Seneca Creek

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QOC's meet at Seneca Creek State Park (MD) on September 26, 2022 turned out to be a busy and beautiful day, thanks to our volunteers and lots of runners. We had 271 starts (!), with a number of runners having come back for a second map they enjoyed the first so much. That is the most in the records I've seen for a local event. Almost 100 of the starts were JROTC from four clubs. Simultaneously, John Cummings and his team led Junior Training.
The Seneca Creek park manager checked in with us early and made sure we knew how to contact her should we need her assistance.
The day promised to be rainy in the afternoon with a good chance of thunder and lightning, but turned out to be sunny much of the day and a great running temperature -- mostly in the 70s (F). The storms went north of us and we had only brief rain. Refreshing. The vegetation was robust and the ground generally dry. We had a few hiccups, as normally occur, and people provided some effective and rapid problem-solving.
Thank you to all who volunteered at the meet at Seneca Creek. It would not have succeeded without your willingness, competence, creativity, and overall cheerfulness. (Did you know you get a point for each time you volunteer?) This is the list I have of all those who volunteered: Please tell me if you if you know of anyone I may have missed.
Peggy Dickison -- course designer and course setter extraordinaire, for what I heard were fun courses and for handling the whole process herself
Amy Louden and Valerie Meyer - E-punch and liaison with NROTC starts
Valerie Meyer and Roger Meyer - map printing and sealing
Suzanne Izzo and Amy Louden -- Event set-up
Harry Jones - Check-in and steadfast helper throughout the meet
Jason Hataye, Meilynn Hataye, and Sharmagh Yepremian - also on check-in. Meilynn deserves special kudos for being the youngest volunteer and showing obvious competence at it.
Dasa Merka and Alex Merka -- setting QOC and OUSA banners
Kathleen Lennon - sorting and organizing kit boxes
Greg Palardy, Diane Mukharjee, David Levine, Christopher Puin, and Zach Kuder -- beginner instruction
Ted Good for clean-up and packing, and all-around help and education through much of the meet
Michael Dickey, Rob Field, Patrick Field, Paul Hession, David McIntire, Glenn Pastel, Jared Silk, and Jens Wira making up a strong control pick-up team, and who generally led me through my first time managing that.
Dan Lathrop certainly deserves a shout-out; he stopped his course and returned to registration to alert us to a misnumbered control. That was an important and responsible interruption for him and he helped us make the day more enjoyable for the many runners who followed (not to mention avoided e-punch problems).
I'd like to give a general shout-out to Craig Shelden and Greg Lennon for answering my many questions, undertaking extra tasks, and providing moral support. For those who have not directed a meet yet, know that they will not abandon you through the learning process. I appreciated also that they and Don Fish checked in with me during the meet. I appreciate the QOC community and all of you who make the extra effort to support this fantastic club.
See you in the woods,
Jane

White

Course Length: 2.1 km

Course Climb: 40 m

Number of Controls: 8

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Colby Pastel	QOC	29:29
2	Jeff Withee		29:55
3	Caleb Coleman	Huntingtown NJROTC	30:48
4	John Morgal & John & John		34:21
5	Carol Howell	QOC	37:49
6	Charles Howell		38:14
7	Olivia Nickel		45:03
8	Vivian Nickel		45:12
9	Harry Jones	NVSO	49:16
10	Ninely Murphy & James	QOC	49:53
11	Daniel Fobes & Andrew	QOC	58:26
12	Dominic Buffalini	Huntingtown NJROTC	MP (31:34)

