Great Falls MD

An exceptional turnout enjoyed Nadim's fine courses, set in the forested and fast terrain of Great Falls, despite the near freezing windy day. [Hot beverages afterwards probably helped participants a bit too.] Park staff monitoring our event were pleased as well, though apparently the deer were very confused by the fleet-footed company sharing the woods with them.

This meet also saw the debut of the “borrow a GPS watch” program, designed to help members improve their orienteering and get more familiar with the technology. Each participant's data has been uploaded by coordinator Jon Torrance directly to RouteGadget (head to the bottom of each course roster to see the 'GPS' designation).

We did experience a technical glitch for which we're sorry; the "split printer" connected to the epunch software failed, and so we were unable to provide results to participants. We are working on this issue (which also affected many runners at Oregon Ridge) and definitely hope to regain our ability to provide both individual and per-course result printouts by our next meet at Meadowood on Dec. 19.

An all-star volunteer crew braved the chilly temps; many thanks to Nadim Ahmed, Mike Berry, Josh Blaustein, Russ Damtoft, Don Fish, Mike Ford, Joe Garman, Laudeir Gomes, Erik Gruner, Elliot & Linus Hamilton, David Levine, Sam Listwak, Valerie Meyer, Mike Newman, Heidi Onkst, Scott Pleban and Svetlana Sokolova, backed up by Tom Nolan, Ken Walker and Dan Quinn - thanks to all of you for being available!

Head to RouteGadget and WinSplits to see event data.

Beginner

Course Length: 2.7 km

Course Climb: 75 m

Number of Controls: 7

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Joe Garman	QOC	19:46
2	Shane Hagerman		19:48
3	Kris Fortier	Loudoun County HS	20:06
3	Finn Petrides	Loudoun County HS	20:06
4	George Waxter	QOC	23:09
5	Antonio Arancibia	QOC	31:22
6	Gabriel Ewachiw	QOC	32:19
7	Laudeir Gomes	QOC	33:58
8	Chris Hemus		34:24
9	Troy Lyden	Loudoun County HS	35:08
10	Matthew Laskowski		35:26
11	Daniel Henderson	Huntingtown HS	41:16
12	Dillon Fitzgerald	Huntingtown HS	41:17
13	Klaus Sexton	Huntingtown HS	41:23
14	David Pope	Huntingtown HS	41:31
15	Mason & Mark Baugh		41:45
16	Brand Family	QOC	42:58
17	Christian Scheidt & Nicole Larent	QOC	43:42
18	Linda Cornelius	QOC	44:05
19	Abbey Furlow	QOC	44:11
20	Sammy Furlow	QOC	44:59
21	Angela Furlow	QOC	45:21
22	Amy Louden	QOC	46:49
23	Jared Macary & Tesfa Alexander	None	46:57
24	Dave Petty & Emily/Caroline/Kata & Karen/Charlie - Dog	QOC	47:14
25	Lisa Beck	QOC	47:43
26	Edward Moore	FUMA	48:12
27	Pat Reeves		48:24
28	Adriaan Carter & Joshua	QOC	51:10
29	Court Zabel	QOC	51:15
30	Michael McFarland	QOC	53:15
31	Steve Kabler & Robin Boggess	None	53:55
32	Dmitry Charit & Ana Slepukhova	QOC	53:59
33	Susanna McFarland	QOC	55:47
34	Steve McFarland	QOC	55:55
35	Alexis Merka	QOC	56:04
36	Anita Tyler	QOC	56:06
37	Becky & Tony Peak-Marquez & Nicko	QOC	56:54
38	Val Salentine & Anna and Leah	FUMA	62:51
39	Iva Zicha	None	64:06
40	Ahedo Family	QOC	64:35
41	Eric & Cambria Lyness		65:57
42	Nicholas Nurre & Stephen	QOC	68:41
43	Frantisek Brabec & Heather Maher	QOC	68:52
44	Finn Petrides	Loudoun County HS	71:57
44	Kris Fortier	Loudoun County HS	71:57
45	Monika Lategano	Loudoun County HS	72:08
46	Josiah Seguin & Kanitha		77:38
47	EB Kim	FUMA	77:44
48	Colin Beverage	FUMA	81:26
49	Michael Haskell	QOC	82:36
50	Bob Ward & Billy		83:30
51	Ludo Bello & Ines/Emillio/Alfredo	None	83:31
52	Hossain Shafii	None	83:38
53	Daniel Macy & Philip		83:45
54	Sean Scully & Artur & Brian and Bill	QOC	87:53
55	Vicky Velsey & Garrett Velsey	QOC	95:13
56	Maureen Williams		100:19
57	Jeffrey Riddle	Loudoun County HS	102:03
58	Adam Issenberg & Mickey/Leander/Wyndy	QOC	108:41
59	Candy Hagerman & Plesah Mayo	QOC	119:42
60	Jay Petillo & Henry		DNF (54:10)
60	Herndon HS	None	MP
60	Zachery Sikes & Harrison/Benjamin & Thomas	None	MP (32:58)
60	Joe Horton & Jackon	None	MP (86:41)

