I always enjoy setting courses at Spring Lake. The terrain has a wonderful mixture of technicality and accessibility unique to our local maps. The undulating, rocky terrain around the lake itself makes for challenging white and yellow courses, while the detail-ridden, slightly steeper hills of neighboring Annadel force advanced competitors to stay in close contact with the map or risk making large, hard-to-correct errors.
An added bonus to the event this year was the presence of pre-marked maps drawn on OCAD! A big "Thank You" to Bob Cooley for placing the Spring Lake map on OCAD and thus doing away with master maps and map corrections!
The weather was good for early November, and a larger turnout than expected helped make the event a success. Below are the complete results.
On the courses, the Hasenrick family sped through the White course in 37:21 to best a field of 26. First -timers Eddie Freyer (58:11) and Kathryn Buchan (63:03) led all Yellow course participants. Based on their excellent results and enthusiasm after the event, expect to see these two out at future events, maybe on Orange next time.
The Orange course toured the more complex terrain on the northeast portion of the map. Jouko Lahtinen proved he's ready to move up by blazing through the course in 46:03, followed by Randy Thomas in 70:45 and Michael Slavin in 76:29. Vivian Lee topped the women's field with a solid time of 88:12, followed by Rosalie Rybka and Sharon Evans. Michihiro Kamijima led the field on Green, posting an impressive time of 53:32, followed by Kent Ohlund (61:45) and George Minarik (63:37). Sarah Minarik beat out her mom Leslie to lead the women's field, posting a solid 87:32.
Every aspect of the event ran very smoothly with the help of a great group of volunteers. Judy and Dick Koehler helped set up the start and finish areas and ran early starts. Gary Kraght did his usual great job with beginners clinics and irate ranger negotiations (thanks Gary!); Michihiro Kamijima worked the later starts and helped break down the start area after everyone was out on a course. Tom and Sandy Guldman and helper worked registration. Vivian Lee helped work the finish chute. Dave Barr, Chris Taylor, Kelly Wells, and Cheryl Madson all picked up controls, and more people than I can name or remember helped with calculating finish times and posting results. Thanks again to all of you.
White Course 2.8 km 50m 10 controls
1) Carol, Bob & Kendra Hasenrick 37:21
2) Phimister-4 43:36
3) Eric Russell, Gretchen Michaels, Christine S. 51:36
4) Rhonda Shea 53:58
5) Bailey-Gates, Pack 7 Den 4 (4) 54:07
6) Brett & Rosa Carver 57:25
7) Liz Colwell group (4) 60:36
8) Tom, Suzi, Jessica, Kyla Greer 67:14
9) Susan Richards 96:19
Yellow course 3.8 km 110 m 10 controls
1) Eddie Freyer 58:11
2) Kathryn Buchan 63:03
3) Caruso & Tynes 77:08
4) George & Pat Aster 83:40
5) Bob, Carol & Kendra Hasenick 88:13
6) Julie Wells 89:44
7) Judy & Dick Koehler 91:32
8) Farley (3) 94:58
9) Andy McGugan & Margaret Kentzler 97:01
10) Dinneen, Bailey-Gates, Engle 109:53
11) Daniel Ohlund & Matt Graydon 114:58
12) Rich Catalano 116:52
13) Jan Wolfe 116:54
14) Tom Dakan 126:02
14) John Gray 126:02
16) Shirley Kennedy 128:33
17) Aubrey, Shelley, Bob, Hope 135:09
18) Dominie Del Rio 142:34
19) Daniel Wolfe 172:45
Annaka & Jamie DNF
O'Toole (4) & Dolson (4) DNF
Orange 3.2 km 200 m 11 controls
1) Jouko Lahtinen 46:03
2) Randy Thomas 70:45
3) Michael Slavin 76:29
4) Vivian Lee 88:12
5) Rosalie Rybka 103:14
6) Sharon Evans 109:58
7) Sandy & Tom Guldman 110:47
8) Burchill & Greenham 127:41
9) Dave Royal & Greg Volker 128:44
10) Idell Weydemeyer 130:14
Everett & Jean Beuerman DNF
Green 3.9 km 235 m 13 controls
1) Michihiro Kamijima 53:32
2) Kent Ohlund 61:45
3) George Minarik 63:37
4) Gary Carpenter 65:29
5) Ian G. Ramsey 66:45
6) Kelly Wells 70:39
7) David Jorgensen 74:54
8) Bob Anglin 77:40
9) Chris Taylor 78:07
10) Sarah Minarik 87:32
11) Robert Lewis 87:38
12) Mark Blair 98:53
13) Leslie Minarik 113:51
14) David Barr 119:11
15) Eric Rosenzweig 126:42
16) David Meredith 166:24
17) Joan Roos 180:53
Peter Olsten DNF