Mid-Atlantic Champs

The annual Battle for the Broken Compass Award (aka the Mid-Atlantic Championships) took place on a surprisingly beautiful November day at the barn by the old grass field airport at the Patuxent River Park. QOC, DVOA, and SVO met again to fight through streams, bogs, mud, and briars (and some lovely open woods too) for this coveted prize. Thanks to all who attended, particularly those DVOA members who came from the furthest north.

There were 176 starts on all the courses. Results for individual courses are posted below; results of the relays are available here. The awarding of the Broken Compass will take place at the Susquehanna Stumble on November 11. It appears likely that strength of QOC numbers, with some regrettable assistance from Hurricane Sandy’s impact on the DVOA heartland likely keeping some DVOA members away, carried the day but we’ll wait until the math has been done before declaring that to be the case. Hopefully we’ll next contest the Mid-Atlantics unaffected by natural disasters.

Update: the score appears to be 507.9 points for QOC, 162.5 points for DVOA and 35.7 points for SVO so a clear victory for QOC. Probably inevitable given that DVOA members outnumbered SVO members by a factor of 6 and were in turn outnumbered by QOC members by a factor of somewhat more than 4 but it does give rise to thoughts of how a scoring system with more competitive balance despite such disparities might be devised to use next time QOC hosts.

In addition to orienteering, there were non-stop tag and chase games, vulture sightings, visits by horse riders, kite flying, football games, and general camaraderie and course/route discussions.

Many thanks to the wonderful volunteers:

A special thank you to Francis Hogle who set the courses, planned the relays, and arranged to get the controls to Dave Linthicum. Francis could not hang the controls or attend Sunday due to the death of his mother in Florida. QOC wishes to express our deepest sympathy to Francis.

A huge thank you also to Dave Linthicum, who took over the job of hanging the controls and setting out the water. He also picked up controls following the meet.

Registration, setup and packing up: Dwight Johnson, John Landers, Jody Landers, Suzanne Izzo, Frank Sigwart, Kim Jepson, Esben Jepson, Jon Torrance.

Epunching: Amy Louden, Heidi Onkst, Valerie Meyer.

Relay Coordinator: Dave Onkst, with help from Jody Landers.

Control pickup: Dave Linthicum, Dan Tam Do, Dave Levine, Sam Listwak (two sets), Tom Strat.

Thanks also to Joe Landers, the grillmaster, and Jody and John Landers for suggesting and then arranging for the daylong barbecuing of hamburgers and hot dogs. Thanks to Amy Louden for her famous cookies, Dan Quinn for the tasty venison, and Ashley Hicks for the “dirt” cake.

Mike Newman, Meet Director

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White

Course Length: 2.3 km

Course Climb: 10 m

Number of Controls: 9

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	AJ Riley	DVOA	14:43
2	Warren Weber		16:23
3	Nicole Lennon	QOC	19:04
4	Sammy Furlow	QOC	19:09
5	Alexis Merka	QOC	20:39
6	Daniel Shelden	QOC	22:31
7	Abigail Furlow	QOC	26:38
8	Oriana Riley	DVOA	27:57
9	Melissa Wirzburger	QOC	55:43
10	Susan Moore	QOC	57:06
10	Amy Muench	FUMA	57:06
11	Mark Beckman & Maya Luke & Julia	QOC	64:06
12	Charlotte Keller	QOC	67:25
13	Martin Fleming & w/ Father	QOC	90:23

Yellow

Course Length: 2.7 km

Course Climb: 40 m

Number of Controls: 8

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Ben Chiovaro	FUMA	22:09
2	Chase Kaufman	FUMA	25:34
3	Brad Chiovaro	FUMA	26:37
4	Jared Giszack	FUMA	27:34
5	Warren Weber		29:00
6	Diana Aleksiev	QOC	29:26
7	Andrew Estes	FUMA	31:43
8	Max Policelli & Josh Policelli	DVOA	34:14
9	David Muench	FUMA	34:30
10	Andrew Szabo	QOC	37:21
11	Pat Pruden	QOC	51:36
12	Angela Furlow	QOC	54:38
13	Charlie Field & Patrick	QOC	55:19
14	Nicole Aleksieva	CVOC	66:07
15	Abigail Camp & Skilar	QOC	85:36
16	Julia Briggs & Julian	QOC	90:18
17	Vanda Tamari & Alex Tamari & Wahbe Ludwig		104:19
18	Julian Yescas	FUMA	NC (19:57)

