Petrified Forest Rogaines
October 14-15, 2017


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Writeup

We're excited to have welcomed a group of about 50 adventurous orienteers to our 3rd annual Petrified Forest Rogaines on October 14 and 15 at the Petrified Forest National Park near Holbrook, Arizona. For the past three years, we have had an incredible opportunity to practice our sport in such wild terrain. While the area is almost entirely devoid of trees, there are plenty of washes, canyons, cliffs, and interesting rock formations to go along with areas filled with petrified wood. We thank the national park management for all they've done to help us with our events.

Our 2017 version of the Petrified Forest Rogaines took us to the Jasper Forest area. With limited parking available at the event site, we were required to bus all of our participants to the start line each day. The extra transportation logisitcs were a little tedious but the operation went well. We were able to get all participants to the start line on time.

Saturday's course took participants south of Jasper Forest to the area around Martha's Butte. Martha's Butte is the home of the solar spiral, one of the most recognized features of prehistoric rock art in the park. The rocks around Martha's Butte and other nearby buttes are filled with other panels of rock art. Saturday's course gave participants a real taste of our native history.

Sunday's course was located in and around the Jasper Forest area itself. With some of the highest concentrations of petrified wood in the park, the Jasper Forest was an excellent are for participants to explore. We intentionally placed controls in washes and fields filled with petrified logs.

Saturday's event was won by Mark Prior from the San Diego Orienteering Club. Mark cleared the course in just over three hours. Not far behind was our overall winner Jan Lande from the Rocky Mountain Club. Andy Wentzel from the Phoenix Club and Sanna Sevanto from New Mexico also visited all of Saturday's controls. The Shabazians, Sharon Crawford, and Robi Mulford weren't far behind.

Four individuals also cleared Sunday's course, with Jan Lande, Andy Wentzel, Sanna Sevanto, and Troy Couture each visiting all the controls in under the 4-hour time limit. We also had good showings from a number of individuals and teams, with Charlie Shabazian, team Pack and Panthers, Sharon Crawford, Erik Ringnes, Team Tubac, and Team Whatever all scoring more than 600 out of the total 810 points available for the day.

Complete results are shown below. Overall winners were selected from individuals and teams that participated in both days' events.

Thanks to everyone who joined us for this year's Petrified Forest Rogaines. We look forward to welcoming you again next year.

Volunteers

Course Setters: Ron Birks
Meet Directors: Ron Birks, Forest Brown
Bag Hangers: Ron Birks, Forest Brown, Gary Hickey, Jeff Brucker, Derrick Beracy
Water Station Setup: Ron Birks, Gary Hickey, Derrick Beracy, Glenn Haselfeld, Kathi Douglas
Equipment Hauling: Ron Birks, Forest Brown, Gary Hickey
Setup/Tear-down: Kathi Douglas, Forest Brown, ...
Registration Table: Forest Brown
Timing Table: Ron Birks, Forest Brown, Gary Hickey, Andy Wentzel
Beginners Clinic: None
Control Retrieval:
  • Saturday: Glenn Haselfeld, Harry Zulch, Andy Wentzel, Dan Yamashiro, David Thompson
  • Sunday: Gary Hickey, Andy Wentzel, Dan Yamashiro, David Thompson, Ron Birks
Tabulating Results: Ron Birks

Saturday - Martha's Butte: Summary

Course Statistics  
Total Points 680
Number of Controls 26
Straight-Line Distance (km) 20.6
Climb (m) 469
Total Participants 44
Number of Minutes 240
Penalty Per Minute 10

