Results

Wow! 60's in November for our last event of the year. This event was a late addition to the schedule and therefore the turnout was low. But those who did show up had a great time on a wonderful day.

This was the State championship event. Up until now we hadn't had time for one. A couple months ago Brian M. mentioned that he would be willing to set up an event. He decided on Glacial Blue Hills in West Bend. He also decided to have the long course be without trails to make it championship tough. It worked and we had a excellent course, like a mini Cat's Meow.

The long course was 4.5K and hilly. The woods were really pretty with all the leaves off the trees. kevin ran the course in 39:43 to take the state title. Scott B. was second in 51:14 an d Ryan J. was 3rd in 59:58.

Thanks to Brian M., Eric R. and kevin for control retrieval and of course, Brian M. for setting the whole thing up. It was his first time as event director.

Long Course, 4.5K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	kevin	39:43	8:50 min/K
2	Scott B.	51:14
3	Ryan J.	59:58
4	Steve H.	78:14
5	Anthony/Eulalie	80:44
6	Eric R.	84:00
7	Bob F.	92:00
8	Vita V.	114:29
9	Susie M	126:40
10	Lee T.	133:31

Short Course, 2.2K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Jack/Jay(4)	72:03
2	Ben B.	72:56
3	Heather/Colin	96:25
4	Donna M.(4)	103:30

It was overcast and in the 50's. Rain was a threat that never materialized.

Lee T. continued his streak of setting up courses at Lapham Peak. This was his third or fourth year in a row. Thanks Lee.

There were two courses set, a 2.4K short and a 4.4K long. With 14 markers the long course was fast paced. You needed quick and accurate route choices. Any time spent standing around really hurt. Some had slower results than usual due to running the 10K race at the park in the morning.

Thanks to Brian M. and kevin(picked them up while running the course) for control retrieval.

Long Course, 4.4K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	kevin	34:42	7:53 min/K
2	Scott B.	43:09
3	Doug M.	45:20
4	Maricel O.	45:33
5	Chris S.	51:24
6	Mike R.	58:47
7	Andy D.	61:44
8	Dan D.	63:16
9	Charlie S.	63:18
10	Eric R.	63:48
11	Brian M.	72:03
12	Paul K.	76:02
13	Doug P.	97:47
14	Susie M.	101:00
15	Jeff(3)	113:19
16	Joe Elliot	120:57
17	Chris D.(2)	131:24
18	Schneider(4)	134:38
19	Felipe M.	135:42
20	Nick S.	139:00
21	AFROTC(4)	152:32
22	Swimming Angels(3)	158:52
23	Karen L.	159:03
24	Shawn F.(2)	191:03
25	Sweetness(3)	DNF
26	David R.	???

Short Course, 2.4K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Patti Z.	38:28
2	Ben S.	40:30
3	Alan B.(2)	61:08
4	Clark M.(4)	74:44
5	Tim B.(2)	84:28
6	Tom S.(2)	91:00
7	Doug M.(4)	92:35
8	Cathy Y.	98:08

It was a beautiful morning, partly cloudy and warm. We had 41 participants, including about 20 children, from toddlers to teen.

Some folks decided one course was enough, but the majority completed both courses. Everyone had fun, and there seemd to be quite a bit of interest in future events!

Thanks to Shane H. and the Seeley Family for picking up the markers.

Course A, 1.7K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Felipe/Piotr	25:05
2	Martin's(4)	27:40
3	Jaren B(2)	29:00
4	Madden's(4)	29:25
5	Kayley(2)	30:20
6	Esser's Best(3)	31:05
7	Mark/Lauren(4)	35:35
8	Zamba's(2)	36:28
9	Timm/Daris(5)	36:45
10	Seeley's(5)	46:30
11	Matt/Calvin	59:20

Course B, 1.3K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Felipe M.	13:50
2	Patty Z.	14:40
3	Piotr M.	15:25
4	Jim/Greg/Zoe	16:35
5	Martin's(4)	23:00
6	Timm/Daris(5)	27:00
7	Seeley's(5)	28:00

ComboA/B, 2.8K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Shane H.	33:40
2	Laura P.	39:25
3	Southworth's(4)	78:30

60 degrees, sunny, but still a bit cool with a chilly wind. 12 people participated and I think everyone enjoyed the day! It was perfect running weather.

The long course was a solid 6.5K. Carl S. showed up to claim 1st place with a nifty 57 minute run. Ian H. took 2nd in 64 minutes.

Thanks to Brian M. and MNOC who picked up the markers. It is really, no REALLY appreciated when people help pick up controls and don't you forget it!!! : )

Long Course, 6.5K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Carl S.	57:32	8:51
2	Ian H.	64:42
3	Jerritt J.	68:03
4	Mike C.	92:05
5	Steve B.	92:18
6	Brian M.	118:54
7	Jerry B.	142:42
8	Susie M.	151:59
9	Shane/Colleen	171:54

Short, 4.0K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Vita V.	101:34
2	Cathy Y.	DNF

HEPCAT! I loved terrain on the new map and the nice open woods on a lot of it. The weather did NOT cooperate, but it actually was a pretty cool day anyway. To start off it was really foggy and sprinkling a little bit. But I didn't get too wet setting up the courses. But by 11am the rain had pretty much stopped and it was nice, though cloudy and damp. At the end we got hit with a little more rain, but it wasn't bad. 27 people participated.

The long course was a middle distance of 4.6K with a long run out and in from the parking/start area. The first few markers were a bit easier, but after that there was more route choice and some tricky navigating. It wasn't super hard if you were careful. But if you weren't you could count on losing some time. Maricel O. from CAOC came back in 35:20, while east coast transplant Doug M. took second in 44:30. I didn't hear anything but nice comments about the courses/map.

Thanks to Brian M. who picked up the long course and Doug for snagging the short course. It is really, no REALLY appreciated when people help pick up controls and don't you forget it!!! : )

Long Course, 4.6K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Maricel O.	35:20	7:41
2	Doug M.	44:30
3	Jeff S.	45:53
4	Scott B.	47:00
5	Petar	58:00
6	Charlie S.	51:41
7	Anthony L.	65:12
8	Greg/Eric	79:20
9	Bob F.	85:00
10	Cory(3)	88:00
11	Brian M.	118:58
12	Valeri/Vera	125:00
13	Ben/Ben	135:00
14	Matt D.(4)	192:00
	Joseph	DNF
	Zach	DNF

Short, 2.5K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Doug M.(4)	90:50

It was a cool April day with the sun shining through the clouds once or twice. 40 people participated. Everything ran smoothly.

We had a very challenging long course of 6.7K, but that didn't stop anyone but Lee from successfully completing the course. Everyone seemed to enjoy it and the short course.

Thanks to Brian M., Chris S., Elk Bones, Steph and Anne for helping pick up controls and Lee T. for bringing water.

Long Course, 6.7K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Nick R.	81:00	12:05
2	Scott L.	82:00
3	Rick S.	89:00
4	Elk Bones(2)	90:00
5	Matt H.	95:00
6	Angela/Scott	101:41
7	Chris S.	103:31
8	Paula W.	104:00
9	Dan/Chris	118:00
10	Andy/Don	122:00
11	Jon B.	135:00
12	Brian M.	135:06
13	Susie M.	142:00
14	Bob F.	157:00
	Lee T.	DNF

Short Course, 1.9K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Amy W.	23:00
2	Steph H.	24:00
3	Carol J.	25:00
4	Jeff/Marc/Nate	34:00
5	Dan W.	37:00
5	Jake/Graham	37:00
7	Jim/Cody	38:00
8	Rachel/Phillip	49:00
9	Stoecker's(4)	78:00
10	Cathy	80:00
11	Chosy's(4)	140:00

Today it was overcast with temperatures around 30 degrees. The sandhill cranes were out in force. They could be seen walking in the field just 40 yards away and flying overhead. A redtailed hawk was building a nest in view, too. There were about 100 participants.

The scout event was first with a 50 minute score-O. We had one team get 11 markers in 50 minutes and 2 others got 9.

The regular event was also a score event.

Thanks to Brian M., Chris S., Dan, Chris and Cathy for helping pick up controls. Thanks to Chris D. for running registration for the scout event.

1 Hour Score-O

Place	Participant	Time	Score
1	Chris S.	38:51	15
2	Svein M.	41:00	15
3	Nick R.	42:00	15
4	Scott L.	42:00	15
5	Anthony L.	42:26	15
6	Mike R.	44:00	15
7	J.D.	46:00	15
8	Jeff/Dan	47:00	15
9	Brian M.	53:00	15
10	Dan D.(3)	52:39	15
11	Susie M.	54:00	15
12	Jon B.	54:00	15
13	Steph H.	58:00	15
14	Rick S.	53:00	14
15	Geiselman's(5)	60:00	12?
16	Rosa/Alana/Scott	58:40	11
17	Melanie(2)	64:00	14-4
18	Kate/Erin	52:00	7
19	Paul/(4)	59:00	7
	Andy/Kerry	82:00	15-15
	John C.(3)	102:00	15-15
	Bob W.	OVT	15-15
	B.S.(2)	????	???

Scout 45 Min Score-O

Place	Troop	Name	Time	Controls found	Points	Penalty	Score
1	Troop 108, Eagles	Ben, Jason, Zach, Carter	50:20	4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15	11	1	10
2	Troop 840, Explorers	Jonathon, Zack, Jacob, Logan, Skyler, Greg	46:00		9	0	9
3	Troop 514	Holdin	46:40		9	0	9
4	Troop 302	Bo	50:50	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,12	9	1	8
5	Troop 840, Northstars	Tyler, Chase, David, Eric, Drew	48:50		7	0	7
6	Troop 302	Jake, Haifan, Brett	50:40	7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15	8	1	7
7	Troop 122, Gellin Melons	Darren, Isaiah, Ethan Jarred	53:20	1,2,3,4,5,7,9,10,11,13,15	11	4	7
8	Troop 149	Matt, Michael, Colleen	50:20		7	1	6
9	Troop 840, Bushwackers	Ben, Nick, Austyn, Brendan	50:50	2,4,5,7,9,10,11	7	1	6
10	Troop 62-1	Tom, Wesly, Drew, Adam, Nick, Ty, Blake, Kari-Ann, Chris	51:20	1,2,3,4,5,6	6	2	6
11	Troop 302	Joe, Kent	34:00		4	0	4
12	Troop 122, Sirius	Alex	51:20	7,8,12,13,14,15	6	2	4
13	Troop 302	Kurt, Kendra, Rowan, Carol, Chris	53:50	7,9,10,11,13,14,15	7	4	3
14	Troop 108, Rattlesnakes	Colin, Andy, Peter, Chris	56:00	7,8,9,10,11,13,14,15	9	6	3
15	Troop 302	Sam, Ben, Josh	53:00	7,9,10,11,15	5	3	2
16	Troop 122, Supernovas	Mitch, Anubhav, Owen	55:10	7,8,12,14,15	5	6	0
17	Troop 62-2	Ben, Adam, Emmett, Jackson, Michael, Liam, Cody, Tim, Jeff	57:00	7,9,11,14,15	5	7	0
18	Troop 108, Dragons	Sebastin, Ryan, Steve	62:00	8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15	8	12	0

Today was a beautiful day. The temperatures were in the 50's and it was mostly sunny. We had 77 participants.

