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In the weeks before the meet, the parks department built new trails, moved around piles of dirt (which became control sites for the orange), plowed part of Alton-Baker and generally re-arranged the park. That was all good for keeping us on our toes! Some changes at Skinner Butte came after the final map edits. Hopefully that wasn't too confusing.
Although we didn't have many participants, it was such a beautiful day that some just couldn't get enough orienteering. Jared and Jeff moved onto the yellow course after blazing around the white, as did Ralph and Maddy. Fastest time on yellow was posted by Larry and Tara, though, at just their second orienteering meet.
The orange course featured a map exchange to split the course in two and give the first half the feel of a sprint by double-weighting the time on that part. It also gave some spectator interest and made it seem like there were more people at the meet! Ben Legg comfortably won both halves, but Larry's consistency brought him a second place while others got confused by the new trails and rootstocks on the flanks of Skinner Butte.
Thanks to all the ORCAs and CROCs (Dave, Paula, Paul, Ben, Larry, Steve and Scott) who rallied around to put this meet on after the big push of the US Champs last month. Next time we'll get the word out better around Eugene!
Andy
RESULTS
| White | 2.1Km | 0m |
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1
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33:20
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Jared Smith & Jeff Anttonen | ||
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2
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47:19
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Ralph & Maddy Zeller | ||
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3
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1:07:13
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Vincent Cioffi |
| Yellow | 3.7Km | 0m |
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1
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57:11
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Larry & Tara Kotan | ||
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2
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1:01:09
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Jared Smith & Jeff Anttonen | ||
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3
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1:20:49
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Vanessa Blake |
| Yellow Rec | 3.7Km | 0m | rec |
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| Ralph & Maddy Zeller |
| Orange Part 1 | 3.95Km | 0m |
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1
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22:21
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Ben Legg | ||
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2
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28:30
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Steve Trautwein | ||
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3
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29:17
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Larry O'Neill | ||
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4
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29:57
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Xan Legg | Lost card | |
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5
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32:40
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Ben Lischner | ||
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6
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35:27
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Scott Drumm | ||
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7
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45:15
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Jeff Krueger | Missing #24 | |
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8
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47:05
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Patrick Chinn | ||
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9
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1:12:48
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Kurt Browning |
| Orange Part 2 | 3.65Km | 0m |
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1
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28:43
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Ben Legg | ||
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2
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31:09
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Jeff Krueger | ||
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3
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34:57
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Larry O'Neill | ||
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4
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43:12
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Scott Drumm | ||
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5
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43:42
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Ben Lischner | ||
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6
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44:29
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Xan Legg | ||
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7
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50:17
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Steve Trautwein | ||
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8
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1:05:39
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Kurt Browning |
| Orange Combined | 7.6Km | 0m |
Part 1 * 2 + Part 2 |
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1
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1:13:25
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Ben Legg | ||
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2
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1:33:31
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Larry O'Neill | ||
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3
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1:44:19
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Xan Legg | Lost card | |
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4
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1:47:17
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Steve Trautwein | ||
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5
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1:49:02
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Ben Lischner | ||
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6
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1:54:06
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Scott Drumm | ||
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7
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2:01:39
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Jeff Krueger | Missing #24 | |
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8
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3:31:15
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Kurt Browning |
