Oregon Ridge Park

The weather was fantastic for being outside and it was great day for orienteering, as evidenced by the more than 220 participants that showed up for the event. It is unclear exactly how many course starts there were for the day because an number of runners completed more than one course, and the sign-in sheets don't always show the total number in a family group. Check the results to see how many competitors starts there were for each course. To make the event a little more challenging than usual, course setter Francis Hogle decided to throw an interesting twist into the meet by eliminating all of the unpaved trails from the advanced course maps. There were some grumblings about this last minute shift, but most participants welcomed the training opportunity it afforded.

Thanks to all of the steadfast volunteers who helped to make the day go smoothly, for the hundreds of registrants, including: Dwight & Kirsten Johnson, Frank Sigwart, Mike Newman, Mickey Dixon, Cecilia Landers, Greg Lennon, and Amy Louden for sharing her delicious homemade cookies with the volunteers. Special thanks to Heidi Onkst for manning the e-punch registration station single handedly through the entire crush of the registration period. Thanks to Jan Merka, who relieved Heidi late in the day, so she could go do a course herself. And our youngest helper – 9 year old Gabriel Ewanchiw – lent a hand as well. Heidi also had to cope with a temperamental printer that kept shutting down and refusing to print unless it was shut down and restarted repeatedly. Our apologies to those runners who were not able to get their results due to the printer malfunction, please check the results page.

Thanks also to Eddie Bergeron, Randy Hall, Scott Pleban and Lisa Beck for collecting controls and to Heidi & Dave Onkst and Mike Newman for sticking around to help with the cleanup and packing of equipment. Also many thanks to Valerie Meyer and Greg Lennon for printing and delivering the maps.

We welcome the new members who joined the club on the day of the event and we thank the several renewing members who paid their dues. Naturally, we are all indebted to Francis for devoting the time necessary to design and set the seven courses. We also appreciate the Baltimore County Parks Department for allowing the club to stage an event at Oregon Ridge. The open woodlands at Oregon Ridge and the wonderful Nature Center make this an especially nice location for Orienteering.

Route gadget (where you can draw your route or view the routes of others) is online for white, yellow, orange, and advanced courses.

Compare your splits with other competitors on Winsplits.

White

Course Length: 1.6 km

Course Climb: 65 m

Number of Controls: 9

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Justine Bernstein & Louis Bethge		15:31
2	Jack Waggamon & James Droddy		19:26
3	Team Haskell	QOC	25:09
4	Lisa Beck (2nd course)	QOC	26:55
5	Gabriel Ewachiw	QOC	28:35
6	Sergio Lima	Brazil	32:32
7	Rosa Gomes	QOC	33:39
8	Abbey Furlow	QOC	36:44
9	Sammy Furlow	QOC	37:37
10	Jose Parra & Max Jackson	QOC	39:37
11	Edwarda Hamann		42:23
12	Ana Lima		42:25
13	Sam Shorr	QOC	44:10
14	Ryan Nelson & Danielle Higgenbotham		52:04
15	Finn & Aidan Dolan	QOC	65:26
16	Nicholas Leaply	PHS JROTC	74:12
17	Will Murtagh & William		75:51
18	Tammy Davis & Joshua Davis		77:42
19	Joanne Muir	QOC	MP (55:35)

