Patapsco Granite

Course results can be seen below as well as on Attackpoint or Winsplits. To enter your routes and see how others went, head to RouteGadget.

Thanks to grungy weather and a number of QOC regulars participating in the Billy Goat event in NY, the turnout for the Granite event was quite a bit lower than usual, with 78 starts and 110+ people out on the courses. While this was a chilly day for volunteering, it was great running weather, and by all accounts people enjoyed themselves in the varied Granite terrain.
An interesting anecdote from the courses was that a duck was nesting about two feet north of control 108 (brown, red and blue courses). Being a well camouflaged as well as an exceptionally quiet and cool-headed duck, she was unnoticed by most runners (and by the course setter when setting the control). The duck was still in place and maintaining her composure at the control pick-up; on behalf of QOC, we would like to thank her for her patience.
A BIG thanks go out to the many volunteers who helped with running and helping with the event:
Esben Jepsen helped setting the remaining controls and water on the day of the event, while Rikke Jepsen and Russell Kenny helped setting up the registration area; Don Fish, Michelle Fish, Heidi Onkst, David Levine and Mike Stasiowski ran the registration desk; Christiana Logansmith and Greg Lennon provided Beginner’s Instruction to a large and a smaller group of interested newcomers; Amy Louden efficiently set up and ran the e-punch desk. She was aided for various functions by Allison Brown, Michael Wood and Jan Merka and Gogi Kalka. The control pickup was accomplished by Ben Roberts, Charles Carrick, Craig Shelden, Kim Jepsen, Michael Wood, Sam Listwak, and Tom Smerling; Craig and Michael offered to help with the pick-up when they were otherwise ready to head home – stepping in relieved the load on the other members of the pick-up crew which was much appreciated. Thanks go to Valerie Meyer for printing out the maps and driving them all the way to Granite.
Finally, we had many volunteers, including some non-members, go an extra mile to pick up trash in the woods, thus ‘giving back’ to the park system for all the pleasures we drive from using the parks. Thanks to Jody Landers for orchestrating this and for bringing trash bags and gloves.
-Anne & Kim Jepsen

White

Course Length: 2.6 km

Course Climb: 60 m

Number of Controls: 10

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	David Johnston & Whit & Harriet	QOC	47:28
2	Zhongyu Guo & Jason & Jamie & Andrew Zhong & Andrew Zhao	QOC	81:43
3	Carolyn Harvin & Jay & Jennifer & Monette	QOC	101:48
4	Brooke Oliver		115:44
5	Malcolm Jamal & Justin & Arthur & Donna	QOC	MP (116:25)

Yellow

Course Length: 2.8 km

Course Climb: 70 m

Number of Controls: 12

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Radka Herndon	QOC	43:42
2	Valerie Meyer	QOC	50:41
3	Rikke Russell Jepsen	QOC	51:02
4	Hannah Rodrigues	QOC	55:08
5	John Gersh	QOC	62:00
6	David Saunier & Teri & Elizabeth & 3 Children		74:23
7	Emily Kan & Nick		79:46
8	David Frank	QOC	112:33
9	Shawn Forrest & Alyssa & Laura & Marianne	QOC	113:35

Orange

Course Length: 4.5 km

Course Climb: 155 m

Number of Controls: 15

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Allison Brown	QOC	58:36
2	John Dusenbury		85:09
3	Alexis Merka	QOC	90:08
4	Chad Johnson & Linnea	QOC	107:52
5	Jan Zicha	QOC	118:23
6	Michelle Fish	QOC	122:20
7	Jay Degeare		128:35
8	Cecilia Landers	QOC	139:51
9	Barbara Hemstreet	QOC	145:28
10	Jeff Haskell & Bill & Judy & Frann & J	QOC	161:42
11	Keith Grier		DNF
11	Beth Ann Stasiowski	QOC	DNF (156:53)
11	Lisa Zanti	QOC	DNF (187:59)
11	Glenn Massey & Diana	QOC	DNF (204:55)

Beige

Course Length: 3.9 km

Course Climb: 150 m

Number of Controls: 11

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Amy Louden	QOC	145:35
2	Noelle OToole & Coleman & Sarah & Sean	QOC	DNF (92:46)
2	Iva Zicha	QOC	MP (165:59)

Brown

Course Length: 4.9 km

Course Climb: 200 m

Number of Controls: 14

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Jan Merka	QOC	65:19
2	John J Miller	QOC	83:48
3	Don Fish	QOC	85:35
4	Andrew Keirn	QOC	98:56
5	Jody Landers	QOC	103:37
6	John Vincent	QOC	112:49
7	Ryan & Sean Collins		117:24
8	Bryan Singer	QOC	127:41
9	Tom Smerling	QOC	145:26
10	Doris Lee	QOC	162:11
11	Hannah Collins	QOC	DNF (138:10)
11	Steve Camp	QOC	MP
11	Richard Briggs	QOC	MP (132:40)

Green

Course Length: 6.1 km

Course Climb: 230 m

Number of Controls: 15

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Boris Granovskiy	QOC	51:07
2	Rick Oliver	QOC	62:27
3	Sam Listwak	QOC	91:19
4	John Rosicky	QOC	96:35
5	Shannon Costello & Nathan Cash	QOC	96:57
6	Elena Deer		106:02
7	Gogi Kalka	QOC	110:50
8	Justin Green	QOC	118:19
9	Heidi Onkst	QOC	125:03
10	Rob Briber	QOC	126:19
11	Richard Diz	QOC	133:51
12	Kelly Singer	QOC	138:34
13	Roger Shanks	QOC	144:05
14	Craig Shelden	QOC	156:56
15	Christopher Puin	QOC	221:07
16	Jared Silk	QOC	DNF
16	Michael Lieder	QOC	DNF (102:14)
16	Lauren Russ		DNF (149:11)
16	Mike Newman	QOC	DNF (183:26)
16	Christiana Logansmith	QOC	MP

Red

Course Length: 7.5 km

Course Climb: 240 m

Number of Controls: 18

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Thomas Cochrane	QOC	80:52
2	Andrew Komm	QOC	91:43
3	Gavin Weise	QOC	98:58
4	Greg Lennon	QOC	104:53

Blue

Course Length: 9.2 km

Course Climb: 295 m

Number of Controls: 17

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Jon Torrance	QOC	73:47
2	Chris Gross	DVOA	78:00
3	Ryan Stasiowski	QOC	94:40
4	Michael Wood	QOC	100:57
5	Joel Ford	QOC	104:49
6	Yuriy Bulka	QOC	112:59
7	Charles Carrick	QOC	129:55
8	Michael Stasiowski	QOC	135:20
9	Ben Roberts	QOC	145:12
10	Paul Nelson	QOC	219:20

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).