Beech Hill

 

Beech Hill (High Ridge Wildlife Management Area)
Westminster, MA
April 27, 2002
J-J Coté, Event Director

The Saturday event of the NEOC 30th anniversary weekend had the benefit of essentially perfect weather, sunny and cool, but warm enough in the sun to stand afterwards around and discuss route choices without getting chilled. This was the second time that this map was used, the first having been the USOF Relay Champs two years ago. Due to the attraction of the brewery tour and party afterwards, many longtime members of NEOC turned out, including some from quite far away. Even the bugs cooperated; it appears that this may have been the first big blackfly hatch, but they didn't show up until most people had finished, and they didn't seem to be ready to bite yet.

There are some of us who are capable of designing courses and getting controls in place (in the nick of time), but who aren't very good at organizing people. Due to the fact that a lot of very experienced orienteers were coming to the meet because of the party afterwards, virtually all of the volunteers that Liz lined up to help me out were old hands, who were well acquainted with the operation of an orienteering meet. When I got back from putting out the last water stop, I found that although I had just parked my car with the meet equipment in the back, a fully operational registration/start/finish area had magically bloomed, and it seemed like everything was happening by itself. What a treat!

Many thanks to the fine crop of helpers who I had for this event, including: Liz Kotowski, Joanne Sankus, Elaine Dill, Nancy Koehler, Jeff Saeger, Charlie DeWeese, Peter Gagarin, Cameron Murray, Hans Bengtsson, Roger Underwood, Sture Karlsson, Ed Kotowski, Sara Haverkamp, Pete Bundschuh, Lex Bundschuh, Jim Henderson, Alar Ruutopõld, Jon Reeves, and Paul Pearson. And probably somebody else who I forgot, and I apologize deeply for that.


Blue course, 14 controls, 6.6 km, 230 m

Brown course, 6 controls, 3.8 km, 115 m
Matthias Mahr CSU 0:50:55 William Hawkins CSU/NEOC 0:26:24
William Hawkins CSU/NEOC 0:53:20 Cam Murray 0:57:43
Ken Walker, Jr. CSU 0:53:48 Olaf Tabur UNO 1:01:46
Boris Granovskiy CSU 0:54:20 Ruth Johnson NEOC 1:04:10
Stephen Tarry UNO/NEOC 0:57:10 Tom Jahn NEOC 1:13:51
Peter Gagarin 1:05:16 Mette Tabur UNO 1:19:25
James Tasker NEOC/EOOC 1:06:04 Siobhan Fleming NEOC/UNO 1:20:27
Jeff Saeger NEOC 1:07:26 Joel Gould NEOC 1:21:57
Alar Ruutopõld UNO 1:08:25 Sture Karlsson NEOC 1:25:05
Jim Arsenault UNO/NEOC 1:10:48 Mil Plant RMOC-NEOC 1:34:40
Abi Weeds CSU 1:14:55 Suzanne Federer UNO 1:37:25
Dan Walker CSU 1:18:35 Susan Pearson NEOC 1:38:00
Glen Tryson EMPO 1:23:07 Stephen A. Van Ness NEOC 1:53:41
Jeff Schapiro NEOC 1:23:40 Jon Reeves ex-UNO 2:03:38
Phil Bricker NEOC 1:27:26 Valerie Murray NEOC 2:11:39
George Walker WCOC 1:28:03 Lynne Pentler UNO 2:28:24
Peter McNamara 1:28:31 Beth Arsenault UNO/NEOC DNF
Bob Walsh UNO 1:35:38
John Magnus UNO 1:37:47

Orange course, 9 controls, 4.2 km, 135 m
Dean Sturtevant NEOC 1:42:31 Steve Gross 1:17:49
Jim Henderson WCOC 1:43:36 Heidi McGowan Williams Orienteering 1:20:30
Zack DeWeese group NEOC 1:55:10 Mike Groiello Williams Orienteering 1:24:00
Gail Gagarin NEOC-WM 1:55:15 Jim Paschetto 1:25:15
Rich Nietupski WCOC 2:03:00 Robert M. Smith 1:30:47
Trisha Underwood NEOC 2:13:20 Paige Williams NEOC 1:38:30
Bill Neacy NEOC 2:19:12 Elaine Dill NEOC 1:39:46
Terri Magnus UNO 1:44:55

