The New England Orienteering Club

Cemetery Hill
Northampton, MA
December 3, 2011
Meet Director: Phil Bricker

Update 12/4/11, 10:36 PM to results for Long Sprint, Final Sprint, and Green. These corrections are not reflected on WinSplits.

It was a perfect late fall day, with temperatures rising into the lower 40’s. Twenty-nine orienteers competed in the Western Mass Orienteering Championship. The field was deep for a local event; the results were impressive. The chase start format for the final sprint led to some fast and furious head-to-head sprinting. Ian Smith started two seconds ahead of nemesis Ali Crocker and, after some back and forth, put on a blazing final kick to finish three seconds the better. Glen Tryson was quickly hunted down by Tim Parson, but Glen caught back up when Tim missed the pit in the field; it was a close battle to the finish, with Tim winning by 10 seconds. Alex Jospe was surging, catching up to Greg Balter, when she took an unusual route out of 10 and had an AOWN moment, embraced by some green briars; race over. And there were lots of other further duels back in the pack.

Congratulations to the four Western Mass Orienteering Champions!

Blue: All Three Sprints

Blue Male: Boris Granovskiy. Boris had an insuperable 4 minute lead going into the chase start and finished all alone. Honorable mention to Ian Smith who was second overall, and won the final sprint.

Blue Female: Ali Crocker. No contest. Three fine sprints, in spite of being nemesised by Ian. Third overall.

Green: Long and Final Sprint

Green Male: Tim Parson. Although Tim was beaten by speedster Stephan Bevan? Granger, I’m reserving the “Green” championship for oldsters. Joe Brautigam went into the final sprint with almost a five minute lead, but unfortunately he made a 17 minute mistake on the first control. (He locked his keys in his car and missed the start. Anyway, Joe’s not really ready to be in the oldster division). Honorable mention goes to Glen Tryson, just 10 seconds behind Tim; and to oldster Peter Gagarin, who ran blue with the youngsters, but whose combined time for the long and final sprints was faster than Tim (and Stephan).

Green Female: Janet Tryson. It was pretty close between Janet and Gail Gagarin after the long sprint; but then Janet’s superior speed prevailed in the final.

Thanks to all who helped, especially Jim Paschetto and Pete Lane, who do an unbelievable amount of good work putting on events for NEOC. Also to Amy Lane for helping with registration, and (if I remember correctly) Peter, Ian, Ali, Giovanni, Steve, and Dean for helping pick up controls.


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Scroll down for the Sprint Championships of Western Mass.

