Powissett (Hale Reservation)
April 15, 2012
Event Director: Barb Bryant
107 orienteers participated in the Powissett event. It was a beautiful day, warm and sunny.
As I walked around setting out controls the morning of the event, I noticed quite a few changes from the map - new trails, cleared areas and man-made structures. There were a couple of places where the mapped trails didn’t seem to be laid down correctly relative to the contours. I hoped that the White and Yellow course runners would not be confused by these differences. It was a lovely morning to be out walking in the woods, and I was glad to be there.
Congratulations to Bridget Hall, who was not only the first finisher of the day, she was also the fastest finisher on White. The Hall women were particularly speedy: her mom, Kristin, beat everyone else on Green by at least half an hour. It’s great to see kids like Spencer, Ethan, Gil and Naomi out on Yellow. Sadly, Linc had to stop partway through his run on Yellow due to time constraints - but happily, it was in order to prepare for his birthday party - happy belated birthday, Linc!
We misplaced one control on Red. David Wheeler shared his GPS track (right) showing his several attempts to relocate and find the control, until he convinced himself that he was in the right place and the control was nowhere nearby. This brings up an interesting question: how can you as a competitor decide quickly that you are in the right place, the control is not there, and move on? Remember that you always have the right to challenge the control placement; this can be important at bigger events that count toward national rankings. Thanks are due to Dave Yee for rushing back once he realized the control was missing, and putting out a replacement control for later competitors to be able to experience a complete Red course. Our apologies to Red runners who were there before we fixed the control!
NEOC President Pete Lane organized the registration area very effectively: the tables were placed like Conestoga wagons circling a campfire. This reduced crowding of registrants around the outside,while making it easy for meet workers to check in with each other inside the circle. There were different tables for signing waivers, paying, picking up maps, filling out the small white "Safety Card," and clear/check for the electronic punching.
Thanks to Ian Smith for course design and overall organization. I’m grateful to Jeff Saeger, Pete Lane, Joanne Sankus, Isabel Bryant, Dave Yee, Richard Powers, Sam Levitin, Jim Paschetto, Bo Nielsen, and Andy McIlvaine for volunteering before, at, and after the meet. These events only happen because you all help out, and it is much appreciated! Jim Paschetto recently organized training for volunteers interested in learning how to operate the electronic punching software; trainees Andy and Isabel showed that Jim is a good teacher. Jim does an enormous amount of work both with the e-punch equipment and the website, and the more we can help out the better!
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Split times (courtesy of WinSplits)
RouteGadget for this meet is under menu: Results > RouteGadget
White 1.6k | ||||||||
Name | Club | Time | ||||||
1 | Bridget Hall | NEOC | 30:10 | |||||
2 | Robert Sullivan | 43:14 | ||||||
3 | Team Allen | 43:16 | ||||||
4 | Spencer Davis | 43:36 | ||||||
5 | Joey Zullo | 44:30 | ||||||
6 | Sean and Austin Werely | 53:14 | ||||||