Red course, 10 controls, 5.7 km, 170 m
Daryl Killip 1:45:37
Davio Dunham NEOC/UNO 0:49:44 Jeff Siegrist 2:05:50
Doug Gosling UNO 0:55:06 Beth Lux UNO 2:06:58
Steve Dentino OME 0:55:23 Cheryl Madson 2:42:46
Tim Parson NEOC-MQ 0:56:11 Diane Menzies NEOC 3:13:00
Bob Lux UNO 1:00:02 Paul Remington NEOC DNF
Tony Federer UNO 1:00:38 Rusty Jacobites DNF
Darrell Scott UNO/NEOC 1:04:22 Chrisoula Duros DNF
Robert Galejs NEOC 1:04:58 Julia Duros DNF
Michael Hughes NEOC 1:05:48 Mary Tulloch NEOC DNF
Stephen Richardson NEOC 1:06:18
Steve Worthington WCOC 1:13:02

Yellow course, 7 controls, 3.1 km, 65 m
Joe Usoff NEOC 1:15:23 Stephen A. Van Ness NEOC 0:39:41
Sue Worthington WCOC 1:28:48 Ellen Tarry UNO/NEOC 0:47:41
Lyn Walker WCOC 1:42:17 Eileen Underwood NEOC 0:57:50
Janet Tryson EMPO 1:56:13 Rob Tryson EMPO 1:03:12
Dave Yee 2:10:22 Ben and Beth Gould NEOC/UNO 1:19:22
Dave Crockett NEOC 2:55:14 Renata and Ravil Bakoussevo 1:22:59
Susan Tarry UNO 1:25:27

Green course, 10 controls, 5.0 km, 165 m
David and Jacki Mayall 1:29:20
Steve Crimmin NEOC 0:55:04 Sam Boucher, Jarrod McDowell, Pack 7 Cub Scouts 1:56:55
Charlie DeWeese NEOC 0:57:11 Tom O'Leary + Dad
Anne Dentino OME 1:05:07 Nancy and Mark Johnson 2:06:15
Ed Kotowski NEOC-MQ 1:08:41 Jim Plant RMOC-NEOC 2:10:00
Mike Fritz GMOC 1:12:09
Hans Bengtsson NEOC-MQ 1:21:16

White course, 7controls, 3.1 km, 65 m
Donn Springer NEOC 1:35:05 Damon Tarry UNO/NEOC 0:26:48
Pete Frykman NEOC 1:36:30 Carl Underwood NEOC 0:30:37
Neil Faiman UNO 1:37:34 Sara Haverkamp 0:35:36
Tom Varney 1:48:05 Calvin Underwood NEOC 0:36:29
Martin Gamache NEOC 1:48:12 Meg Parson NEOC-MQ 0:43:54
Paul Pearson NEOC-CT 1:52:05 Ben Parson NEOC-MQ 0:51:11
Karl F. Stephens NEOC-RI 1:59:31 Kevin and Alex Fiedler 0:51:43
Tony Maniscalco NEOC-WM 2:04:50 Daphne Gould NEOC/UNO 0:51:58
Judy Karpinski NEOC 2:07:09 Steve Fiedler NEOC 0:52:20
Adolf Jochnick NEOC 2:09:13 Ceire and Caroline Fleming UNO/NEOC 0:56:58
Ed Tulloch NEOC 2:25:06 Paul and John Magnus UNO 1:03:25
Cindy Berman/Rick Oleson NEOC 2:30:17 Timmy Dentino & Mummy OME 1:08:05
Kate O'Brien NEOC 2:31:20
Kathy McArdle NEOC DNF
Nina R. Levin DNF