After the first three races, the sprint series is starting to take shape. Fourteen orienteers have qualified for the final event, to be held on September 25th just before the club’s annual meeting. Remember that the final championship is a pursuit. A group of orienteers (last year it was the top 18) will begin the race based on the times listed below. The first back wins!
There is still one more sprint race, Wednesday at Kincaid, to qualify or improve your position. There are eighteen orienteers who can still squeeze in that second race and qualify.
Here are the current standings. Times are based on the best two times against the “Superman”. The Superman time is calculated by taking the fastest legs of any race and combining them. For each of the sprint events, the Superman times are normalized. Hopefully this all makes sense.
1. Springer Moore (M Under 18)
2. Scott Patterson (M 30-39, 68 seconds behind)
3. Ian Moore (M 50-59, 141 seconds behind)
4. Alex Knapp (M 30-39, 211 seconds behind)
5. Brian Kirchner (M 30-39, 254 seconds behind)
6. Dorn Van Dommelen (M 60-69, 374 seconds behind)
7. Max Romey (M 30-39, 377 seconds behind)
8. Jen Jolliff (W 50-59, 475 seconds behind)
9. Cory Smith (M 40-49, 494 seconds behind)
10. Jamie Shearer (W 40-49, 871 seconds behind)
11. Regan Sarwas (M 50-59, 679 seconds behind)
12. Julia Ditto (W, ???, 731 seconds behind)
13. Bill Spencer (M 60-69, 756 seconds behind)
14. Todd Shearer (M 40-49, 820 seconds behind)
15. Dela Grey (W 40-49, 1655 seconds behind)
16. Mark Findlay (M 60-69, 1673 seconds behind)
17. Agneta Kupilik (W ???, 1868 seconds behind)
The following orienteers need to compete in the last race to qualify for the final sprint: Art Harmon, Nick Crews, Daniel Baird, Bruce Metz, Mark Binder, Jill Follett, Peter Johnson, Ellery Gibbs, Ben Gross, Vincent Jude, Steve McKeever, Keena Nennett, Mike Robinson, Gary Snyder, Allan Spangler, Paul Stone, Rachael Stone, and Frank Witmer.
Dorn Van Dommelen