Yellow

Course Length: 3.1 km

Course Climb: 80 m

Number of Controls: 11

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Colin Lavery	Loudoun NJROTC	20:55
2	Maya Segura	Loudoun NJROTC	23:45
3	James Partlow	TJ Patriot NJROTC	23:46
4	Aiden Barrera	TJ Patriot NJROTC	24:01
5	Kathryn Homa	Loudoun NJROTC	24:27
6	Christopher Withee		26:01
7	Michael Du Plessis	Loudoun NJROTC	26:35
8	Lars Wexler & kyle & KL	QOC	27:50
9	Lincoln Kelley & Easton Porter	Loudoun NJROTC	28:37
10	Molly Graham & Gianna Kearney	Loudoun NJROTC	29:18
11	Jonah Rosen	Loudoun NJROTC	29:23
12	Brandon Camacho & Connor Quinn	Loudoun NJROTC	30:27
13	Jason Hataye & Meilynn	QOC	33:16
14	Jaden Gillespie	Loudoun NJROTC	33:41
15	Ethan Boger	Loudoun NJROTC	33:45
15	Octavian Ashford	Loudoun NJROTC	33:45
16	Matt Friedrichs	USNA	34:52
17	Liberty Landavere	Loudoun NJROTC	34:53
18	Maddy Jimenez & Cason Kelley	Loudoun NJROTC	35:10
19	Beau Blakeney & Logan deLadurantaye	Loudoun NJROTC	35:15
20	Liam Smith	QOC	35:46
21	Dylan Johnson	Loudoun NJROTC	36:03
22	Maya Segura	Loudoun NJROTC	36:21
23	Gianna Kearney	Loudoun NJROTC	36:24
24	Blake Brobst	Loudoun NJROTC	38:43
25	Mark Giardina & Andrew Massey	Loudoun NJROTC	38:50
26	Mary Homa & Fallon Murphy	Loudoun NJROTC	38:56
27	Brett Eide	Huntingtown NJROTC	39:22
28	Julinana Huffman	Huntingtown NJROTC	39:43
29	Daniel Rosen	Loudoun NJROTC	40:19
30	Michelle Fish & Sean	QOC	41:02
31	Shea Jones	Loudoun NJROTC	41:10
32	Colin Lavery	Loudoun NJROTC	42:05
33	Jeff Withee		42:20
34	Shannon Ford	QOC	42:58
35	Kellie Biesecker		43:12
36	Nizar Awad & Tucker Boos	Loudoun NJROTC	45:42
37	Dale Morey & Po	QOC	49:16
38	Hannah Edwards	TJ Patriot NJROTC	53:40
39	Shatrevia Whitfield	TJ Patriot NJROTC	53:59
40	Colby Pastel	QOC	54:03
41	Jordan Wilson	Loudoun NJROTC	54:27
42	Will Horning	QOC	54:50
43	Marissa Huffman	Huntingtown NJROTC	55:14
44	Gaithersburg M & Samuel Wilson & Juan Castillo	Gaitersburg NJROTC	56:00
45	Sophia Cordero	Huntingtown NJROTC	56:02
46	Gaithersburg J & Naomi Hafer & Katie Hernandez & Lydia West	Gaitersburg NJROTC	56:53
47	Melisande Smith & Brent		57:32
48	Benjamin Lierni	Loudoun NJROTC	57:50
49	Gaithersburg K & Edwina Lynch & Rachel Mendoza & Ruben Rosenblum	Gaitersburg NJROTC	59:05
50	Gaithersburg H & Dante Ogle & Steven Magana Lopez & Fadia Seck	Gaitersburg NJROTC	59:25
51	Vivian Nickel		61:12
52	John Wehner & Stacy		61:29
53	Susan Crouse	QOC	63:52
54	Gavin Embree	TJ Patriot NJROTC	64:36
55	Daquan Shanks	TJ Patriot NJROTC	64:40
56	Amy Louden	QOC	64:48
57	Gaithersburg I & Alexa Abarca & Nubian Lloyd & Andrea Leiva	Gaitersburg NJROTC	64:58
58	Gaithersburg E & Timothy Brewer & Michael Santos & Ricky Santos	Gaitersburg NJROTC	65:15
59	Gaithersburg F & Henry Moreno & Kelly Gonzalez & Joshua Martinez	Gaitersburg NJROTC	66:23
60	Laura Turbe	QOC	67:36
61	Keith Wheeler & Neve & Flora		68:23
62	Brady Doyle & Jordan Wilson	Loudoun NJROTC	68:36
63	Matthew Wilson & Maxwell & Rose	QOC	69:15
64	Sharmagh Yepremian	QOC	71:08
65	Sarah Komm & Debra & Gary & Ethan	QOC	73:18
66	Anish Nagala	Loudoun NJROTC	74:02
67	Isabelle Foster		74:07
68	Michael Manteuffel & Marie & Gianna	QOC	76:11
69	Allison Gershon		81:16
70	Simona Sirbu	QOC	81:29
71	Nathan Stoll & Erica & Kai		83:55
72	Greg Carter & Kyla & Maddie	QOC	90:01
73	Melissa Diemand & Jarrod & Willem		90:07
74	Xiaofang Hataye & Keira	QOC	103:58
75	John Silva & Sharron	QOC	137:29
76	Dee-Dee Mercado Hernandez	Loudoun NJROTC	MP (64:00)
76	Ihanna Arceneaux	Loudoun NJROTC	MP (105:12)

