Beaver Brook Reservation, Waltham, MA
April 8, 2018
Meet Director: Jim Crawford
Youth Series Event Directors: Pia Webb and Wendy Johnecheck
Today’s event was the 2018 NEOC season opener with sprint courses for the “regular” seasoned orienteers, and the Boston Youth Orienteering Series for the younger crowd. It was a great day to be out in the woods; the snow was finally gone and the leaves were not yet out making the woods runnable and the controls easy to spot! Beaver Brook is a great park for people learning how to navigate with open fields, a merry stream, and just the right amount of woods to make it fun to orienteer without the risking of getting too lost. The park is also conducive to high running speeds making it easy to make silly mistakes for the runners trying to make good times on the sprint courses.
We had many youth and families starting the day with the mini-demo station where coaches introduced beginners to map reading and worked on improving the technique of more advanced runners using short 1-4 control courses providing ample opportunities for feedback. It was fun to see how quickly many picked up on how to read the map, breezing through the demo-courses, and heading out on the real courses with great enthusiasm!
All in all, there were over 200 starts with many runners doing both two and three courses. The event attracted a wide range of participants including the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School team in new snazzy uniforms, students from the Philips Academy in Andover, speedy kids from the EMBK ski and the Waltham track clubs, a scout group from Rhode Island getting ready for the scout-orienteering next week, local families, a couple of Brazilian orienteers helping out teaching orienteering while experiencing life in the US, two British families with small kids working in Cambridge, several “regulars”, and many, many more I didn’t have the opportunity to talk to.
The next event in the Youth Series will be at Danehy Park in Cambridge, an open park with many ball fields and playgrounds to navigate around, on Sun May 6th. Each event in the Youth Series is a freestanding event so you can come even if you didn’t participate in the first event. Instruction and coaching will be available for runners of all levels. There is also a NEOC event at Nobscot Scout Reservation in Sudbury next Sunday, April 15th, if you can’t wait until next month to try orienteering again. Finally, the CSU park-orienteering series starts on April 19th for those who are available to run in parks around central Boston on Thursday nights (information on csu.attackpoint.com).
Registration is open for the spring season of the new Greater Boston Youth Orienteering Team Training for youth interested in more regular orienteering training. There will be team training sessions at local orienteering events on Sundays, May 6 – June 17, where coaches will focus on developing navigational skills, fitness running, and teaching youth to independently compete on age-level orienteering courses. Pre-registration is required ($40 for spring session; see Greater Boston Youth Orienteering Team under the NEOC Youth tab). Beginners are welcome.