Yellow 2.9k
Name Club Time
1 Amy Lane Inov-8 26:26
2 Garrett Faucher NEOC 48:30
3 S. Sadeck & T. Rozinas 80:57
4 Nolan Faucher NEOC 88:24
5 Cummings Family (4) 92:20
Marek Petrik DNF
Peter van de Ven DNF
Hayden Morse WCOC DNF
Short Sprint 2.2k
Name Club Time
1 Boris Granovskiy CSU 14:09
2 Giacomo Barbone CSU 14:53
3 Ali Crocker CSU 15:26
4 Ian Smith CSU 15:51
5 Giovanni Berlanda CSU 16:25
6 Neil Dobbs HVO 17:32
6 Gregory Balter WCOC 17:32
8 Alex Jospe CSU 17:48
9 Clinton Morse WCOC 18:25
10 Magnus Bjorkman NEOC 19:37
11 Peter Gagarin NEOC 20:39
12 Ed Despard CSU 20:55
13 J-J Cote LROC 22:11
14 Katia Bertoldi CSU 23:03
15 Anna Gray NWOC (New Zealand) 24:14
16 Mika Latva-Kokko NEOC 24:59
17 Eric Benson CSU 26:01
18 Lori Huberman NEOC/CSU 28:07
19 Earl LaVallee 30:44
20 Andy McIlvaine NEOC 31:53
21 George Walker WCOC 33:35
22 Aims Coney Swashbucklers 34:17
23 Pete Lane NEOC 35:39
24 Alee Perkins NEOC 43:56
25 Lyn Walker WCOC 46:15
26 Tom Jones 71:30
S. Granger-Bevan CSU DNF
Long Sprint 3.1k
Name Club Time
1 Boris Granovskiy CSU 20:54
2 Ian Smith CSU 22:51
3 Neil Dobbs HVO 23:09
4 Ali Crocker CSU 23:18
5 Giovanni Berlanda CSU 24:16
6 Giacomo Barbone CSU 25:02
7 Gregory Balter WCOC 27:01
8 Alex Jospe CSU 27:21
9 Peter Gagarin NEOC 28:38
10 J-J Cote LROC 28:59
11 Magnus Bjorkman NEOC 29:15
12 Glen Tryson EMPO 29:22
13 Clinton Morse WCOC 29:27
14 Tim Parson NEOC-MQ 30:26
15 S. Granger-Bevan CSU 31:17
16 Anna Gray NWOC (New Zealand) 32:04
17 Stephen Richardson WCOC 33:17
18 Dean Sturtevant NEOC 34:52
19 Joe Brautigam WCOC 35:04
20 Bob Lux UNO 35:05
21 Ken Walker CSU 35:58
22 Eric Benson CSU 36:38
23 Mika Latva-Kokko NEOC 36:57
24 Lori Huberman NEOC/CSU 40:08
25 Charlie DeWeese NEOC/WCOC 40:40
26 Katia Bertoldi CSU 42:33
27 Janet Tryson EMPO 51:19
28 Pelle Whålström NEOC 51:34
29 Gail Gagarin CSU 53:25
30 Aims Coney Swashbucklers 54:42
31 Ching-Hua Chen-Ritzo 69:50
32 Commons & Miller UNO/NEOC 106:15
33 G. Seifert LIOC 130:24
34 John Kernochan & E. Nelson NEOC 247:39
Alee Perkins NEOC DNF
Earl LaVallee DNF
Ed Despard CSU DNF
Final Sprint 3.1k
Name Club Time
1 Ian Smith CSU 20:41
2 Ali Crocker CSU 20:42
3 Boris Granovskiy CSU 21:02
4 Neil Dobbs HVO 21:11
5 Giovanni Berlanda CSU 21:55
6 Giacomo Barbone CSU 22:01
7 Gregory Balter WCOC 23:49
8 S. Granger-Bevan CSU 24:51
9 Alex Jospe CSU 25:19
10 Magnus Bjorkman NEOC 25:43
11 Peter Gagarin NEOC 27:12
12 Anna Gray NWOC (New Zealand) 27:15
13 Tim Parson NEOC-MQ 27:29
14 Mika Latva-Kokko NEOC 28:02
15 Katia Bertoldi CSU 28:39
16 Glen Tryson EMPO 28:43
17 J-J Cote LROC 30:29
18 Joe Brautigam WCOC 31:14
19 Bob Lux UNO 31:15
20 Ed Despard CSU 31:18
21 Steve Richardson WCOC 31:59
22 Eric Benson CSU 33:52
23 Lori Huberman NEOC/CSU 34:08
24 Charlie DeWeese NEOC/WCOC 34:20
25 Dean Sturtevant NEOC 35:17
26 Ken Walker CSU 35:23
27 Pelle Whålström NEOC 37:34
28 Janet Tryson EMPO 38:08
29 George Walker WCOC 41:57
30 Aims Coney Swashbucklers 43:17
31 Gail Gagarin CSU 52:45
John Kernochan NEOC DNF
Ching-Hua Chen-Ritzo DNF
Adam Caplan-Bricker DNF

The Sprint Championships of Western Mass.

Blue -------------------------------------------

 Short   Long   Final   Total 
1 Boris Granovskiy 14:09 20:54 21:02 56:05
2 Ian Smith 15:51 22:51 20:41 59:23
3 Ali Crocker 15:26 23:18 20:42 59:26
4 Neil Dobbs 17:32 23:09 21:11 61:52
5 Giacomo Barbone 14:53 25:02 22:01 61:56
6 Giovanni Berlanda 16:25 24:16 21:55 62:36
7 Gregory Balter 17:32 27:01 23:49 68:22
8 Alex Jospe 17:48 27:21 25:19 70:28
9 Magnus Bjorkman 19:37 29:15 25:43 74:35
10 Peter Gagarin 20:39 28:38 27:12 76:29
11 J-J Cote 22:11 28:59 30:29 81:39
12 Anna Gray 24:14 32:04 27:15 83:33
13 Mika Latva-Kokko 24:59 36:57 28:02 89:58
14 Katia Bertoldi 23:03 42:33 28:39 94:15
15 Eric Benson 26:01 36:38 33:52 96:31
16 Lori Huberman 28:07 40:08 34:08 102:23
17 Aims Coney 34:17 54:42 43:17 132:16

Green ------------------------------------------

 Long   Final   Total 
1 S. Granger-Bevan 31:17 24:51 56:08
2 Tim Parson 30:26 27:29 57:55
3 Glen Tryson 29:22 28:43 58:05
4 Stephen Richardson 33:17 31:59 65:16
5 Joe Brautigam 35:04 31:14 66:18
6 Bob Lux 35:05 31:15 66:20
7 Dean Sturtevant 34:52 35:17 70:09
8 Ken Walker 35:58 35:23 71:21
9 Charlie DeWeese 40:40 34:20 75:00
10 Pelle Whålström 51:34 37:34 89:08
11 Janet Tryson 51:19 38:08 89:27
12 Gail Gagarin 53:25 52:45 106:10