Greenbelt

From our Event Director, Don Fish: The green was really green, the ticks were voracious and unfortunately a few of the advanced level controls went missing, but none of that deterred QOC's intrepid orienteers from enjoying a fine day in the woods at Greenbelt National Park.

The weather was agreeable and everyone seemed to enjoy the great courses designed by first time course setters Jay Gelman and Will Schaefer, graduates of Francis Hogle's 2014 course setting clinic. Everyone should remember that these courses were designed back in January when there was much less green in the woods and the ticks were either sleeping or dead. Our event was delayed by over 40 days by various circumstances, so don't blame them for the fact that even the best route choices were a bit thorny. When the courses were laid out it was a much friendlier park.

I'd like to thank my volunteers for all of their effort to help stage a great event. It really does take a lot of hands to do this nearly every weekend, so if you haven't yet had the pleasure of helping out, contact the meet director of one of our upcoming events and tell them you want to volunteer. It's a fun way to meet a bunch of nice folks and your help will be both needed and appreciated.

So thanks to Valerie, Amy and Mary for their usual great job on the computers. Sarah Fish, Sandra Roberts, Mihai Sirbu, Jr., Suzanne Izzo, Elliott Hamilton and Tom Smerling for setting up and processing participants through the registration system. Control pick up was speedily handled by Sean Fish, Anne and Kim Jepsen, Daniel and Craig Shelden, Frantisek Brabec, Tom Smerling, Tom Wells and Dan Quinn. Thanks to the various experienced orienteers who helped the newbies find their way out into the woods for the first time. They all reported back that they enjoyed their experience very much. Also thanks to Iva Zicha for loading both the meet kit and all of the controls into her truck for delivery to those that need them for next week's event.

Finally, I want to especially thank Mihai, Jr. who came to observe how we stage a meet and got thrown directly into the fire. He worked tirelessly for several hours and was a very great help. He will be a first time Meet Director at the University of Maryland meet on May 3rd and it would be really nice if members would contact him and volunteer to help him out at that event. It's the right thing to do!

And from our Results Guru Valerie Meyer: Results are posted below. There were three controls which went missing during the event, affecting three courses: Green (1 control), Red (2 controls) and Blue (3 controls). The results below show the elapsed time with the time between the affected controls removed (times between controls was "voided"). Times for splits on AttackPoint and RouteGadget will reflect the actual elapsed time since these programs do not handle the whole voided control thing very well, especially since it isn't technically allowed under Orienteering USA rules. I have decided to go with voiding the controls here since some people had the advantage of knowing that the controls were missing by the time they went out on their course, while others spent over an hour looking for the control(s). I hope everything still enjoyed their time in the woods, albeit it a bit frustrating at times, and please, make sure you checked for ticks! :) Valerie

White

Course Length: 1.8 km

Course Climb: 25 m

Number of Controls: 8

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Jason Eshleman		24:15
2	B BSA Troop 776 & Bill & Will & Steven & Stevie		25:03
3	E BSA Troop 776 & Ned & Will & Shane		29:53
4	C BSA Troop 776 & Scott & Nick & Thomas & Parker		31:43
5	Wyatt Dubayah & Ralph		35:08
6	Sophie Prell		35:30
7	Paula Hayes & Betsy	QOC	35:50
8	Nicole Aleksieva	QOC	41:04
9	Antonios Eleftherion		47:31
10	Daniel Heimgartner	QOC	51:37
11	Mark Wood	QOC	71:57
12	Claudia R		MP (34:29)
12	Maggie & Phineas Billington	QOC	MP (40:22)

Yellow

Course Length: 2.3 km

Course Climb: 40 m

Number of Controls: 10

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Gerson Monjaras	QOC	21:00
2	David Gatz		26:23
3	D BSA Troop 776 & Jody & Hunter & Liam & Nick		32:49
4	Robert Herschbach & Michael		37:39
5	Robert Hider	QOC	39:02
6	Stiteler Family		44:20
7	Sara Landers	QOC	49:57
8	Mark & Trish Rehert		53:07
9	Ananijs Belovs		57:37
10	Ingrid Mercer		57:49
11	Marit Davis	QOC	59:05
12	Earl Sneeringer & Stephanie & Ginger & Xavier	QOC	60:02
13	Jonathon Kopecky & Lydia Chen		61:13
14	Ratka Herndon & Veronika & Dominik & Murdon	QOC	68:10
15	Rangel Family & Friends		70:44
16	Lisa Novins & lisa & evelyn	QOC	86:53
17	May Joy Grenier	QOC	115:18
18	Mihai G Sirbu	QOC	NC (17:51)

Orange

Course Length: 4.1 km

Course Climb: 90 m

Number of Controls: 13

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Josh Bascom	QOC	57:50
2	Chris Plano		58:04
3	Valerie Meyer	QOC	64:24
4	Michael Chester		67:46
5	Diana Aleksieva	QOC	71:18
6	Mary Thompson	QOC	72:22
7	Daniel Lathrop	QOC	76:03
8	William Cowan		77:01
9	Geoff Nelson	QOC	87:29
10	Michelle Jennings	QOC	92:34
11	Richard Fulton & Catherine & Garrett		93:32
12	Robert Hart & Bob & Cecil	QOC	94:27
13	Leap Orienteers		100:10
14	A BSA Troop 776 & Joseph & Joseph		100:59
15	Paul Sherlock Family & James	QOC	101:07
16	John Hoerl	QOC	103:51
17	Courtney Shelden	QOC	104:54
18	Sean Fish	QOC	105:04
19	Shannon Costello & Colleen	QOC	109:15
20	David Gatz		114:19
21	Iva Zicha	QOC	115:02
22	Mark & Caroline Cancian	QOC	115:07
23	Richard Briggs & Julian & Georgia & Julia	QOC	115:24
24	Pat Keim	SVO	119:42
25	Pavol Popovic & Rachel & Marta & Mika	QOC	124:58
26	David Alexander	QOC	125:38
27	Cecilia Landers	QOC	133:38
28	Andrew Szabo	QOC	135:51
29	Candy Hagerman & Chris & Lynn	QOC	140:20
30	Sharon Metcalf & Andrew	QOC	DNF
30	Hayes Paula		DNF
30	Court Zabel	QOC	DNF
30	Karla Hulett	QOC	DNF (98:02)
30	Melaina Sharpe	QOC	DNF (139:37)
30	Sara Lopez	QOC	MP (74:42)