This was the inaugural day on the Cat's Pajamas map. It was made last spring by Ivar Helgesen. It has some typical moraine terrain. But unlike the other maps has more flat areas, fields and pine plantations. If you like more of a variety of terrain on your course, this is the map for you.

Everything went according to plan. We had quite a few new people and gave a few beginner's clinics. Winning times were right where we wanted them. We had a special guest, Anna S., who came up from St. Louis, MO. She a member of the U.S. junior team and showed why by winning the long course.

However, more important is the top finisher from the state of Wisconsin, since this was the state championship event. For the first time in club history this honor went to a woman. Ioana S. edged out Charlie S. by 2 minutes to claim the title. Congratulations Ioana.

Thanks again to Brian M. for helping pick up controls and Lee T. for helping with registration. If you ever want to help out at an event, just ask. We almost always can use an extra person for starts, registration and control pick up. It's a great way to get to know people better.

Long Course, 5.9K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Anna S.	62:40	10:37 min/K
2	Ioana S.	70:10
3	Charlie S.	72:19
4	Paula W.	81:04
5	Anthony L.	103:23
6	Chris S.	108:40
7	Ben/Liz	111:50
8	Bob F.	115:11
9	Eric/Greg	117:15
10	Brian M.	122:14
11	Barb/Marcus	128:22
12	Joe E.	155:19
13	Lee T.	158:44
14	Scott/Caryn	176:20
15	Paco(3)	177:37
16	Susie M.	189:03
	Matt/Ann	DNF
	CCFB(2)	DNF
	JROTC(5)	DNF

Short Course, 2.1K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Anna S.	16:42
2	Charlie S.	18:18
3	Team Dom(5)	38:50
4	Rich J.	46:26
5	Nick R.(3)	61:40
5	Deb/Paul	61:40
7	Doug(4)	67:15
8	Doug's Crew(3)	67:50
9	Scott(2)	68:49
10	Bob/Lisa	70:53
11	Golden Eagles(2)	72:09
12	Julie(4)	74:50
13	Gerry D.(5)	79:15
14	Norman's(5)	80:00
15	Jamieson(4)	88:10
16	Team Brownie(3)	99:13
17	Jim D.	138:00

Today was a beautiful day. The temperatures were in the 60's and it was mostly sunny. We had 74 participants.

It seemed like an orderly day at registration with people conveniently not all showing up at the same time.

Thanks again to Brian M. for helping pick up controls, Lee's friend for helping with registration and Lee T. for once again setting up the Lapham Peak event. I'm sure he's getting to know the park better than almost anyone else.

If you had trouble with #10(long course) you weren't alone. From time to time you get a misplaced control even though we do our best to not let this happen. That was the case for #10. Sorry about that....

Long Course, 6.6K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Scott B.	65:18	9:54 min/K
2	kevin	68:50	10:26 min/K
3	Charlie S.	81:32
4	Mike R.	85:32
5	Scott/Todd	87:20
6	Matt H.	96:09
7	Kelly/Shawn	97:14
8	Chris S.	100:52
9	Barb/Marcus	111:58
10	Joe E.	114:22
11	Brian M.	118:42
12	Patrick K.	121:27
13	Ioana/Greg	122:42
14	John B.	122:49
15	Susie M.	131:30
	Terry B.	DNF
	Tom W.	DNF
	First Basis(2)	DNF
	Halflife(5)	DNF
	Matt/Ann	DNF
	Clark/Luke	DNF
	Nancy U.	DNF
	Joe W.	DNF
	Roger S.	DNF

Short Course, 2.8K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Norman Fam.(5)	84:52
2	Lynch(3)	89:36
3	Cullen/Tamara	59:00
1	Larissa	109:50
2	Cathy Y.	85:28
3	Callie/Erik(3)	68:55
1	Kristin R.	60:11
2	Bret/Tesha	88:18
3	Chris/Hai Fan(3)	72:18
1	Mickee W.	113:15
2	Scott/Jerry	115:14
3	Hunter/Ben	81:23
1	Dark Angels(4)	66:28
2	Square(4)	98:25

Today was a beautiful day. The temperatures were in the 60's and it was partly sunny. A few threatening clouds passed by, but nothing serious.

We had a small turnout which was too bad. Svein set up a beautiful short course and a nice challenging long course. Hel also brought some watermelon for after the courses. Everything went off without a hitch, as we ended our spring portion of the year.

Thanks again to Brian M. for helping pick up controls, and Svein for setting it up and running registration

Long Course, 4.9K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	kevin	47:20	9:40 min/K
2	Ioana S.	54:59
3	Scott B.	56:10
4	Matt H.	66:10
5	Brian M.	68:44
6	Bob F.	94:02
7	Suzy M.	156:50
	Chris/Gail	DNF

Short Course, 2.8K

Place	Participant	Time
1	David/Robin/Tim	71:35
2	Amy/Brian	98:42
3	Haifan/Chris	101:35

The weather was supposed to be in the low 50's with a good chance for a little rain. But a cold front moved in and made it a bit chilly for standing around in. It was nice for hiking and running in the hilly West Bend park. 27 people turned out to participant.

There was only one course for this event, a long course with 19 controls. But the long course participants were required to do the course without a map. At each control they would find a small piece of the map which showed where the next control was. You would have to memorize the route before leaving.

Memory O is a good exercise for what you should be doing even when you have a map. You need to simplify the route you take and ignore lots of the details along the way. This exercise forces you to do that.

Thanks to Ioana S. and her friend for setting up the event and running registration. Also, thanks to Brian who hung around to help pick up controls. That kind of help is always greatly appreciated. : )

Memory O, 5.7K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	kevin	47:24	8:19 min/K
2	Rick S.	77:00
3	Brian M.	80:00
4	Armando	123:00
5	Ryan(w/map)	83:00
6	Carrie(w/map)	108:00
7	Susie M.(w/map)	130:00
8	Nathan(w/map)	135:00
9	Amy(3)(w/map)	137:00

Short(first 9 markers), 2.6K

Place	Participant	Time
1	AF Rotc(7)	86:00
2	Lee T.	72:00
3	Vita V.	119:00
4	Eric(3)(w/map)	50:00
5	Nancy/Kayleen(w/map)	114:00
6	Deb/Paul(w/map)	134

We finally had some fortune with the weather. Temperatures were in the 60's and it was sunny. In fact, it was probably too warm. But we'll take it!

About 60 people showed up to enjoy the weather and some orienteering. The courses turned out to be too challenging. Times on both the long and the short courses were much longer than usual. Much of this was due to the prickly ash which has increased dramatically since the map was made. Many areas that were once very enjoyable to run in have become covered with the thorny trees. Unless there is improvement in the area, I suspect we will not be using it much in the future. While the terrain is very interesting, the thorns are a bit overwhelming. We have many other areas that are much more enjoyable and have much nicer forest.

Thanks to Ryan for setting up the event and running registration.

Long Course, 5.6K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	kevin	77:38	13:52 min/K
2	Charlie S.	91:00
3	Mike R.	102:00
4	Anthony L.	119:00
5	Eric/Greg	143:00
6	Patrick B.	153:00
7	Svein	171:00
8	Barb/Marcus	195:00
9	Vita	223:00
	Ryan S.	DNF
	Dennis/Chris	DNF
	Tom W.	DNF
	Paul G.	????
	Lee T.	DNF
	Brian T.	DNF
	Ryan R.	DNF
	Ed/Dan	DNF
	Nathan B.	DNF
	Matt H.	DNF
	Brian M.	DNF
	John B.	DNF
	Nathan(3)	DNF
	Chris B.	DNF
	Dan J.	DNF

Short, 2.0K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Ben/Scott	66:00
2	Elk Bones	75:00
3	Aase(2)	78:00
4	JRotc(4)	83:00
5	Teri B.	127:00
	Erin/Rosa	DNF
	Bucktooth Snakes(4)	DNF
	Broken Kings(4)	DNF
	Spartans(5)	DNF
	Wyvers(4)	DNF
	Alicia B.	DNF

We've had a record year for snow in some places in Wisconsin. So, on this 40 degree day with sunshine it was still possible to run in the white stuff. It's becoming a Badger Club tradition. It was a beautiful day and the woods were a wintery wonderland. Some people were skiing the trails when I arrived early to set up the last few controls. Charlie S. ended up hanging them by skiing to the locations.

But the snow was only about ankle deep in most places, and early runners stayed on top of it. Later in the day it softened up which made running more difficult. The winning time was just under 10 min/K(42:06) and was posted by Maricel O. from CAOC. Scott B. appears to have stayed fit over the winter and logged a strong second place finish in 50:25. Charlie S. rounded out the top 3 with a 53:41.

Thanks to Charlie S. for hanging a few controls and Ivar H. for helping to pick up controls at the end.

Long Course, 4.4K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Maricel O.	42:06	9:34 min/K
2	Scott B.	50:25
3	Charlie S.	53:41
4	Ioana S.	60:46
5	Eric/Greg	71:49
6	Dragos	73:55
7	Pam S.	78:20
8	Rick S.	82:30
9	Paula W.	86:56
10	Anthony L.	99:26
11	Susie M.	124:38
12	Bill/Betsy	140:20
	Matt H.	DNF
	Ben S.	DNF
	Carol J.	DNF

Short, 2.4K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Paul B.(3)	60:07
2	Ben(2)	70:55
3	Bucktooth Snakes(3)	72:00
4	Team Bailey(4)	75:33
5	Doug M(4)	87:13
6	JROTC(3)	???
	Cathy Y.	DNF

For the 4th year in a row we got hit with snow at our final event. There was no snow on Friday, but by Sunday we had 5 inches and it was drizzling. But the park had plowed the road we needed, and Ryan had set up some nice courses. Temperatures were just above freezing all day.

