
    43 Kelly Rhodes & Erin Anna & Sam 117:39
    44 Lisa Beck QOC 136:05
    45 Matt Jones & 2nd course Loudoun County HS NJROTC NC (25:43)
    46 Regan Skjaevestad & 2nd course QOC NC (28:29)
    47 Marc Blanquart & 2nd course QOC NC (30:26)
    48 Monika Lategano & 2nd course Loudoun County HS NJROTC NC (32:53)
    49 Steve Camp & 2nd course QOC NC (32:58)
    50 Oliver Alliss & 2nd course Loudoun County HS NJROTC NC (43:40)
    51 Alex Hughes & 2nd course Loudoun County HS NJROTC NC (43:51)
    52 Coyt Marthers & 2nd course Loudoun County HS NJROTC NC (68:02)
    53 John Van Wie & David QOC DNF
    Orange
    Course Length: 5.8 km
    Course Climb: 135 m
    Number of Controls: 18
    Place Name Club Time
    1 Ben Stewart Loudoun County HS NJROTC 73:15
    2 Jeanne Lieder & Marshall Mitchell QOC 85:41
    3 Henry Godfrey QOC 90:14
    4 Marc Blanquart QOC 93:14
    5 Alastair Young Herndon HS NJROTC 96:22
    6 Nick Linton Herndon HS NJROTC 100:32
    7 Don Fish QOC 100:35
    8 Amy Garman 101:17
    9 Adam Layer Loudoun County HS NJROTC 102:56
    10 Jim Bohrer SVO 103:38
    11 Matt Arnold Loudoun County HS NJROTC 103:54
    12 Jonathon Taylor Loudoun County HS NJROTC 105:48
    13 Paul Coffin & Buster (dog) 107:08
    14 Jeremy Tilley 108:38
    15 Cara Schultz 113:51
    16 Deb O'Donnell QOC 113:53
    17 Daniel & Amanda Hartnett QOC 121:02
    18 Emily & Brian Reisinger 123:57
    19 Zack Tershak Herndon HS NJROTC 125:15
    20 Paul Weber QOC 134:35
    21 Craig & Courtney Shelden & Suzanne QOC 152:43
    22 Amy Louden QOC 156:55
    23 Sean Sullivan Herndon HS NJROTC 159:20
    24 Lee Todd QOC 159:24
    25 Chris Geis Herndon HS NJROTC 164:39
    26 Stephanie Coffin & Stephan 171:24
    27 Kevin Hennessey Herndon HS NJROTC 172:36
    28 Daniel Shelden QOC 184:21
    29 Travis Langtry Herndon HS NJROTC DNF (82:18)
    30 Harrison Huggins Loudoun County HS NJROTC DNF (89:36)
    31 Baiba Berzina DNF (101:46)
    32 Austin Davis MP (123:02)
    33 John Godfrey QOC DNF
    Brown
    Course Length: 3.8 km
    Course Climb: 140 m
    Number of Controls: 13
    Place Name Club Time
    1 Scott Smedile & Brian Preedanon 52:33
    2 Addie Nolan QOC 60:56
    3 Ioana Fleming QOC 65:45
    4 Mark Mace QOC 68:54
    5 Daniel Lathrop & Elizabeth Emily Paul QOC 73:03
    6 James O'Shaughnessy 76:32
    7 Edward Enson QOC 77:01
    8 Adam Szabo QOC 77:15
    9 Aaron Szabo QOC 78:14
    10 Jeff Haskell QOC 78:43
    11 Nicole Fink & Andrew & Rob 81:50
    12 Patricia Mace QOC 83:06
    13 Mark Hicks QOC 87:52
    14 Jeremy Gillespie Loudoun County HS NJROTC 89:28
    15 Josh Blaustein QOC 92:12
    16 Brian Fisher & Sara Lopez 94:05
    17 Chris Hemus & Helene 98:28
    18 Sidney Sachs QOC 101:10
    19 Alex Tucker Loudoun County HS NJROTC 103:10
    20 Eva Matveeva QOC 112:02
    21 Marit Davis QOC 114:07
    22 Mike Newman QOC 124:53
    23 Boyan Onyshkevych QOC 136:17
    24 Sophie Weigert 139:02
    25 Zach Weigert QOC 139:31
    26 Rae Ann Hicks QOC 140:09
    27 Romain Guerre & Antonin & Jean Philippe 140:38
    28 David Alexander QOC 142:32
    29 Crystal Allard & John Babb QOC 145:01
    30 Devin Stewart & Kimberly Mitman 145:32
    31 Alexander Sharp & Lauren Celine 149:27
    32 Amy Moroney QOC 165:15
    33 Andrew Gillespie Loudoun County HS NJROTC DNF (49:17)
    34 Don Ames QOC DNF (114:21)
    35 Rob Field QOC DNF (144:00)
    Green
    Course Length: 5.7 km
    Course Climb: 230 m
    Number of Controls: 19
    Place Name Club Time
    1 Bjorn Skjaevestad QOC 60:34
    2 Mike Berry QOC 67:44
    3 Mihai Sirbu QOC 77:35
    4 Greg Lennon QOC 78:17
    5 Jody Landers QOC 80:48
    6 Don Davis QOC 85:41
    7 Dagmar Merkova QOC 85:42
    8 Diana Todd QOC 87:01
    9 Frantisek Brabec QOC 92:14
    10 John Sawyko QOC 96:46
    11 Kathleen Lennon QOC 97:25
    12 Heidi Onkst QOC 103:12
    13 Mark Beckman QOC 104:25
    14 Ben Swanson & Steph 107:07
    15 Tom Wells QOC 110:05
    16 Kris Beecroft QOC 116:33
    17 Michael Sirotin QOC 122:26
    18 Kris Fortier Loudoun County HS NJROTC 123:54
    19 Liz Notter QOC 124:56
    20 Alex Downes 135:46
    21 Marshall Wilkins Herndon HS NJROTC 137:24
    22 Bill Vienna QOC 139:28
    23 Nyall Meredith QOC 155:12
    24 Tim Kaufman Loudoun County HS NJROTC 156:07
    25 Troy Lyden Loudoun County HS NJROTC 156:48
    26 Eric Mayl QOC 163:46
    27 Kenneth Jagers Herndon HS NJROTC 174:32
    28 Dan Do QOC 195:53
    29 Adam Issenberg QOC DNF (71:14)
    Red
    Course Length: 7.9 km
    Course Climb: 290 m
    Number of Controls: 21
    Place Name Club Time
    1 Daniel Quinn QOC 90:25
    2 Mark Pittman 100:50
    3 Jeff Dickey QOC 101:27
    4 Kim Jepsen QOC 110:48
    5 Corinne Porter QOC 112:10
    6 Howie Weinstein QOC 121:31
    7 Tom Nolan QOC 126:18
    8 Tom O'Donnell QOC 138:51
    9 Erik Gruner QOC 139:07
    10 John Baker QOC 149:41
    11 Virginia DeBons QOC 164:53
    Blue
    Course Length: 9.2 km
    Course Climb: 295 m
    Number of Controls: 28
    Place Name Club Time
    1 Jon Torrance QOC 90:51
    2 Scott Pleban QOC 93:23
    3 Victor Lin QOC 95:05
    4 Ted Good QOC 97:53
    5 Videlin Aleksiev CVOC 104:12
    6 Joel Ford 110:35
    7 Benjamin Roberts QOC 204:02
    8 David Levine QOC 207:57
    9 Peggy Dickison OK DNF (96:07)
    10 Dave Pruden QOC MP (98:31)
    Total Event Entries: 206
    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).
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