Brown

Course Length: 4 km

Course Climb: 90 m

Number of Controls: 8

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Dennis Doherty	QOC	54:35
2	John Landers	QOC	60:21
3	Matt Sweeney		62:52
4	Helena Mora-Jensen	QOC	63:27
5	Matt Holman		65:28
6	Scott Sharp	QOC	66:36
7	Kelly Singer	QOC	67:15
8	Ben & Stephanie Swanson		73:30
9	Edward Enson	QOC	76:04
10	Josh Blaustein	QOC	78:35
11	Adam Szabo	QOC	78:59
12	Gerson Monjaras	QOC	85:23
13	Josh Bascom	QOC	87:20
14	Chris Hemus	QOC	87:29
15	Aaron Szabo	QOC	89:57
16	Brian Sweeney		90:14
17	Mary Snieckus	QOC	92:10
18	Hanna Gaskin	QOC	93:39
19	JP Landers	QOC	93:45
20	Daniel Shelden	QOC	101:12
21	Amy Louden	QOC	104:18
22	Michael Dvorsky	Patuxent HS NJROTC	110:22
23	KC Dowdell Family & Sara	QOC	110:49
24	Suzanne Izzo	QOC	164:11
25	Carole Teolis		DNF
25	Suzanne Shelden	QOC	DNF (69:17)
25	Tom Smerling	QOC	DNF (83:19)
25	Pam Dvorsky	Patuxent HS NJROTC	MP (83:18)

Green

Course Length: 6.2 km

Course Climb: 165 m

Number of Controls: 10

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Nicholas Grenier & 1:10:25	QOC	47:05
2	Mihai G Sirbu & 1:18:15	QOC	50:41
3	Tom Wells & 1:31:51	QOC	56:52
4	Tony Warner & 1:28:31	QOC	57:05
5	Cash Costello & 1:24:31	QOC	59:12
6	James Billington & 1:35:45	QOC	62:08
7	Franklin Silva Netto & 1:38:10	QOC	64:51
8	Frantisek Brabec & 1:44:11	QOC	66:57
9	Bill Vienna & 1:59:36	QOC	68:11
10	Jody Landers & 1:40:06	QOC	68:21
11	Rob Briber & 1:46:12	QOC	68:56
12	Alan Oprsal & 1:41:11	SMOC	73:25
13	Nathan Kearney & 1:42:08	QOC	74:20
14	Jan Zicha & 1:50:08	QOC	76:57
15	Billy Allaband & 2:13:38	DVOA	77:40
16	Don Davis & 1:44:02	QOC	78:37
17	Anne Jepsen & 1:43:08	QOC	79:02
18	Gary Smith & 1:50:11	QOC	80:02
19	Patricia Mace & 1:53:09	QOC	80:10
20	Mark Mace & 1:56:03	QOC	83:23
21	Craig Shelden & 2:10:43	QOC	83:47
22	William Grubb & 2:35:18	QOC	91:30
23	James MacDougall & 3:20:28	QOC	100:00
24	John Vincent & 2:54:40	Patuxent HS NJROTC	103:14
25	Steve Mones & 2:48:59	DVOA	113:25
26	Petya Aleksieva & 2:49:00	QOC	118:05
27	Li-Chung Liu	QOC	DNF
27	Amanada Novotny		DNF
27	Wendy W	QOC	DNF
27	Brian Fisher & 1:08:26	QOC	DNF (68:26)
27	Dan Tam Do & 1:50:49	QOC	DNF (110:49)
27	Erin Jenkins & 2:20:27	QOC	MP (87:41)

Red

Course Length: 7.3 km

Course Climb: 210 m

Number of Controls: 13

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Eugene Tsypnyatov & 1:35:26	QOC	57:39
2	Kim Jepsen & 1:30:25	QOC	58:05
3	Howie Weinstein & 1:44:50	QOC	DNF (92:54)
3	Daniel Quinn & 2:14:30	QOC	DNF (109:32)
3	Ben Bloschock	QOC	MP
3	Steve Camp	QOC	MP

Blue

Course Length: 9.1 km

Course Climb: 245 m

Number of Controls: 16

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Videlin Aleksiev & 1:43:32	QOC	62:17
2	Edward Rangel & 1:43:52		66:25
3	Nadim Ahmed & 2:02:42	QOC	67:03
4	Adam Smith & 1:43:05	QOC	73:05
5	Charles Carrick & 2:30:24	QOC	89:33
6	Shane Hagerman & 2:33:38	QOC	90:15
7	Greg Palardy & 2:39:33	QOC	98:40
8	Andrew Kesner		DNF
8	Gregory Shuck	QOC	DNF
8	Michael Wood & 2:32:53		DNF (88:15)
8	Benjamin Roberts & 1:52:44	QOC	DNF (112:44)
8	Mark Becker & 2:55:08	QOC	DNF (116:00)

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).