With many people anticipating bad driving conditions and lots of snow the turnout was quite small(19). But those who came had nothing but good things to say at the end of their runs. Kellings Lakes is indeed a very nice place for orienteering. And the courses offered a good challenge. The road, by the way, were in good driving condition for the most part.

Kevin picked up the coveted title of Wisconsin State Champion with a time of 61:20. Not far behind was Joe S., who made the trip up from Chicago. Anthony L. finished 3rd with what may be his best ever finish. Nice job Anthony!

But all this fun would not have been possible without a lot of hard work by Ryan J. who set up his first ever club event. Everyone seemed pleased with the results of his efforts. Not only did he set up the courses, but also took down most of the markers. Thank you Ryan!

Long Course, 6.1K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	kevin	61:20	10:03 min/K
2	Joe S.	68:10
3	Anthony L.	75:10
4	Scott B.	83:00
5	Charlie S.	88:30
6	Erik M.	90:30
7	Nick R.	115:30
8	Greg/Eric	133:45
9	Andy M.	142:30
10	Brad/Beth	164:00
	Scott L.	DNF
	Scott S.	DNF

Short, 2.8K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Dan J.	76:45
2	Elk Bones(3)	91:30
3	Patrick B.	141:00

Writing only from rumors I heard....The weather was fantastic and we had a nice turnout. I set the courses, but was unable to be present, since I was competing at the U. S. Champs in Virginia. A team of others came together and took care of the day of the event work. Thanks to Lee T., Alan H., Ryan J. and anyone else who pitched in(I'd put your names up, but I don't know who you are.

From the course times I can see that the course was indeed tough. I'm sure times were also slower due to the often times rocky gound. I hope you enjoyed the challenge!

Long Course, 5.4K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Scott B.	72:14	13:23 min/K
2	Ioana S.	74:25
3	Ryan J.	78:15
4	Mike R.	86:03
5	Kathy B.	89:30
6	Svein M.	93:34
7	Brian M.	116:27
8	Leo G.	121:53
9	Anthony L.	129:43
10	Rick S.	131:03
11	Stan L.	139:55
12	Bees(2)	150:30
13	Gary L.	163:33
14	Lee T.	166:33
15	Bob F.	169:33
16	Shane H.	174:30
17	Vita	187:45
18	Brian K	190:25
	Bucktooth Snakes(4)	DNF
	Joe W.	DNF
	Jill R.	DNF

Short, 3.0K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Gary H.	40:34
2	Lisa/Scott	44:00
3	Alan H.	46:33
4	Matt P.	52:07
5	Going Commando(2)	53:10
6	Holden	56:00
7	JPK(3)	58:00
8	Joe(3)	62:00
9	NoName(4)	63:00
10	Stef H.	63:25
11	Carol J.	67:00
12	NHPD	80:15
13	Mike/Clayton	82:48
14	Random(2)	89:00
15	Jim/Jake	91:23
16	The Kids(3)	93:29
17	Robert(3)	93:45
18	Team Moxie(3)	100:00
19	Bret/Tesha	102:10
20	SexyFatMen(4)	115:16
21	Cummings(4)	127:27
22	LilPuddinTaters(5)	137:29
23	Lance T.	138:03
	Shadow(3)	DNF
	Horse Club(3)	DNF
	Teri B.	DNF
	Ana S.	DNF
	John B.	DNF
	Rachel G.	DNF

It was hot for this event, but we still had a great turnout. Thanks to Brian M. and Doug M. for helping pick up controls.

Long Course, 4.4K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Maricel O.	37:05	8:25min/K
2	Marco T.	39:19
3	Scott B.	49:22
4	Joe S.	49:28
5	Ioana S.	55:35
6	Maja T.	57:42
7	Rob K.	59:59
8	Anthony L.	61:08
9	Doug M.	66:28
10	Svein M.	70:27
11	Patrick	72:45
12	Jon B.	75:03
13	Brian M.	81:52
14	David Y.	82:52
15	Scott L.	84:55
16	Dan D.	85:06
17	Lisa M.	96:16
18	Shane(2)	112:55
19	Camper Kids(2)	118:10
20	Tracy	118:10
21	ShortStack(2)	154:38
	Bucktooth Snakes(2)	DNF
	Brain Z.	DNF
	ZQQQ4(3)	DNF

Medium

Place	Participant	Time
1	Kayleen	88:05+5
2	Deborah	96:25+4
3	MIK9940(2)	89:57+3
4	Mechelke(3)	130:01+3

Short, 2.2K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Buck Naked(2)	30:45
2	Going Commando(2)	32:05
3	Girls on a Mission(2)	36:04
4	Doug M.(3)	39:20
5	Miller(3)	39:56
6	Corinne	40:28
7	Clark/Maya	50:47
8	Fast Turtles(2)	52:13
9	Barron(4)	55:47
10	Joseph(2)	56:40
11	Matzek(3)	64:50
12	Hanso(3)	61:13
13	Grant/Brian	62:42
14	Dziengel(5.5)	66:00
15	Paul(3)	73:00
16	Butler(3)	78:03
17	Audrey(3)	99:00

The weather was perfect for the event. It was sunny and cool. I think temperatures ended up in the 60's. We got our best turnout ever for a Blue Mound event with 76 people participating. They were treated to some interesting orienteering in some greener than usual forest. Everything went off without a hitch.

Thanks go to Rich J. for setting up the courses and running registration. Shane and Colleen picked up the long course controls, and Rachael helped with registration for a bit. Thank you for you support.

Long Course, 4.8K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Joe S.	42:15	8:48min/K
2	kevin	46:07	9:36min/K
3	Ryan J.	62:24
4	Scott B.	63:53
5	Rick A.	66:24
6	Mike R./Teri	74:30
7	Svein M.	76:21
8	Leo G.	81:25
9	Brian M.	87:49
10	Bob F.	115:24
11	Eric W.(4)	128:13
12	David P.	132:02
13	Lee T.	138:18
14	Stephanie K.(2)	141:49
15	Eric Racers(3)	148:52
18	Shane/Colleen	153:25
16	Duane/Liz	171:16
17	John J.	173:56
	ZQQQ4(4)	DNF
	Tony L.	DNF
	Jesse/Steph	DNF
	Eric Runners(2)	DNF

Short, 2.3K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Rachael G.	22:05
2	Andrew/Sarah(4)	32:40
3	Matt/Katie	36:09
4	Scott/Lisa	37:38
5	Michelle E.	39:16
6	Burke(3)	42:54
7	Susie M.	45:00
8	Geiselman Gang(3)	49:56
9	Bucktooth Snakes(4)	57:07
10	Team Juliette(5)	57:14
11	Bob/Arthur	64:50
12	Brian/Grant	65:27
13	Erika/Terry	76:02
14	Jeremy W.(5)	95:55
15	Mike/Josh	DNF

Today's event was the christening of our latest cat map, Cat's Agenda. This area across from Cat's Meow has a nice mix of trails, openings and wooded kettle moraine terrain. The long course was particularly challenging, with a variety of markers causing people problems.

I heard a lot of positive remarks about the new area, and would like to hear what you thought of it, as well. I felt the course was A-meet quality and the terrain is first class. You can tell good terrain from the results. The best people hold their own, but weaker orienteers fall back quite a bit. Some of the DNF's were from people who had to leave before they finished the course. It definitely was a good challenge and congratulations to all who found all the markers!

Maricel snuck in at the last minute and posted a 50:50 winning time. Marco was just a few minutes behind in 53:33.

Thanks to everyone who helped out. This would include Rich and Lee with registration, and Brian and Scott with control pick up. The temperatures were around 80 and mostly sunny. It rained lightly for a few minutes.

Long Course, 6.0K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Maricel O.	50:50	8:28
2	Marco T.	53:33
3	Joe S.	56:50
4	Jim G.	62:40
5	Scott B.	70:55
6	Charlie S.	85:33
7	Ioanna S.	94:07
8	Kathy B.	94:08
9	Gregg/Eric	99:40
10	Mike R.	106:25
11	Brian M.	113:35
12	Ryan/Karen	113:55
13	Ben/Liz	121:40
14	Paul/Dawn	129:27
15	Lisa M.	131:24
16	Dragos P.	153:50
17	Andrew L.	195:30
18	Drew/Rachel(4)	200:00
	Lee T.	DNF
	Jeremy H.	DNF
	Nick R.	DNF
	Paula W.	DNF
	Paul B.	DNF
	Maja T.	DNF
	Dan/Cathy	DNF
	Brittain(3)	DNF

Short, 2.6K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Alan H.	37:34
2	Rich J.	37:55
3	Gung Ho(3)	49:34
4	Mike H.(2)	57:22
5	3 Squad(3)	63:00
6	LLamas(3)	68:10
7	Lawren P.	68:35
8	Dominick R.(2)	68:45
9	Colleen/Shane	73:03
10	Danielle(2)	82:10
11	Jeremy S.(4)	88:05
12	Leah B.	99:45
13	Katie/Lori(4)	119:30
14	Eric D.(2)	188:00
	Jake/Cassandra	DNF
	Cog(4)	???
	Deb/Laura	???

We had a nice 50 degree day with partly cloudy skies. This led to having a nice turnout of over 50 people. The heavy snowfall from earlier in the week left the course soggy and snowcovered. The fact that our Devil's Lake map is of high quality and in a beautiful area, also contributed to the good turnout.

Thanks to Alexei D. who hung the markers and picked up most of them, too. I picked up a few, too, as I ran the course.

It was Alexei's goodbye to the club, as he will be returning to his homeland, Latvia, shortly. Hopefully, we'll see him again at some orienteering event in Europe! After all, it's a small, small world.

Also, thanks to Rich J. who sat in at the finish area when we left to pick up controls. Even little jobs like that make our job of putting on these events a little easier. Staying late to help pick up a few controls is also greatly appreciated.

