Thacher Park (Club Championships)
November 8, 2008

Sarah Abbott / photo by Phil Hawkes-Teeter
First, Thanks to all of those 50 or so folks, who made it out to the EMPO Club Champs Orienteering event on Saturday, November 8th. The weather was fair, with a slight chill and a passing drizzle which left us uncomfortably chilly for the rest of the afternoon. Thank the Lord (and Thacher Park) for having such a large pavilion available to us at the Haile's Cave venue.
By far, the course of choice was Green, which had the single most Open class runners. Although our total championship competitor pool was somewhat small at only 18, the vast majority of these "Champ" runners ran the Red course.
The rains helped to launch us further into Fall Orienteering as the leaves were mostly off of the trees here in the northeast. Most times were relatively fast, as the open forest lent itself to sighting bags from a longer range, which in turn, reduced "fine" Orienteering errors as well as the recovery times when errors were encountered.
Cool too, was the employment of the Sport Ident system. It always adds a sleek element to an event as it eliminates the grumbling of a frustrated runner as he/she fusses around to apply a punch with dexterity while fatigued and cold. (Not to mention the added benefits of immediate splits and comparative results!). All in all, I am quite content with the healthy turnout given the late year conditions.
Lastly, events like these don't get accomplished without the loyal support of a core few. Thanks so much to the Hawkes-Teeters, the Trysons, the Jamesons, Bob Lange, Cynthia Johnson and Candice Raines, Gabor Bobok, Reid Smalley, Stina, and finally, my wife Kathy for all ya'll've done to help.
- Grant Staats
Note: Only Club members are eligible for Championship Class running, all others run in Open Class. This year's club champions in bold. (all club champions)
Pl Name Class Time
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White (7) 1.950 km 8 C
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1 Sam Abbott M12 16:53
2 Lukus Becker M12 18:21
3 Joseph Klecan White 22:10
4 Jessica Rue F12 23:15
5 Zoey Kennerly Open 44:45
6 Tyler Anderson Open 61:00
6 Luke Ecker Open 61:00
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Yellow (7) 2.780 km 9 C
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1(33) 2(41) 3(102) 4(107) 5(110) 6(122) 7(40) 8(32) 9(175) F
1 Sarah Abbott F15 37:20
2 Maureen Abbott Yellow 41:10
3 Solot/Nichols Yellow 42:00
4 Bobok Family Yellow 46:57 5:20 11:33 19:12 25:08 32:31 35:33 40:01 41:33 46:12 46:57
5:20 6:13 7:39 5:56 7:23 3:02 4:28 1:32 4:39 0:45
5 James Torriani Yellow 91:10
6 Verna Engstrom-Heg Yellow 111:40
6 Deloria Hubbell Yellow 111:40
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Orange (5) 3.460 km 9 C
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1(33) 2(103) 3(102) 4(123) 5(105) 6(38) 7(124) 8(106) 9(175) F
1 TJ Hatton Orange 59:30
2 Amy Conway (Grp) Orange 70:30
3 Bill Jameson Orange 107:00
Cynthia Johnson Orange DNF
Marshall Miller Orange DNF ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
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Green (13) 4.85 km 10 C
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1(103) 2(121) 3(39) 4(123) 5(105) 6(38) 7(106) 8(124) 9(37) 10(175) F
1 Craig Weber M55 61:27 5:04 13:39 24:34 30:24 34:46 40:54 43:49 48:20 53:50 60:53 61:27
5:04 8:35 10:55 5:50 4:22 6:08 2:55 4:31 5:30 7:03 0:34
2 Janet Tryson W55 71:46 7:03 19:37 32:25 39:03 44:26 49:54 53:55 58:57 64:16 71:09 71:46
7:03 12:34 12:48 6:38 5:23 5:28 4:01 5:02 5:19 6:53 0:37
3 Stuart Poole Green 73:03 6:55 20:14 31:42 38:37 45:43 51:18 54:15 59:41 64:41 72:22 73:03
6:55 13:19 11:28 6:55 7:06 5:35 2:57 5:26 5:00 7:41 0:41
4 Bob Lange M55 74:36 7:19 17:52 33:45 40:32 46:34 52:00 55:11 59:41 64:49 73:48 74:36
7:19 10:33 15:53 6:47 6:02 5:26 3:11 4:30 5:08 8:59 0:48
5 Greg Denbeaux Green 85:43 7:23 38:37 50:49 55:38 59:30 65:10 67:59 71:54 75:56 85:07 85:43
7:23 31:14 12:12 4:49 3:52 5:40 2:49 3:55 4:02 9:11 0:36