Saturday - Martha's Butte: Results

Name Total
Points
Penalty Final
Points
Num
Controls
Time Category Overall Male Female Mixed
Mark Prior 680 0 680 26 03:03:15 M 1 1    
JP Lande 680 0 680 26 03:19:08 M 2 2    
Andy Wentzel 680 0 680 26 03:48:02 M 3 3    
Sanna Sevanto 680 0 680 26 03:57:17 F 4   1  
Shabazians 620 0 620 22 03:50:12 TM 5 4    
Sharon Crawford 580 0 580 20 03:58:45 F 6   2  
Robi Mulford 600 30 570 21 04:02:55 F 7   3  
Erik Ringnes 520 0 520 21 03:49:56 M 8 5    
Harry Zulch 510 0 510 18 03:54:08 M 9 6  
Pack and Panthers 500 0 500 20 03:43:12 TX 10     1
Whatever 490 0 490 16 03:55:46 TX 11     2
Brooke Mann 460 0 460 17 03:54:35 F 12   4  
Peg Davis 460 0 460 15 03:58:10 F 13   5  
Huckleberries 440 0 440 17 03:46:10 TX 14     3
Team Tubac 320 0 320 14 03:48:05 TX 15     4
David Thompson 300 0 300 13 03:42:00 M 16 7    
Gerry Bach 300 0 300 13 03:47:33 M 17 8    
Scorpions 260 0 260 15 03:28:36 TM 18 9    
Stacy Boone 260 0 260 12 03:40:10 F 19   6  
Trunk Monkey 230 0 230 12 03:46:00 TX 20     5
Debra Allen 220 0 220 14 03:29:31 F 21   7  
Sarah Savage 190 0 190 12 03:49:15 F 22   8  
Mark Parsons 180 0 180 10 02:46:45 M 23 10    
Ian Swift 140 0 140 10 02:27:30 M 24 11    
Heather McLean 120 60 60 8 04:05:41 F 25   9  
Cardinal Sin 290 290 0   04:29:00 TM 26 12    
Dan Yamashiro DNF         M DNF      
Lee Magnusson DNF         M DNF      
Mariah Bruns DNF         F DNF      
Rogue Toe DNF         TX DNF      
VP DNF         TM DNF      

Sunday - Jasper Forest: Summary

Course Statistics  
Total Points 810
Number of Controls 31
Straight-Line Distance (km) 21.5
Climb (m) 566
Total Participants 33
Number of Minutes 240
Penalty Per Minute 10

Sunday - Jasper Forest: Results

Name Total
Points
Penalty Final
Points
Num
Controls
Time Category Overall Male Female Mixed
JP Lande 810 0 810 31 03:08:19 M 1 1    
Andy Wentzel 810 0 810 31 03:18:00 M 2 2    
Sanna Sevanto 810 0 810 31 03:51:35 F 3   1  
Troy Couture 810 0 810 31 03:58:42 M 4 3    
Charlie Shabazian 720 0 720 29 03:56:50 M 5 4    
Pack and Panthers 660 0 660 26 03:57:50 TX 6     1
Sharon Crawford 660 0 660 23 03:58:14 F 7   2  
Team Tubac 630 0 630 23 03:37:30 TX 8     2
Erik Ringnes 630 0 630 27 03:52:55 M 9 5    
Whatever 630 0 630 25 03:58:34 TX 10     3
Huckleberries 590 0 590 21 03:39:30 TX 11     4
Peg Davis 530 0 530 18 03:57:25 F 12   3  
David Thompson 520 0 520 20 03:51:34 M 13 6    
Brooke Mann 500 0 500 19 03:56:55 F 14   4  
Robi Mulford 570 70 500 23 04:06:17 F 15   5  
Glenn Haselfeld 470 0 470 18 03:10:00 M 16 7    
Stacy Boone 420 0 420 16 03:29:41 F 17   6  
Mark Parsons 410 0 410 16 03:21:40 M 18 8    
Dan Yamashiro 350 0 350 11 03:26:46 M 19 9    
Trunk Monkey 330 0 330 16 03:38:45 TX 20     5
Gerry Bach 310 0 310 15 03:52:27 M 21 10    
Telia Curtis 310 0 310 15 03:52:28 F 22   7  
Rob Shabazian 300 0 300 13 03:55:44 M 23 11    
Mathew Shabazian 290 0 290 13 03:55:10 M 24 12    
Sarah Savage 270 0 270 11 03:55:00 F 25   8  
Heather McLean 200 0 200 12 03:56:18 F 26   9  
Debra Allen 160 0 160 6 03:21:47 F 27   10  
Ian Swift 130 0 130 7 03:04:48 M 28 13    

