Florida Orienteering
Rock Springs Run State Reserve
September 10 2005


Courses: WHITE | YELLOW | ORANGE | GREEN | RED | NOTES

From Event Coordinator Russ Steinke: A day that earlier in the week seemed destined to be blustery and rainy, or worse, turned out to be a beautiful day for orienteering at RSRSR. Recent rains rendered the red course a soggy proposition, but blue skies with temperatures in the 80's (well, below 90) made it bearable if not downright enjoyable. A food collection for Second Harvest, which Mike & Marilu Dempsey volunteered to deliver, reminded us of those whose fortunes have not been so blessed as a result of horrific hurricane destruction on the Gulf coast.

Thanks greatly to Toby and his JROTC volunteers for providing tables and staff for set-up, registration, remote start, and finish. Thanks also to Ray Bruneau who set out some of the controls then single-handedly manned the other remote start table for this somewhat unusual arrangement.  I was helped by long-friend Dale visiting from Alabama. And without our GPS units (re-visiting positions recorded during earlier scouting visits) some of those controls would not have been in the right places! Thanks also go to Janet Putnam and Mike & Marilu for help at registration, to Bob Putnam for course design, flagging and checking controls, and training newcomers, and to control retrievers Joe Maliszewski, Jeff & Nicci (Adventure Racers), Toby Henson, Adam Johnson and Ray Bruneau. Thanks too, of course, to Jonathan Linforth for pre-printing of the maps.

From Course Setter Bob Putnam: What a relief to learn most of the biodegradable ribbons I'd placed July 4th were still there for Russ to locate in the weeks before, and the day of, the event. Wouldn't you know the single most difficult control placement was the one missing ribbon the morning of the event!

Incident of interest: At least one control was taken down and stuffed under a not-so-nearby bush, although it was found and replaced properly by the person who reported it to me. I never know how to respond to such a thing. Strangulation comes to mind; death by coded needle punch, etc. Let this serve: If you who did it are reading this, please do not come orienteering again; you are not welcome.

The good news is that we had 157 people turn out on an unusually warm mid-September day. The even better news is that we pulled off an event having TWO remote starts and a separate finish table back at the Registration area. That's a testament to the energy level of Toby Henson's Titusville JROTC crew and their adult helpers Ann Shimer, Eleanor Dedge, Denise Hargis, Susan Johnson and Brenda Taylor. Those remote starts gave most courses looks at areas they have not previously seen. It also invited what might have been a record first leg of the Red course: 1600 meters to control #1. I was so giddy about that leg I just had to tell people about it at registration. But then some elected to run Green as soon as I told them, so I'll try to keep these things under my hat from now on.

The relatively short courses were not as easy as I'd planned, since results show finishing times that are rather typical for FLO. I know a few veterans like Missy Kaler and Jerry Sirmans didn't finish and that suggests less than ideal course design. Both the red and green courses were won by women; Congratulations to both Andy Canelos and Debbie Gottschalk. I foresee a real battle for the Florida Women's elite championship in December at Kelly Park.

It was most gratifying to see the Titusville JROTC newbies going out first on Yellow in Groups with an experienced cadet, then later going back out on White individually. We've discussed this approach several times recently. This was the first time I saw it done and it looked as though it worked. Feedback from those cadets on this approach would be helpful.

Thanks to all who came out. Thanks to all who helped. Just one more thing: JROTC cadets will from now on pledge to keep the area around the finish table clear for incoming competitors. See you all in the Woods at the next event!


WHITE

Name Time
THS - Travis 22:25
THS - Leigh 27:05
THS - Nathan 30:40
THS - Zack 32:30
THS - Allen 32:41
THS - Veronica 35:39
THS - Steph 37:39
THS - Gary 39:20
THS - David 41:25
THS - Mike 47:24
THS - Ben 79:00
THS - Killian 80:00
Sharada Dasyam DNF

YELLOW

Name Time
THS #1 40:10
Oviedo #4 41:01
THS #4 41:29
Central #1 51:33
Central #4 53:02
THS #3 57:31
THS #2 59:30
Central #2 67:37
Brinkley 69:30
Danita Bohmer 71:04
Rich Hanson 86:10
Central #5 110:14
Central #3 111:48

ORANGE

Name Time
Hemness 59:25
M&M Dempsey 69:46
Lane Sheppard 78:39
Oviedo #1 81:16
Oveido #2 83;16
Mario Gutierez 87:38
Walenty Prytulo 92:30
Scott Stewart 94:54
THS #1 97:50
Worischeck 101:00
Feliscia Leblanc 104:17
John Rodemeier 104:30
Bensen 107:50
Oveido #3 113:50
Cooper 119:13
Troop 240 #1 121:54
Danita Bohmer 140:00
Milligan 142:15
Joey Arniza DNF
Phil Gianakis DNF
Donald Hunter DNF
THS #2 DNF
Troop 240 #2 DNF
Troop 240 #3 DNF

GREEN

Name Time
Andrea Canelos 57:19
William Gruhler 93:45
John Arniza 95:45
David Zulkowski 109:44
Johnson 110:00
Alicia Vaughn 118:00
Louis Arevalo 119:10
Bret Barker 147:00
John Sheriff 148:00
M Kaylor OT
James Pridmore OT

RED

Name Time
Debbie Gottschalk 80:41
Artur Intson 93:05
Jamie Shariff 98:29
Joe Maliszewski 102:00
Crane 107:54
R Pattillo 111:00
Dave Gottschalk 115:42
Jarvis 117:29
Adam Johnson 146:14
John Whalen DNF
Jerry Sirmans DNF


NOTES

DNF   Did Not Finish
DQ Disqualified (Missed Controls)
OT Over 3 Hour Time Limit


Created 11-September-2005