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Splits are available for White, Yellow, Orange, Sprint1, Sprint2 (courtesy of Attackpoint).
White 1.1 km 12 C | |||
Name | Club | Time | |
1 | Mori Finlayson | NEOC | 8:05 |
2 | Owen Baumann | 8:08 | |
3 | Hunter - | 9:02 | |
4 | Frido - | 9:36 | |
5 | Joseph Lawrence | 9:47 | |
5 | Aaron - | 9:47 | |
7 | Liam - | 9:57 | |
8 | Jack - | 10:00 | |
9 | Kirsten Pryor | 11:15 | |
10 | Stephen Cooley | 11:59 | |
11 | Tor Webb | CSU | 12:23 |
12 | Sebastian Ruiz | NEOC | 13:00 |
13 | Pablo Ruiz | NEOC | 13:01 |
14 | Carl Cooper | 13:34 | |
15 | Luke Napoliband | 13:44 | |
16 | Anika Currie | 14:09 | |
17 | Maelle Mantoan | 15:02 | |
18 | Westley Roguz | 16:03 | |
19 | Chiara Mantoan | 16:04 | |
20 | Susan Mahan | 16:20 | |
21 | Sarah Kirincich | 16:21 | |
22 | Yahli Shpinner | 16:27 | |
23 | Lucy Pryor | 16:41 | |
24 | Lily Springer | NEOC | 17:55 |
25 | Sid - | 18:56 | |
26 | Abby Kirincich | 19:39 | |
27 | Steve Kirincich | 20:23 | |
28 | Janet Riley | 20:41 | |
29 | Noah Baumann | 21:02 | |
30 | Mary-Ann Fitzpatrick | 23:24 | |
31 | Donald Wallace | 24:38 | |
32 | Emmett Cook | NEOC | 25:06 |
33 | Bridget Roguz | 27:33 | |
34 | Tim Kronewitter | 28:49 | |
35 | Russel - | 46:20 | |
36 | Mattie Rothman | NEOC | 46:36 |
37 | Daniel Elder | 46:43 | |
38 | Sebby Elder | 46:58 | |
Leigh Niedeck | mp | ||
Sheila Niedeck | mp | ||
Hannah Petersen | mp | ||
Yellow 1.5 km 13 C | |||
Name | Club | Time | |
1 | Gil Shapiro | NEOC | 12:29 |
2 | Mori Finlayson | NEOC | 13:31 |
3 | Jarmo Latva-Kokko | NEOC | 14:20 |
4 | Stephen Cooley | 14:51 | |
5 | Aaron Lawrence | 17:15 | |
6 | Pablo Ruiz | NEOC | 17:19 |
7 | Joseph Lawrence | 17:20 | |
8 | Sebastian Ruiz | NEOC | 17:33 |
9 | Noah Baumann | 19:10 | |
10 | Max Currio | 19:52 | |
11 | Frido - | 20:30 | |
12 | Hunter - | 20:32 | |
13 | Liam - | 20:35 | |
14 | Sierra Springer | NEOC | 22:55 |
15 | Abby Kirincich | 23:20 | |
16 | Susan Mahan | 23:24 | |
17 | Bianca - | 23:58 | |
17 | Birgitta - | 23:58 | |
19 | Steve Kirincich | 24:09 | |
20 | Emily+Natalie - | 24:15 | |
21 | Colby Napoltano | NEOC | 26:05 |
22 | Luke Napoliband | 26:52 | |
23 | Bea Flusueu | 26:54 | |
24 | Bridget Roguz | 28:20 | |
25 | Mary-Ann Fitzpatrick | 28:21 | |
26 | Sarah Kirincich | 28:50 | |
27 | Jennifer Fitzsimmons-Gauger | NEOC | 29:30 |
28 | Will Butler | 30:10 | |
29 | Henry - | 30:32 | |
30 | Lucy Pryor | 33:05 | |
31 | Maelle Mantoan | 33:11 | |
32 | Daphne Caroline | NEOC | 34:18 |
33 | Karen Walrath | NEOC | 35:37 |
34 | Erica Durbin | NEOC | 40:13 |
Emma Tilghman | mp | ||
Orange 1.8 km 16 C | |||
Name | Club | Time | |
1 | Kristen Hall | NEOC | 11:48 |
2 | Bridget Hall | NEOC | 12:41 |
3 | Anja Meichsner | NEOC | 13:16 |
4 | Alex Vai | NEOC | 13:38 |
5 | Brett Anderson | NEOC | 15:18 |
6 | Nick Townley | NEOC | 16:45 |
7 | Max Currie | 17:19 | |
8 | Frido Group | 18:33 | |
9 | Sylvie Guichard | NEOC | 18:59 |
10 | Owen Baumann | 20:16 | |
11 | Sarah Hughes | NEOC | 21:35 |
12 | Suzanne Robinson | NEOC | 23:27 |
13 | Trisha Underwood | NEOC | 24:02 |
14 | Westley Roguz | 25:12 | |
15 | Wesley McCarty | NEOC | 25:54 |
16 | Dilon Taylor | 25:55 | |
17 | David Quinn | NEOC | 26:48 |
