2008 NEOC CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

 

Mt. Tom Reservation
May 25, 2009
Event director: Jeff Saeger

A really perfect day at a great venue. Slightly humid but around 75 degrees. Thunderstorms threatened but passed us by. Woods are really nice, only nuicence was the mosquitoes. We had epunch on the Orange to Blue course, pin punch on White and Yellow. Some newcomers enjoyed multiple courses, but in an unusual twist, there were more runners on the Blue than either the White or Yellow courses.

I was surprised at the number of DNFs of experienced O'ers on the Red and Green courses. There was quite a bit of climb, but the winning times were in the ball park so perhaps people were just into more relaxing than competing.
One control deep in the woods on the hillside was missing a flag, just a bare pole and epunch box were there confirm the location. That was unintentional, and we still can't figure out what happened. Did I stake it in without the bag, or did it go missing on Saturday…eaten by a deer?

Thanks to Samantha for designing the courses and putting out most of the epunch controls with me on Friday, and Judy for helping hang the White and Yellow controls Saturday.

Most especially thanks to Carl, Andrew and Ethan Childs, Peter Gagarin, Dan Westerberg and Sam Levitin for picking up the all the controls. I had only one to get on my own!

Congratulations to the 2008 NEOC Club Champions!

F-14 Meg Parson
F-21+ Siobhan Fleming
F50+ Dorina Nimigean
F60+ Gail Gagarin
F70+ Mette Tabur
M10 John Underwood
M16 Carl Underwood
M-20 Carl Underwood
M-21+ Ian Finlayson
M45+ Bill Pullman
M50+ Tim Parson
M55+ Jim Paschetto
M60+ Peter Gagarin
M65+ Paul Pearson
M75+ Olaf Tabur

WHITE -- 2Km. -- 10controls
1 John Underwood M10 NEOC 24:40
2 Alex Balsey/Kristen Golden Group 49:34
3 Elizabeth Moore F 50:32
4 St. John Clan 76:10
1 DNF

YELLOW -- 2.6Km. -- 7 controls
1 Meg Parson F14 NEOC 30:01
2 Jodi Maniscalco Group NEOC 74:00
3 Mary Underwood F14 NEOC 75:25
4 Kathy Girard Rec. NEOC 107:08

ORANGE -- 3.9Km. -- 150m.climb -- 9 controls
1 Carl Underwood M16 NEOC 34:19
2 Ben Parson M16 NEOC 54:43
3 Jonathan Housum Open NEOC 94:15
4 Sara Bellini Rec. NEOC 117:11
5 Alex,Kristen,Liz Rec. 134:03

BROWN -- 3.6Km. -- 110m. -- 9 controls
1 Gail Gagarin F60 NEOC 66:15
2 Paul Pearson M65 NEOC 75:40
3 Jordan Mansdorf NEOC 80:40
4 Mette Tabur F70 NEOC 91:17
5 Olaf Tabur M75 NEOC 92:10
6 Ed Tulloch M65 NEOC 104:06
1 DNF

GREEN -- 5.4Km. -- 215m. -- 15 controls
1 Peter Gagarin M60 NEOC 52:28
2 Tim Parson M50 NEOC 53:51
3 Carl Childs GMOC 68:30
4 Steve Richardson WCOC 84:15
5 Dean Sturtevant M50 NEOC 84:16
6 D. Babushok Open DVOA 92:53
7 Jim Paschetto M55 NEOC 98:59
8 Lynette Walker F65 WCOC 102:19
9 Ron Maniscalco M NEOC-wm 103:00
10 Dorina Nimigean F50 NEOC 117:42
5 DNF

RED -- 6.0Km. -- 220m. -- 14 controls
1 Carl Underwood M20 NEOC 61:01
2 Bill Pullman M45 NEOC 73:06
3 Mika Latva-Kokko Open NEOC 93:48
4 Jim Henderson Open NEOC 103:50
5 Ethan Childs GMOC 106:38
6 Siobhan Fleming F21 NEOC 116:49
7 Sam Levitin M45 NEOC 149:10
4 DNF

BLUE -- 7.7Km. -- 260m. -- 16 controls
1 Ian Finlayson M21 NEOC 75:25
2 Andrew Childs GMOC 79:01
3 Clem McGrath M21 DVOA 82:20
4 Dancho Hristov M21 NEOC 91:33
5 Jeff Schapiro M21 NEOC 96:10
6 Ian Smith M21 NEOC 104:52
7 Ken Walker Sr. Rec CSU 114:48
8 Dan Westerberg M21 NEOC 132:10