Orienteers

Orienteers;

Attendance at last evenings Sprint Series race was a little down. This was disappointing because the weather was very nice. Only 80 degrees at race time. We only had 23 competitors; however, a few of them were first timers. The Iroquois Hill Runners were conducting a 5km road race which started at the same time as our event. I was hoping to have a few of those try orienteering after they ran but we had no takers. A few of them did indicate that they would be back next week to give it a shot.

First place went to Tom Svbodny, who came in from Dayton, Ohio for the race. Tom is with the Miami Valley club. His son, Gabe, is competing in Sweden this summer as a member of the US Junior Team. Tom's time was 17:03. The overall runner up was Mary Hamilton, finishing in 19:40. Mary is in first place in the Sprint Series among the junior females. Her father, Jeff, was third in 20:25. The over junior male leader, Jeff Beyrle was 4th in 20:38. His mother, Judy, also tried the course. It was her first time

Thanks to those who helped with the setup and take down; Paul and Alison. As well as those who picked up controls afterwards; Ken Kling and Tom Svbodney. Tom ran the course backwards before he went out and picked up the controls.

(Sprint series standings at the bottom.)

The results:

Men

1. Tom Svbodney 17:03

2. Jeff Hamilton 20:25

3. Eric Beyerle 20:38 J

4. Paul Vice 23:19

5. Doug Keefe 26:30

6. Jim Carter 26:52

7. Ken Kling 30:10

8. Lloyd Vest 31:42

9. Ajith Rajapaksha 51:25

Women

1. Mary Hamilton 19:40

2. Larua Ferguson 31:20

3. Alison Ewart 54:20

Judy Beyrle DNF

Groups

1 Phil Adkins + 1 27:20

2. Stanley Adkins + 1 29:30

3. Carson & Lucy Torpey 32:20

4. David & Ryan Cleveland 39:19

5. Marvin & Cathy Mattingly 48:08

Sprint Series

Notes: Tom Svbodney won the race overall and, of course, was the first male. However, since he is from another club, his result was not included in the total. Dan Mattingly's points have been removed from the standings - at his request - and the overall points adjust accordingly.

Jeff Hamilton made a strong move into second place in the series. He is 24 points behind Doug Keefe with one less race. No other major moves occurred, although we now have additional entrants in the women's division. Laura Furguson was the first woman on Tuesday so she picked up the 30 points. Laura was running her second orienteering race and knocked off 25 minutes from last week’s time.

					2008 SPRINT SERIES STANDINGS

						RACE
		Total Points	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	Champs
			5/20	5/27	6/3	6/10	6/17	6/24	7/1	7/8	8/16
	MEN
1	Doug Keefe	140	30	30	30	24	26
2	Jeff Hamilton	116	28		28	30	30
3	Kenny Kling	112	19	26	26	19	22
4	Jim Carter	108	24	22	20	18	24
5	Carson Torpey	94	20	28	24	22
6	Paul Vice	80	26			26	28
7	Ajith Rajapalsha	72	19		19	15	19
8	Louis Smith	61	22		22	17
9	Lloyd Vest	34				14	20
10	Phil Adkins	28				28
11	Christian Juncket	24		24
12	Kevin Huff	20				20
13	Russ Lemay	16				16
14	Lyle Graham	13				13
15	Adam Beam	12				12
	Dan Mattingly	0		0	0	0


	WOMEN
1	Shelly Pennington	90	30	30		30
2	Laura Ferguson	58				28	30
3	Alison Ewart	28					28

	JUNIOR MEN
1	Eric Beyerle	118		30	30	28	30
2T	Patrick Torpey	30	30
2T	Derek McCarth	30				30
4	Tai Tang	28	28
5	Zack Beavin	26				26
6	Thomas Cave	24				24
7	Ethan Poole	22				22
8	Darren Johnson	20				20
9	Chris Hixson	19				19

	JUNIOR WOMEN
1	Mary Hamilton	90	30		30		30
2	Helen Hagg	58	28	30
3	Kaybri Word	30				30
4	Jodi Cleaver	26	26
5	Cari Lukat	24	24
6	Felisha Simmons	22	22
7	Andrea Paynter	20	20