Long Course, 6.2K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Maricel O.	56:34	9:07
2	kevin	58:14	9:24
3	Marco T.	72:00
4	Jim G.	72:31
5	Jeff S.	72:38
6	Ryan J.	73:20
7	Joe S.	75:27
8	Svein M.	81:35
9	Charlie S.	84:47
10	Scott B.	88:22
11	Lump 2(2)	100:54
12	Maja T.	111:03
13	Brian M.	130:20
14	Alan H.	132:20
15	Lee T.	147:12
16	Shane	168:16
17	Zhanet/Valeri	171:14
18	Joe/Pam	177:50
	Ioana S.	DNF
	Lisa M.	DNF

Short, 2.9K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Adam Z.	36:05
2	Eric P.	37:47
3	Rich J.	40:22
4	Michael C.	41:14
5	Angela/Karen	46:50
6	Bob/Arthur	56:25
7	Julie O.	62:25
8	Ryan/Jesse	64:40
9	Aries M.	73:25
10	Trackers 1(3)	82:17
11	Trackers 2(3)	83:05
12	Trackers 3(3)	84:06
13	LUMP 3(3)	91:55
14	Collen/Elysia	95:35
15	LUMP(3)	96:57

This day we had our 9th annual scout event. It was the end of spring break and the forecast was for thunderstorms. This may have been the cause for the smaller than usual turnout. We still had about 50 participants.

The weather was threatening all day, but during the scout event it didn't rain. During the regular club event it rained sporatically, but the temperatures weren't bad if you were moving. The event was a score-O where participants had 1 hour to find as many of the 16 markers as possible. Most of the regular club members were able to get to all of them within the time limit.

Thanks to Alan H. for hanging and picking up the controls. Also thanks to John S. for taking care of publicity and registration for the scout event. Everything went very smoothly, as usual.

Score-O(roughly 4.2K)

Place	Participant	Time	Score
1	kevin	37:00	16
2	Scott B.	37:18	16
3	Nick R.	53:36	16
4	Matt H.	53:44	16
5	Erik M.	54:25	16
6	Svein M.	54:30	16
7	Mike R.	63:05	16-4
8	Rich J.	60:15	11-1
9	Ben/Chase	55:04	6
10	Erin/Rosa	53:38	4
11	John S.	72:54	16-13

We christened our latest map at Wildcat Mound by holding a two day local event. The hope was to get a few more people to travel there, since it is fairly far away from our core of support in the Madison/Milwaukee areas. This strategy did get a few extra people who spent the night in Black River Falls and orienteered both days.

Attendance was 20 and 23 respectively, which is good considering the remote location. We drew people from Minnesota and Kansas. The weather was unseasonable warm with temperatures both days in the 70's. Add to that mostly sunny skies, beautiful forest and a new map, and you come up with a good time!

I didn't hear any major complains with the map. Overall, I think people found it to be an excellent area and a nice map. Participants were treated to great vistas from the top of the bluffs, where you could see in both directions for many miles.

I was please to find a few orienteers that were really happy to have a map a little closer to them than usual. This was one of the reasons I made the map in an area so far away from our base, to make it easier for some people to attend an event.

Thanks to Joe E. who helped me pick up markers on Day 1! Also, thank you to Lee T. for bringing water each day. And Lee T. and Cathy Y. for helping with registration on Day 2.

Charlie spent a long day at the park setting up three different courses. When he sends me a write up I'll post it here. This was the second event in a row that he set up! Thanks Charlie!

Short 1, 3K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Maricel O.	21:00	7:00min/K
2	Joe S.	22:45
3	Jeff S.	26:50
4	Igor S.	27:00
5	Chris D.	32:35
6	Milan K.	38:20
7	Lisa M.	41:33
8	Chris B.	44:00
9	Lee T.	52:00
10	Finigan's(2)	57:30
11	Marquette H.(3)	72:00
12	Eric/Dan	78:00
13	Patty/Shell(5)	83:00
14	Ashley(3)	115:00

Short 2, 4.0K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Maricel O.	29:30	7:23 min/K
2	Joe S.	30:51
3	Igor S.	40:27
4	Jeff S.	46:34
5	Lee T.	71:53

Night O, 5K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Maricel O.	57:00	11:24min/K
2	Milan K.	78:00
3	Chris/Scott	91:00
4	Patti Z.	140:00
5	Ashley(3)	162:00
6	Eric/Dan	187:00

A few years back we had an event we fondly call the snow goose. It was held at Goose Lake and we got 8 inches of snow the night before the event. This was in the years of lower attendance, and that pretty much knocked everyone out. I was the only runner to complete the long course.

Well, now we have a snow cat. Roughly 8 inches of snow fell in the Northern Kettle Moraine Friday and made this event similar to the snow goose. 30 people showed up and loved the terrain, though some weren't as fond of the snow that covered it. Temperatures were on the cold side, with the high around 20 degrees. What happened to the warm temperatures of last weekend?

The courses were, of course, challenging. The fastest long course time(Joe S.) was over 1 hour. Afterwards, he said he'd had a pretty clean run and kept in contact with the map at all times. I finished in 70 minutes(while picking up the controls) to reclaim the state championship title. Thanks go out to Charlie S. for setting everything up and hanging around to pick up markers afterwards.

This ends the 2006 version of the club. It was a very good year, but next year has even more promise. Ya'll come back now, ya hear?

Long Course, 5.9K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Joe S.	66:30	11:16min/K
2	kevin	70:00	11:52min/K
3	Jeff S.	81:45
4	Nick R.	82:35
5	David R.	91:23
6	Kris S.	94:21
7	Anthony L.	95:21
8	Ioana S.	98:50
9	Ryan J.	101:43
10	Paula W.	108:45
11	Scott B.	115:43
12	Joe E.	117:45
13	Leo G.	122:57
14	Andy M.	123:20
15	Mike R.	136:30
16	Brian M.	151:00
	Jim G.	DNF
	John B.	DNF
	Alan H.	DNF
	Lee T.	DNF

Medium, 4.0K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Carol J.	61:00
2	Greg/Eric	87:18
3	Rick H.	132:20
	Dan F.	DNF

Short, 2.3K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Joe S.	21:21
2	Sterling/Paul	99:00
	Megan/Eulalie	DNF
	Cathy Y.	DNF

Weather reports claimed a chance of rain/snow, but temperatures were in the mid 40's and we had a great grey fall day for orienteering. Thanks to new club member David R. who set the courses and to his family who ran registration. Also, thanks to Chris D. who helped David with control pick up.

Long Course, 6.1K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	kevin	51:20	8:25min/K
2	Maricel O.	55:07
3	Joe S.	63:52
4	Alexei D.	70:55
5	Jim G.	79:10
6	Jeff S.	83:45
7	Charlie S.	84:30
8	Chris D.	88:00
9	Nick R.	92:00
10	Bob F.	124:20
11	Alan H.	134:35
12	John/Charlie	135:00
13	Lee T.	141:50
14	Brian M.	147:30
	Kevin S.	DNF

Medium, 3.7K

Place	Participant	Time
1	D. Slayers(4)	63:45
2	Lisa M.	78:50
3	Vita V.	107:35

Short, 2.2K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Ian R.	33:07
2	W. Knights(3)	39:20
3	F. Knights(3)	49:15
4	Jeff(9)	52:15
5	Jerry B.	88:20
	Ray(5)	DNF
	Andy K.	DNF

It was a beautiful fall day and we had a fantastic turnout. The leave were changing colors and that made it very pretty out on course. Wish I had been there!

I'd like to thank Alexei for delivering the maps, Al C. and Bob F. for helping with registration, and Brian M. for helping with control pick up. Also, of course, a big thanks to Lee T. who put the event together.

Long Course, 5.2K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Marco T.	42:15	8:42min/K
2	Alexei D.	50:14
3	Scott L.	55:57
4	Rick S.	57:40
5	Jim G.	58:57
6	Scott B.	59:50
7	Maja T.	67:05
8	Bob F.	75:02
9	Ioana S.	76:06
10	Scott C.	77:04
11	Fat Otter2(3)	78:15
12	Chris Day	79:42
13	Chris D.	79:43
14	Fat Otter	83:15
15	Mike R.	83:40
16	Dan B.	83:52
17	Jim C.	84:47
18	John/Charlie	85:41
19	Rob K.	86:40
20	Rich J.	87:04
21	Paula W.	92:06
22	Brian M.	106:52
23	Northwind(3)	107:40
24	Callie/Erik	108:28
25	David S.	112:54
26	Carol J.	117:08
27	Dan D.	120:40
28	Tammy	122:06
29	B1G3(4)	142:43
30	5th Wheel(4)	145:43
31	Mark S(3)	159:23
32	Shawn F.	165:02
33	Kelly B.	174:02
34	Mike P.	No Time
35	Dragos P.	DNF

Short, 2.4K

Place	Participant	Time
1	John J.	27:00
2	Fredricks(3)	36:33
3	Clark M.	44:04
4	Levers(3)	44:30
5	Richard S.	44:42
6	Leo(4)	46:36
7	Scottina's	46:58
8	Kayleen K.	47:42
9	3 Blind Mice(4)	49:30
10	Kenneth(4)	50:55
11	Kristin R.	60:14
12	Schreibman(3)	61:42
13	Ooskadada(4)	71:37
14	Ericka K.	73:11
15	Superchix(4)	74:06
15	Scott L.(4)	74:06
17	Lincoln O.(5)	75:20
18	Christopher A.	80:40
19	Brad(3)	82:10
20	Aaron's Way(8)	82:11
21	Dan K.	88:02
22	Haifan D.	96:43
23	Patti Z.	112:07

Ho hum, another beautiful day for orienteering! It was windy and had some clouds to start, but by the end it was hot and sunny, a really nice fall day. 35 people came out to enjoy the courses that Rich set.

A big thanks to Rich J., Ioana S., Brian M. and Lee T. for picking up controls. And thank you to Rich for making it all possible.

