Observatory
October 1st, 2005

As advertised (whew), we had perfect weather for this well attended meet. The sun shone, the wind was gentle, the aspens were bright yellow. The courses were on the long side, and again, as advertised, they were technical.

I apologize for a mix-up on the Red course for there only being a ribbon and no flag at control #9 (flag #56). This caused some competitors to lose up to ten minutes of time. Some saw the number 56 on the ribbon and others didn't. So please learn a couple of things from this experience: 1) The meet personnel try hard but can make errors. 2) If you feel you are most likely correct, and especially if there is a vetting ribbon, go on, you will be pardoned. (For example, a problem that wasn't the meet director's fault happened at Bear Creek Lake Park on 9/18/05, where control #4 on the long course was burned by a grass fire. See the photo on the web page. Again, evidence was there that perhaps you should quit looking and continue.)

We had a total of 77 starts and 112 competitors. When asked by the meet director, everyone was polite and exclaimed with great gusto that they had a lot of fun. It was also obvious that the String-O course for young orienteerers was fun and highly contested, with some running it a second time alone (not shadowed by a parent) and backwards. I also had one control card of a Yellow competitor decorated with a sticker from the String-O course.

Another lesson: get out and practice, come to more meets. The fastest time of the day was on Yellow, but he went 3.7 kilometers. The second fastest time of the day was the winning time on Red. James Scarborough was only 2-1/2 minutes slower but RAN 6.8 hilly kilometers, not on trails. With good training (and some better than average genes) we can all do better.

Also, most hearty thanks to Sherry Litasi, Libby Ellis, Lisa Seaman, Simon Maybury, Bill Cheatum, and Bill (?) who all pitched in to make the administration of this meet run very smoothly.

Thanks to all who showed up, we all had a banner day.

-- Bob Ellis, Meet Director & Course Setter

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Results:

Bike-O (7.0 km / 15 controls)
#	Name	Class	Time	Notes
1.	Gordon McCurry	M	1:26:45
2.	Nick Patzer	M	1:30:50
3.	Dan McGregor	M	1:33:13
4.	Mark Hendrickson	M	1:38:07
5.	Deborah Doyle & Steve Cohn	T	1:49:41
6.	Greg Gallegos	M	2:19:23
7.	Jason Poole	M	DNF	Flat tire.
Red (6.8 km / 17 controls)
#	Name	Class	Time	Notes
1.	James Scarborough	M	0:51:16
2.	Mark Gibbard	M	1:06:21
3.	Jason Poole	M	1:16:16
4.	Troy Bozarth	M	1:17:35
5.	Gordon McCurry	M	1:35:30
6.	Orlyn Skrien	M	1:36:35
7.	Michael Rounds	M	1:50:11
8.	Simon Maybury	M	1:52:06
9.	Anton Yakub	M	1:54:42
10.	Eddie Haskell	M	1:55:35
11.	B. Brooke Mann	F	2:00:14
12.	Mike Dieck	M	2:08:23
13.	Andy Nauman	M	2:19:48
14.	John Spencer	M	2:47:45
15.	Bill Campbell	M	DNF
Green (5.1 km / 14 controls)
#	Name	Class	Time	Notes
1.	George Scott	M	1:02:04
2.	Bill Cheatum	M	1:03:53
3.	Mark Baldwin	M	1:24:42
4.	Anita Brattland	F	1:34:06
5.	Scott Jacobson	M	1:47:10
6.	Chris Blackmon & Dougald MacDonald	T	1:55:24
7.	Edmund MacDonnagh & John Wilson	T	2:42:50
8.	Tim & Chris Danahey	T	DNF
9.	Nuclear Bananas	T	DNF
Orange (4.5 km / 10 controls)
#	Name	Class	Time	Notes
1.	Mike Johnston	M	1:31:40
2.	Nancy Hobbs	F	1:32:45
3.	Tony Cochrane	M	1:34:20
4.	Brad Culp	M	1:39:08
5.	Bob Annear	M	1:45:32
6.	Brett Yoho & Ryan Rayfield	T	1:47:06
7.	Alex Finley & Robert Brabes	T	1:59:34
8.	Allen Team (3)	T	2:00:20
9.	Valentina Serbinini	F	2:04:56
10.	Eric Seelig	M	2:23:40
11.	Aaron Leah & Martin Faezel	T	2:31:23
12.	Josh Davis & Chas Osborn	T	2:41:27
13.	John & Justin Palaka	T	2:49:00
14.	McGregor & Maseth	T	DNF
15.	Van Winkle	T	DNF
Yellow (3.7 km / 7 controls)
#	Name	Class	Time	Notes
1.	Chris Armijo	M	0:48:37
2.	Lisa Seaman	F	1:08:07
3.	Danyell Borman & Steve Johnson	T	1:31:03
4.	Terri Leiser	F	1:43:12
5.	Erik Tyse	T	1:44:45
6.	Prehmus Team (4)	T	1:46:02
7.	Leka Team (4)	T	1:58:54
8.	Brian Spann & Theresa Schuller	T	2:01:02
9.	Melissa Schrader & Mike Wagner	T	2:04:01
10.	Tom & Arlene Kufchozk	T	2:33:00
11.	Russ Beam & Nick Baumgart	T	2:34:37
12.	Tye Cheatum	M	2:55:15
13.	Timoth Knight & Nathan Scott	T	2:55:21
14.	Catherine Croft & Mac Bennetts	T	2:57:21
15.	Devito, Kregstein & Easter	T	2:59:16
16.	Joshua Caldwell & Catherine Millard	T	3:27:54
17.	Lee/Clair Team (4)	T	DNF
18.	Becky & Logan Bock	T	DNF
White (2.4 km / 7 controls)
#	Name	Class	Time	Notes
1.	Bryce Kelly	M	1:06:30
2.	Christian & Tom Lopez	T	1:15:02
3.	Danielle Heckmeck	F	1:24:15
4.	Brattland Group (5)	T	1:30:06
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