Intermediate

Course Length: 5.2 km

Course Climb: 175 m

Number of Controls: 13

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Mihai Sirbu	QOC	46:26
2	Andre Novaes		46:41
3	William Vickers	QOC	49:57
4	Elliott Hamilton	QOC	53:19
5	John Whitty	QOC	54:03
6	Jim Seguin	QOC	54:36
7	Russ Damtoft	QOC	58:24
8	John Paulson & Steve Smith	None	58:26
9	Don Davis	QOC	59:58
10	Jody Landers	QOC	61:20
11	Svetlana Sokolova	QOC	62:12
12	Dave Scheidt	QOC	63:06
13	Linus Hamilton	QOC	64:46
14	Diana Todd	QOC	64:48
15	Dave Petty	QOC	65:31
16	Tim Gilbert	QOC	67:35
17	Heidi Onkst	QOC	67:58
18	Josh Jacobs	None	68:13
19	Vinicius Martinelli	Brazil	68:23
20	Rolemberg Cunha		69:20
21	John Studach	QOC	70:27
22	Dennis Doherty	QOC	70:58
23	Bill Vienna	QOC	71:07
24	Keg Good	QOC	71:56
25	David Levine	QOC	75:22
26	Josh Blaustein	QOC	76:21
27	Jim Bohrer	SVO	77:36
28	Alvaro Lima	Brazil	78:28
29	Julie Keim	SVO	80:24
29	Gail Edwards		80:24
30	Mike Berry	QOC	81:03
31	Don Ames		85:02
32	Ekaterina Izotova	QOC	90:00
33	Henry Godfrey	QOC	90:35
34	Chuck Ferguson	QOC	90:43
35	William Corr		91:25
36	Chris Salentine	FUMA	91:44
37	Robert Baird	FUMA	92:19
38	Sim Brand	FUMA	92:43
39	Anne Jepsen	QOC	93:15
40	Patrick Kimmel	Loudoun County HS	93:29
41	Neal Polzin	QOC	93:49
42	Addie Nolan	QOC	93:58
43	Jeff Haskell	QOC	96:13
44	Sidney Sachs	QOC	96:57
45	Guy Montgomery & Emma	QOC	98:56
46	Aaron Fletcher	Huntingtown HS	99:48
47	Dwight Johnson & Frank Sigwart	QOC	100:51
48	Allison Schaefer	Huntingtown HS	101:06
49	John Landers & Eric Beatty	QOC	102:03
50	Noah Bartlett	QOC	103:03
51	Erik Gruner	QOC	104:40
52	George Crittenden	QOC	105:04
53	Don Fish	QOC	105:09
54	Tyler Andress	Loudoun County HS	107:21
55	Michael Toner	QOC	108:37
56	Reed Werner & Shane Van Hoesen	None	111:30
57	John Godfrey & Michael	QOC	114:30
58	James Thull & Nina	QOC	116:01
59	Kristi Orcutt	QOC	117:18
60	Steve Mones	DVOA	117:25
61	Kelly Stock & Andy Bacon	QOC	117:44
62	Rachel Blankenship	Huntingtown HS	118:24
63	Michelle Holmes	QOC	119:31
64	Sherry Sterling	QOC	125:53
65	Mike Newman	QOC	125:55
66	Daniel Bachman & Jensen & Adam	QOC	127:16
67	Howard Lenzer		128:37
68	Troy Lyden & Matt Lancaster	Loudoun County HS	129:09
69	Karla Hulett	QOC	131:25
70	Lee Todd	QOC	136:10
71	Tim Kaufman	Loudoun County HS	136:42
72	Douglas Verner & Ken Terrell		136:58
73	Michael Bianchetta & Marla	QOC	140:35
74	Sasha Noghreh	Loudoun County HS	144:28
75	Barry Nobles	QOC	156:28
76	Suzanne Izzo	QOC	156:36
77	Tobias Butler	Huntingtown HS	157:14
78	Brandon Westfall	Huntingtown HS	158:37
79	Jonathan Taylor	Loudoun County HS	163:30
80	Brandon Williams	Huntingtown HS	181:51
81	Zach Moren	Huntingtown HS	182:04
82	Ryan Frankel	Huntingtown HS	182:19
83	Ryan Keenan	Huntingtown HS	182:45
84	Bruce Baker & Kathleen Sheedy	QOC	DNF
84	Don Nicholas		DNF
84	Jeffrey Riddle	Loudoun County HS	DNF (73:47)
84	Dylan Leger	FUMA	DNF (83:44)
84	Don Velsey & Graham Velsey	QOC	DNF (98:04)
84	Marit Davis	QOC	DNF (99:43)
84	Ken Yates		DNF (119:44)
84	Eric Mayl	QOC	MP (89:26)
84	Richard Jones	Huntingtown HS	MP (107:49)
84	Brian Frank & Peter Frank		MP (141:38)

