12/10/16 Story
Saturday was cold but what a wonderful day to be back on the Story Hoosier National Forest map with its steep but beautiful open woods.
Over 25 orienteers dressed in blaze orange took on the advanced courses set by Rob Minto and Aidan Minto that allowed for lots of fast running but required some focus as you bore down on each control. The map has been partially updated thanks to Dan Mattingly (OLOU/OBLUE) for providing the starting map and Rob and Aidan Minto for field checking and cartography. Thanks to Aidan Minto, Brenda Blacklock, and Rob Minto for putting out controls; Doug Peterson for enduring the cold to start runners; Mike Garrison for printing maps and venturing into Gander Mountain to buy blaze orange hats; Frank Baukert for providing a stove so we could warm up with hot chocolate; and Mattias Eriksson, Robert Pumphreys, Aidan Minto, Bruce Moore, Ken Kling, Ben King, Ryan Dunlap, Brenda Blacklock, Tom Svobodny, Rob Minto, and Mike Garrison for clearing controls in less than 1.5 hrs. This was truly a group effort!
We are sad to say farewell to Wangki Yuen who ran his last race in the US (for now). His enthusiasm and positive energy will be missed from Midwestern meets as he moves home to Hong Kong.
Blue Course: 15 controls 8.97 km 500 m
1 Mattias Eriksson 91:21
2 Aidan Minto 100:22
3 Ben King 103:05
4 Michael Garrison 105:39
5 Tom Svobodny 122:47
6 Wangki Yuen 124:31
7 Aaron Smith 140:58
8 Jerry Lyons 143:16
9 Ryan Dunlap 150:08
10 Robert Pumphrey 184:08
Evgeny Mukhin & Maria Varchenko DNF
Dick Whicker & Alan Gossard DNF
Brown Course: 10 controls 4.15 km 235 m
Graeme Wilson Group DNF
Green Course: 9 controls 5.4 km 305 m
1 Dan Mattingly 103:19
2 Ken Kling 140:58
3 Frank Baukert & Frank Jr. 204:19
Brenda Blacklock DNF
Louis & Linda Smith DNF
Red Course: 11 controls 7.38 km 400 m
1 Bruce Moore 102:57
Robert Minto (course setter) 94:48
Mark Rue DNF
Paul Overhauser DNF