Long Course, 5.8K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Maricel O.	56:53	9:48min/K
2	kevin	58:25	10:04min/K
3	Joe S.	65:16
4	Ioana S.	80:42
5	Alexei D.	84:51
6	Natalia B.	90:15
7	Alan H.	94:56
8	Brian M.	114:18
9	Anthony L.	119:39
10	Lee T.	126:26
11	Jeff P.	149:01
	Mike/Teri	DNF
	Jim G.	DNF

Medium,

Place	Participant	Time
1	John T.(2)	85:51
2	Vita V.	92:15
	Dave S.	148:00
	Patti Z.	DNF
	Randy/Carl	DNF
	Callie/Erik	DNF

Short

Place	Participant	Time
1	Madeline/Tamara	38:58
2	Deborah W.	48:54
3	Dawn P.(5)	63:01
4	Chris/Haifan	75:25
5	Lisa/Adam/Cassie	79:08

In an attempt to get more people we also opened this event up as a day event for those who are afraid of the dark. But as usual with late postings, this had little if any effect. Perhaps in the future we'll schedule a night event with a day event on the regular schedule.

The night O attracted people as far away as Lithuania. We had 13 participants, a common number for our night O events. The weather was pleasant and it was a very social event. Insects weren't a problem either.

Control pick up was smooth with Rich J. picking up markers as he went on loop 1 and Nic R. collecting loop 2 on his way around the course. Rick S. picked up the short course on his bike, and we were out of there by 11pm. Thanks to Rick S. for volunteering to set up the course, and Nick and Rich for picking up controls.

Long Course, 4.1K

Place	Participant	Split	Time	Min/K
Day	Giedre S.	18:00	40:00
1	kevin	19:00	40:15	9:49min/K
Day	Jurga S.	21:00	44:00
2	Scott L.	31:00	73:40
3	Scott B.	29:00	76:40
4	Joe/Alex	32:00	79:52
5	Lee T.	60:00
7	Callie/Erik	61:27
8	Rick J.	65:00
6	Nic R.	73:49

Short, 1.9K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Cathy Y.	65:00

We had another fantastic day! The temperatures were about 60 and it was mostly sunny. We had a nice turnout of 48. The long course was fantastic. It may have been our most challenging course ever. There were very few catching features(features that help you know when you missed a marker). The woods overall were very nice.

The short course also posed some challenges, including a big depression on the last control.

A big thanks to Rich J., Drago and David R. for picking up all of the controls. Thanks to Lee T., Cathy Y., Rich J. and Ioana S. for helping with registration. And a special thanks to Ioana for making the long trip up to the northern kettle moraine state forest to set up and plan the courses.

Long Course, 6.2K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Maricel O.	60:27	9:45min/K
2	kevin	60:55	9:50min/K
3	Scott B.	80:58
4	Natalia B.	87:22
5	David R.	88:05
6	Joe S.	91:14
7	Rick S.	112:48
8	Andy/Mike	125:06
9	Bob F.	127:08
10	Rich J.	141:55
11	Pat K.	150:22
12	Cecil A.	165:55
13	Lee T.	181:40
	Anthony(2)	DNF
	Ben/Liz	DNF
	Adam G.	DNF
	Dragos	DNF
	Kevin G.	DNF

Short, 2.0K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Peter R.	40:00
2	Bret S.	40:03
3	David J.	41:32
4	Larry N.	49:53
5	Brenda(3)	68:00
6	Janet P.	71:30
7	Steve P.	72:00
8	Mike(2)	77:00
9	Julia O.	78:19
10	Branson(2)	78:34
11	Peyton L.	99:25
12	Cathy Y.	104:00
13	Gerry/Eileen	107:00
14	Jay S.	118:48
15	Dave/Darlene	120:34
16	Jamie S.	135:30
17	Kevin(4)	140:40
	Bob S.	DNF

We had another fantastic day! The temperatures were about 65 and the threat of thunderstorms did not develop. We had a nice turnout of roughly 65. Both courses were tough with only one person going under one hour on either course.

A big thanks to Bob for both hanging and picking up all of the controls.

Long Course, 5.5K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	kevin	57:54	10:32min/K
2	Alexei D.	65:03
3	Nick R.	69:31
4	David R.	71:57
5	Scott B.	81:43
6	Ioana S.	81:57
7	Joe S.	91:25
8	Mike R.(2)	94:00
9	Joe E.	95:45
10	Dan/Chris	96:32
11	Rob K.	100:26
12	Andy/Mike	101:45
13	Alan H.	108:35
14	Rich J.	115:24
15	Adam B.(3)	115:42
16	Lisa M.	120:10
17	Zhanet B.	129:14
18	Jeffrey C.	132:01
19	Carl S.	141:58
20	Ben/Liz	143:19
	Alex M.	DNF
	Gamers(3)	DNF
	Lost(3)	DNF
	Kyle	DNF
	Adam	DNF
	Col F.(3)	DNF
	Kristin R.	DNF
	Jay/Jamie(4)	DNF
	Valeri/Vera(4)	DNF

Short, 1.9K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Peyton(3)	71:00
2	Troop 1211(5)	72:45
3	Johnson(4)	80:14
4	Tom J.(3)	80:59
5	ABL(2)	85:22
6	Leilani R.(3)	136:44
	Kayleen K.	DNF

Well, I missed this one. I set up the course, but had to teach a class right during the event. Skies were clear, cool and breezy. When I was vetting the course, things were much drier. The days before the event were filled with rain, which swelled the streams and marshes. On Friday night when I hung controls some of the trails were streams. This added to the beauty I thought but pretty much guaranteed wet feet and some tricky river crossings. The marsh to the north of the road was dry at the edges before the rain. Afterwards, you either had to go through bushes or get your feet wet. While vetting and then while hanging markers, I was able to find ways through the thicker, prickly stuff. From race day reports, it sounded like that was not true for everyone.

I set the course with more controls than I usually do. It was like a middle distance event with lots of short legs and quick decision making. But the winning time would seem to indicate a classic distance course. I'm sure times were slow due to stream crossings, rocky ground, brushy woods and some difficult control locations. I hope you enjoyed the challenge!

Cathy Y., Lee T. and Alan H. all helped out with registration and timing. Ioana and Dave S., Rick S. and team, Jeff P., Gil and nephew all helped with control retrieval. Thank you all very much!

ps Some of the non finishing long course people only had time to complete a portion of the long course. Thus their times aren't listed.

Long Course, 6.7K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Scott B.	79:20	11:50 min/K
2	David R.	81:45
3	Alex D.	94:08
4	Mike R.	103:30
5	Anna/Tim/Eric	114:15
6	Jeff P.	115:28
7	Shawn P.	125:00
8	Joe E.	131:50
9	Rich J.	136:15
10	Matt L.	139:41
11	Ben/Liz	159:00
12	Alex M.	174:58
13	Vita	196:15
	Lee T.
	Bonnie/Jeff
	Mike Z.(3)
	Jeff/Todd/Mark
	Andy D.
	Brian M.
	Pat/Ben
	Kevin G.
	Alan H.
	Ioana S.

Short, 2.4K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Tim/Anna	22:45
2	Ben/Pat	26:30
3	Hans D.	32:00
4	Erik/Becky	34:00
5	Arie S.	36:00
6	Dave S.	43:50
7	Hunter/Mom	62:00
8	Rick(3)	110:00
9	Lucy P.

Temperatures were below normal for this time of year. We usually get great weather and sunshine. But this year it was cloudy and cold for the annual scout event.

We had another nice turnout of 103 scouts and leaders. 8 troops participated and we had a very close race. In the end it was Team A(Carl Cortright, Eric Zimmerer) of Pack 302 taking home the blue ribbons with 20 points. The Troop 514 Monkeys(John Robinson, Kurt Bennett, Dalton Worley, Keneth Tesman, Joey Robinson, Zack Simonson) got second just 1:30 behind. And Troop 840 Team C(Cody Delucaux, Nathion, Korinek, Jermey Moroder, Matthew Tregs) finished a strong third with 19 points in 53:43.

As for the regular club event held at noon, we had a relatively small turnout with quite a few new faces. The event was exactly the same as the scout event, a 1 hour score event with 20 markers.

Thanks go out to Alan and John for setting up the course and handling scout registration, and Ryan J. and Rich J. for helping pick up markers.

1 Hour Score-O

Place	Participant	Score	Time
1	Alex D.	20	37:20
2	Anthony/Eulalie	20	43:08
3	David R.	20	46:35
4	Ryan J.	20	47:18
5	Rick S.	20	48:46
6	Andy D.	20	52:40
7	Shawn P.	20	53:17
8	John S.	20	57:08
9	Jill R.	18	58:45
10	Brian M.	17	58:50
11	Ian/Amanda	15	54:21
12	John H.	14	52::50
13	Jenny/Michelle	14	53:07
14	Lee T.	18-5	64:43
15	Rich J.	18-5	64:44
16	Aaron B.	18-5	64:50
17	Shaw Fam.	12	51:48
18	Scott/Mike	12	56:48
19	Callie/Erik	10	56:32
20	Brian S.	16-6	65:55
21	Erin/Ben(4)	9-1	60:33
22	Jeff E.	20-20	80:55
23	Kevin S.	12-12	112:48

As usual the Wisconsin State Championship was eventful! To begin with, we had a new map in the Northern Kettle Moraine State Forest. This small 1.2K square map was more than enough to challenge even the best orienteers. Just to make things harder we had 3 inches of snow fall the day before. This made the hilly terrain slippery and difficult to run in. But the scene was picturesque. White snow glistening off the trees, and hardly a footprint in the snow(prior to the event). The sun was out and there was little or no wind. The stage was set...

Unfortunately, we did have a few troubles this fine day. To begin with, I had three wrong control numbers in the clues on the Medium course. Needless to say, this caused many a young orienteer a lot of problems. And then, to make matters worse, we handed some of those maps to long course people. The end result was disappointment for quite a few people. Fortunately, for the long course people who got the right maps, everything was set up correctly.

Joe S. came up from the Chicago area and went home with an impressive 26 minute victory(70:40). However, given that he is not a Wisconsin resident, he is not eligible to be state champion. That honor goes to Ryan J. with a time of 96:25. Congratulations Ryan!

Feedback on the map was positive. I threw the map together pretty fast and it still needs some improvement. But overall it is still good. The map will be expanded in the future, and I hope to use the map twice a year.

Some people are listed in the Medium course even though they intended to do the long course. We did have their Medium course time and that was the best compromise given the situation. The day ended for me with a drive home at night looking at a crescent moon and a bright planet(Venus) positioned closely together.

Thanks to Lee T., Andy M. and Cathy Y. for helping with registration, and Brian and Rich for helping pick up markers.

