What a day. Beautiful weather and a great turnout. Our hard-working helpers were swamped at the Registration table. Even though we don't officially start until 10am, we had quite a few eager people turn up before 9am, and started signing people up at 9:30. The huge crush then caused a long wait for many at the Start table.
We had a record 140 teams start; considerably more than usual. That translates into over 375 people. In fact, the turnout was so large that we ran out of clue sheets for both Red and Orange courses, and some participants had to copy the control letters and symbols onto their yellow cards.
There is some confusion about what a "group" consists of. That catagory is for Scouts, ROTC, or other groups where there is a person reponsible for overseeing one or more teams of competitors. Families, or any other group of people competing together as a team, fill out the "individual" sign in sheets.
Once again we saw a lot of people attempting courses that they were not ready for. This can be seen from the large number of teams that failed to complete the advanced courses. Check out the Red course results! Completing a less advanced couse will teach more about Orienteering than getting lost on an advance course. Please help us avoid a future Search and Rescue ending to what should have been a great day. Check the guidelines on the FLO website, and choose the course that fits your abilities and knowledge.
I was one of the first people to go out on the Green course. As a result, I scared up a few deer (2 different groups) on my way to control 3. Apart from the deer I didn't see any more wildlife until I got back into Moss Park. There I saw 2 groups of Sandhill Cranes trying to charm food from some of the picknickers.
Many thanks to all those who helped out. Arild Orsleie manned the Advanced Start/Finish desk all day, while Tim Orcutt manned the White/Yellow. Grizeldis Lutz and Michele Morse, both new to orienteering, helped Marilu brave the crowds and frantic pace of the Registration desk, while Bob Putnam and Ray Bruneau gave helpful instruction to those that wished to learn a little more about the sport. At the end of the day Joe Malisewski helped Rick and Tim Orcutt to retreive all the controls.
Our thanks also go out to the JROTC group who supplied us with a large tray of sandwiches. There were some grateful volunteers and at least a couple of very happy families who arrived back completely famished after a hard day of orienteering.
Our Second Annual Food Drive, for the benefit of Second Harvest Food Bank, was a great success. We collected a total of 206 pounds of food; more than twice the amount we collected last year. We were rather suprised to see a sign at the park entrance proclaiming THEIR food drive in aid of Second Harvest. What a coincidence ... I hope this didn't confuse too many people ... but if it did, the end result was the same anyway.
Mike Dempsey
Name | Time |
Sarasota HS #2 | 17:40 |
Sarasota HS #1 | 20:40 |
Worscheck | 41:00 |
Troop 225 #1 | 42:25 |
Troop 225 #2 | 46:40 |
GS Troop 796 | 50:00 |
Troop 560 #1 | 50:40 |
Yoemans (6) | 52:15 |
JJ Richards (6) | 52:30 |
Jim Rotolo (6) | 52:30 |
Jerry Gordon | 52:30 |