Orange

Course Length: 4.3 km

Course Climb: 160 m

Number of Controls: 9

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Michael Rodrigues	QOC	53:59
2	Mary Thompson	QOC	71:09
3	Julian Yescas	FUMA	71:59
4	Al Furlow	QOC	83:15
5	Ben Haeffele & Juleen Lam		84:53
6	Daniel Lathrop & Elizabeth Paul & Emily	QOC	86:23
7	Michael Stinefelt & Evelyn		86:48
8	Joe Isch	SVO	87:09
9	Mark Baugh	QOC	99:33
10	Alison & Rebecca Rodgers		105:08
11	Andrew Rodgers & Edgar Bennett		105:29
12	Olga Baranova	DVOA	105:44
13	Jessica Muench	FUMA	112:07
14	Robin Moon & Tami Graf		116:00
15	Evan Linkous	FUMA	123:34
16	Bob Augusta	DVOA	123:38
17	Patty Policelli	DVOA	129:36
18	Zachary Miller	FUMA	130:29
19	Lee Todd	QOC	133:40
20	Petr & Kity Svec		135:59
21	Amy Louden	QOC	138:40
22	Craig Shelden & Suzanne Courtney	QOC	139:03
23	Sherry Sterling	QOC	160:01
24	Ashley Hicks	QOC	175:38
25	Craig Lenhard		DNF
25	Lisa Beck	QOC	DNF (113:56)
25	Hieu Truong & Tracy Williams	QOC	DNF (130:25)
25	Steve Camp & Kim Cook	QOC	DNF (164:12)
25	Adam Bee		MP (59:57)
25	Kim Field	QOC	MP (126:26)
25	Richard Briggs & Georgia	QOC	MP (173:01)
25	Michael Doyle		MP (214:58)
25	Jared Giszack	FUMA	NC (102:01)
25	Ben Chiovaro	FUMA	NC (102:13)
25	Chase Kaufman	FUMA	NC (102:18)
25	Brad Chiovaro	FUMA	NC (102:50)

Brown

Course Length: 3.6 km

Course Climb: 150 m

Number of Controls: 8

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Addie Nolan	QOC	45:35
2	Don Davis	QOC	48:52
3	Linus Hamilton	QOC	49:35
4	John Organek	QOC	51:45
5	Rob Wilkison	DVOA	54:10
6	Mark Hicks	QOC	57:02
7	Sandy Fillebrown	DVOA	59:15
8	Mark Beckman	QOC	62:27
9	Mark Mace	QOC	62:57
10	Diana Todd	QOC	64:03
11	Patricia Mace	QOC	64:46
12	Chuck Ferguson	QOC	67:07
13	Ed Scott	DVOA	67:48
14	Robert IV Field	QOC	69:24
15	Chris Hemus	QOC	70:35
16	Ann MacMullan	DVOA	71:03
17	Lydia Andrews	QOC	71:35
18	Tom Wells	QOC	71:36
19	Rob Briber		72:02
20	Virginia DeBons	QOC	76:21
21	Adam Szabo	QOC	78:43
22	Edward Enson	QOC	79:58
23	Aaron Szabo	QOC	80:21
24	Dan Do	QOC	86:10
25	Esben Jepsen	QOC	87:42
26	Jeffrey Greger & Pixie the dog	QOC	94:16
27	Eva Matveeva	QOC	95:02
28	Edward Moore	FUMA	106:23
29	Karla Hulett	QOC	114:39
30	Brett Sidelinger	QOC	115:32
31	Don Fish	QOC	116:59
32	Marit Davis	QOC	117:08
33	David Urban	DVOA	121:58
34	Frank Sigwart	QOC	134:01
35	Rae Ann Hicks	QOC	143:00
36	Steve Mones	DVOA	145:55
37	Kevin Morales & Gary K.		185:38
38	Dwight Johnson	QOC	DNF
38	Sandy Ahlswede	DVOA	DNF
38	Ioana Fleming	QOC	DNF (60:23)
38	Brian Fleming	QOC	DNF (62:25)
38	Kathy Urban	DVOA	DNF (154:27)
38	Suzanne Izzo	QOC	DNF (170:46)
38	Fred Hillmann	QOC	DNF (175:04)