Long Course, 5.6K(3.4K +2.2K)

Place	Participant	Split	Time	Min/K
1	Joe S.	42:00	70:40	12:37
2	Ryan J.	59:00	96:25
3	Scott B.	62:00	105:13
4	Nick R.	59:00	105:40
5	Charlie S.	72:17	109:42
6	Joe E.	72:00	115:04
7	Brian M.	78:00	127:00
8	Vadim K.	86:00	130:33
9	Bob F.	84:00	132:45
10	Zhanet/Petar B.?		145:00
11	Ioana S.(2)	91:00	156:10
12	Rich J.	100:00	171:21
13	ROTC Lane Tech(3)	128:00	188:00
	Lee T.	102:00	DNF
	Valeri B.	108:00	DNF
	Gary/Shawn	115:00	DNF

Medium, 1.9K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Andy M.	36:57
2	Alex M.	38:24
3	Scott C.	41:48
4	Nick(3)	43:00
5	Hushchyna	47:00
6	Col. F.	48:00
7	Ramirez	49:00
8	Anthony L.(2)	50:55
9	Alvarez	55:09
10	Polacrpo	56:00
11	Louie/Daniel	59:00
12	Leo G.	61:00
13	Jennifer G.	62:00
14	Gehrke	63:40
15	Cisneros	64:00
15	Lizette G.	64:00
17	Hirnyi	65:40
18	Morales	66:40
19	Rick/Tyler	67:00
20	Cal G.	67:40
21	DeLeon	68:00
22	R. Morales	70:00
23	Valencia	71:00
24	Orozco	72:00
25	Herrera(3)	74:00
26	Concepcion	75:00
27	Viveros	78:42
28	Chavez	87:00
29	Plata(2)	89:00
30	Bilal(3)	96:00
31	Salas	98:00
32	Seymore(8)	100:00
33	Woods	112:00
34	Medina(2)	118:00
35	Hernandez(3)	119:00
35	Pena(3)	119:00
37	Estabillo	119:38
38	Pagan(2)	122:00
39	Brandy	122:18
40	Isada	124:22
41	Rosales	131:00
42	V. Ramirez	132:00
43	Moscol	134:00
44	Williams(3)	144:00
45	Members	152:00
46	Hankins	155:00
	Phil/Phil	???
	Gonzalez	DNF
	Becky(3)	DNF
	Alan H.	DNF
	Maw V.(6)	DNF
	Mitch(3)	DNF
	Matt	DNF

Short, 1.7K

Place	Participant	Time
1	David S.(2)	43:20
2	Nick(3)	70:00

This event was the first club event held on the south bluff. We had a modest turnout of 50 for this event. The skies were overcast, but the rain held off until we were picking up controls. Temperatures were in the 50's. All in all a very nice day. Being fall meant we got free apples compliments of Lee T. Homegrown on his apple tree, those apples are sweet!

We had 3 courses set up for the day, a long, medium and short. The medium and short were very similar with the last couple of controls on the medium course a little harder than the short course controls. The long course went up on the south bluff, which required about a 300 foot climb during the race.

Being autumn most of the leaves had fallen off and the woods were very pretty. The long course had few trails. Once on the bluff there were no trails to follow or relocate from. Participants could use the top of a hill and some obvious reentrants in the big valley on the hill. But some of the legs offered little help in staying on course. Contouring and pace counting came in handy today.

Thanks to Alan for hanging and picking up the short course, vetting the long course and handling registration. Also, thank you to Lee T. who once again pitched in at registration.

Long Course, 5.1K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Maricel O.	54:34	10:42
2	Petar B.	76:38
3	Ryan J.	78:47
4	Charlie S.	79:31
5	Zhanet B.	82:55
6	Ben/Liz	95:54
7	Dan M.	111:43
8	Matt L.	117:43
9	Jeff P.	123:09
10	Brian M.	123:27
11	Rich J.	139:07
12	Valeri B.	142:03
13	Anthony/Eulalie	142:55
14	Gary L.(3)	148:07
15	Lee T.	150:45
16	Vita Veita	157:40
17	Boris T.	186:53
18	Vas(2)	DNF

Medium, 3.5K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Gary/Shawn	54:12
2	Troop 514(5)	67:52
3	Knights(6)	86:16
4	Panthers(3)	112:21
5	Ken/Marty S.	123:56
6	Larry/Tim	DNF

Short, 2.7K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Maricel O.	15:39
2	Charlie S.	19:37
3	Kaitlyn L.	36:19
4	Julie L.	45:45
5	Jim/Jake	47:22
6	Gary L.(3)	58:08
7	Lucy	79:50
8	Peter G.(2)	99:05
9	Tilley(2)	104:04

Once again the weather cooperated with temperatures in the high 70's and sunny. 98 people participated and most of them checked in after finishing(remember to always check in when you are done). Maricel O.(CAOC) had a good run and edged out kevin by 2 minutes. The long course was honeysuckle filled which made running difficult at times. We ventured into some areas of the map we hadn't been to in quite a while. Some short legs kept us off the trails as much as possible.

Thanks to Ioana for designing and setting up the courses, and to Ioana, Dave and Dragos for picking up controls afterwards.

Long Course, 5.2K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Maricel O.	50:00	9:37
2	kevin	52:10	10:00
3	Joe S.	64:08
4	Nick R.	73:26
5	Charlie S.	75:35
6	Scott B.	78:00
7	Chris D.	85:50
8	Joe E.	86:35
9	Bob F.	94:05
10	Alan H.	97:15
11	Rich J.	99:10
12	Wariyapola(2)	99:22
13	Stan L.	100:05
14	Andy D.	108:00
15	Scott C.	110:45
16	Rob K.	117:00
17	Dan D.	117:44
18	Ryan/Karen	117:45
19	Brian M.	120:00
20	Headwind(3)	121:00
21	Leo G.	124:50
22	Shane H.	125:30
23	Brad B.	136:00
24	Colonel F.	145:00
25	Richard B.	149:30
25	Adam G.	149:30
27	Vita	186:00
	Lee T.	DNF
	Paula(3)	DNF
	Steve/Nikki	DNF
	Camper Kids(2)	DNF
	Around/Horn	DNF
	Dragos	DNF
	Sam/Rich(4)	DNF
	Don S.	???

Short, 2.4K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Scott L.	33:00
2	Andy M.	33:50
3	Girls on Mission(2)	53:00
4	Robin H.	60:35
5	Mike C.(2)	60:50
6	Kristin R.	62:30
7	Kayleen K.	70:00
8	Team of 3/Dog	82:00
9	Kyle/Nathan	82:16
10	Bilal/Mike/Dan	84:30
11	Tamara(2)	96:22
12	Mike/Tracy	98:29
13	Dan K.(5)	109:10
14	Brett/Tesha	119:00
15	John A.(4)	133:00
16	Larry/Tim	141:00
17	Judy(3)	146:00
	Kyle/Kim/Nick	DNF
	Mitch(3)	DNF
	Chris/Ryan	DNF
	Jennifer H.	???
	Bob K.	???
	Patty(3)	???
	Ken S.(2)	???

What a fantastic day! We had perfect weather and three nice courses to choose from. We had a steady flow of participants, so things went smoothly.

Thanks to Cathy, Ioana, Rich and kevin for picking up markers after the event. And of course, to Rich J. for setting the whole thing up.

Long Course, 6.4K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	kevin	53:13	8:19 min/K
2	Maricel O.	64:59
3	Dmitry P.	68:39
4	Scott B.	78:52
5	Ian M.	79:18
6	Ioana S.(2)	97:52
7	Nick R.	102:15
8	Alan H.	106:22
9	Miikka K.	109:33
10	Leo G.	136:46
11	Kevin S.	137:42
12	Lee T.	162:31
13	Vita	172:31
	Charlie S.	DNF
	Matt M.	DNF
	Jeff	DNF
	Ryan J.	DNF

Medium, 4.5K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Lisa M.	66:36
2	Brian M.	68:05
3	Tony L.	77:28
4	Pete A.	99:33
5	Kristin R.	103:08
6	Dan/Christine	108:34
7	Shane/Arthur	113:32
8	David S.	117:14
9	Erika/John	119:30
10	Raluca(2)	121:05
11	Schreibman(3)	140:13
12	Ann/Barb	142:19
13	Colonel F.	142:42
14	Gina(3)	156:42
	Kyle/Kim/Nick	DNF
	Team I'm Lost	DNF
	Roger/Brian/Luke	DNF
	Chris/Kyle/Ryan	DNF
	Larry/Jim	DNF

Short, 1.9K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Kristin R.	21:07
2	Chuck Z.	28:54
3	Dan/Christine	29:00
4	Ann/Barb	34:35
5	Bilal/Dani/Mike	39:45
6	Colleen/Elysia	48:01
7	Larry/Jim	58:46
8	Cathy Y.	66:11
9	Gehrmann	70:01

The weather was warm and unpredictable. There had been thunderstorms the previous days. But tonight there was to be no rain and we had a fun event!

There were 2 courses, but nobody selected the short course. Attendance was sparse meaning a lot of people missed a good time. : ( After meeting at the entrance to Picnic Point we proceded into the park to start the event. The long course had two loops of 11 controls that were forked in various locations. Everything ran smoothly and by about 11pm we were picking up markers and heading home!

Many thanks to Giovanni and Katia for setting up this event on a map that has their apartment on. They also picked up all the controls.

Long Course, 5.5K

Place	Participant	Split	Finish	Min/K
1	kevin	23:32	50:54	9:15 min/K
2	Rick S.	45:02	73:52
3	Rich J.	57:00	121:39
	Erik P.	59:00
	Lee T.	69:04
	Shane/Colleen	84:35

We had a seasonal and overcast day. It was a nice day for a run in a park.

We had 21 markers on a 5.6K course. The first 12 markers were on the north half of the park and were also the short course(2.7K).

It was a pretty routine day without any surprises.

