Lapland Lake
December 23, 2007
The controls are all hung in the basement with care
in hopes that they'll dry 'fore the black spots appear.
An I and my laptop settled in for a evening
to summarize the events of the day just... ran out of inspiration.
The ski orienteering season opener at Lapland Lake came off
splendidly. None of the severe weather that had been predicted
actually materialized. Temperatures were on the mild side all day
with a damp drizzle on occasions during the afternoon. We had 15
competitors completing the qualifier and one group.
When originally conceived Anne Hirvonen [of Lapland Lake] and I had
envisioned a ski festival type of day with the cross country ski
qualifiers in the morning, youth races at noon and the ski
orienteering in the afternoon. As it turned out we did have at least
a couple of ski-O people do the XC races in the morning and several
XC skiers tried ski-O.
The electronic "punching" seemed to work well and we are looking
forward to using the system at the Empire State Games finals. From
a course setters perspective it allowed use of some novel challenges
that would not have been possible without a map swap.
We had the following courses (with seasonal colors):
- White - 3.5 k (shortest ski-able) for female scholastic, female grandmaster
- Green - 6.6 k for male scholastic, male grandmasters, female open, female masters
- Red - 8.85 k for male open, male masters
When I pick up controls for ski-O I find it interesting to see what
route choices participants used other than my (shortest skiable
distances). They sure found some better route choices than I had
anticipated. In fact Scott Pleban and Margus Hallik found a stream
crossing that cut at least a half kilometer of the ski distance.
I had hoped more people would have taken advantage of an early
season qualifier, but with the weather forecasts I can understand
the decision to wait for better conditions. But conditions were
great: excellent trail grooming by Olavi Hirvonen and 18 inches to
two feet of snow in the woods.
I would like to thank Ann Christoffel and Steve Gurzler for their
help with registration, and to Gabor Bobok for running the
electronics. I could not have done it without them.
- Eric J. Hamilton
White (4) 3.5 km 8 C
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| | | | | 1(39) | 2(51) | 3(126) | 4(101) | 5(78) | 6(121) | 7(40) | 8(128) | F |
1 | | Katie Christoffel | | 33:34 | 1:20 | 4:05 | 12:19 | 15:07 | 19:02 | 22:00 | 27:46 | 32:10 | 33:34 |
| | EMPO | | | 1:20 | 2:45 | 8:14 | 2:48 | 3:55 | 2:58 | 5:46 | 4:24 | 1:24 |
2 | | Stephanie Crocker | | 42:17 | 4:38 | 11:38 | 23:36 | 24:59 | 28:31 | 31:34 | 38:44 | 41:21 | 42:17 |
| | | | | 4:38 | 7:00 | 11:58 | 1:23 | 3:32 | 3:03 | 7:10 | 2:37 | 0:56 |
3 | | Betsy Hawes | | 56:57 | 1:52 | 8:12 | 20:12 | 24:16 | 30:42 | 36:13 | 48:28 | 54:28 | 56:57 |
| | HVO | | | 1:52 | 6:20 | 12:00 | 4:04 | 6:26 | 5:31 | 12:15 | 6:00 | 2:29 |
4 | | Larry Crocker | | 90:15 | 3:24 | 7:27 | 17:49 | 21:24 | 26:21 | 31:57 | 77:02 | 84:34 | 90:15 |
