Florida Orienteering
Moss Park / Split Oak Forest
March 10, 2007


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

Although I didn’t have many promises to help the day of the meet I could hardly worry about that. I was too busy worrying, fretting and losing sleep over just how I’d get a map and when (or if) the course would be set. I was mentally painting an, “Event Cancelled,” sign. Well, I pestered Bob and annoyed Jonathan enough that the maps and controls came together, and Will Pirnasch came forward to set the courses Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Whew! Thanks Will.

The weather was a made-to-order Florida spring day. After everyone left I had 108 ROTC registration cards and 73 registration cards from everyone else. The yellow and orange courses attracted the most people. We had some first-time runners including Veronica Betancourt who had the best time on the White course. Several international visitors found their way to Moss Park and competed. Katjisto Jukka-Pekka, from Finland, overcame our home court advantage and completed the Red Course in 43 minutes while several of his companions had the best times on the Green Course. Our last start of the day was Lorena Kleinman and Charlie Najmanavich from Buenos Aires. Lorena is a national champion in Argentina. She invited us to their major meet in September; details to follow.

As always, there is a great deal of work in making each event happen. Bob Putnam, in addition to designing the course, made lots of phone calls, sent and answered innumerable e-mails, and took care of more details than I can imagine. Saturday morning he was instructing newcomers and taking care of last minute details. Jonathan Linforth took care of getting the maps printed, placing the ribbons in the field and was at the pavilion at 8AM Saturday morning. Will Pirnasch set all the controls. Russ Steinke, Ray Bruneau and Bob Putnam mailed me the controls.

The day of the event Joy Murphy, a first-time volunteer, spent hours at the registration table before setting out on the orange course. Janet Putnam, although unwell, contributed her experience at the registration table. Jerry Sirmans pulled a long stint on the registration table; then he set out on the green course. As I was leaving the park he was asking a ranger when they closed the gates; then he set off to collect the advanced controls. Jack and Trace Graham got the first starts off before 10 AM and took care of the starts/finish table until 12:30 when Ray Bruneau took over until 3 PM. What a great group of volunteers! On behalf of the seventy-three individuals and groups who registered I want to thank each of you who contributed your time to make this meet a success. If you didn’t volunteer today well, another meet will be here shortly; give it a try.

John Ide


WHITE

Name Time
Betancourt 21:50
Pyros, K 25:22
Stoney Golfers 34:02
Pack 543 48:15
Stebbius 52:07
Cole, S. 52:56
Crazy Warners 62:48
Pack 543 66:25

YELLOW

Name Time
Pyros, G. 18:59
Damien 18:59
Chasquis 19:39
Water Trckrs 22:12
Lindsey, et al. 24:07
Nowotny 25:40
Los Parceros 27:12
Stoney Golfers 27:13
Harris, W. 29:15
Skowron 29:28
Jesus Freaks 31:25
Finck, B. 32:07
Cole, 38:00
Culhan, E. 40:12
Team Boray 42:42
Loco tres 45:51
Griffin, J&J 50:02
Brant-Tracy 50:55
Christopher 54:47
Deanna’s 57:57
Meyers 69:00
Anthony, H. 102:44

ORANGE

Name Time
Ambil 45:01
Scott, C. 51:25
Gullans 56:12
Vaara Markus 56:03
Feudner, J. 58:20
Vitiello, T. 61:25
Schmid 63:21
Go Blue 67:14
Brant-Tracy 70:35
Hamilton 77:08
Lorena 79:35
Watts 80:50
Reiche, C. 88:08
Finck, B. 89:45
Dan and Joy 91:35
Orlando Adventure Club 104:52
Griffith, P. 121:40
Troop 376 153:56
Mitchell, C. DNF
Graham DNF
Jax Girls OT

GREEN

Name Time
Vaara Santeri 46:28
Katri Leskela 49:28
Vaara, M 51:52
Vaara, Jari 51:56
Parker, D, 101:45
Baker, B. 015:44
Murphy/White 113:50
SMA Scots 115:58
Dogz Rule 116:03
Kurzawa 121:25
Dennis&Carolyn 124:55
Brown, L. 127:24
Hashers 134:10
Sirmans LC

RED

Name Time
Katajisto Juddea-Pekka 43:20
Putnam, 57:33
Fig Jam 73:50
Crane, D. 78:42
Rodgers 99:28
Johnson 91:24
Henson, T. 94:20
Fluegel, D. 137:16
Carr 147
Feudner OT


NOTES

DNF   Did Not Finish
LC Lost Control Card
OT Over 3 Hour Time Limit


Created 13-March-2007