Danehy Park, Cambridge, MA
May 6, 2018
Meet Director: Ian Finlayson
Youth Series Event Directors: Pia Webb and Wendy Johnecheck 

The second Boston Youth Orienteering Series event of the year took place at Danehy Park in Cambridge this Sunday. Rain threatened all day, but held off and the temperatures were comfortable for running. We had a good turnout with just over 100 starts on the various courses.

Danehy is an open park with many paths and ball fields to keep track of which makes it great for novice orienteers. We saw some very fast times on the courses, but there were also quite a number of people that got turned around on the different paths ending up at the wrong controls. Many runners chose to try a harder course than they would normally attempt knowing that you can’t get seriously lost in the park and could build up confidence for their next orienteering outing. But be aware that orienteering in the real woods will be more challenging!

Today’s event was the first session of our new 6-week training program for kids and teenagers who want to improve their navigational skills and running fitness beyond what the Youth Series has to offer (pre-registration required). The coaches introduced the basics of reading map symbols and how to orient the map to the less experienced participants and worked on compass bearings and route choices with more advanced orienteers.

This was the last Youth Series event of the spring with the next Youth Series event on Sunday, September 23, at Great Brook Farm in Carlisle. There are still plenty of local events every weekend this spring with the next regular NEOC event on Saturday, May 12, at Breakheart Reservation in Saugus. There are also CSU sprint races on Thursday nights, with the next sprint on Thursday May 10th in Franklin Park at the border between Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and Dorchester. Beginners and more advanced runners are always welcome to NEOC and CSU events and instruction on how to get you started is typically available.

A huge thanks to all the coaches and meet helpers who volunteered to help out at the event rather than going up north for more technical orienteering: Katia Bertoldi, Giovanni Berlanda, Maria Bloom, Barb Bryant, Becky Carlyle, Ethan Childs, Ed Despard, Kristin Hall, Yana and Evgeny Ivanov, Alex Jospe, Roman Nemet, Jim Paschetto, Alex and Rachael Rothman, and Mark Webb. Also a big thanks to my meet co-directors Ian Finlayson and Wendy Johnecheck. The event would not have happened without all of your help!

Pia Webb
Youth Series Event Co-Director

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White (24) 1.4 km 11 C
Pl Name Club Time
1 Heiner Baumann 8:31
2 Jackson - 13:47
3 Hayley - 13:50
4 Lukas Webb CSU 14:34
5 Egor Ivanov 14:37
6 Myles Masterson 16:27
7 Tor Webb CSU 17:19
8 Emmett Cook NEOC 18:57
9 Alex Petersen 21:21
10 Violet Smith NEOC 25:48
11 Leigh Niedeck 28:58
12 Hannah Petersen 29:00
13 Elizabeth Sheldon NEOC 31:06
14 Mark - NEOC 33:38
15 Anya Khrapunovich NEOC 33:45
16 Rafael Crane 33:54
17 Kiara - 40:53
18 Isabel - 40:54
19 Josue - 41:33
20 Adrian F 41:40
21 Sam Jimenez 44:45
22 Sofia Alicea 44:55
23 Grace Ng 56:45
Will Butler dnf
     
Yellow (30) 1.5 km 12 C
Pl Name Club Time
1 Jared Rife 9:46
2 Noah Baumann CSU 9:48
3 Santos - 11:22
4 Justin Mathews 11:35
5 Mori+Ethan - 12:40
6 Ivan Ivanov NEOC 12:53
7 Jackson - 13:39
8 Hayley - 13:43
9 Andrew Lars NEOC 14:25
10 Will Spurgeon NEOC 14:28
11 Violet Smith 14:42
12 Lukas Nemet NEOC 16:02
13 Owen Baumann NEOC 17:55
14 Sebastian Ruiz NEOC 17:59
15 Daphne Pulsone 22:57
16 Tony Pulsone 22:59
17 Donald Wallace 23:40
18 Evgeny+Alyssa Remizov NEOC 25:33
19 Luisa San Juan 25:40
20 Marcelo Marcheth 25:41
21 Caroline McIlvane NEOC 25:44
22 Andy McIlvane NEOC 25:50
23 Eva Baumann CSU 29:15
23 Bailey Cohen 29:15
25 Henry Drapeau NEOC 31:08
26 Mark - NEOC 31:46
27 Lukas Featherman 32:33
28 Alex - 33:33
Angel - mp
Joshua Laudry mp
     
Sprint 1 (13) 1.8 km 12 C
Pl Name Club Time
1 Keegan Harkavy NEOC 10:01
2 Vilppu Viinikainen NEOC 10:06
3 Alex Rothman NEOC 10:46
4 Rachael Rothman NEOC 12:03
5 Kristen Hall NEOC 12:38
6 Michael Hughes NEOC 13:05
7 Pablo Ruiz NEOC 13:57
8 Jared Rife 14:13
9 Ivan Ivanov NEOC 18:42
10 Anaka Landrigan NEOC 19:10
11 Priya Landrigan NEOC 27:13
Heiner Baumann CSU mp
Sarah Hughes NEOC mp
     
Sprint 2 (11) 2.1 km 11 C
Pl Name Club Time
1 Alex Rothman NEOC 10:19
2 Evgeny Ivanov NEOC 11:11
3 Kristen Hall 11:55
4 Rachael Rothman NEOC 12:19
5 Heiner Baumann CSU 12:45
6 Pablo Ruiz NEOC 14:15
7 Michael Hughes NEOC 14:36
8 Santos - 16:43
9 Justin Mathews 18:32
10 Andrew - NEOC 31:34
11 Will Spurgeon NEOC 31:38
     
String (14)
Pl Name Club Time
1 Frankie Muir 13:20
2 Alex - 14:03
3 Jeremy Cook 14:12
4 Myles Masterson 16:55
5 Alyssa Remicova 17:04
6 Isla Finlayson NEOC 21:25
7 Eddie Gorsky 21:56
8 Walker Xu 26:19
9 Alexis Smith 27:33
10 Yi Xe Thng 27:46
11 Eleanor McNeal-Lewis NEOC 28:00
12 Sofia Clark-Quintanilla 28:09
13 Kai Clark-Quintanilla 28:13
14 Matie Rothman NEOC 52:32