| | | | | 3:24 | 4:03 | 10:22 | 3:35 | 4:57 | 5:36 | 45:05 | 7:32 | 5:41 |
Green (5) 6.6 km 10 C
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| | | | | 1(96) | 2(125) | 3(110) | 4(35) | 5(95) | 6(33) | 7(126) | 8(101) | 9(123) | 10(128) | F |
1 | | Allison Crocker | | 38:02 | 2:31 | 6:16 | 11:29 | 15:01 | 19:22 | 23:24 | 30:57 | 32:33 | 34:53 | 37:17 | 38:02 |
| | | | | 2:31 | 3:45 | 5:13 | 3:32 | 4:21 | 4:02 | 7:33 | 1:36 | 2:20 | 2:24 | 0:45 |
2 | | Kati Kangro-Hallik | | 56:59 | 2:57 | 10:08 | 23:06 | 27:32 | 32:48 | 40:55 | 49:42 | 51:23 | 53:37 | 56:00 | 56:59 |
| | | | | 2:57 | 7:11 | 12:58 | 4:26 | 5:16 | 8:07 | 8:47 | 1:41 | 2:14 | 2:23 | 0:59 |
3 | | Terry Myers | | 77:24 | 8:00 | 14:21 | 24:53 | 31:27 | 40:01 | | 65:38 | 68:02 | 72:59 | 76:00 | 77:24 |
| | NEOC | | | 8:00 | 6:21 | 10:32 | 6:34 | 8:34 | | 25:37 | 2:24 | 4:57 | 3:01 | 1:24 |
4 | | Ellie George | | 78:27 | 5:00 | 14:39 | 30:02 | 36:54 | 44:07 | 54:14 | 67:40 | 70:25 | 73:00 | 77:01 | 78:27 |
| | | | | 5:00 | 9:39 | 15:23 | 6:52 | 7:13 | 10:07 | 13:26 | 2:45 | 2:35 | 4:01 | 1:26 |
5 | | Janet Findley | | 106:47 | 34:53 | 47:38 | 56:14 | 62:47 | 72:08 | 84:37 | 92:55 | 95:54 | 99:45 | 105:41 | 106:47 |
| | | | | 34:53 | 12:45 | 8:36 | 6:33 | 9:21 | 12:29 | 8:18 | 2:59 | 3:51 | 5:56 | 1:06 |
Red (6) 8.85 km 13 C
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| | | | | 1(99) | 2(54) | 3(125) | 4(63) | 5(78) | 6(123) | 7(110) | 8(35) | 9(95) | 10(33) | 11(126) | 12(101) | 13(128) | F |
1 | | Margus Hallik | | 35:39 | 1:02 | 2:11 | 4:13 | 7:54 | 12:42 | 15:17 | 19:10 | 22:04 | 24:56 | 28:56 | 32:05 | 33:17 | 35:02 | 35:39 |
| | | | | 1:02 | 1:09 | 2:02 | 3:41 | 4:48 | 2:35 | 3:53 | 2:54 | 2:52 | 4:00 | 3:09 | 1:12 | 1:45 | 0:37 |
2 | | Scott Pleban | | 38:22 | 1:12 | 2:31 | 4:49 | 8:51 | 13:51 | 16:29 | 20:46 | 23:47 | 27:09 | 31:19 | 34:30 | 35:48 | | 38:22 |
| | | | | 1:12 | 1:19 | 2:18 | 4:02 | 5:00 | 2:38 | 4:17 | 3:01 | 3:22 | 4:10 | 3:11 | 1:18 | | 2:34 |
3 | | Aims Coney | | 66:37 | 1:28 | 4:07 | 7:18 | 14:09 | 21:16 | 25:41 | 31:54 | 39:32 | 45:00 | 51:09 | 59:59 | 61:43 | 65:41 | 66:37 |
| | | | | 1:28 | 2:39 | 3:11 | 6:51 | 7:07 | 4:25 | 6:13 | 7:38 | 5:28 | 6:09 | 8:50 | 1:44 | 3:58 | 0:56 |
4 | | Alex Jospe | | 68:46 | 3:27 | 7:07 | 9:50 | 21:37 | 28:16 | 32:03 | 36:39 | 41:28 | 47:48 | 54:59 | 63:25 | 64:55 | 67:54 | 68:46 |
| | | | | 3:27 | 3:40 | 2:43 | 11:47 | 6:39 | 3:47 | 4:36 | 4:49 | 6:20 | 7:11 | 8:26 | 1:30 | 2:59 | 0:52 |
5 | | David Hunter | | 76:33 | 8:05 | 10:39 | 14:02 | 20:32 | 28:10 | 32:32 | 38:23 | 49:21 | 54:18 | 63:19 | 67:41 | 72:14 | 75:39 | 76:33 |
| | | | | 8:05 | 2:34 | 3:23 | 6:30 | 7:38 | 4:22 | 5:51 | 10:58 | 4:57 | 9:01 | 4:22 | 4:33 | 3:25 | 0:54 |
6 | | Dmitri Soloviev | | 98:20 | 11:57 | 14:22 | 17:49 | 34:16 | 44:03 | 51:27 | 60:01 | 65:59 | 74:59 | 85:28 | 91:32 | 94:10 | 97:13 | 98:20 |
| | EMPO | | | 11:57 | 2:25 | 3:27 | 16:27 | 9:47 | 7:24 | 8:34 | 5:58 | 9:00 | 10:29 | 6:04 | 2:38 | 3:03 | 1:07 |
last updated: --Sun Dec 30 2007 04:09:47 PM EST--
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