Yellow

Course Length: 2.6 km

Course Climb: 90 m

Number of Controls: 11

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Derek McNamara & Jack Waggamon		23:23
2	Sasha Nohreh (2nd course)	Loudoun Co HS	29:07
3	Tobias Butler & James Droddy		29:47
4	Robert Burgess	PHS JROTC	30:42
5	Louis Bethge & Justin Bernstein		31:04
6	James Cochran	PHS JROTC	32:23
7	Dillon Fitzgerald & James Lawrence		33:38
8	Patrick Kimmel	Loudoun Co HS	33:40
9	Jeffrey Riddle	Loudoun Co HS	34:02
10	Amy Leech & Nathan & Bob	QOC	35:35
11	Andrew Szabo	QOC	35:43
12	Henry Godfrey & John	QOC	39:21
13	Kaytlynn Sexton	PHS JROTC	40:04
14	Joseph Lemus	PHS JROTC	41:17
15	Troy Lyden	Loudoun Co HS	42:04
16	Angela Furlow	QOC	42:18
17	Alexis Merka	QOC	43:21
18	Jonathon Taylor	Loudoun Co HS	43:39
19	George Waxter	QOC	43:58
20	John Hance & Wyatt Hance		45:00
21	Alex Spang & Tim Sprang		46:38
22	Brian Limerick	PHS JROTC	50:05
23	Don Ames		51:54
24	Kameron Smith & AJ Dantos		54:53
25	Lisa Beck	QOC	57:35
26	Kirsten Johnson	QOC	65:06
27	Kelly Sanders & Betty		66:01
28	Stephen Auvil		67:12
29	Lyric Oakes	PHS JROTC	70:54
30	John Hampton		71:36
31	David Hope & Richard Jones		79:47
32	Anita Tyler		89:36
33	Bruce Ballard & Susan Ballard		92:25
34	Dorothy Reddy & Paxton & Betsy		95:30
35	Jen Anderson & Ally Anderson		95:45
36	Myslenski Family	QOC	95:56
37	Gil Tadmor & Anat Doron		101:29
38	Mario Castaneda		105:48
39	William Bonney	PHS JROTC	DNF
39	Pat Reeves		MP (78:59)

Orange

Course Length: 3.3 km

Course Climb: 110 m

Number of Controls: 7

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Tim Spang		30:05
2	Jose Parra		39:40
3	Alec Morgan		46:15
4	Josh Blaustein	QOC	46:16
5	Nick Davis & Brandon Williams		46:59
6	Laudeir Gomes	QOC	49:21
7	James Cochran	PHS JROTC	49:31
8	Addie Nolan	QOC	52:54
9	Henry Godfrey & John	QOC	54:12
10	Joshua Camp & Gage Davis		54:13
11	Espen Jepsen & Anne	QOC	57:32
11	Christiana Logansmith & Jack	QOC	57:32
12	Tracey Richardson & Cora		58:20
13	Daniel Bachman	QOC	58:33
14	Neil Ewachiw	QOC	59:31
15	Brent Sulhoff	PHS JROTC	59:49
16	Andrew Richardson & Gavin		59:53
17	Aaron Szabo	QOC	62:11
18	Don Fish	QOC	62:17
19	Tobias Butler & Derek MacNamara		62:49
20	Nick Tilley	PHS JROTC	63:31
21	Pat Keim	SVO	68:17
22	Ryan Leech & Alex Owens	QOC	68:48
23	Sean Fish	QOC	71:30
24	Meri Wicksteed	QOC	74:44
25	Rachel Blakenship & Ryan Frankle		76:21
26	Troy Linden		76:29
27	Cody Leach	PHS JROTC	76:34
28	Christian Scheidt & Nicole Laurent	QOC	77:21
29	Elizabeth O'Connell	QOC	78:27
30	Michael Frawley	PHS JROTC	79:29
31	Halley Patteson	PHS JROTC	79:39
32	Jonathan Taylor		81:06
33	Patrick Kimmel	Loudoun Co HS	84:39
34	Guthrie Quill	QOC	87:13
35	Cindy Ford	QOC	88:16
36	John Jarkowiec & Bill & Brady		98:22
37	John Blaisdell & Martha	QOC	98:57
38	Frank Sigwart	QOC	99:32
39	Jeffrey Riddle		99:50
40	Robert Kaczorowski, Sr	PHS JROTC	104:10
41	Howard Lenzer		107:11
42	Sasha Noghreh & Timothy Kaufman	Loudoun Co HS	117:25
43	Owen Thomas & Evan Thomas		125:33
44	Brandon Tilley	PHS JROTC	131:38
45	Amy Louden	QOC	141:02
46	Jason Camp & Dylan Stern		DNF
46	Shawn Self	PHS JROTC	DNF
46	Richard Briggs	QOC	DNF
46	Maywin Liu	SVO	DNF
46	Dave Marriott & Nolan Kellan		DNF
46	Aaron Fletcher & Derek Shirley		DNF (109:22)
46	Orlando Leigh		DNF (202:32)
46	Kris Fortier	Loudoun Co HS	MP (152:57)
46	Kris Russell	Loudoun Co HS	MP (156:35)
46	Sherry Sterling	QOC	MP (172:13)