Green

Course Length: 5.3 km

Course Climb: 190 m

Number of Controls: 10

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Tom Nolan	QOC	53:56
2	Tom Strat	QOC	54:08
3	Tom Overbaugh	DVOA	54:45
4	Amber Tomas	DVOA	56:19
5	Petr Hartman	DVOA	57:37
6	David Onkst	QOC	59:02
7	Karl Ahlswede	DVOA	62:28
8	Tim Good	QOC	63:42
9	Ryan Hanna	QOC	65:39
10	Jeremy Debons	QOC	67:38
11	Corinne Porter	QOC	67:46
12	Mihai Sirbu	QOC	68:55
13	Sam Listwak	QOC	70:16
14	Peggy Dickison	OK	70:21
15	Greg Lennon	QOC	70:24
16	Carl Muench	FUMA	71:08
17	Will Phillips	FUMA	71:20
18	Tom Delaney	QOC	73:08
19	Jody Landers	QOC	73:39
20	Robert Kinsley	SVO	74:39
21	Dasha Babushok	DVOA	74:46
22	Robert Baird	FUMA	77:28
23	John Wirzburger	QOC	78:57
24	Kathleen Lennon	QOC	80:42
25	Dagmar Merkova	QOC	83:45
26	John Baker	QOC	83:55
27	Mike Rodgers & Beverley Bennett		85:59
28	Guy Olsen	HVO	88:27
29	Heidi Onkst	QOC	88:48
30	Gary Smith	QOC	89:18
31	John Landers	QOC	93:41
32	Julie Keim	SVO	94:21
33	John Sawyko	QOC	115:46
34	Josh Blaustein	QOC	123:24
35	Bob Luersen	QOC	125:36
36	Austin Lenhard	Huntingtown HS NJROTC	135:15
37	Marit Luersen	QOC	139:23
38	Nyall Meredith	QOC	150:47
39	Brian Fisher		MP (73:22)

Red

Course Length: 7.2 km

Course Climb: 270 m

Number of Controls: 12

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Vadim Masalkov	DVOA	59:15
2	Iliana Shandurkova	QOC	62:49
3	Ted Good	QOC	64:33
4	Nadim Ahmed	QOC	68:56
5	Jay Gelman	QOC	73:43
6	Victor Lin	QOC	74:28
7	Videlin Aleksiev	QOC	75:33
8	Angelica Riley	DVOA	80:08
9	Jan Merka	QOC	87:14
10	Daniel Quinn	QOC	88:28
11	Tony Garman	QOC	91:52
12	Charles Carrick	QOC	92:45
13	Bryan Garman	QOC	92:47
14	Kim Jepsen	QOC	94:57
15	Len Policelli	DVOA	104:30
16	Neal Attfield	QOC	114:13
17	David Levine	QOC	131:13
18	Howie Weinstein	QOC	DNF (120:09)

Blue

Course Length: 9 km

Course Climb: 340 m

Number of Controls: 16

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Ken Walker Jr	CSU	67:58
2	Eddie Bergeron	SVO	68:38
3	Wyatt Riley	DVOA	68:47
4	Jon Torrance	QOC	70:44
5	Clem McGrath	DVOA	73:15
6	Dave Pruden	QOC	84:26
7	Scott Pleban	QOC	85:01
8	Michael Stasiowski	QOC	101:52
9	Ryan Stasiowski	QOC	128:30
10	Erik Gruner	QOC	159:46

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).