Two-Day Results

Name Sat Pts Sat Time Sun Pts Sun Time Total Pts Total Time Gender Overall Male Female Mixed
JP Lande 680 03:19:08 810 03:08:19 1490 06:27:27 M 1      
Andy Wentzel 680 03:48:02 810 03:18:00 1490 07:06:02 M 2      
Sanna Sevanto 680 03:57:17 810 03:51:35 1490 07:48:52 F 3      
Sharon Crawford 580 03:58:45 660 03:58:14 1240 07:56:59 F 4      
Pack and Panthers 500 03:43:12 660 03:57:50 1160 07:41:02 TX 5      
Erik Ringnes 520 03:49:56 630 03:52:55 1150 07:42:51 M 6 1    
Whatever 490 03:55:46 630 03:58:34 1120 07:54:20 TX 7     1
Robi Mulford 570 04:02:55 500 04:06:17 1070 08:09:12 F 8   1  
Huckleberries 440 03:46:10 590 03:39:30 1030 07:25:40 TX 9     2
Peg Davis 460 03:58:10 530 03:57:25 990 07:55:35 F 10   2  
Brooke Mann 460 03:54:35 500 03:56:55 960 07:51:30 F 11   3  
Team Tubac 320 03:48:05 630 03:37:30 950 07:25:35 TX 12     3
David Thompson 300 03:42:00 520 03:51:34 820 07:33:34 M 13 2    
Troy Couture NC 06:00:00 810 03:58:42 810 09:58:42 M        
Charlie Shabazian NC 06:00:00 720 03:56:50 720 09:56:50 M        
Stacy Boone 260 03:40:10 420 03:29:41 680 07:09:51 F 14   4  
Mark Prior 680 03:03:15 NC 07:00:00 680 10:03:15 M        
Shabazians 620 03:50:12 NC 07:00:00 620 10:50:12 TM        
Gerry Bach 300 03:47:33 310 03:52:27 610 07:40:00 M 15 3    
Mark Parsons 180 02:46:45 410 03:21:40 590 06:08:25 M 16 4    
Trunk Monkey 230 03:46:00 330 03:38:45 560 07:24:45 TX 17     4
Harry Zulch 510 03:54:08 NC 07:00:00 510 10:54:08 M        
Glenn Haselfeld NC 06:00:00 470 03:10:00 470 09:10:00 M        
Sarah Savage 190 03:49:15 270 03:55:00 460 07:44:15 F 18   5  
Debra Allen 220 03:29:31 160 03:21:47 380 06:51:18 F 19   6  
Dan Yamashiro DNF 06:00:00 350 03:26:46 350 09:26:46 M 20 5    
Telia Curtis NC 06:00:00 310 03:52:28 310 09:52:28 F        
Rob Shabazian NC 06:00:00 300 03:55:44 300 09:55:44 M        
Mathew Shabazian NC 06:00:00 290 03:55:10 290 09:55:10 M        
Ian Swift 140 02:27:30 130 03:04:48 270 05:32:18 M 21 6    
Heather McLean 60 04:05:41 200 03:56:18 260 08:01:59 F 22   7  
Scorpions 260 03:28:36 NC 06:00:00 260 10:28:36 TM        
Cardinal Sin 260 04:29:00 NC 06:00:00 260 11:29:00 TM        
Lee Magnusson DNF   NC       M        
Mariah Bruns DNF   NC       F        
Rogue Toe DNF   NC       TX        
VP DNF   NC       TM