Orange

Course Length: 5.2 km

Course Climb: 115 m

Number of Controls: 13

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Christopher Withee		41:24
2	Gage Bubb	TJ Patriot NJROTC	46:53
3	Francesco Davies	TJ Patriot NJROTC	48:54
4	Jayden Suarez	TJ Patriot NJROTC	49:08
5	Noah Riley	TJ Patriot NJROTC	49:18
5	Luke Beaupre	Loudoun NJROTC	49:18
6	Jennifer Harnage		53:18
7	Andrew Komm		54:00
8	Elijah Stone	TJ Patriot NJROTC	64:12
9	Gregg Schwieterman & Caiden		65:45
10	Andrew McCorison	USNA	68:22
11	David Walker		70:13
12	Sean Fish	QOC	70:32
13	Lexie Brown	QOC	72:46
14	Easton Porter	Loudoun NJROTC	73:48
15	Lincoln Kelley	Loudoun NJROTC	73:50
16	Maddy Jimenez	Loudoun NJROTC	74:04
17	Brady Doyle	Loudoun NJROTC	77:01
18	Molly Graham	Loudoun NJROTC	78:50
19	Liberty Landavere	Loudoun NJROTC	78:56
20	Michael Miller	TJ Patriot NJROTC	79:29
21	Adam M Heifetz	QOC	82:17
22	Tyler Jones	Loudoun NJROTC	82:44
23	Justin Brown	QOC	84:59
24	Parker Nevenglosky & Dawn	QOC	85:22
25	Gary Smith	QOC	85:47
26	Christopher Owens & Nathan	QOC	85:55
27	Dylan Johnson	Loudoun NJROTC	87:28
28	Mary Homa	Loudoun NJROTC	87:33
29	Fallon Murphy	Loudoun NJROTC	87:37
30	Brandon Camacho	Loudoun NJROTC	92:13
31	Patrick O'Shea	QOC	93:10
32	Carole Teolis	QOC	93:28
33	Daniel Brennan	QOC	94:00
34	Zachary Houghton	QOC	97:17
35	Ava Pietrzak	Loudoun NJROTC	99:07
36	Sara Wheeler & Ben		99:37
37	Kathryn Homa	Loudoun NJROTC	100:06
38	David Simpson & Justin & Alex	QOC	100:26
39	Andrew Massey & Mark	Loudoun NJROTC	104:00
40	Faith Balderson	Huntingtown NJROTC	108:02
41	Kayla Freeman	Huntingtown NJROTC	108:11
42	Mark Biesiada		108:50
43	Philip Walsh & Jeff		109:07
44	Justin Levine & Oghale	QOC	112:35
45	Anna Padlan		112:45
46	Javaz Huntington	QOC	116:01
47	Debbie Pederson	QOC	126:35
48	Sue Hale & Amy		126:52
49	Craig Shelden	QOC	130:12
50	Alison Kranz	Loudoun NJROTC	131:27
51	Serge Gloukhoff	QOC	132:47
52	Julie Brown & Kelly		137:17
53	Krysta Waters & Curran		152:00
54	Charles Edwards	QOC	160:34
55	Rashann Duvall	QOC	160:36
56	Suzanne Shelden	QOC	164:18
57	Diane Mukherjee	QOC	172:02
58	Dee-Dee Mercado Hernandez & Debbie	Loudoun NJROTC	DNF
58	Gaithersburg C & Ian Hafer & Landen Li	Gaitersburg NJROTC	DNF (74:15)
58	Daniel Rosen	Loudoun NJROTC	DNF (96:34)
58	Gaithersburg A & Braulio Amores & Aanika Arjumand & Maren Lewis	Gaitersburg NJROTC	DNF (109:40)
58	Gaithersburg D & Kevin Salmeron & Arle Villegas	Gaitersburg NJROTC	DNF (109:45)
58	Gaithersburg B & Jordan Baker & Eduardo Ramirez	Gaitersburg NJROTC	DNF (110:11)
58	Anish Nagala	Loudoun NJROTC	DNF (117:06)
58	Charles Gregorski	QOC	DNF (189:10)
58	Blake Brobst	Loudoun NJROTC	MP (70:55)
58	Jonah Rosen	Loudoun NJROTC	MP (95:44)
58	Logan deLadurantaye	Loudoun NJROTC	MP (97:13)

