Beaver Brook Reservation
Belmont, MA
October 21, 2012
Event Director: Jim Crawford
It turned out to be a glorious day for orienteering, mostly sunny in the 60s, lots of colored foliage, and a new map. Historic Beaver Brook Reservation was the first Reservation in Massachusetts. The southern half was a large grove of oak trees (Waverley Oaks) a hundred years ago when the park was formed; only a handful of the original oaks remain, including one within sight of the registration area. The northern half of the park was 2 separate mill ponds and mills. The mills are gone, but the ponds are still there, with water falls coming out of each one.
With most of the experienced orienteers out-of-town at the North American Championships, this was a nice weekend for a small, quiet beginner's meet. 50 people came out, over half of them local first-timers. Everybody seemed to have an enjoyable time, including several who finished their first course and decided they wanted to have more fun, and went out on another course. All of the nice comments people gave made the event worthwhile from my perspective.
The meet ran smoothly with the excellent help of Pete Lane on registration, Joanne Sankus on instruction and pick-up, and my daughter Raina on the computer and pick-up.
Found: dibber/finger-stick; contact Jim Crawford to claim.
Split times (courtesy of WinSplits)
[raw splits file available here]
Photos from the meet are under News > Galleries.
White | ||||
Name | Club | Time | ||
1 | Greg Lews & Patrick McNeal | NEOC | 22:58 | |
2 | Torben Krahnstoever | NEOC | 26:17 | |
3 | Deirdre Woods | 28:00 | ||
4 | Lucia Scott | 28:03 | ||
5 | Sarah Valentine | 28:09 | ||
6 | Michael Judy & Patricia Dwyer | 34:07 | ||
Yellow | ||||
Name | Club | Time | ||
1 | Andy McIlvaine | NEOC | 11:46 | |
2 | Patrick McNeal | NEOC | 13:33 | |
3 | David, Owen, Elliot Loveluck | 19:44 | ||
4 | Greg Lewis | NEOC | 20:47 | |
5 | Rhodes Family (4) | 23:01 | ||
6 | Dominich + Nils Krahnstoever | 26:18 | ||
7 | David Merfeld (4) | 33:18 | ||
8 | Chet Osborne + Becca Staples-M | NEOC | 39:14 | |
9 | Neil Jenn Dashiell Daphne (4) | NEOC | 41:22 | |
10 | Michael Judy & Patricia Dwyer | 49:44 | ||
11 | Michael Judy & Patricia Dwyer | 49:46 | ||
12 | Michael Judy & Patricia Dwyer | 51:49 | ||
13 | Hop Holmberg | NEOC | 53:53 | |
14 | Kim Hien Micheal Hirsch | NEOC | 73:22 | |
Sprint 1 | ||||
Name | Club | Time | ||
1 | Patrick McNeal | NEOC | 24:07 | |
2 | Pete Lane | NEOC | 32:40 | |
3 | Chris LaPorte | 37:51 | ||
4 | Chris Noon | NEOC | 47:07 | |
5 | Gail DeRuzzo Boyd Potts | NEOC | 47:14 | |
6 | Joanne Sankus | NEOC | 50:02 | |
7 | Kirill Finkelshteyn | 60:29 | ||
8 | Merfeld | 64:30 | ||
9 | Harrigan | 83:25 | ||
10 | Michael Commons | 83:48 | ||
11 | Robert & Barbara Peary | NEOC | 97:24 | |
Chet Osborne + Becca Staples-M | NEOC | DNF | ||
Andy McIlvaine | NEOC | DNF | ||
Sprint 2 | ||||
Name | Club | Time | ||
1 | Andy McIlvaine | NEOC | 28:45 | |
2 | Bill Binette | NEOC | 54:03 | |
3 | Boyd Potts Gail DeRuzzo | NEOC | 54:53 | |
4 | Sarah Lucia Dierdra (3) | 80:54 |