This year's Egg-O featured an expanded map of Shoreline Park and a whole new area for our children's and beginners' courses. Much of the new area was closed to orienteering for the owl nesting season, but we still had plenty of land for our beginner and children's courses. In the months after October, we should be able to use the low rolling hills for even more interesting beginner courses.
We set up two Start-O courses with a twist - instead of punching at each control, the children had to collect a numbered egg from each control location and return it for a treat. It was a lot of fun watching children carefully (or not so carefully) carry the plastic eggs to the finish for their treat. Our administrator of the Start-O finish line had the added task of keeping his determined infant son from taste testing all the treats - no eggs, no treats! Below are the complete results.
The White course followed various linear features, mostly fences, around the open area that we could use. Although it was open, it was also expansive enough that people usually couldn't see the entire course because the ground had a slight rise that made such views impossible.
For those with longer legs, we had a 4.2 km Yellow course that used various trails far out into the wetlands with some route selections. That course was just right for those who wanted a long walk or medium run.
For those who wanted a little more challenge, we had an 8.1 km Score-O course that stretched over the entire map.
On all our courses, we had 83 entries with about 145 people. That's a record for the Egg-O, which has had steadily growing popularity ever since its beginning in 1997.
Fortunately, we also had a record number of volunteers to help with the record crowd. Matthias Kohler helped set the controls, manage starts, and pickup controls. Ev&Jean and Steve Beuerman managed registration. Thorsten Graeve, the original mapper of the park, gave beginner clinics and helped with the Start-O. Derek Maclean managed the Start-O. Chuck Spalding helped with beginner's clinics and various other functions. Jeff Lanam managed the finishes. Neal Barlow managed results and helped pickup controls.
Start-O Course 1 0.5 km, 0 m climb
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Libby Cronin and Janet Girardot 4:00
Alex 5:10
Melissa and Joyce 5:30
Tarah and Ninna 6:30
Tara and Moira 6:18
Tigers (2) 7:36
Nell and Diana 9:40
Zion, Jessie, Brandon 10:00
Jessica and Mirian 11:50
Up&Win (3) no time
Start-O Course 2 0.7 km, 0 m climb
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Libby Cronin and Janet Girardot 4:00
Melissa and Joyce 4:05
Nell and Diana 4:30
Jessica and Mirian 4:35
Kristen 6:00
Jaakko Karras 6:07
Jukka Karras 7:30
Tarah and Ninna 7:20
Lady Sharks (2) 7:34
Simon and Lindsay 11:00
Elizabeth 11:45
Kate no time
Tara and Moira no time
Will and Kyle no time
Cisca and Anja no time
Sarah and Rita Sherwood, Josh and Alex Gelfenbaum no time
White Course 1.5 km, 2 m climb
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1. Elizabeth Cox 10:16
2. Tara and Moira Saxena +3 14:25
3. James Raives 16:41
4. Carl Rice 16:48
5. Kathy DeVoy 18:00
6. Stacey Raawe, Robyn Mocklin, Megan Durst,
Laura Adlawan, Megan Sheedy 19:00
7. Stephanie Coleman, Meghan Thomas,
Becky Lindh, and Laura Hodge (GSA troop 111) 19:39
8. Kristen Briggs, Krystina Chat,
Janelle Miranda, Jenny Hajar (GSA troop 110) 20:45
9. Bob, Barb, Sam 20:46
10. Emily Hou 21:41
11. Jason Rusuff 22:23
12. Dawn and Holly Bailey, Jessica Peters 22:40
13. Swope team (3) 23:20
14. Amy, Chelsea, Megan, Angela, Kelly (GSA troop 345) 24:03
15. Jean and Ev Beuerman 24:10
16. Lauren P. Wood +5 25:17
17. Katrina and Ginger van der Linden and Jim Harriss 25:20
18. Catherine, Rochelle Ruiz, Nikki Van Aken,
Molly Boesiger, Ed (GSA troop 111) 26:09
19. Allison Herd, Mirian, Jessica, Ronele, Diana,
Joyce, Tarah, Melina, and Nina (GSA troop 295) 27:10
20. Kristen Pitsenbarger 27:29
21. Cecil, Kim, and Cade Conkle 28:46
22. Sarah and Rita Sherwood, Josh and Alex Gelfenbaum 30:51
23. Jukka Karras 32:28
24. Lydia, Christina, and David Cox, Melyssa Luke,
and Samantha McLaren 36:40
25. Sheryl, Brandie, Poppy, Caroline 44:40
--. Curtis, Jill, Kate, and Ann Murphy DNF (missing #9)
Yellow Course 4.2 km, 10 m climb
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1. Jaakko Karras 32:12
2. Anu Persalo 33:23
3. Ed Boenig and Nick Bianchi 40:03
4. Tom and Alana Garvey 43:20
5. Jeff, Ana Maria, Alexander Boenig 48:12
5. Garrett Pitsenbarger 48:12
7. Jack, Athena, and Philip Myers 49:16
8. Don, Denise, Will, and Kyle Larsen 49:53
9. James Raives 50:38
10. Nicole Cronin and Lindsey Steinfeld 50:50
11. Tom and Leslie Rogers 54:48
12. Libby Cronin and Janet Girardot 56:40
13. Tom and Judy Cronin plus Bob, Joyce, and
Simon Steinfeld 58:39
14. Marty Chapman 62:49
15. Sherryl Kubel 84:07
16. Emily Hou 107:00
--. Mark Minnie and Kristin Chandler MSP #3
--. Bryan Swope MSP
--. Katelin Oliver and Elise Garvey MSP
--. Kevin Swope DNF
Score-O 8.1 km ??m 19 controls (1 point subtracted each min. OT)
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1. Neal Barlow 19- 0 =19 points 42:17
2. Steve Gregg 19- 0 =19 points 49:02
3. Chris Sherwood 19- 0 =19 points 52:21
4. David Dreyfuss 19- 0 =19 points 53:40
5. Panu Haaramo 19- 1(MSP)=18 points 42:40
6. Stew Hintz 17- 0 =17 points 57:52
7. Jeff Lanam 14- 1(OT) =13 points 60:58
8. Audrey Warmuth and Ken Douglas 15- 5(OT) =10 points 64:25
9. Roberta Pitsenbarger 4- 0 = 4 points 42:26
10. Steve Beuerman 12- 8(OT) = 4 points 67:12
11. Hannah Bunting, Jaki Dawdy, Melinda Martin 10-11(OT) = 0 points* 70:33
* No negative scores for finishers.