Beige

Course Length: 3.3 km

Course Climb: 85 m

Number of Controls: 9

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Christopher Withee		29:26
2	Carlos Rodriguez-Fierro	QOC	41:51
3	Daniel Lathrop	QOC	42:22
4	Ethan Boger	Loudoun NJROTC	44:40
5	Jaden Gillespie	Loudoun NJROTC	44:45
6	Octavian Ashford	Loudoun NJROTC	45:00
7	Reiko Rager	QOC	53:52
8	Mark Lundblad	QOC	56:30
9	Kristina Lundblad	QOC	56:34
10	Benjamin Lierni	Loudoun NJROTC	74:35
11	Mark Murphy	QOC	75:08
12	Christopher Puin	QOC	75:57
13	Alexander Houghton	QOC	77:35
14	Nizar Awad	Loudoun NJROTC	80:56
15	Boyan Onyshkevych	QOC	86:59
16	April Marrone & Jose		99:18
17	Maggie Pruden	QOC	DNF
17	Beau Blakeney	Loudoun NJROTC	DNF (83:00)
17	Luke Kovacs & Tyler	QOC	MP

Brown

Course Length: 4.7 km

Course Climb: 120 m

Number of Controls: 11

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Alex Merka	QOC	52:44
2	David Doherty	QOC	56:46
3	Tom Strat	QOC	59:41
4	Samantha Walker	QOC	60:32
5	Carlos Rodriguez-Fierro	QOC	61:53
6	Kathleen Lennon	QOC	64:19
7	Franklin Fish	QOC	71:48
8	Greg Lennon	QOC	72:02
9	Katie Bleau & Max	QOC	75:50
10	Robert Briber	QOC	77:48
11	David Rager	QOC	83:15
12	Helen Doherty	QOC	89:00
13	Chun Bleau	GAOC	89:49
14	Mary Snieckus	QOC	93:18
15	Paul Hession	NVSO	94:51
16	Richard Briggs	QOC	98:04
17	Casey Moton	QOC	102:40
18	Martin Houghton	QOC	105:13
19	Valerie Meyer	QOC	110:16
20	Joe Baird		127:53
21	Grahm Copenhagen		144:12
22	Suzanne Izzo	QOC	164:05
23	Andrew Sfekas & Ellen & Talia	QOC	171:18
24	Christina MacLaughlin	QOC	188:56
25	Jason Nissly	QOC	189:08
26	Lindsey Foss & Basant		DNF
26	Dagmar Merkova	QOC	DNF
26	Virginia DeBons	QOC	DNF (56:10)
26	Kim Jepsen & Rikke	QOC	DNF (101:07)
26	Karen Robillard	QOC	DNF (163:02)
26	Turkmen Ozerol	QOC	MP (74:36)
26	Cecilia Landers	QOC	MP (140:34)

