Little Bennett

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Feb 16 was a cool, wet, and windy day at Little Bennett Regional Park but about 120 came out to orienteer in Montgomery County’s biggest park. There were ninety-nine starts on the yellow through blue courses. No one braved the white course. Louden NJROTC and Patriot NJROTC joined us and combined accounted for about a third of the starts. Seven boy scouts from Troop 457 also came out for some orienteering.
Big thanks to everyone who helped make this event happen.
Mihai Sirbu designed the courses, which were originally intended to be used in 2024 but the club had to cancel the event at Little Bennett that year due to weather conditions.
Paul Zbarcea, Greg Lennon, Sam Listwak, Don Fish, and Greg Parlady teamed up to hang all the controls.
Mike Newman secured a permit to hold the event, arranged for the porta-johns and the shuttle bus that ran from the remote parking at Pleasants Construction to the check-in site, a half mile away.
Craig Shelden made the arrangements with Pleasants Construction which enabled the club to use Pleasants parking lot. Thanks also to Pleasants Construction for letting us use their parking lot.
Valerie Meyer and Amy Louden were the e-punch team.
Set-up was handled by Reiko Rager, David Rager, Sydney Dixon, and the Hataye family (Jason, Xiaofong, Meilynn).
Parking control at the Pleasants Construction was run by Justin Levine, Oghale Levine, and Reiko Rager.
Check-in and map handout was run by Xiaofong Hataye, Meilynn Hataye, Mary Snieckus, and Lisa Rendleman.
Beginner instruction was provided by Jason Hataye, Sydney Dixon, and Corbett Dabbs.
Clean-up was done by Michal Jarnik, Reiko and David Rager.
Controls were picked up by Michal Jarnik, Peggy Dickison, Nadim Ahmen, Adam and Liam Smith, Jen Werner, Mike Manteuffel, Kim Jepsen, and Paul Zbarcea.
- Dave Levine, Meet Director

White

Course Length: 1.9 km

Course Climb: 30 m

Number of Controls: 7



Yellow

Course Length: 2.3 km

Course Climb: 40 m

Number of Controls: 11

PlaceNameClubTime
1Paul ZbarceaQOC31:58
2Group 2 BS Troop 457 & Andy & Oliver & Jack & Grant45:36
3Group 1 BS Troop 457 & Tim & Rajan & Andrew & Andrew47:51
4Christina HastingsQOC54:20
5Jenny Kuenz & KatieQOC64:47
6Brendan O'Dell & Eva68:19
7Yasmeen HolguinDNF (39:20)
7David Cynamon & 2nd courseQOCNC (17:09)


Orange

Course Length: 4.1 km

Course Climb: 75 m

Number of Controls: 9

PlaceNameClubTime
1Jack BarrTJ Patriot NJROTC32:24
2Simon FalibotaTJ Patriot NJROTC33:08
3Gage BubbTJ Patriot NJROTC33:54
4Daniel FinkTJ Patriot NJROTC39:07
5Addison PageTJ Patriot NJROTC46:54
6Chiara DaviesTJ Patriot NJROTC47:54
7Liam SmithQOC52:28
8John Barr52:36
9Destin ReidLoudoun NJROTC70:53
10Micah WollamLoudoun NJROTC72:33
11Maggie PrudenQOC80:54
12Tessa SimondsQOC81:41
13Jeffrey Haskell & JamesQOC90:42
14Justin Levine & OghaleQOC91:07
15Mark Nesky & RobinQOC107:37
16Marcelo Bohrt & MarthaQOC108:14
17Gus Larsson & JenQOC118:49
18Charles Gregorski & JaninaQOC129:41
19Noah RoseLoudoun NJROTC139:26
20Lee HillerichLoudoun NJROTC139:42
21Colter HoppLoudoun NJROTC145:34
22Nataly GarciaLoudoun NJROTC146:10
23Michael Smith161:17
24Ariella Du PlessisLoudoun NJROTCDNF (80:12)
24Coralie Alexandrenne & Cyprien & Samuel & EmmaQOCDNF (190:34)


Beige

Course Length: 3.8 km

Course Climb: 65 m

Number of Controls: 7

PlaceNameClubTime
1David CynamonQOC38:36
2Helen DohertyQOC60:41
3Patrick O'SheaQOC90:00
4Cordell Smith128:10
5Amy LoudenQOC164:39


Brown

Course Length: 4.8 km

Course Climb: 80 m

Number of Controls: 9

PlaceNameClubTime
1Corbett DabbsQOC53:18
2Robert BriberQOC72:44
3Hannah EdwardsTJ Patriot NJROTC73:19
4Gary QuamQOC88:27
5Mary SnieckusQOC93:30
6Richard BriggsQOC106:36
7Shanna SorrellsQOC111:07
8Lisa FisherQOC111:41
9Reiko RagerQOC113:26
10Colby PastelQOC119:41
11Craig SheldenQOC122:55
12Ginny QuamQOC124:11
13Wendy WroblewskiQOCDNF (102:40)
13Gabriel ArdenLoudoun NJROTCDNF (108:55)
13Peter McGuirkLoudoun NJROTCDNF (127:52)
13Ethan MarquithLoudoun NJROTCDNF (128:41)


Green

Course Length: 5.4 km

Course Climb: 90 m

Number of Controls: 10

PlaceNameClubTime
1Jayden SuarezTJ Patriot NJROTC42:45
2Calvin SmithTJ Patriot NJROTC49:13
3Micah CosgroveTJ Patriot NJROTC54:18
4Dennis DohertyQOC57:24
5Anders Sundstrom57:48
6David DohertyQOC69:29
7Nathan KearneyQOC70:15
8Matthew FontaineQOC70:22
9John CumingsQOC71:42
10Francesco DaviesTJ Patriot NJROTC75:08
11Kim JepsenQOC77:56
12Jawad ShoraLoudoun NJROTC80:51
13Greg PalardyQOC83:56
14Tom NolanQOC86:50
15Madelyn HomaLoudoun NJROTC87:34
16Michal JarnikQOC91:00
17Francis HogleQOC97:51
18David McIntireQOC99:52
19Jennifer WernerQOC100:41
20David RagerQOC118:17
21Casey MotonQOC136:21


Red

Course Length: 7.5 km

Course Climb: 130 m

Number of Controls: 14

PlaceNameClubTime
1Brandon Camacho LyLoudoun NJROTC81:34
2Adam SmithQOC82:19
3Rowan MendenhallLoudoun NJROTC82:24
4Fallon MurphyLoudoun NJROTC84:59
5Ben LierniLoudoun NJROTC85:30
6Jaden GillespieLoudoun NJROTC93:09
7Max BouchetQOC94:12
8Julen AhedoLoudoun NJROTC95:03
9Matt CraigBOK95:43
10Jared SilkQOC99:28
11Massey BartoliniQOC114:29
12Bill JohnsLoudoun NJROTC118:00
13Rich FelicianoQOC150:02
14Sarah Sorenson & MatthewQOC175:56
15Tyler JonesLoudoun NJROTCDNF (102:41)
15Saleena DeVoreQOCDNF (176:31)
15Miguel Perez & CSKDNF (226:21)
15John OrganekQOCMP (118:56)


Blue

Course Length: 9.7 km

Course Climb: 200 m

Number of Controls: 15

PlaceNameClubTime
1Ted GoodQOC90:21
2Jon TorranceQOC106:11
3Victor LinQOC114:36
4Mike Du PlessisLoudoun NJROTC115:13
5David PrudenQOC129:30
6Mary FosterQOC175:36

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).