Brown

Course Length: 3.5 km

Course Climb: 115 m

Number of Controls: 7

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Dwight Johnson	QOC	67:43
2	Louis Pataki	WCOC	72:12
3	Pam Dvorsky	PHS JROTC	72:48
4	Fred Hartline	DVOA	73:36
5	Fred Hillmann	QOC	75:12
6	Mike Newman	QOC	77:11
7	Marit Davis	QOC	77:22
8	Edward Enson	QOC	87:10
9	Steve Mones	DVOA	90:13
10	Daniel Tierney	PHS JROTC	99:28
11	Joe Isch	SVO	102:40
12	Karla Hulett	QOC	111:52
13	Ricardo Fabila	PHS JROTC	127:45
14	Jeff Plotkin & Matthew Cohen & Susan/Rachel/Sam		128:28
15	Ann Greenbaum & Dick Rohlfs		141:17
16	Joshua Hunt	PHS JROTC	148:29
17	Pat Keim	SVO	166:38
18	Gail Edwards		DNF

Green

Course Length: 4.7 km

Course Climb: 190 m

Number of Controls: 9

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Greg Lennon	QOC	48:20
2	Linus Hamilton	QOC	50:52
3	Kim Jepsen	QOC	51:27
4	Elliott Hamilton	QOC	51:49
5	Tom Wells	QOC	53:37
6	Brian Fleming	QOC	54:01
7	Brad Whitmore	SVO	54:47
8	Mikhail Matveev	QOC	55:41
9	Alex Bishop	QOC	59:10
10	Brian Dolan	QOC	63:51
11	Heidi Onkst	QOC	68:30
12	Dave Scheidt	QOC	70:51
13	Mark Mace	QOC	73:43
14	Julie Keim	SVO	76:06
15	Michael Furst		78:03
16	Bev Hartline	DVOA	80:05
17	Robert Kaczorowski	PHS JROTC	80:50
18	Virginia Stratton	QOC	80:56
19	Mike Ford	QOC	81:31
20	John Baker	QOC	86:31
21	Nyall Meredith	QOC	88:33
22	Mike Berry	QOC	89:16
23	Bill Vienna	QOC	94:02
24	Courtney Hill	PHS JROTC	96:21
25	William Arnold & Ginger	QOC	122:03
26	Stephen Carruth & Diago Sierra	QOC	137:08
27	Charles Gregorski	QOC	137:58
28	Anne Gonnella	SVO	138:36
29	Sierra Bensel	PHS JROTC	148:36
30	Tyler Andres	Loudoun Co HS	162:56
31	George Schink	QOC	169:46
32	Carolyn Denny	PHS JROTC	DNF
32	Kimberley Denny	PHS JROTC	MP (141:45)

Red

Course Length: 7.5 km

Course Climb: 285 m

Number of Controls: 13

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Tom Nolan	QOC	67:33
2	Randy Hall	DVOA	67:53
3	Ioana Fleming	QOC	69:57
4	Tom Strat	QOC	70:05
5	Andre Novaes		72:04
6	Mihai Sirbu	QOC	72:32
7	Grant Staats	EMPO	73:48
8	Nick Morton	QOC	80:59
9	Dave Hauver	QOC	82:49
10	Dagmar Merkova	QOC	90:07
11	Don Davis	QOC	91:30
12	Alvaro Lima	Brazil	115:57
13	Gary Smith	QOC	121:01
14	David Levine	QOC	122:07
15	Edna Spang		123:02
16	William Carruth	QOC	135:58
17	William Earl		137:51
18	Noah Dixon	PHS JROTC	172:06
19	Reece Bomhold	PHS JROTC	188:26
20	Nathaniel Inman	PHS JROTC	DNF (90:22)

Blue

Course Length: 9.9 km

Course Climb: 370 m

Number of Controls: 14

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Eddie Bergeron	SVO	59:57
2	Jon Torrance		68:24
3	Scott Pleban	QOC	76:26
4	Jan Merka	QOC	80:53
5	Ted Good	QOC	84:28
6	David Onkst	QOC	90:22
7	Charles Carrick	QOC	124:56
8	Kathy Hoverman	QOC	139:29
9	Jon Pifer	QOC	140:44

Abbreviations: DNF = did not finish, MP = mispunch, NC = non-competitive (usually 2nd course or course setter/vetter), OT = overtime (more than 3 hours or returned after course closing time).