Little Bennett

Little Bennett Regional Park in Clarksburg Maryland was the scene for QOC’s orienteering event on March 27. Little Bennett is the largest of Montgomery County’s parks, and Sunday’s event was staged from a less-visited section of the park. Dire weather predictions were overrated as we had a nice partly cloudy day with temps in the upper 40’s. Over 120 participants from elite runners to nature hikers came out for the fun and challenge of racing through forested stream valleys, over rocky hills, and across old farmer’s fields, using only a map and compass for navigation. As a testament to the relative remoteness of this beautiful spot, white tailed deer and a fox were both seen from the start area.

Special appreciation goes out to the club members who volunteered to help manage this event: Sam, Valerie, Greg, Kathleen, Suzanne, Fred, Dave, Angela, Anita, Mike L, Mike N, Pat, Heidi, Mihai, Alex, Laudier, Mark M, Mark W, Ted and Erica.

RouteGadget and WinSplits are now online for this event. Note: There are two RouteGadget entries for this meet, due to the map differences between one set of courses (White, Yellow, Orange and Brown) and the rest (Green, Red, Blue).

White

Course Length: 2 km

Course Climb: 20 m

Number of Controls: 11

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Max Ahmed	QOC	23:32
2	Abigail Furlow	QOC	23:35
3	Jim Weber & Ethan	QOC	28:37
4	Leatrice Lee		32:35
5	Maureen Williams		33:08
6	Sally Martiny		44:33
7	Joel Glover & Ruthanne Brian Eric		60:47
8	Maria Woodson	QOC	88:10
9	Leatrice Lee & (2nd course)		NC (21:19)

Yellow

Course Length: 2.6 km

Course Climb: 50 m

Number of Controls: 12

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Fredrik Borge	QOC	26:10
2	Brian Limerick	PHS JROTC	28:40
3	Jacqueline Currie & Victoria	QOC	47:11
4	Addie Nolan & Neung	QOC	47:40
5	Wayne Pavalko & Grace	QOC	48:06
6	Anthony DeMare & Charlotte Habenicht	QOC	48:48
7	Lyric Oakes	PHS JROTC	50:28
8	James Salter		53:53
9	Eric & Cambria Lyness	QOC	75:48
10	Matt Hudson		82:32
11	Alexis Merka	QOC	83:17
12	Robert Jackson	PHS JROTC	DNF
12	Megan Drefs Group		MP (61:13)

Orange

Course Length: 3.9 km

Course Climb: 110 m

Number of Controls: 13

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	John Godfrey	QOC	46:21
2	Laudeir Gomes	QOC	47:52
3	Henry Godfrey	QOC	48:57
4	Scott Mabry	QOC	53:01
5	Joshua Hunt	PHS JROTC	63:07
6	Robert Burgess	PHS JROTC	70:53
7	James Salter		70:54
8	Braden Blonshine	PHS JROTC	72:48
9	Jim Faber & Karen LoParco	QOC	73:56
10	Kaytlynn Sexton	PHS JROTC	77:40
11	Brian Limerick	PHS JROTC	83:19
12	Amy Louden	QOC	91:36
13	Adam Heifetz Family		95:52
14	Kristina Beall & Erik & David		100:27
15	Kai Riley & Toney & Yuki	QOC	108:42
16	Ken Yates		110:48
17	Anita Tyler	QOC	112:34
18	Pat Reeves		MP (121:28)
18	Sherry Sterling	QOC	MP (133:56)
18	Maureen Patan		MP (149:31)

