Report by Greg Sack, Event Director:
The weather was great, the woods alive and still
sporting beautiful
wildflowers. There were spring beauties, which have been reportedly
blooming since late January. Mt. Airy Forest's dreaded honeysuckle
bushes have been under attack by volunteers and the maturity of the
forest itself, so running was good.
Starts were near the Arboretum and the White course
participants were
treated to some of the most beautiful, open woods in the area on their
way to having their nostrils filled with the scents of headily delicious
flowering
trees. There were a couple of special challenges for the white
course in
that this relatively old map did not show a couple of trails that they
used. Fortunately, these trails were extensions of a paved trail,
on map,
and these participants had an enlarged print to use to copy them onto
their map.
Everyone else had to contend to a lesser or greater
extent with flying
discs as they crossed or paralleled the most active Frisbee golf course
in the region (also not on the map). In fact, most of the few
complaints
were with the map. It was last updated in 1993, just before major
storms.
(Damage was so severe that the park was closed for nearly a year).
Most everyone agreed that they were well laid out courses and they
had a
great time.
Some basic numbers: we had 51 participants, 14 of
them newcomers. One
newcomer went so far as to join the club. We also have met a
couple of
adventure race types who did not compete, but were intrigued and promised
to try the next event that they can. There was a major conflict
with the
Flying Pig Marathon that prevented them and others from running.
There
were 12 Boy Scouts from Troop 923 of Ross, Ohio running on orange and
yellow courses. There were 13 NJROTC members from Hamilton HS
that went
out on 5 orange, brown and red teams. Their captain liked what
he saw
enough that he called home and convinced his daughter and her friend
to
hop in the car and come down to try a white course.
After participants came back in, we had a grill
going and a cooler full
of food. There was also pop available. Chips and cookies
were free, but
we asked for a donation for the food and pop to benefit the U.S. Junior
team. It
was a cook it yourself, honor pay system, and I forgot to bring tools,
but it worked. What made it really good was that it encouraged
people to
hang around and talk about their experiences.
The Maptech software went to Bob Frey, the computer
guy. Brunton compasses
went to newcomer Bill Hoffert, Dick Arnett (who says his scouts always
have
someone show up without a compass), a NJROTC member (specially awarded
for bailing his group out), and Rick Fernandez and Brian Towne of Troop
923. All prizes were drawn except the NJROTC member's and Brian's.
Brian
received his in recognition of his perseverance. He lost his
card after
#4 and came in for a new one. We told him to just punch his map
and we
would believe him regarding 1-4. He repunched the first 4 and
went on to
complete the course!
White: 1.1k, 52m climb
Jone Rauschenbach
28:00
Settlemoir and Mallory
38:36
Bill Hoffert Jr.
40:20
Kimberly & Donna Heldman 45:30
Scott, Alice & Joe Nutter
48:00
Parker Vaughan
53:55
Ben & Matt Bond
57:00
Yellow: 2.3k, 75m climb
StevenYoung, Ryan & Rick Fernandez,
Ben Starkie, Landen Richey
(Troop 923)
51:50
Scott, Alice & Joe Nutter
54:35
Petr & Heidi Vaughan
66:25
Rosa & Vince Hand
69:10
Stephen Bangs
72:00
Sharon Bond
DNF
Bill Hoffert Jr.
DNF
Orange 3.7k, 175m climb
Dick Heyuk
130:30
Martin Dria & Ron Fernandez (T-923) 133:00
Alex Dria & Michael Fischer (T-923)
138:30
Brandon Bunting, James Richardson,
Eddi Grathwohl (NJROTC)
142:30
Bryan Towne (T-923)
145:52
Ben Starkie, Landen Ritchey
DNF
Brown 3.7k 170m climb
Steve Vaughan
48:56
Bob Frey
75:00
Mathew Robbins
78:30
Claire Dell
79:44
Leo & Bobbi Sack
99:45
Tom Rogers, Matt Tyahur (NJROTC)
DNF
Merida, Rutherford, Elliot, Willis (NJROTC)
DNF
Martz, Baker (NJROTC)
DNF
Green 5.05, 250m climb
Dick Arnett
121:26
David Sims
DNF
Red
6.1k, 280m climb
Bill Swift
83:26
Erick Lebreton
161:00
Kevin Mitchell
177:15
Jon Rauschenbach
DNF (missed #1-time: 103:58)
Hardley, Hancock (NJROTC) DNF
results of previous regular event (Governor Bebb, March 30, 2002)
results of Flying Pig "A" Meet, April, 2002 (Flying Pigs Main Page)
results of next event (Miami Western Campus, June 15, 2002)
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