Wednesday June 14, 2023
University-Medical District
Thanks to everyone who came to the meet on Wednesday. It was a bit chaotic at the start, but the birthday party after the meet was a hoot. Again, happy birthday to our Sweet-16 orienteers!
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Those who attended know that the courses this week were generational. While not everyone stuck with their own generation, some of the results this week were telling:
Nine orienteers tackled the Blue Milleni-O (Blue) course. Not surprisingly, this longer course with 19 controls was won by a millennial. Allen Spangler topped the list followed by Scott Patterson and Alex Knapp, both of whom are regular and very speedy orienteers. Regan Sarwas, a Boomer, had the audacity to challenge the Millenials and had a good showing in fourth position.
There were thirteen Gen-X orienteers (Red/Green course). Ian Moore won the day, followed by Cory Smith and Bill Spencer (a Boomer!). Jen Jolliff was the fastest female Gen Xer to finish the course. Ian, Jen, Lindsey Flagstad, and Shelly Laws all encountered (and hugged, their Gen Z progeny who were running in the opposite direction as them on the course).
Those Gen-Z kids ran the Sweet 16 (Red/Green) course, which was won by Vebjorn Flagstad with Springer Moore coming in second. On the women’s side was Brittany Hippe, Iona Snyder, and Yujie Green, a visiting orienteer from New York. Brian Durrell, of a slightly older generation, challenged the Gen-Z set and came in third overall. There were seven participants on this course.
Steve McKeever and Karen Bronga won the Boomer (Orange) course, holding off upstart Rowan Shearer, a Gen Z kid. The talk after the event was that it was hard to hear the ePunch at the control near the Wells Fargo Center where a concert was being held. This had no impact on the Boomers as none of them can hear very well anyway and rely on the ePunch flashing light. 16 total orienteers.
About 20 orienteers completed the Gen-Z (Yellow) course, which was won by a few speedy Gen-Z orienteers. Niva Flagstad and Talia Smith won for the girls with Elsa Kuplik not far behind. Aksel Flagstad was the first boy to finish followed by Axel Stone and Henry Rosier. Well done! Millenials, take note; your competition is right behind you.
The Alphas were represented by about 20 people, including a number of youngsters and their parents and grandparents. The Gardners came in first followed by the O’Briens. The Kugels came from another generation to place third. N.B. Kip Van Dommelen slept through the entire course but was not pleased to learn that his grandmother cleared his ePunch before downloading his finish.
A special thanks to Diane Van Dommelen for overall support and picking up the cake! Frank Witmer made route edits. Trond Flagstad helped at the table and Cory Smith and Regan Sarwas provided technical support. Max Romey, Kip’s father, helped to collect controls.
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