May 15, 2019

CTOC 2019 Rabbit Creek Meet Report


The race day weather was perfect in the morning, and forecast was calling for a high of 79-81 F, so it was expected that we would have a good turnout at Rabbit Creek this year and that prediction didn’t turn out to be wrong.

All and all, we had a total of 24 competitors on the courses made up of  with 5 teams/pairs and 14 solo competitors.

Courses
2019 marks the first year CTOC was able to run all levels of the Rabbit Creek courses with the electronic SportIdent controls and ePunches.  The 10 newly purchased electronic controls by the club definitely came in handy for the advanced course with 26 total controls.

This year at Rabbit Creek there were 4 levels of traditional classic orienteering courses offered:
Beginner Course
4 controls; Distance:  0.50 miles (0.79 km); Elevation Gain:  15 ft (5 m)
Sport Course
 9 controls; Distance:  1.54 miles (2.48 km); Elevation Gain:  250 ft (75 m)
Intermediate Course
16 controls; Distance:  2.86 miles (4.62 km); Elevation Gain:  650 ft (200 m)
Advanced Course
26 controls; Distance:  5.10 miles (8.23 km); Elevation Gain:  1,150 ft (350 m)

Race Day - Starts
Racers started showing up just before 9 AM,  and pre-registration showed that a majority of the competitors opted for the intermediate course. This was probably a wise choice since past Rabbit Creek competitors know how tough the advanced course can be at this venue.
Within the first 20 minutes of starts after 10 AM, we had a slew of racers and teams headed out on the Sport and Intermediate Courses trying to stay ahead of the coming heat of the day.

First wave of competitors (by start order):
Veronica Fletcher, Norma Baily, Team of Gaye Keith & Paul Contreras, Karen Didisse, Jay Morgan, Jerry Stewart, Bill Pilcher, Team of Angela Stewart & Jackson Ford,  Team of Zach & Sarah Curtis.

After the flurry of activity at the start, seasoned competitors, Sergey Velichko and Doug LaMott got ready to take on the advanced course with its 10 extra controls and almost twice the elevation gain and distance of the intermediate course. Doug and Sergey were the only two orienteers to take on the challenging task of the advanced course.

The rest of the starts were spaced out more evenly over the next 70 minutes:

Second wave of competitors (by start order):
Dan Opila, Ole Bergset, Team of Joe and Vivian Kosak, John Murray, Team of Katrina Wright & Kim Kelly, Team of Innes Wright & Kerry Kelly, Melanie Wright and Anthony Fizer.

Race Day – Finishes
Strolling in first from the intermediate course was Veronica Fletcher and her dog - their first time here at Rabbit Creek.  They opted to just do the first half of the course and spent the rest of their time exploring the farm and the sights.

Norma Bailey was next and was the first to come in from the sport course, with smiles saying “It was just the right length”.

Jay Morgan was our first intermediate course finisher, came in just over 97 minutes.

Soon after, the team of Gaye Keith and Paul Contreras, new to the sport of orienteering and Rabbit Creek came in from the sport course in just under an hour and quarter.

Control 38 with Apple and Sparkle

Then coming in within 15 second of each other, Karen from the intermediate course (with a time of 1:50:11) and Sergey from the advanced course. 

With a blazing fast time of  1:27:00 on the tough advanced course, Sergey showed why he always navigates and competes at a national championship level.

Sergey also informed me that one of the controls on the advanced course was misplaced on the incorrect boulder group (Control # 47, the 23rd control on advanced course).  Once he pointed out the control’s placement in relation to the pond in the Rabbit Creek canyon, it was clear he was correct.  Thankfully for Doug (the only other advanced competitor), he moved the control to the correct location before Doug came through to punch the control.

  Control 47 in its correct location with Owyhees in the distance

Once noontime hit, there was a steady stream of orienteers who came in from the intermediate course over the next 15 minutes: Team Zack & daughter Sarah Curtis, John Murray, Team Angela Stewart & Jackson Ford,  Bill Pilcher, and finally Ole Bergset.

Everyone from the intermediate cause group were happy to have completed the cause and get out of the sun before it got too hot. Most said they enjoyed the challenge, flow and length of the course.

As it started to get warmer at the bottom of the noon hour,  new comers to Rabbit Creek, Vivian and Joe Kosak came in from the sport course having enjoyed their orienteering experience in the Owyhees.

Jerry Stewart, as always, came in with a big smile from the intermediate cause just ahead of the team of Katrina Wight and Kim Kelly strolling in from the sport course.

As the final wave of competitors were starting to come in, team Innes Wright & Kim Kelly came in and punched their finish just ahead of Melanie Wight in what appeared to be a race to be first place on the intermediate course.  However, since Melanie started 28 seconds behind Innes and Kim, the official results show that Melanie got the intermediate course win anyway.

Our final orienteers in from the courses were: Dan Opila (int), Doug LaMott (adv) and Anthony Fizer (int).

Potluck
Once most of the racers came in, the potluck began. Here are some pictures from the event.

Sergey, John and Bill



With most orienteers back and accounted for, the potluck had already began and was already in full swing. Everyone was enjoying the great weather and plenty of food on hand. People were recounting their adventures and some sites of the day. 

And of course, the seasoned CTOC regulars were already discussing their route choices and orienteering strategies during the meet.

Thanks to everyone that showed up at Rabbit Creek this year.

Results
We had no official takers on the beginner course, so the results are for sport, intimidate and advanced.

A hyperlink to the split times uploaded onto the winsplits website will be updated soon.
Please check back.

CTOC 2019 Rabbit Creek Results
Sport Course: 9 controls
1 Katrina Wright & Kim Kelly 1:05:56
2 Norma Bailey 1:31:52
3 Gaye Keith & Paul Contreras 1:34:34
4  Vivian & Joe Kosak   1:38:01
Intermediate Course: 15 controls
1 Melanie Wright 1:17:01
2 Innes Wright & Kerry Kelly 1:17:29
3 John Murray 1:21:59
4 Jay Morgan 1:24:31
5 Ole Bergset 1:37:24
6 Karen Didisse 1:42:32
7 Zach & Sarah Curtis 1:43:28
8 Anthony Fizer 1:46:09
9 Bill Pilcher 1:57:33
10 Jerry Stewart 2:18:28
11 Dan Opila 2:28:16
12 Angela Stewart & Jackson Ford 1:56:13
13 Veronica Fletcher 1:10:08
Advanced Course: 26 controls
1 Sergey Velichko 1:27:00
2 Doug LaMott 2:30:53

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