The New England Orienteering Club

Blue Hills West (Houghton's Pond)
Milton, MA
June 8, 2014
Meet Director: Tim Parson

Temperatures for this meet were in the 80s, but NEOC had a shady spot reserved at the southeast end of the pond, from which you could look across at the hordes on the public beach. It was a good day not to be based at the main Houghton’s parking lot!

Courses were set by Andrew Vakhutinsky, who couldn’t stay for the meet itself but who put in many hours of work on course design, streamering and control-setting, and vetting was done by Peter Amram. Participants had fun on all the courses, though the heat and inevitable climb slowed down times somewhat. The day’s winners, from White up to Red, were Jared Regan, Bridget Hall, Linc Berkley, Patrice Miller, Richard Powers, Ian Finlayson and Ian Smith.

After competing, many stayed for the potluck barbeque and annual meeting, eating watermelon while listening to reports on the club’s activities and future plans. In all, it was a satisfying end to the spring season.

In addition to Andrew and Peter A., many NEOC Board members and others helped out at this meet: Joanne Sankus, Pete Frykman, Jim, Raina and Logan Crawford, Jim Paschetto, Jeff Saeger, Tim Booth, David Penfield, Sam Levitin, Ian Smith, Bill Binette and Richard Powers. (Apologies if I am forgetting anyone.) Many hands make light work!

- Tim Parson
  Titular Meet Director    


Split times are available here (courtesy of WinSplits). [raw splits file is here]

Analyze the splits and draw your routes in NEOC's RouteGadget (in the "Results" menu). The "SplitsBrowser" in RouteGadget's list of events lets you analyze each leg of your course.

White 1.6k
  Name   Club Time
1 Jared Regan     14:54
2 Mary Regan     25:42
3 Vincent, Agaya, John     29:05
4 Pimentel Family   NEOC 29:41
5 Mori Finlayson   NEOC 30:55
6 Joanne Corsano, Stace Beaulieu     31:05
7 Doug, Marta MacFarland     36:58
8 Meg Regan     39:38
9 Omer Erlich     81:30
  Jamison Macfarland     DNF
Yellow 2.4k
  Name   Club Time
1 Bridget Hall   NEOC 28:21
2 Jamie Macfarland     31:16
3 Team Bluestein (3)   NEOC 37:29
4 Lynnette Bluestein   NEOC 37:35
5 Pimentel Family   NEOC 43:56
6 Tim Booth   NEOC 46:35
7 Peter Frykman   NEOC 47:24
8 Sam Regan   NEOC 54:16
9 Meg Regan   NEOC 61:32
10 Mary Regan   NEOC 61:34
11 Arie & Sharon Menautem   NEOC 67:51
12 Joanne Corsano     73:44
Orange 3.3k
  Name   Club Time
1 Lincoln Berkley   NEOC 64:35
2 Dave Milsom     65:29
3 Terry Costello   NEOC 74:02
4 Judith Karpinski   NEOC 74:20
5 Andy + David Baumel   NEOC 92:25
6 Stace Beaulieu     93:01
7 Terry Keegan   NEOC 100:02
8 David Penfield   NEOC 103:32
9 Hop Holmberg   NEOC 118:00
10 Gabe Bronk, Arthur+Heather Sun   NEOC 121:54
11 C J DeMatteo   NEOC 136:15
12 Steve Morss   NEOC 137:58
13 Pat Lane     143:40
14 Troop 43 (3)     148:07
  A & J Demanco, Vincent Phuah     DNF
  Diane Menzies   NEOC DNF
  Jim Paschetto   NEOC DNF
Tan 3.2k
  Name   Club Time
1 Patrice Miller   NEOC 176:15
2 Leilani Commons     177:03
3 Michael Commons   NEOC 178:47
4 Daniel Gortz     178:52
Brown 4.0k
  Name   Club Time
1 Richard Powers   NEOC 78:53
2 Michael Dwyer   NEOC 83:54
3 Roger Underwood   NEOC 88:35
4 Lisa Mykyta   NEOC 91:06
5 Helen Finlayson   DVO 98:01
6 Trisha Underwood   NEOC 98:41
7 John Kernechan     118:53
8 John Leiserson   NEOC 120:43
9 Sarah Bjorkman   NEOC 131:06
Green 5.0k
  Name   Club Time
1 Ian Finlayson   NEOC 60:15
2 Pia K Webb   CSU 69:47
3 Tim Parson   NEOC-MQ 73:24
4 Ed White     76:11
5 Patrick McNeal   NEOC 76:38
6 Magnus Bjorkman   NEOC 79:52
7 Ethan Hall   NEOC 81:54
8 Dean Sturtevant   NEOC 84:34
9 Paul Regan   NEOC 89:10
10 Jim Crawford   NEOC 95:05
11 Mark O'Connell   NEOC 95:39
12 Michael Cooper   NEOC 97:56
13 David Quinn   NEOC 99:53
14 Karen Yeowell   NEOC 108:41
15 Ethan Wheeler   NEOC 115:21
16 David Wheeler   NEOC 115:27
17 Sylvie Guichard   NEOC 164:02
  Mark Webb   CSU DNF
  Bill Binette   NEOC DNF
  Meg Parson   NEOC DNF
Red 6.3k
  Name   Club Time
1 Ian Smith   NEOC 69:58
2 Will Daniels   NEOC 73:45
3 Jeff Saeger   NEOC 78:46
4 Kristin Hall   NEOC 80:44
5 Michael Hughes   NEOC 88:34
6 Phil Bricker   NEOC 91:35
7 Scott Turner   NEOC 94:27
8 Andy Mykyta   NEOC 97:38
9 Sanna Sevanio   NMO 98:14
10 Bob Dangel   NEOC 104:22
11 Xavier Fradera   NEOC 120:49
12 John Hansman   NEOC 121:21
13 Pelle Wåhlström   NEOC 123:33
  Robert Belley, Alicia Azulay     DNF