Drunken Tree-O Results
50 individuals and 17 teams braved the intricate Earthquake Park terrain on Wednesday evening, May 13. Wildlife sightings included a pair of curious moose near the start and a steady stream of tourists. The lack of vegetation created excellent sight lines and open off-trail running. High water levels made for tricky map reading. Most participants stayed dried, while a few bold souls selected watery shortcuts to shave precious time. The biggest story of the night was the drunk and malfunctioning electronic timing system. Participants arriving early to the event relied on the “classic” card and punch system. Dorn Van Dommelen was the hero of the evening: he sprang to action and loaded the e-punch timing system to his phone. All e-punch users should thank Dorn for his efforts.
Red course winners were Scott “Unstoppable” Patterson (0:48:54) for the men, Jen “Persistant” Jolliff (1:18:53) for the women and Trond & Lindsey “Still tired from McHugh” Flagstad for the team.
Green course winners were Bill “Keep on truckin” Spencer (1:02:55) for the men, Eeva “Flying Finn” Latsou (1:18:32) for the women and George & Molly “Dynamic Duo” Vaughan (1:30:13) for the team.
A huge thanks to the Hanna-Stone-Shearer clans for course design, event set-up and control pick-up.
Here are the mixed electronic/manual punches results:
| Course | Class | Place | Name | Time |
| Red | Men | 1 | Scott Patterson | 0:48:54 |
| Red | Men | 2 | Cory Smith | 0:57:58 |
| Red | Men | 3 | Ian Moore | 1:01:26 |
| Red | Men | 4 | Max Romey | 1:02:34 |
| Red | Men | 5 | Alex Knapp | 1:05:12 |
| Red | Men | 6 | Gary Snyder | 1:10:02 |
| Red | Men | 7 | Ben Histand | 1:14:25 |
| Red | Men | 8 | Dorn Van Dommelen | 1:21:12 |
| Red | Men | 9 | Ryan Choi | 1:26:00 |
| Red | Men | 10 | Oliver Rosier | 1:28:08 |
| Red | Men | 11 | Paul Stone | 1:37:28 |
| Red | Men | 12 | Art Harmon | 1:53:18 |
| Red | Men | 13 | Michael Malvick | 2:34:00 |
| Red | Women | 1 | Jen Jolliff | 1:18:53 |
| Red | Women | 2 | Julia Ditto | 1:19:56 |
| Red | Team | 1 | Trond and Lindsay Flagstad | 1:47:54 |
| Green | Men | 1 | Bill Spencer | 1:02:55 |
| Green | Men | 2 | Frank Whitmer | 1:04:29 |
| Green | Men | 3 | Oscar Araujo | 1:09:47 |
| Green | Men | 4 | Mike Robinson | 1:18:49 |
| Green | Men | 5 | Mark Findlay | 1:46:40 |
| Green | Men | 6 | Micah Lieb | 0:51:46 |
| Green | Men | DNF | Andrian Mabunga | |
| Green | Women | 1 | Eeva Latsuo | 1:18:32 |
| Green | Women | 2 | Tamra Kornfield | 1:24:22 |
| Green | Women | 3 | Jill Follett | 1:29:58 |
| Green | Women | 4 | Brittany Hippe | 1:31:56 |
| Green | Women | 5 | Dela Grey | 1:45:40 |
| Green | Women | 6 | Shelly Laws | 2:20:00 |
| Green | Team | 1 | George and Molly Vaughan | 1:30:13 |
| Green | Team | 2 | Team Dawson | 1:46:30 |
| Orange | Men | 1 | Andrew Harmon | 0:30:46 |
| Orange | Men | 2 | Henry Rosier | 0:49:29 |
| Orange | Men | 3 | Sofia Aguilar | 0:56:57 |
| Orange | Men | 4 | Scotten Blair | 1:01:31 |
| Orange | Men | 5 | Steve McKeever | 1:02:56 |
| Orange | Men | 6 | Peter Johnson | 1:06:23 |
| Orange | Men | 7 | Ben Steadman | 2:00:02 |
| Orange | Men | MP | Warner Lieb | 1:19:32 |
| Orange | Team | 1 | Eli Suver & Adria Myers | 0:48:00 |
| Orange | Team | 2 | Lost in the Woods Wednesday | 1:21:00 |
| Orange | Team | 3 | Eva White & Pierre Derycz | 1:32:00 |
| Orange | Team | 4 | Team Hakk | 1:33:00 |
| Orange | Team | 5 | Team Jackson | 1:48:00 |
| Orange | Team | 6 | Shier Family | 2:15:00 |
| Orange | Women | 1 | Carolyn Stwertka | 1:01:46 |
| Orange | Women | 2 | Ellyn Brown | 1:04:40 |
| Yellow | Men | 1 | Frank Schweers | 0:25:53 |
| Yellow | Men | 2 | Corin Harmon | 0:30:37 |
| Yellow | Men | 3 | Mark Rosier | 0:32:57 |
| Yellow | Men | 4 | Joe Kurtak | 0:54:00 |
| Yellow | Women | 1 | Linda Smith | 0:33:22 |
| Yellow | Women | 2 | Sherri Hughes | 0:54:00 |
| Yellow | Women | 3 | Joyce Goodell | 0:59:00 |
| Yellow | Team | 1 | Suver Family | 0:41:00 |
| Yellow | Team | 1 | Team Whitmarlson | 0:41:44 |
| Yellow | Team | 3 | Team Van Dommelen | 0:51:03 |
| Yellow | Team | 4 | Bosco Bosco | 1:10:09 |
| White | Deborah Summers | 0:20:00 | ||
| White | Likaw Gkor | 0:22:00 | ||
| White | Jen and Gwen Harmon | 0:31:35 | ||
| White | Sue Heverling | 0:32:00 | ||
| White | Lisa & Larry Alexia | 0:33:00 | ||
| White | Allison Moe | 0:33:53 | ||
| White | Jeremy Lieb | 0:40:23 | ||
| White | Team Binder | 0:47:56 | ||
| White | Eileen and Lorelle Myers | 0:54:00 | ||
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