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Cat Mountain

November 18, 2023

Course Setter:

Alan Craig

Meet Director:

Jeff and Nancy Coker

Photo Credit:

Alexandre Savine

Twenty-six hardy orienteers came out to take on the challenge at an overcast Cat Mountain with perfectly cool temperatures. A slight bit of rain in the beginning gave way to sun peaking out and accompanying warmth. Three courses were offered: a beginner course, a short advanced course, and a long advanced course. 


Top spots for the day went to first-time orienteer Annie King on the beginner course, dynamic duo Jim Holmes and Jane Larkindale on the short advanced, and certified lightning bolt/meet director Jeff Coker on the long advanced. All three completed their courses 30+ minutes ahead of the rest of the field. Congrats to you all!


I would like to thank everyone who helped to make this happen: Jeff and Nancy Coker for meet directing and control retrieving, Cristina Luis for registration stuff and being a font of knowledge, Peg Davis for coming out to the start/finish just to run a clinic, and Alexandre Savine, John and Marcy Beard, Annie King, and Mark Yungbluth for control retrieval. I genuinely could not pull this off without all yalls help!


Finally, an apology is due to all who were on the advanced courses. One of the controls (#3) was the victim of a parallel error on the part of the setter, yours truly. While a minor error in the overall scheme of things, it had a tangible impact on those who were searching for it in the form of confusion, consternation, and lost time. It is truly a learning moment for me, and the last thing a setter could possibly want to happen. I would like to thank everyone for your grace and patience.


-Alan-


Photos provided by Alexandre Savine:

Results

To see how participants compared leg-for-leg with others on each course, see the Splits.


To see course maps, watch how people ran their courses, and provide your own routes, go to Livelox.


Banana Montana (Beginners) 2.0km / 13 controls

1 . Anna King ............ TSN .... 61:48
2 . Eric Hermenitt ...... None .... 90:58
3 . Shelby Janssen ...... None .... 92:35
4 . Christina Dinh ...... None .... 92:46
5 . Richard Holloway .... None .... 93:06
6 . Mary Adams .......... None ... 104:13
7 . Geraldine Larrington . TSN ... Recreation

Purrfect Jack (Short Advanced) 3.5km / 11 controls

1 . Jim Holmes ........ TSN .... 74:17
2 . Nicole Traicoff ... TSN ... 117:04
3 . Tom Boucher ....... TSN ... 119:29
4 . Nancy Coker ....... TSN ... Recreation
5 . Lauren Mosely .... None ... Recreation
6 . Susan Wenberg ..... TSN ... Recreation
7 . Joan D'Alonzo ..... TSN ... Recreation
8 . Telia Curtis ...... TSN ... Recreation

Mewcifer (Long Advanced) 5.1km / 16 controls

1 .. Jeff Coker ......... TSN .... 49:09
2 .. Cristina Luis ...... TSN .... 79:21
3 .. Mark Yungbluth ..... TSN .... 86:06
4 .. Marcy Beard ........ TSN .... 99:36
5 .. John Beard ......... TSN .... 04:32
6 .. Alexandre Savine ... TSN ... 119:34
7 .. Andrea Shirley ..... TSN ... Recreation
8 .. David Rainie ....... TSN ... Recreation
9 .. Gregg Townsend ..... TSN ... Recreation
10 . Alan Cole ......... None ... Recreation

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