Brown

Course Length: 4.5 km

Course Climb: 140 m

Number of Controls: 16

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Ken Walker Jr	CSU	27:40
2	Elliott Hamilton	QOC	39:18
3	Linus Hamilton	QOC	48:05
4	Mihai Sirbu	QOC	48:08
5	Bev Hartline	DVOA	55:41
6	Noah Dixon	PHS JROTC	56:49
7	Tracy Acuff	DVOA	57:24
8	Kattis str	QOC	59:07
9	Kimberly Denny	PHS JROTC	64:09
10	Mark Walderhaug	QOC	65:37
11	Courtney Hill	PHS JROTC	65:56
12	Troy LeBlanc	PHS JROTC	73:08
13	Josh Blaustein	QOC	76:14
14	George Crittenden	QOC	80:31
15	Mike Ford	QOC	84:46
16	Garrett Ursiny	PHS JROTC	85:31
17	John Hampton		89:42
18	Fred Hartline	DVOA	93:22
19	Mike Newman	QOC	93:48
20	Marit Davis	QOC	106:42
21	Karla Hulett	QOC	107:19
22	Don Fish	QOC	107:59
23	Michael Haskell & Crew 701	QOC	109:24
24	Mark Lee	PHS JROTC	110:56
25	George Schink	QOC	119:22
26	Suzanne Izzo	QOC	120:15
27	Dwight Johnson	QOC	MP (82:07)

Green

Course Length: 6.1 km

Course Climb: 200 m

Number of Controls: 16

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Ryan Hanna	QOC	59:59
2	Nathaniel Inman	PHS JROTC	62:15
3	Russ Damtoft	QOC	65:16
4	Ioana Fleming	QOC	67:03
5	Lars-Erik Borge	QOC	69:02
6	Cory Inman	PHS JROTC	70:33
7	Jody Landers	QOC	70:59
8	Don Davis	QOC	71:16
9	Brian Fleming	QOC	72:31
10	Brian Dolan	QOC	73:09
11	Tom Wells	QOC	74:17
12	Garrett Lee	PHS JROTC	76:38
13	Kathleen Lennon	QOC	77:03
14	Alex Bishop	QOC	78:54
15	Heidi Onkst	QOC	82:30
16	Frantisek Brabec	QOC	84:22
17	Reece Bomhold	PHS JROTC	85:26
18	John Landers	QOC	87:37
19	Pat McNeilly	QOC	88:55
20	Nyall Meredith	QOC	103:04
21	Ricardo Fabila	PHS JROTC	104:38
22	Gail Edwards	QOC	107:12
23	Mark Mace	QOC	108:35
24	Eric Landers & Becky		108:46
25	David Levine	QOC	112:56
26	Dan Do	QOC	124:10
27	Mark Baugh	QOC	DNF
27	Fred Hillmann	QOC	DNF
27	Dagmar Merkova	QOC	MP (72:28)
27	Dave Scheidt	QOC	MP (81:43)
27	Marshall Lieder	QOC	MP (97:59)

Red

Course Length: 7.4 km

Course Climb: 270 m

Number of Controls: 22

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Andres Sundstrom		62:56
2	Daniel Quinn	QOC	64:19
3	Tom Nolan	QOC	73:32
4	Peggy Dickison	OK	79:39
5	Tim Good	QOC	86:29
6	Mike Berry	QOC	86:45
7	Valerie Meyer	QOC	95:27
8	Gary Smith	QOC	101:15
9	Mikhail Matveev	QOC	101:54

Blue

Course Length: 9.5 km

Course Climb: 320 m

Number of Controls: 23

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Eddie Bergeron	SVO	58:37
2	Jon Torrance	QOC	68:29
3	Nadim Ahmed	QOC	73:00
4	Johan Astrom	QOC	73:57
5	Brian Mayer	QOC	73:58
6	David Onkst	QOC	75:59
7	Ted Good	QOC	78:28
8	Dave Pruden	QOC	80:52
9	Andy Britton	QOC	85:53
10	Erik Gruner	QOC	110:08
11	Kevin Dvorsky	PHS JROTC	117:36
12	Francis Hogle	QOC	128:58
13	Justin Woodson	QOC	139:11
14	Dan Villarreal		MP (74:42)

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).