Saguaro Lake: 2-hour Score-O
Results
Saturday, January 30, 2021

Thanks to Erik Ringnes for the cool picture.

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Writeup

With several days of rain during the week, we were a little worried about conditions for the event. As it turned out, the weather was bright and sunny and, with the exception of the parking area, there was little to no mud on the course. It turned out to be a great Phoenix winter day for orienteering. With the great weather, we also had a record turnout for our event with sixty participants joining us. Thanks to everyone who enjoyed the day with us. We spend a good deal of time designing courses and hanging/retrieving bags. Our big payoff is getting to spend time with you during the event.

We tried to design a course that would be long enough to be interesting for our big dogs yet still allow several to clear the course. After fires severely affected areas around the Saguaro Lake event site, the terrain has become very open with wild horses grazing the area. Participants were rewarded with contact with 20+ wild horses in the area as well as very runnable terrain.

Two individuals visited all the controls on the course. Andy Wentzel blasted his way through the course in just over 1:11. Marci Beard also cleared the course in 1:46. We'd like to get more people clearing the course, but we also don't want to spend time setting controls that no one visits. For Andy, we may need to drive to a distant point and put one bonus control just for him to run to. Mike Zampino and Brian Durrell both visited 19 controls. We had another group of 5 individuals that visited all but 2 or 3 controls. In one of the more impressive performances for the day, the all girl high school team AJ-1, a JROTC team from Apache Junction, also visited most of the controls to lead our team categories for the day.

On the other end of the scale, we had a number of teams and individuals joining us for a more leisurely day. Team Marrio, Lucy, Free Candy Van, and IDK took time to practice their skills and enjoy the wild horses in the area. Team Generation was helped by the map-reading and hiking skills of their three-year-old guide. We're happy to give beginners and families the opportunity to enjoy exploring nature on a nice sunny day.

Thanks again to everyone who joined us for our event. We hope to see you again soon.


Volunteers

Course Setters: Irene Fabig, Ron Birks
Meet Directors: Irene Fabig, Ron Birks
Bag Hangers: Irene Fabig, Brian Fabig, Ron Birks
Water Station Setup: N/A
Equipment Hauling: Ron Birks, Kathi Douglas
Setup/Tear-down: Ron Birks, Irene Fabig, Dan Yamashiro
Registration Table: Irene Fabig, Ron Birks
Timing Table: Irene Fabig, Ron Birks
Beginners Clinic: N/A
Control Retrieval: Jeff Brucker, Degan Brucker, Dan Yamashiro, Irene Fabig, Brian Fabig
Tabulating Results: Ron Birks

Score-O Summary

Course Statistics  
Total Points 610
Number of Controls 20
Straight-Line Distance (km) 7.8
Climb (m) 315
Total Participants 60
Number of Minutes 120
Penalty Per Minute 10

2-Hour Score-O Results

Finish Name Total Points Penalty Final Points Num Controls Time Category M F TM TF TX Team Members
1 Andy Wentzel 610 0 610 20 1:11:28 M 1
2 Marcy Beard 610 0 610 20 1:46:33 F 1
3 Mike Zampino 600 10 590 19 2:00:08 M 2
4 Brian Durrell 580 0 580 19 1:56:38 M 3
5 Fenmi Eren 560 0 560 18 1:45:04 M 4
6 Hollon Kinney 560 0 560 18 1:59:33 M 5
7 Tim Stefek 520 0 520 16 1:57:58 M 6
8 Jon Ferlise 540 20 520 17 2:01:37 M 7
9 Dan Yamashiro 500 0 500 17 1:54:06 M 8
10 AJ-1 440 0 440 15 1:54:37 TF 1 Heather Quirk, Adelyn Simpson, Gracie Simpson
11 John Flores 440 0 440 13 1:59:07 M 9
12 Tina Stefek 430 0 430 14 1:58:10 F 2
13 Save Pluto 420 0 420 14 1:54:36 TX 1 Paul Kent, Julie Kent, Ed Baker, Heidi Heister
14 Flag Fam 400 0 400 14 1:53:58 TF 2 Amber Tinstman, Sophie Naughton
15 Wayne Cottrell 410 20 390 12 2:01:22 M 10
16 Team Invictus 450 70 380 14 2:06:40 TX 2 Carolyn Lesky, Bryan Thelen, Seth Wilson
17 AJ-3 360 0 360 11 1:52:40 TM 1 David Hofmann, Lawrence Burney
18 Ethan Lacanienta 310 0 310 10 1:58:50 M 11
19 John Beard 300 0 300 12 1:32:13 M 12
20 Shane Lacanienta 290 0 290 9 1:53:20 M 13
21 Kyle Seifullin 260 0 260 10 1:51:06 M 14
22 Vedat Teke 210 0 210 8 1:43:24 M 15
23 Road Runners 210 10 200 7 2:00:05 TX 3
24 Team 1 190 0 190 9 1:54:37 TX 4 Telia Curtis, Justin St. Clair
25 Heather McLean 190 0 190 8 1:56:12 F 3
26 TJ Kuhn 180 0 180 8 1:54:41 M 16
27 AJ-2 160 0 160 6 1:47:10 TM 2 Taylor Crichton, Ethan Laduron
28 Bonnie Flores 120 0 120 5 1:48:38 F 4
29 Team Generation 90 0 90 5 1:31:00 TX 5 Erik Ringnes, Valerie Ringnes, Chelsea Ringnes, Maya Ringnes
30 AR-AZ 250 160 90 11 2:15:59 M 17
Team Marrio REC REC REC REC REC TF Emma Loomis, Brianna Freacas
Team Lucy REC REC REC REC REC TX Tom Lucy, Ella Loomis
Peg Davis 550 REC REC 17 REC F
Scott Woods 340 REC REC 10 REC M
Free Candy Van 90 REC REC 5 REC TM Isaiah Nunez, Blake Rankin, Jess Rankin, Juan Nunez
IDK 90 REC REC 5 REC TM Justin Crowder, Connor Wilson, Seth Wilson