Long Course, 5.6K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Michael E.	49:44	8:53 min/K
2	Dmitry P.	57:57
3	Joe S.	58:37
4	Mikhail P.	59:55
5	Kris S.	62:00
6	Scott B.	63:27
7	Ryan J.	66:38
8	Rick S.	70:48
9	Alan H.	73:40
10	Polina S.	76:24
11	Katia B.	76:49
12	Joe E.	78:47
13	Andy D.	80:05
14	Zhanet	81:19
15	Ioana S.	82:36
16	Anthony/Eulalie	97:06
17	Rich J.	98:45
18	Svetlana S.	99:55
19	Leo G.	101:45
20	Brian M.	114:00
21	Lee Theusch	116:55
22	Mark T.	128:38
23	Shane	134:42
24	Thudsit	135:18
25	Brad/Mary	138:18
26	Woj.	138:42
27	Shad	140:15
28	Alpha Beloit	142:20
29	John	151:20
30	Phil/Brad	153:18
31	Dick B.	154:35
32	Pete/Claire	155:50
33	Kevin G.	156:18
34	Kristen/Andrew	157:42
	Jill R.	OVT
	Tom N.	OVT
	Craig	DNF
	Milous	DNF
	Kevin/Karen/Ryan	DQ

Short, 2.7K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Ken	72:00
2	Beloit Bravo	73:00
3	John G.	90:00
	Fredericks(3)	DNF

Spring finally seemed to return with normal temperatures(45) for this time of year. It was brisk if you were standing around in your orienteering suit. But once you got moving, the temperature was fine.

It was an interesting event. First it appeared we'd have a small turnout due to the cool and windy weather. Only 5 groups had gone out by noon and the parking lot was pretty empty. But then people started to show up and before it was over it was getting difficult to find a parking space. Attendance was 72.

The long course appeared short at first glance, 5.3K, but the terrain is tricky and the prickly ash is thick. Times were quite slow because of that. The short course had a couple of tougher than usual markers at the end which slowed down alot of people on that course. Some people noticed the abundance of prickly ash. But there is no denying that the terrain is very interesting, and I think most everyone enjoyed their day in spite of their scratches.

Bob F. set up and designed the courses. He also picked up markers. If you didn't already, tell him thanks next time you see him. It was a fun event.

Long Course, 5.3K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Michael E.	50:38	9:33 min/K
2	kevin	54:08	10:13 min/K
3	Giovanni B.	54:12
4	Dmitry P.	61:11
5	Marie R.	71:07
6	Charlie S.	77:43
8	Alan H.	85:05
7	Kris S.	91:41
8	Andy M.	96:33
9	Ryan/Karin(3)	99:40
10	Ben/Liz(3)	114:18
18	Lewis/Steve	116:26
11	Scott B.	119:09
12	Rich J.	120:56
13	JC/JP	124:53
14	Brad, Brian(3)	129:38
15	John/Brad(3)	130:59
16	Frank F.	151:11
17	Brian M.	155:47
18	Vita V.	160:20
19	Matt M.	169:11
20	Jim R.	170:38
21	Wil/Mitch/Pat	177:50
	Keith/Kevin(3)	OVT
	Ioana S.	DNF
	Adam/Nick	DNF
	Katie B.	DNF

Short, 2.2K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Chicken Nuggets(3)	63:52
2	Shad P.	65:37
3	Matt P.	67:44
4	Shane H.(2)	68:56
5	Mike C.	69:08
6	Shane T.	74:00
7	Thudsit	75:57
8	Mark T.	76:19
9	Bilal	81:09
10	Kris, Melissa(3)	81:00
11	Andrew Z.	85:00
12	Dick/Dick	91:47
13	Cathy Y.	94:05
14	Bill/Pete	97:24
15	Tom N.	99:22
16	Craig L.	104:52
17	Chris/Kyle	113:26
	Team I'm Lost(3)	Didn't check in
	Team Alpha(2)	Didn't check in

We started this day with the 5th annual scout event. Our good omen sandhill cranes flew overhead as I was giving the pre race talk. The weather was 66 and sunny!

The short course completed a 1 hour score event, though many didn't realize the idea was to come back before the hour was up and ended up with negative points. The long course was both physically and technically challenging.

Many thanks to Alan for hanging the course, John S. for taking care of the scout registration, and Giovanni, Katia, Michael and Svein for helping pick up controls. : )

Long Course, 6.8K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Michael E.	62:47	9:14 Min/K
2	kevin	66:10	9:44 Min/K
3	Giovanni B.	73:37
4	Dmitry P.	80:37
5	Joe S.	87:56
6	Svein M.	89:18
7	Mike Z.	97:48
8	Ioana S.	108:45
9	Jeff P.	116:25
10	Ryan J./Brent	120:58
11	Chris D.	123:00
12	Andy D.	130:22
13	Kyle P.	132:55
14	Bob F.	133:19
15	Shane H.	135:01
16	Mike K.	142:45
17	Brian M.	149:05
18	Chris W.(3)	151:50
19	Ya Mule	153:09
20	Kevin S./Steph	162:41
	Ben/Liz/Tim	181:47/OVT
	Pete A.(2)	191:47/OVT
	Adam/John	DNF
	Laura W.	DNF
	Jeff/Kim	DNF
	Peter B.(2)	DNF
	Kevin G.	DNF
	Katia B.	DNF

Short, Score O

Place	Participant	Time
1	Mane R.	51:56	15
2	David J.	60:47	14
3	Jill R.	59:04	9
	Millers(3)	98:16	0
	Team RR	101:22	0
	Team B.G.	101:40	0
	John G.(2)	106:15	0
	Jeff/Bonnie	110:30	0
	Bryan W.	132:48	0

We started our season earlier than usual this year and were rewarded with unseasonably warm temperatures(high around 56 and sunny). There were three courses, a long course(10.6K), a middle distance(5.3K) and an easier 5.1K course. The 5.3K course was the second half of the long course(my splits were north half 35:57, south 35:28). Attendance was 72.

We had some good competition on the long course, where Michael E. had a fast run on what we knew would be a runner's course. Bong is flat and has numerous trails. Four minutes behind was Maricel O. who came up from the Chicago area. Overall the event ran smoothly and a good time was had by most. The courses were a bit soggy, as the snow was melting, but wasn't being absorbed by the ground. Trails were often muddy or snow covered. But it was quite nice running in the warm sunshine through the prairie grasses and around the ponds and marshes. Thanks go out to Charlie for hosting the event and Michael for picking up controls.

Long Course, 10.6K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Michael E.	64:42	6:06 Min/K
2	Maricel O.	68:30	6:28 Min/K
3	kevin	71:25	6:44 Min/K
4	Giovanni S.	73:38
5	Joseph S.	79:00
6	Alex K.	81:15
7	Brian	102:30
8	Newlyweds	107:30
9	Rick S.	109:00
10	Pat B.	110:00
11	Chris D.	115:30
12	Rob K.	122:00
13	Jeff P.	125:00
14	Bob F.	125:30
15	Joe E.	125:30
16	Scott B.	133:40
17	Sutter's(2)	135:00
18	Dan D.	135:00
19	Chris B.(4)	144:00
20	Gale T.	154:00
21	Anthony L.(2)	174:00
	Steve(3)	DNF
	Ben J.	DNF

Green 5.3K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Natalia B.	45:34
2	Gary K.	48:30
3	Lenny S.	49:00
4	Kris S.	50:15
5	Katia B.	52:23
6	Zhauet B.	56:30
7	Alan H.	64:15
8	Greg S.	69:00
9	Rich J.	75:40
10	John K.	82:27
11	Encho I.	86:00
12	Stoyan D.	92:00
13	John J.	92:30
14	Matt P.	144:00
	Team I'm Lost	DNF
	Team Too Far Gone	DNF

Intermediate, 5.1K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Andy J.	50:00
2	Alex M.	61:46
3	Col. F.	96:00
3	Bob F.(3)	96:00
5	Frankenstein(2)	103:00
6	Team Jeff P.	116:00
7	Mike(3)	125:00
8	Sue N.	128:00
9	Kelch	129:00
10	Witch's(2)	146:00
11	Jill S.(2)	154:00
12	Patty Z.(4)	195:00

We enjoyed a cool and damp December day. The long course was especially tough, which was fitting for the state championship event. But it took its toll on a lot of less experienced orienteers. Overall the event and registration went smoothly, though due to the strong turnout, we ran out of preprinted maps and had to do some course drawing for the last few participants. What a nice problem to have! Attendance was 103.

Kevin retained his title as state champion with a time of 69:05 or 8:14 min/K. Many thanks to Cathy Y. and Rich J. who organized the event.

Long Course, 8.4K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	kevin	69:05	8:14 Min/K
2	Ryan J.	93:02
3	Bob F.	107:51
4	Andy M.	111:07
5	Leo G.	112:17
6	Rick S.	113:00
7	Andy D.	115:15
8	Brian P.	115:59
9	Jeff/Jeff	117:14
10	Kevin S.	119:00
11	Alan H.	125:11
12	Scott B.	126:21
13	Chris D.	126:48
14	Joe E.	139:10
15	Ioana S.	141:00
16	Scott C.	149:48
17	Antony L.(2)	154:00
18	K. Moscol	155:15
19	Louis C.	158:12
20	Vanessa R.	160:15
21	Jennifer G.	163:12
	Lee T.	191:00(OVT)
	Dick B.	212:40(OVT)
	Molly/Mike	OVT
	Trex	DNF
	Melissa	DNF
	Fuentes	DNF
	Amber/Adam	DNF
	James P.	DNF
	Edward I.	DNF

1/2 Long Course

Place	Participant	Time
1	Nick/Charlie	148:10
2	Steve/Chris	149:05
3	Adam G.	156:13
	Roger S.	188:00(OVT)
	Team Alpha(2)	190:50(OVT)
	Team Braug(2)	191:40(OVT)
	Hirnyj	207:10(OVT)
	Daniel C.	211:56(OVT)
	Bilbo	213:00(OVT)
	Nelson L.	DNF
	Brian R.	DNF
	Hernandez(2)	DNF
	Centeno(3)	DNF
	Eric M.	DNF
	Jason L.	DNF
	Jackie C.	DNF
	Hushchyna	DNF
	R. Diaz	DNF
	Vickio(2)	DNF
	Pablo C.(2)	DNF
	Angie(2)	DNF

Short Course

Place	Participant	Time
1	David/Michael	53:52
2	Shane H.(2)	63:00
3	Luke/Bilal	65:50
4	Marcie P.	68:03
5	Mirza	74:09
6	Carlos C.	74:40
7	Estadillo	83:30
8	Brian/Karen	88:30
9	Podsada	88:58
10	Carlos O.	89:22
11	Yvette A.	89:55
12	Gonzales(3)	94:52
13	Nelson R.	95:59
14	C. Lopez	101:04
15	Soto(3)	104:00
16	Errum(2)	115:05
17	Roman A.	153:00
	Matt P.	DNF
	Weber(3)	DNF
	Guzman(3)	DNF
	Arroyo	lost shoe
	Ami V.	DNF

This was another classic Badger Orienteering Club weather day. Sunny and almost 60 degrees in November! Dmitry set up a long course that featured clusters of controls to give participants more controls to find, while still covering about the same distance as our usual events. I was unable to attend, so will get straight to the results.