18 | Emily+Natalie - | 27:21 | |
19 | Ian Anderson | NEOC | 29:09 |
20 | Ken Menzies | NEOC | 30:04 |
21 | Gerardo Segura | 31:55 | |
21 | Jack Thomseo | 31:55 | |
23 | Stephen Cooley | 32:29 | |
24 | Nancy LeClair | NEOC | 37:26 |
25 | Bea Flusueu | 38:53 | |
26 | Leslie Gloyd | NEOC | 39:23 |
27 | Chris Noon | NEOC | 40:41 |
28 | Holmberg Hop | NEOC | 41:11 |
29 | Kirsten Pryor | 42:30 | |
30 | Chiara Mantoan | 42:58 | |
31 | Gregory Khrapunovich | NEOC | 44:12 |
32 | Emmett Cook | NEOC | 44:15 |
33 | John Mitchell | NEOC | 46:28 |
34 | Lukas Nemet | 48:15 | |
35 | Diane Menzes | NEOC | 1:05:15 |
Justin Wiley | mp | ||
Sprint1 2.4 km 20 C | |||
Name | Club | Time | |
1 | Klaas Mellebeek | 13:05 | |
2 | Alex Rothman | NEOC | 13:25 |
3 | Vilppu Viinikainen | NEOC | 14:51 |
4 | Alan Elder | 15:45 | |
5 | Bridget Hall | NEOC | 16:25 |
6 | Josivan Juan | NG | 16:38 |
7 | Alex Vai | NEOC | 16:46 |
8 | Rick Kielty | 16:52 | |
9 | Mike Springer | NEOC | 17:04 |
10 | Bryant Izzy | NEOC | 17:42 |
11 | Gabriella Dantas Franco | NEOC | 18:15 |
12 | Jeff Saeger | NEOC | 18:26 |
13 | Kristen Hall | NEOC | 18:37 |
14 | Mark Sinks | 18:57 | |
15 | Michael Hughs | NEOC | 19:10 |
16 | Jackson Codd | NG | 21:28 |
17 | Neil+Dashiell - | NEOC | 21:49 |
18 | Mark OConnell | NEOC | 23:02 |
19 | Dean Sturtevant | NEOC | 24:09 |
20 | Mike Fay | 24:19 | |
21 | Kelly Guarino | NEOC | 24:33 |
22 | Xavier Fradera | NEOC | 24:54 |
23 | Bob Dangel | NEOC | 25:07 |
24 | Jim Paschetto | NEOC | 25:37 |
25 | Brett Anderson | NEOC | 25:48 |
26 | Richard Powers | NEOC | 26:24 |
27 | Karen Yeowell | NEOC | 26:30 |
28 | Anna Rasmussen | NEOC | 26:40 |
29 | Ian Anderson | NEOC | 26:46 |
30 | Mark Webb | CSU | 29:17 |
31 | Peter Amram | NEOC | 29:34 |
32 | Judy Karpinski | NEOC | 32:59 |
33 | Roger Underwood | NEOC | 35:37 |
34 | Barb Anderson | NEOC | 37:39 |
35 | Richard Shapiro | NEOC | 41:13 |
Anika Landrigan | NEOC | mp | |
Sprint2 1.9 km 22 C | |||
Name | Club | Time | |
1 | Alan Elder | 14:31 | |
2 | Klaas Mellebeek | 15:44 | |
3 | Evgeny Ivanov | NEOC | 18:15 |
4 | Alex Vai | NEOC | 18:42 |
5 | Michael Hughs | NEOC | 19:19 |
6 | Maria Bloom | NEOC | 19:54 |
7 | Rick Keilty | 20:35 | |
8 | Justin Wiley | 22:17 | |
9 | Mika Latva-Kokko | NEOC | 24:25 |
10 | Kelly Guarino | NEOC | 24:55 |
11 | Jim Paschetto | NEOC | 25:56 |
12 | Xavier Fradera | NEOC | 26:10 |
13 | Yana Galukima | NEOC | 27:07 |
14 | Bob Dangel | NEOC | 27:18 |
15 | Mark OConnell | NEOC | 30:00 |
16 | David Quinn | NEOC | 33:17 |
17 | Peter Amram | NEOC | 33:27 |
18 | Karen Yeowell | NEOC | 33:32 |
19 | Suzanne Robinson | 37:04 | |
20 | Sarah Hughes | NEOC | 39:36 |
21 | Barb Anderson | NEOC | 44:10 |
Alex Rothman | NEOC | mp | |
String | |||
Name | Club | Time | |
1 | Frido - | 4:00 | |
2 | Liam - | 4:02 | |
3 | Egor Ivanov | NEOC | 4:13 |
4 | Egor Ivanov | NEOC | 4:14 |
5 | Lukas Webb | CSU | 4:23 |
6 | Jack - | 4:24 | |
7 | Tor Webb | CSU | 4:28 |
8 | Hunter - | 4:37 | |
9 | Max Currio | 6:07 | |
10 | Nkosi - | 6:15 | |
11 | Trey - | 6:44 | |
12 | Donald Wallace | 8:09 | |
13 | Anika Currie | 10:21 | |
14 | Connor - | 14:45 | |
15 | Tory Masterson | 17:42 | |
16 | Aviva Bloom | 20:14 | |
17 | Sebby Elder | 26:43 | |