7 | John Commisso | 53:23 | ||||||
8 | Wayne and Tyrell Moulton | 73:49 | ||||||
9 | Chandler Duncan | NEOC | 124:31 | |||||
Yellow 2.6k | ||||||||
Name | Club | Time | ||||||
1 | Matthew Connelly | 40:08 | ||||||
2 | Spencer Tingle | NEOC | 45:24 | |||||
3 | Giuseppe Perniciaro | 45:46 | ||||||
4 | Marcie Berkley | NEOC | 50:36 | |||||
5 | Ethan Hall | NEOC | 60:47 | |||||
6 | Gil Shapiro & Naomi Shapiro | NEOC | 64:01 | |||||
7 | Jeremy and Natalie Jackson | NEOC | 72:10 | |||||
8 | Wayne and Tyrell Moulton | 82:03 | ||||||
9 | Torben Krahnstoever | 82:09 | ||||||
10 | Dominick Krahnstoever | 82:25 | ||||||
11 | Martin Family | NEOC | 88:28 | |||||
12 | Marcie & Steve Schwartz | 105:05 | ||||||
13 | Don Noll, Dave Evans | NEOC | 105:57 | |||||
14 | Robert Sullivan | 115:00 | ||||||
15 | Team Leefs | 128:59 | ||||||
16 | Melissa MacDonald | 129:58 | ||||||
Orange 3.3k | ||||||||
Name | Club | Time | ||||||
1 | David Miller | NEOC | 54:17 | |||||
2 | John Leiserson | NEOC | 55:04 | |||||
3 | Richard Powers | NEOC | 55:58 | |||||
4 | Lisa Mykyta | NEOC | 56:01 | |||||
5 | Bill Binette | NEOC | 57:39 | |||||
6 | Tal Dinnar | NEOC | 61:14 | |||||
7 | Joel and Daphne Gould | NEOC | 68:09 | |||||
8 | Boyd Potts and Gail | 75:02 | ||||||
9 | Earl Lavalle | NEOC | 80:14 | |||||
10 | David Penfield | NEOC | 83:09 | |||||
11 | Saritri Khalsa | NEOC | 86:02 | |||||
12 | Ido and Gil Dinnar | NEOC | 86:37 | |||||
13 | Richard Shapiro | NEOC | 90:25 | |||||
14 | Eric Nelson | NEOC | 95:09 | |||||
15 | Emily Vincent | NEOC | 95:10 | |||||
16 | John Mitchell | 106:22 | ||||||
17 | Randall Weber, Brace Craig | 118:06 | ||||||
18 | Aubrey Groves | NEOC | 122:59 | |||||
19 | Mark, John, Lydia | NEOC | 151:20 | |||||
Bruce Allen | NEOC | DNF | ||||||
Jo Seibel | NEOC | DNF | ||||||
Marc, Ben, Nick | DNF | |||||||
Green 5.0k | ||||||||
Name | Club | Time | ||||||
1 | Kristin Hall | NEOC | 45:30 | |||||
2 | Eric Benson | CSU | 75:17 | |||||
3 | Jim Paschetto | NEOC | 76:34 | |||||
4 | Gavin Braithwaite | 79:56 | ||||||
5 | Lynette Boos | NEOC | 81:28 | |||||
6 | Mooly Dinnar | NEOC | 83:18 | |||||
7 | Keith Durand | CSU | 83:26 | |||||
8 | Andy McIlvaine | NEOC | 83:31 | |||||
9 | Aims Coney | NEOC | 84:56 | |||||
10 | Sam Levitin | NEOC | 90:50 | |||||
11 | Peter Amram | NEOC | 97:31 | |||||
12 | Michael Tollefron | NEOC | 99:25 | |||||
13 | John Kernochan | NEOC | 123:24 | |||||
14 | Stephen van Ness | NEOC | 126:57 | |||||
15 | Karen Yeowell | NEOC | 143:05 | |||||
Lyn Walker | WCOC | DNF | ||||||
Brown 3.3k | ||||||||
Name | Club | Time | ||||||
1 | Earl LaVallee | NEOC | 40:02 | |||||
2 | Isabel Bryant | NEOC/CSU | 44:50 | |||||
3 | Richard Powers | NEOC | 49:42 | |||||
4 | Terry Keegan | NEOC | 62:32 | |||||
5 | Chris Edscorn | 65:18 | ||||||
6 | Martin Kessel | NEOC | 66:22 | |||||
7 | Ethan Wheeler | NEOC-MQ | 104:38 | |||||
8 | Karl Stephens | NEOC | 124:21 | |||||
Red 6.5k | ||||||||
Name | Club | Time | ||||||
1 | Bo Nielsen | NEOC | 72:37 | |||||
2 | Martin Hawkes-Teeter | EMPO | 73:34 | |||||
3 | Jeffrey Schapiro | NEOC | 87:06 | |||||
4 | Andy Mykyta | NEOC | 91:24 | |||||
5 | Bob Dangel | NEOC | 93:23 | |||||
6 | Scott Turner | NEOC | 95:52 | |||||
7 | Tobias Karlsson | NEOC | 102:56 | |||||
8 | George Walker | WCOC | 103:01 | |||||
9 | David Wheeler | NEOC | 119:21 | |||||
10 | Chris Wood, Jay Avis | NEOC | 157:46 | |||||
Alee Perkins | NEOC | DNF | ||||||
Archimides Stuk | NEOC | DNF |