Long Course, very roughly 7.5K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Michael E.	51:47
2	Mikhail P.	68:37
3	Joe S.	71:00
4	Tim G.	76:22
5	Svein M.	86:11
6	Rick S.	90:23
7	Ryan J.	90:45
8	Alan H.	94:49
9	Mark W.(2)	98:03
10	Andy D.	102:06
11	Bob F.	102:13
12	Scott B.	105:23
13	Rich J.	123:15
14	Beaver Bros.(2)	125:12
15	Lee T.		148:00
16	Pete A.	153:10
17	Svetlana S.	156:32
18	Pat/Jerry	158:16
19	George A.	171:20
	Tom W.	DNF

Medium Course

Place	Participant	Time
1	Ioanna S.	75:33
2	Matt/John	89:55
3	Boris	98:00
4	Ben/Liz	109:05
5	Janice/Greg	115:43
6	Tammy G.	121:05
7	Mikey/Victoria	147:15
	Jim D.	OVT
	Lance	DNF

Short Course, 2.8K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Ben/Nathaniel(4)	42:40
2	Leo(3)	49:00
3	On Wisconsin(4)	60:05
4	Joe(3)	61:39
5	4 Scorpions(4)	66:29
6	Runners(4)	67:28
7	Vipers(4)	70:00
8	Frank(3)	75:04
9	Beaird(3)	78:50
10	Mickey/Ryan	81:36
11	Richard	90:00
12	Johnson(2)	100:00
13	Cathy Y.	105:25
14	Nancy/Ruthie	106:32
15	Millers(4)	122:01
	Bob(2)	DNF

We had cool temperatures and clear skies for the Lapham Peak event, and a fantastic turnout for the orienteering activities.

A few people on the long course had trouble inverting contours in the northeast part of the map, as the area is well covered with hills and depressions. The markers most discussed seemed to be #4(which was also featured on the intermediate course) and #9. Number 4 was in a complex area but easily seen from above if you climbed beyond it and looked back. Number 9 had some thicker vegetation to confuse the approaches, and at least a couple people were looking for a nearby hill instead of a depression as an attack point. Also the concern of running off the map was mentioned by a couple of people. So - that was a good one!

Maricel Olaru had the best strategy for the long course, which was o finish twelve minutes faster than anybody else....

The Short course had mixed results. I set a couple of fairly difficult markers near the end, with the thought that after a few easy ones, people would find the more difficult ones as well. Many enjoyed the course difficulties, but we had a few non-finishers, too, which was not my intention. The good news is that many people who finished the short course went on to try at least a few markers on the intermediate course.

We had another fine group of participants for this event, and a lot of people helped state the meet: Dmitry P. - setup and starts; Dick B. - registration and start/finish; Michael E. - troubleshooting; Cathy Y. - registration, training, start/finish, results and control pickup. Many thanks to all, and to the park staff at Lapham Peak, as well. Rick J.

Long Course

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Maricel O.	57:10
2	Michael E.	69:26
3	Natalia B.	71:01
4	Rick S.	72:11
5	Charlie S.	72:32
6	Svein M.	84:03
7	Dmitry P.	84:31
8	Alan H.	85:24
9	Jeff L.	86:05
10	Rob K.	92:53
11	Kevin S.	94:06
12	Ioana S.	96:30
13	Scott B.	103:20
14	Joe E.	121:07
15	Dan I.	127:22
16	Rich/Masha	129:12
17	Andy M.	129:30
18	Jeff/Lisa	138:40
19	Wink/Brenholt	141:01
20	Lee T.	154:45
21	Leo G.	182:00
	Eric/Terri	DNF
	Brian/Karen	DNF

Medium Course

Place	Participant	Time
1	Andy/Mike	43:20
2	Adam/Nick	60:40
3	Dave S.	64:05
4	Lisa M.	65:15
5	Alex M.	69:35
6	John/John	71:56
7	Greg L.	82:00
8	Mike S.	91:13
9	David/Seen/Bilal	105:59
10	PJ K.	106:17
11	Nomad Jim	108:17
12	T-Rex	135:35
13	Around the Horn	149:40
14	Camper Kids	151:40
15	I'm Lost B	168:30
16	I'm Lost G	170:30
17	I'm Lost	179:13
18	Dick B.	189:42
	Team Radio	DNF
	Dave S.	DNF

Short Course

Place	Participant	Time
1	Tom(3)	31:25
2	Tammy(5)	36:43
3	Mike S.	43:30
4	Marnie P.	45:30
5	OF Rangers	47:00
6	Janice B.	56:30
7	Erica B.	63:30
8	Michael H.(2)	73:00
9	Clark/Maya	75:00
10	Ihrke	75:25
11	Dan/Trey/Alex	83:39
12	Zambais	91:24
13	Timms	114:00
	Mike E.	DNF
	Orr group	DNF
	Olson group	DNF

We had very nice weather and some really tough courses. A nice crowd of 69 showed up to enjoy the courses Michael set. Thanks to everyone who helped out!

Blue Mound results

Recently we've been swamped with rain and rivers are overflowing. But for one day the rain stopped and we had a hot(78), humid and sunny day. Boyko had set up three courses, long, short and a jr. state champ course. But on this day no juniors showed up to vie for the crown.

The courses took their toll on a few competitors who gave in to the multitude of mosquitos that swarmed those unable to keep moving. But the few who stuck it out were treated to some very nice, though tough courses.

Long Course, 7.79

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Michael E.	72:50	9:21Min/K
2	kevin	84:50	10:53Min/K
3	Dmitry P.	102:45
4	Jeff C.	159:20
5	Svein	160:09
6	Will/Nathan	177:33
	David J.	DNF
	Rich J.	DNF
	Ioanna S.	DNF
	Chris B.(2)	DNF

Short Course, 3.22K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Brian/Karen	85:20
2	Richard B.	116:30
3	Shane H.(3)	???
	Lisa McNerney	DNF
	Masha/Sharon	DNF
	Kim D.	DNF

Today was overcast and cool which made it good for running. I designed two short courses, but to make it more challenging I took the trails off the maps for the advanced course. Everything went smoothly. We completed the courses and control pickup by 4PM. Thanks to Michael, Boyko, Stoyan and Dick for helping pick up controls.

This was to be the last event of the Spring schedule, but Boyko has agreed to set up courses at Kellings Lakes in the middle of June. Watch the website for the exact date. That should be a nice event!

No Trails on Map, 3.2K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Michael E.	25:07	7:51Min/K
2	Boyko R.	26:00
3	Dmitry	27:14
4	Alan H.	42:54
5	Ioana S.	48:35
6	David S.	54:25
7	Chris/Pat	55:16
8	Lee T.	56:08
9	Joe E.	56:12
10	Rich J.	58:37
11	Pete A.	68:10
12	Brian M.	87:00
13	Shane H.(2)	110:00
14	Dick B.	113:18
15	John	140:00

With trails, 3.2K

Place	Participant	Time
1	Brian	38:20
2	Stoyan D.	44:01
3	Melissa T.	46:00
4	Team Tech Sargeants	49:15
5	Louis	50:08
5	Nick E.	50:08
7	Chris	51:00
8	Team I'm Lost	63:48
9	Charlie/Rachel	65:41
10	Steve Petie	76:22
11	Rich L.	77:24
12	Louise/Allie	81:52
13	Ray A.(3)	92:45

We had an interesting day in our first day event at Bong State Recreation Area. In the morning, the sun was out and temperatures seemed quite nice. But by noon clouds had moved in and the wind was blustery. This didn't change anything as 55 people got out in the prairie for some fun orienteering.

To save paper I had printed the short course and the start of the long course on one sheet of paper(the long course needed two maps).While this was no problem for short course participants, it did cause quite a few long course runners to complete both the long and the short courses. If times on long seem extra long, it is probably due to this. I'll have to be a little more careful next time I do that!

Everyone should thank Ioana and her crew for getting this event set up. I printed the maps, but Ioana took care of everything else. They not only hung the courses, but took them down as well. Also thanks to Rich who picked up the short course markers.

The terrain was interesting. Bong is a big prairie and has quite a few marshes. However, it appears we have had quite a bit of rain lately, since there was a lot more water than I have seen in previous visits. I heard stories from a couple people who were up to their waist and even higher while on the short course! Hopefully, we didn't lose anyone out there! My experience on the long course was drier.

For those who arrive an hour or so early they were treated to seeing the area's finest attempt a rescue of 2 people whose boats had capsized on the lake. It looked like they had half a dozen ambulances, a couple of fire trucks(the long ones), 5 or 6 boats and numerous other fire and safety vehicles. In addition, park staff was on hand. The two people were fine.

Long Course, 7.4K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	kevin	47:34	6:26Min/K
2	Boyko R.	50:30
3	Dmitry P.	52:52
4	Rick S.	75:20
5	Bob F.	81:10
6	Joe E.	87:12
7	Rich J.	88:30
8	Chris B.(3)	89:15
9	Dan/Chris	92:00
10	Brian/Leo	93:57
11	Alan H.	102:35
12	Lee T.	104:10
13	Antony L.(2)	120:22
14	Rich/Judi	124:00
15	Kevin S.	130:22
16	Brian M.	158:00
17	Tews/Gallas	173:00
18	Kevin/Noreen	176:00
19	Shane	DNF

Short course, 2.9K

Place	Participant	Time	Min/K
1	Stoyan D.	22:20
2	Brian/Leo	27:06
3	Alan H.	30:25
4	Nathan(3)	45:15
5	Ryan J.	57:30
6	James/Geoff	61:00
7	Greg(3)	63:00
8	John B.(3)	66:00
9	David	74:00
10	Ray W.(3)	84:00
11	Mike/Sharon	92:12
12	Cathy/Cynthia	100:00
13	Tim R.(3)	114:30
14	George S.(4)	128:26
15	Alex/Bill	129:30