Green

Course Length: 6.1 km

Course Climb: 185 m

Number of Controls: 14

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Ken Walker	CSU	56:21
2	Adam Smith	QOC	57:04
3	Katerina Zambrana	QOC	65:49
4	Tom Nolan	QOC	67:34
5	Nadim Ahmed	QOC	68:07
6	Tommy Lane	QOC	70:30
7	Tom Wells	QOC	70:52
8	Rowan Mendenhall	Loudoun NJROTC	72:17
9	Alan Crouse	Loudoun NJROTC	77:03
10	Luke Beaupre	Loudoun NJROTC	77:11
11	Bill Johns	Loudoun NJROTC	77:17
12	Gavin Weise	QOC	78:26
13	Joseph Lusby	USNA	80:02
14	Michael Du Plessis	Loudoun NJROTC	80:18
15	Justin Green	QOC	80:57
16	Ryan Lowe		81:01
17	Nick Pinon		81:04
18	Max Ahmed	QOC	84:28
19	Thomas O'Donnell	QOC	85:39
20	Christopher Silva	QOC	87:40
21	Jennifer Fauth	QOC	87:46
22	Andrew Bruce	Loudoun NJROTC	87:53
23	Andrew Wilson	Loudoun NJROTC	90:08
24	Aidan Sales	Huntingtown NJROTC	93:21
25	Logan Abbott	Huntingtown NJROTC	93:33
26	Parker Hartge	Huntingtown NJROTC	93:35
27	David McIntire	QOC	95:02
28	Mihai Sirbu	QOC	95:08
29	John Cumings	QOC	96:19
30	Frantisek Brabec	QOC	97:01
31	John Organek	QOC	99:01
32	Christopher Zbrozek	QOC	100:54
33	Lydia Andrews	QOC	102:03
34	Jody Landers	QOC	108:37
35	Michal Jarnik	QOC	110:37
36	Francis Hogle	QOC	113:14
37	Bruce Zeidman	DVOA	119:36
38	David Levine	QOC	136:36
39	Steve Camp	QOC	144:16

Red

Course Length: 7.3 km

Course Climb: 185 m

Number of Controls: 18

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Matt Smith	QOC	77:05
2	Dennis Doherty	QOC	82:03
3	Ed White		83:11
4	Jared Silk	QOC	88:01
5	Patrick Farley	QOC	116:51
6	Erik Gruner	QOC	117:46
7	Ted Good	QOC	MP (69:38)

Blue

Course Length: 8.8 km

Course Climb: 260 m

Number of Controls: 22

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Glenn Pastel	QOC	91:12
2	Jens Wira	QOC	93:50
3	Michael Dickey	QOC	106:33
4	Rob Field	QOC	112:47
5	Martins Jonass	QOC	114:30
6	David Pruden	QOC	116:45
7	Patrick Field	QOC	120:15
8	Howie Weinstein	QOC	132:45
9	Benjamin Roberts	QOC	134:35
10	Bela Morgan	QOC	135:09
11	Brock Morgan	QOC	135:27
12	Matthew Knight	QOC	140:57
13	Greg Palardy	QOC	162:53
14	Chanvicheka Ouk	QOC	DNF
14	Heather Walsh & Tom	QOC	DNF (238:49)

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).