6 Candice Raines W55 89:49 9:43 24:11 44:09 50:17 57:46 63:40 66:32 72:05 79:10 89:22 89:49
9:43 14:28 19:58 6:08 7:29 5:54 2:52 5:33 7:05 10:12 0:27
7 Canham family Green 92:29 11:27 25:42 45:48 53:12 58:58 64:52 68:36 74:17 81:08 91:59 92:29
11:27 14:15 20:06 7:24 5:46 5:54 3:44 5:41 6:51 10:51 0:30
8 Cathleen Crowley W35 94:45 9:37 30:03 46:09 53:37 60:24 66:18 69:44 75:37 81:52 94:05 94:45
9:37 20:26 16:06 7:28 6:47 5:54 3:26 5:53 6:15 12:13 0:40
9 Sue Hawkes-Teeter W55 101:57 8:10 24:37 50:47 61:41 68:54 74:47 78:33 85:12 91:46 101:20 101:57
8:10 16:27 26:10 10:54 7:13 5:53 3:46 6:39 6:34 9:34 0:37
10 Bruce Shenker M55 104:18 11:29 44:48 61:26 68:46 74:37 79:37 82:51 88:12 97:07 103:51 104:18
11:29 33:19 16:38 7:20 5:51 5:00 3:14 5:21 8:55 6:44 0:27
11 Brian/Stephen Green 133:30
Sanela
12 Beth Gurzler W45 137:47 26:16 43:43 74:11 84:52 93:18 100:52 109:30 117:21 125:13 136:50 137:47
26:16 17:27 30:28 10:41 8:26 7:34 8:38 7:51 7:52 11:37 0:57
Mark Wolfe Green DNF 21:40 33:37 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 67:54
21:40 11:57 34:17
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Red (10) 7.9 km 14 C
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1(35) 2(121) 3(128) 4(101) 5(123) 6(105) 7(38) 8(125) 9(126) 10(127) 11(129) 12(37) 13(106) 14(175) F
1 Glen Tryson M45 74:15 5:07 12:11 14:35 24:34 29:28 32:22 36:07 42:36 46:17 53:10 59:00 67:40 71:16 73:52 74:15
5:07 7:04 2:24 9:59 4:54 2:54 3:45 6:29 3:41 6:53 5:50 8:40 3:36 2:36 0:23
2 Dylan Thies M21 78:43 4:14 14:06 17:17 24:03 29:40 33:07 36:57 44:39 49:30 57:09 63:20 72:43 75:30 78:22 78:43
4:14 9:52 3:11 6:46 5:37 3:27 3:50 7:42 4:51 7:39 6:11 9:23 2:47 2:52 0:21
3 Ryan Breseman M21 88:50 4:29 12:39 18:23 28:11 33:59 37:36 42:08 51:35 58:01 67:04 73:42 83:09 85:45 88:26 88:50
4:29 8:10 5:44 9:48 5:48 3:37 4:32 9:27 6:26 9:03 6:38 9:27 2:36 2:41 0:24
4 Dmitri Soloviev M35 91:04 4:27 16:49 19:06 26:52 31:00 34:45 39:03 47:10 52:08 60:59 69:55 84:41 87:32 90:35 91:04
4:27 12:22 2:17 7:46 4:08 3:45 4:18 8:07 4:58 8:51 8:56 14:46 2:51 3:03 0:29
5 Douglas Swank M35 99:06 4:02 12:39 15:17 24:10 30:03 35:32 39:25 49:17 60:46 70:36 80:26 92:07 95:14 98:39 99:06
4:02 8:37 2:38 8:53 5:53 5:29 3:53 9:52 11:29 9:50 9:50 11:41 3:07 3:25 0:27
6 Bruce Beesley M35 117:46 9:38 19:48 23:11 41:56 47:54 51:49 55:10 67:04 74:45 84:34 94:53 110:06 113:24 117:21 117:46
9:38 10:10 3:23 18:45 5:58 3:55 3:21 11:54 7:41 9:49 10:19 15:13 3:18 3:57 0:25
7 Andy Chillrud M45 118:40 5:31 15:47 20:06 37:50 45:36 50:14 55:09 64:12 71:47 84:08 94:53 110:20 114:25 118:04 118:40
5:31 10:16 4:19 17:44 7:46 4:38 4:55 9:03 7:35 12:21 10:45 15:27 4:05 3:39 0:36
8 Frank Boscoe M35 128:04 24:08 42:47 44:48 58:10 65:56 69:52 73:32 81:36 87:21 97:31 107:49 118:19 121:49 127:41 128:04
24:08 18:39 2:01 13:22 7:46 3:56 3:40 8:04 5:45 10:10 10:18 10:30 3:30 5:52 0:23
9 Will Kennerly M21 132:37 6:15 17:06 20:37 38:04 47:09 52:04 57:58 70:57 77:14 90:16 101:36 122:42 127:17 132:06 132:37
6:15 10:51 3:31 17:27 9:05 4:55 5:54 12:59 6:17 13:02 11:20 21:06 4:35 4:49 0:31
10 Will Dixon M45 168:58 7:41 30:09 34:19 48:21 59:48 69:24 75:02 87:12 100:08 118:54 132:37 153:16 164:45 168:22 168:58
7:41 22:28 4:10 14:02 11:27 9:36 5:38 12:10 12:56 18:46 13:43 20:39 11:29 3:37 0:36
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Aniko and Adam / photo by Phil Hawkes-Teeter
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Bob Lange / photo by Phil Hawkes-Teeter
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Ryan Breseman / photo by Phil Hawkes-Teeter
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Tyler Anderson / photo by Phil Hawkes-Teeter
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Sarah Abbott and Grant Staats
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Janet Tryson / photo by Grant Staats
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Beth Gurzler / photo by Grant Staats
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Kathy Staats / photo by Grant Staats
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