Spence Creek Orienteering Results
May 7, 2016

Glenn Haselfeld, Course Setter/Director

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Control #12 on Green and Blue courses. Photo by Erik Ringnes

It was a cloudy and cool day (with even a bit of rain and hail) for running the Classic courses. We had a total of 34 orienteers out on foot and/or mountain bike. The advanced (Green and Blue) courses turned out to be a bit of a technical challenge, with slower-than-normal course completion times and several "did-not-finish" (DNF) results. Hopefully, as the logged areas grow back, the trails will become more distinct and the temporary paths will fade away.

For the Biking course, the Old-N-Phat team (Dave Sewell & Michael Taylor) easily won the event with a time of 2:32:50. Ron Birks had the second fastest time of 3:27:47. Ron (who had already completed the Blue course) was retrieving the controls while racing. Somehow, he has mastered riding a bike while draping 16 controls over one arm! Ron was also the only one to complete both the Bike and Foot events.

To see the routes taken on the Blue course by Ron Birks and Erik Ringnes, download the Blue tracks file. Ron's track is a magenta color, while Erik's is Green. You will note the different approaches to route choice--Ron took more trails, while Erik chose more off-trail approaches.

Thanks much to the volunteers for helping with the event, especially those who helped retrieve controls after completing a course: Ron Birks, Rick Eastman, Andy Wentzel, Erik Ringnes and Russ Pilcher.

Yellow Course Results

Course Length (km) Elevation (m) Equivalent distance (km) Winning Time @ 8 min/km # Controls
Yellow 2.7 61 3.3 26 min 12
Place Name Team Size Time Out Time in Time(hr: min: s) Team Names # Controls
1 Team Calderwood TX 10:47 12:30:00 1:43:00 David Calderwood, Julie Calderwood 12
2 Team Ferguson TX 8:58 11:22:00 2:24:00 Jason Ferguson, Coral Schultz, Parker Ferguson, Jason Ferguson Jr. 12
3 Lyddane M 11:59 14:15:00 DNF 6

Orange Course Results

Course Length (km) Elevation (m) Equivalent distance (km) Winning Time @ 8 min/km # Controls
Orange 4.9 134 6.2 50 min 13
Place Name Team Size Time Out Time in Time(hr: min: s) Team Names # Controls
1 Tempe Terrors TX 10:42 13:23:00 2:41:00 Magda Johnson, Erik Johnson 13
2 Willcox II TM 10:36 14:06:20 3:30:20 Paul Willcox, Ben Willcox 13
3 Team Gunstra TX 11:00 14:22:00 OT Matt Gunstra, Amber Gunstra 13
4 Team Vintage TX 11:12 12:59:00 DNF Mary Jo Toledo, David Toledo 4
5 Carl Lind M 9:22 10:51:00 DNF 4

Green Course Results

Course Length (km) Elevation (m) Equivalent distance (km) Winning Time @ 8 min/km # Controls
Green 6.4 158 8.0 63 min 16
Place Name Team Size Time Out Time in Time(hr: min: s) Team Names # Controls
1 Nakai Lake M 9:16 10:58:05 1:42:05 16
2 Russ Pilcher M 9:33 13:05:37 3:32:37 16

Blue Course Results

Course Length (km) Elevation (m) Equivalent distance (km) Winning Time @ 8 min/km # Controls
Blue 8.9 256 11.5 92 min 20
Place Name Team Size Time Out Time in Time(hr: min: s) Team Names # Controls
1 Ron Birks M 9:37 11:41:42 2:04:42 20
2 Erik Ringnes M 9:30 11:55:37 2:25:37 20
3 Andy Wentzel M 11:18 14:02:01 DNF 11
4 Puddin's Peeps TM 10:20 12:41:40 DNF Rick Eastman, David Evans, Brian Geisler 10
5 Trunk Monkey TX 10:27 13:48:00 DNF Jill Kyle, Bryan Thelen 10
6 Team Mahoney TX 10:17 12:57:50 DNF Kevin Mahoney, Christie Christian 6

Bike-O Results

Course Length (km) Elevation (m) # Controls
Bike-O 23 350 16
Place Name Team Size Time Out Time in Time(hr: min: s) Team Names # Controls
1 Old-N-Phat TM 9:57 12:29:50 2:32:50 Dave Sewell, Michael Taylor 16
2 Ron Birks (Retrieval) M 14:08 17:35:47 3:27:47 16
3 Hollon Kinney M 10:24 14:25:00 OT 16
4 Derek Young M 11:30 14:00:01 DNF 11
5 Lunatic Fringe TM 10:00 13:58:00 DNF Charles Phillips, Steve Winslow 8

Combined Bike/Foot Challenge Race

Place Name Combined Time
1 Ron Birks 5:22
2 Team Vintage DNF