The New England Orienteering Club

We had a great turnout for 2014 Windblown Ski-O #1, with 27 people participating. The Red course was the most popular, with 18 starts. US Team members Adrian Owens and Alex Jospe blew away the field with times of 42:34 and 42:54 but teenager Kestral Owens was right behind at 42:55. Perhaps the most courageous entry though on Red was Sara Mae Berman’s 3:04:30. And despite his gray beard Jim Arsenault keeps on skiing like youngster, coming in at 50:33.

The funny thing is that as course setter I thought of the Red course as including some really exciting downhills but most of the skiers complained of the ups. That must be because the climbing takes time while the descents flash by which gives a perception there is more climb.

Many thanks to Al and Andy Jenks of Windblown for all their support, to Ken Walker and Larry Berman for picking up controls and to David VanDorpe for standing in line to get me lunch.

-Aims

Name Course Elapse
Brendan Shields Green 0:45:08
Pete Bundschuh Green 0:55:40
Lex Bundschuh Green 1:02:00
Cleo Flemming Green 2:11:20
Richard Powers Green DNF
     
Name Course Elapse
Kestral Owens Orange 0:20:50
Lisa Mykyta-group Orange 0:49:35
Richard Powers Orange 1:05:48
     
Name Course Elapse
Adrian Owens Red 0:42:34
Alex Jospe Red 0:42:54
Kestral Owens Red 0:42:55
Jim Arsenault Red 0:50:33
Ed Despard Red 0:51:54
Sydney Michalak-group Red 0:53:01
Gary Gallagher Red 1:00:43
Melanie Sergvuiev Red 1:03:59
Ken Walker, Sr Red 1:05:51
Larry Berman Red 1:32:00
Aanika Ruutopold Red 1:39:20
Andy Mykyta-group Red 1:40:10
Terry Myers Coney Red 1:54:26
Bob Latshaw Red 1:54:44
Schuyler Michalak-group Red 1:55:06
Sara Mae Berman Red 3:08:30
Michael Volk Red DNF