Patapsco McKeldin

Heavier rains fell to the south in the morning but conditions at McKeldin for this second QOC event of 2015 were actually not half bad - slightly damp leaves atop still frozen ground with at most very light rain falling during the event. Still, a certain optimistic hardiness was called for to turn up and take on some rather steep courses on a grey day - kudos to those who took up the challenge. And our apologies to the few early green course runners who, having done so, also started early enough to reach the location of their first control before it was hung - thank you for taking that in stride and apparently not letting it ruin your whole course. A lesson has been learned, one can hope, about the wisdom of not relying entirely on memory as to which controls are or aren't shared between courses when running a bit late hanging controls and deciding which ones can be left until ten minutes or so past the beginning of the start window.

As usual, the event couldn't have taken place without many volunteers - Mike Newman assisting with setup, Ben Roberts on setup, registration and keeping an eye on the parking situation, Mike Berry, Don Fish, Iva Zicha, Pat McNeilly, and Angela and Abby Furlow on registration, David Levine and Pat McNeilly on beginner instruction, Valerie Meyer, Amy Louden, Mary Snieckus, and Victoria Campbell on e-punch results duty, and Sam Listwak, David Levine, Mihai Sirbu and the whole Jepsen family - Anne, Kim and Esben - on control pickup.

Course results can be seen below as well as on Attackpoint and WinSplits. Don't forget to enter your course into RouteGadget as well.

Next event: Little Bennett Regional Park (near Clarksburg, MD), Sunday, January 25.

Dan Do (event director) & Jon Torrance (course designer)

White

Course Length: 2.8 km

Course Climb: 95 m

Number of Controls: 8

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Daniel Brizuela & Carolina Diller		66:49
2	Anna Campbell	QOC	70:31
3	Anne Collins & Lucy		80:04
4	Kseniya Ulyanova & V Tsypnyatova	QOC	83:44
5	Sam and Nicole & Peggy & Nadim	QOC	97:01
6	Dominik Honzak	QOC	98:05
7	Peter Campbell	QOC	98:39
8	Daniel Heimgartner	QOC	116:26

Yellow

Course Length: 3.5 km

Course Climb: 170 m

Number of Controls: 8

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Diana Aleksieva	QOC	58:26
2	John Allen	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	58:32
3	Donald Van Hook	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	71:19
4	Joshua Coyle	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	76:53
5	Sam Furlow		86:25
6	Florence Tan	QOC	91:44
7	Rebecca Rich	QOC	99:17
8	Iva Zicha	QOC	122:03
9	Catherine Walters	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	DNF
9	Cynthia Carabelli	QOC	DNF (67:33)

Orange

Course Length: 4.5 km

Course Climb: 255 m

Number of Controls: 11

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Turner Leigh	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	73:33
2	Brian Knapp	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	75:57
3	Alex Hughes	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	77:01
4	Oliver Alliss	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	80:59
5	Jim Bohrer	SVO	81:23
6	Jim Weber		83:57
7	Jacob Blycher	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	88:06
8	Shaw Smith	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	89:34
9	Thomas Iacoponelli	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	92:19
10	Maggie Pruden	QOC	97:30
11	Nathan Brand	Patuxent HS NJROTC	104:52
12	Noah Rhodes & Ryan Helman	Chambersburg NJROTC	118:37
13	Steve Warner & Amber Leedy	Chambersburg NJROTC	119:28
14	Mark Mammel & Isaac & Leila	QOC	129:32
15	Ned and Laura Renner	QOC	151:18
16	Jack Patterson & William Reed	Chambersburg NJROTC	152:53
17	Samuel Jackson & Alex Reel	Chambersburg NJROTC	154:23
18	Kelsey Thornton & Kadence Myers	Chambersburg NJROTC	158:42
19	Dominick Alther	Patuxent HS NJROTC	164:11
20	Pat Keim	SVO	167:48
21	Rick Marion	QOC	DNF
21	Jeffrey Lander	QOC	DNF
21	Andrew Allen	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	DNF (112:04)
21	Coby Lander	QOC	DNF (113:58)
21	Troy Breeden	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	DNF (131:18)
21	Richard Briggs & Georgia	QOC	MP

