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Rocky Ridge County Park June 13, 1998 course results: White  Yellow  Orange  Green  Red  Amidst a maze of American flags and purveyors of food supplements, a handful of brave orienteers discovered our registration desk after following a hastily deployed trail of streamers and the familar orange and white control bags. With the arrival of the first Green course runner, we heard what no meet director or course setter wants to hear: "The first control is in the wrong place." Course setter Mark Voit blasted out, and to his chagrin, discovered that the streamer he had set for the first control on the Green course had not been eaten by deer as he had guessed the day before, but marked the correct control setting while the control bag lay 70 meters away. We anxiously awaited the arrival of the first competitor of each of the courses, but every other control was discovered in its proper position. The red course was judged to be "tough but fair" by veteran Brad Whitmore. The overcast and threatening weather kept many beginners and families away. Their instincts turned out to be correct as around 3:00 PM, the skies opened and a thunderstorm cell containing millions of gallons of water, cascading in drops the size of thick pencils, exploded over some of our more intrepid competitors, including yours truly running her first red course. The rain forced a handful of us to conclude our adventures prematurely, hence the sprinkling of "DNF"s amongst the finishers. All in all, it was a good time nonetheless, with challenging courses and lovely woods. Kudos to all the SVO volunteers who donated their time during the day, in particular, Brad Gibson (who ventured out onto his first orange course this day!), Peter Irvin and his friend who staffed registrations for the first 2 1/2 hours of the day. Special thanks to Marilee and Mike Ball and Brad Whitmore for running starts and picking up controls in the rain. It's the volunteer work that makes these events possible! Mark Voit set all the courses, driving up from Baltimore several times to scout the area and plan each course. He drew the lion's share of the maps as well. I think we'll forgive him for the mis-set control. This once. :) MEET RESULTS WHITE Course Karen Boyd 51:57 Back to top YELLOW Course Audra Supplee DVOA 45:30 Keim Group SVO 70:41 Debbie Barnes SVO 82:25 Wayne and Kathie Parsons SVO 131:59 Bullock Group 158:20 Back to top ORANGE Course Joshua George SVO 70:50 Ralph Tolbert DVOA 90:59 Glenn Boyer 128:20 Sue Harford DVOA 141:18 Charley Parker DVOA 147:02 Irvin Group SVO 175:18 John and Karen Kalloz SVO 202:19 Brad Gibson SVO DNF Spencer Downing Group SVO DNF Back to top GREEN Course Mikeljon Nikolith QOC 85:00 Drew Richardson SVO 109:53 Ed Niemann SVO 120:30 Michael Christenre OK-HTF 120:38 Schneiderman/Thurston 144:38 Randy Hall 146:34 Jeff Haskell QOC 153:20 Dale Parson DVOA 155:17 Marilee Ball SVO 159:18 Richard March SVO 162:07 D. Johnson QOC DNF Back to top RED Course Brad Whitmore SVO 69:28 Mihai Veres SVO 69:50 Clem McGrath DVOA 81:17 Mike Ball SVO 93:55 Mark Frank DVOA 99:14 Brian Supplee DVOA 107:30 Robt Buraczynski DVOA 109:33 Francis Hogle QOC 130:54 Sandy Fillebrown DVOA 141:14 Donna Rutten DVOA 167:39 Ananda Ranasinghe QOC 212:44 Steve Aronson DVOA 231:08 Brian Foster SVO 276:55 Frantisek Braisec DNF Megan Donahue SVO DNF Andrew Griner DNF Ann Buraczynski DVOA DNF Back to top