Advanced

Course Length: 8.9 km

Course Climb: 330 m

Number of Controls: 20

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Eddie Bergeron	SVO	58:26
2	Jon Torrance	QOC	61:19
3	Ken Walker Jr	CSU	66:32
4	Scott Pleban	QOC	72:40
5	David Onkst	QOC	76:58
6	Ted Good	QOC	77:55
7	Jan Merka	QOC	79:07
8	Tom Strat	QOC	80:59
9	Daniel Quinn	QOC	82:26
10	Victor Lin	QOC	84:17
11	Bjorn Skjaevestad	QOC	88:06
12	Grant Staats	EMPO	89:42
13	Peggy Dickison	OK	90:28
14	Dave Pruden	QOC	96:50
15	Brian Mayer	QOC	97:40
16	Tom Nolan	QOC	97:44
17	Jay Gelman	QOC	97:50
18	Shane Hagerman	QOC	99:11
19	Sam Listwak	QOC	99:39
20	Dave Hauver	QOC	113:09
21	Francis Hogle	QOC	113:26
22	Charles Carrick	QOC	118:28
23	Michelle Faucher	QOC	119:39
24	John Organek	QOC	119:56
25	William Schaefer	QOC	123:05
26	Alex Bishop	QOC	131:49
27	Gary Smith	QOC	137:33
28	Mike Ford	QOC	183:16
29	Nyall Meredith	QOC	184:48
30	Michelle Svoboda & Alexandra Siess	QOC	DNF
30	Paul & James Sherlock	QOC	DNF
30	Ioana Fleming	QOC	DNF (59:21)
30	Brian Fleming	QOC	DNF (65:16)
30	Jody Kidd	FUMA	DNF (92:30)
30	Anthony Leger	FUMA	DNF (95:31)
30	Kevin McCartney	FUMA	DNF (104:43)
30	James Hemenway	FUMA	DNF (105:30)
30	Derek McNamara	Huntingtown HS	DNF (178:07)
30	Nick Davis	Huntingtown HS	DNF (178:14)
30	Alec Morgan	Huntingtown HS	DNF (178:46)
30	Lukas Eklund	QOC	MP
30	Andres Sundstrom		MP (93:50)
30	Dagmar Merkova	QOC	MP (105:06)

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).