Brown

Course Length: 4 km

Course Climb: 205 m

Number of Controls: 12

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Rob Wilkison	DVOA	71:10
2	Frantisek Brabec	QOC	73:07
3	Mary Snieckus	QOC	88:04
4	Jeff Haskell	QOC	90:46
5	Cash Costello	QOC	97:15
6	Robert Hart	QOC	98:22
7	Shannon Costello		105:21
8	Don Fish	QOC	106:19
9	Rod Mccracken	QOC	115:32
10	Eva Matveeva	QOC	116:05
11	Jeremy Gillespie	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	118:36
12	Kelly Singer & Bryan Singer	QOC	121:46
13	Julia Schmerberg	QOC	125:09
14	Morgan Franklin & Devin Mahoney		128:32
15	Stephanie Coffin	QOC	128:41
16	Craig Shelden	QOC	146:47
17	Michael Doyle		188:02
18	Wendy W	QOC	DNF
18	Tim Cholko	QOC	DNF
18	Pat McNeilly	QOC	DNF (59:15)
18	Daniel Pike	QOC	DNF (85:28)
18	Amy Louden	QOC	DNF (118:35)
18	Hannah Collins & John		MP (159:46)
18	Rae Ann Hicks	QOC	MP (170:09)

Green

Course Length: 5.5 km

Course Climb: 280 m

Number of Controls: 17

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Tom Nolan	QOC	72:48
2	William Schaefer	QOC	74:27
3	Mihai G Sirbu	QOC	74:59
4	David Clark	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	78:42
5	Alan Oprsal	SMOC	82:47
6	John Sawyko	QOC	83:46
7	Collin Scott	Patuxent HS NJROTC	85:30
8	Greg Lennon	QOC	85:34
9	Matt Jones	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	85:42
10	Greg Palardy	QOC	89:40
11	John Rosicky		91:02
12	Gavin Weise	QOC	95:40
13	Esben Jepsen	QOC	96:32
14	Connor Klapper	Patuxent HS NJROTC	97:43
15	Alex Tucker	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	100:39
16	Anne Jepsen	QOC	101:13
17	Tom Wells	QOC	102:37
18	Mark Hicks	QOC	106:25
19	Petya Aleksieva	QOC	119:43
20	Jared Kalins	Patuxent HS NJROTC	119:50
21	Steve Camp	QOC	121:18
22	Ross Brinson	QOC	121:22
23	Austin Bristow	Patuxent HS NJROTC	121:31
24	Gary Smith	QOC	121:53
25	Patrick Fields	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	123:10
26	Robert Rich	QOC	127:11
27	Brody Slusher	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	128:59
28	Ryan Collins		129:14
29	David Levine	QOC	131:52
30	Sara Lemanski	QOC	149:36
31	Devin Lambert	Patuxent HS NJROTC	179:05
32	John Vincent	Patuxent HS NJROTC	DNF (47:31)
32	Andrew Gillespie	Loudoun Co HS NJROTC	DNF (95:17)

Red

Course Length: 7.2 km

Course Climb: 365 m

Number of Controls: 22

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Ted Good	QOC	73:50
2	Videlin Aleksiev	QOC	77:54
3	Amber Tomas	QOC	79:17
4	Daniel Quinn	QOC	87:26
5	Victoria Campbell	QOC	94:25
6	Kim Jepsen	QOC	112:04
7	Benjamin Roberts	QOC	115:10
8	Adam Ake		115:19
9	Ben Bloschock	QOC	163:56
10	Eugene Tsypnyatov	QOC	DNF (81:19)
10	Zac Ufnar	QOC	DNF (89:16)

Blue

Course Length: 8.8 km

Course Climb: 460 m

Number of Controls: 23

Place	Name	Club	Time
1	Ryan Stasiowski	QOC	90:10
2	Dave Pruden	QOC	105:24
3	Michael Berry	QOC	112:49
4	Michael Stasiowski	QOC	121:02
5	Charles Carrick	QOC	133:52
6	Travis Siehndel		DNF (120:12)

Abbreviations: DNF = did not finish, MP = mispunch, NC = non-competitive (usually 2nd course or course setter/vetter), OT = overtime (more than 3 hours or returned after course closing time).