GS Troop 27 #2 | 54:10 |
GS Troop 796 #2 | 59:00 |
Pack 248 #2 | 66:20 |
GS Troop 27 #1 | 81:20 |
Holley | 144:00 |
Pack 248 #3 | DNF |
Name | Time |
Titusville HS #1 | 23:02 |
Nettlow (6) | 30:00 |
Jacob Rausch | 30:14 |
Cypress Creek HS #1 | 33:30 |
Sarasota HS #2 | 34:11 |
Sarasota HS #1 | 35:25 |
Matt Sharkey (4) | 43:10 |
Michele Morse (4) | 43:20 |
Bates | 45:30 |
Gulf HS #2 | 47:24 |
Richard Cale (4) | 47:40 |
Delinda Hood & Scott (2) | 50:05 |
Gulf HS #1 | 52:24 |
Marilu Dempsey & G. Lutz | 55:27 |
Pack 248 | 58:45 |
Sebastian River HS | 66:44 |
Skinner (6) | 70:00 |
Cypress Creek HS #2 | 94:30 |
Name | Time |
Wilheim / Escue | 42:19 |
Kornegay / Soto | 43:27 |
DoHnuts #1 | 48:18 |
Walenty Prytulo | 49:11 |
Lisa Maitland | 51:21 |
Eric Swiercinsky | 52:05 |
Flynn / Metallo | 53:11 |
Christina Martinez | 55:28 |
McVickor | 59:05 |
Vaughn | 60:40 |
Borah | 64:55 |
Jeff Barton | 70:41 |
John Rodemeyer | 74:06 |
Christina Royer | 80:09 |
Adam Johnson | 80:10 |
Troop 524 (Panthers) | 80:55 |
Criner | 81:38 |
Rampi | 84:49 |
Abee / Nye | 84:50 |
J Bergh & V Mahan | 89:35 |
Milward | 89:40 |
Caruso | 91:15 |
Auburndale HS #2 | 96:30 |
Auburndale HS #3 | 97:15 |
Troop 524 (Troop 71) | 97:40 |
Rodney Counts | 97:50 |
Linda Schmid | 100:15 |
Gulf HS #3 (Hudson) | 109:32 |
Gibbs HS #1 | 109:32 |
Outdoors & Active | 109:55 |
Auburndale HS #1 | 111:55 |
Durjan / Mehalik | 114:25 |
Troop 524 (Dragons) | 115:23 |
Collier | 118:04 |
Oviedo HS #1 | 125:50 |
J&J Strong | 126:45 |
Turner / Matthews | 133:20 |
GS Troop 869 | 135:55 |
Oviedo HS #2 | 162:50 |
Troop 560 | 166:05 |
Metzenroth | DQ |
S Komanski | DNF |
Williamson | DNF |
Gibbs HS #2 | DNF |
Gibbs HS #3 | DNF |
Gibbs HS #4 | DNF |
Gibbs HS #5 | DNF |
Gibbs HS #6 | DNF |
Gibbs HS #7 | DNF |
Sarasota HS #3 | DNF |
Name | Time |
Ray Bruneau | 105:23 |
Bret Barker | 106:41 |
Rod Price | 134:10 |
Schwieterman / Ray | 142:45 |
Kevin Jimenez | OT |
Al & C Little | DNF |
Sarasota HS #4 | DNF |
Name | Time |
Derek Bohn | 57:55 |
Toby Henson | 87:31 |
Steve & Julie Royer | 94:45 |
Mitch Jarvis | 94:58 |
Dennis Godber | 115:52 |
Jataya Taylor | 120:46 |
Shane Keys | 129:14 |
Mike Dempsey | 137:25 |
M & A Rosenberg | 142:54 |
Adam Hugoboom | 153:17 |
D & C Clayburn | 156:20 |
Chip Luck | OT |
Dan Bauder | OT |
Lawson / Bennett | DNF |
Jeff Misa | DNF |
Auburndale HS #4 | DNF |
Name | Time |
Bob Putnam | 66:18 |
Arthur Intson | 84:10 |
Chris Johnson | 90:21 |
David Shuman | 99:41 |
Fabio Roberti (Dave O) | 107:14 |
Somers | 114:25 |
W Murphy | 130:35 |
David Brault | 130:35 |
John Sherwin | 161:43 |
Luther Barnes (184:55) | OT |
Andrea Holman (195:30) | OT |
Dirty Fish (214:45) | OT |
Lou Chizlett (223:50) | OT |
Lane Sheppard (226:47) | OT |
Bev Ousley | DNF |
Jim Septer | DNF |
Joe Maliszewski | DNF |
Team Gecko | DNF |
K. Anderson (BCHS) | DNF |
N. Branam (BCHS) | DNF |
P. Brown (BCHS) | DNF |
A. Diaz (BCHS) | DNF |
H. Hoopes (BCHS) | DNF |
B. Mann (BCHS) | DNF |
T. Mulhern (BCHS) | DNF |
J. Mulhern (BCHS) | DNF |
K. Owens (BCHS) | DNF |
H. Rogers (BCHS) | DNF |
P. Scott (BCHS) | DNF |
R. Vargas (BCHS) | DNF |
C. Yakes (BCHS) | DNF |
DNF | Did Not Finish |
DQ | Disqualified (Missed Controls) |
OT | Over 3 Hour Time Limit |