The New England Orienteering Club

Great Brook Farm State Park, Carlisle, MA
September 23, 2018
Meet Directors: Kelly Guarino

The first day of fall served up beautiful weather and a large crop of orienteers at this year's Great Brook Farm meet. We had 202 starts, with what seemed like double that number of people.

The third installment of the 2018 Greater Boston Youth Orienteering Series drew much of the crowd. The youngest kids loved the animal-O, all ages participated in the string-O, either alone or with help, and scouts and older beginners got instruction at the mini demo station. And some did all three. Many families did the activities followed by the White course. I heard "that was fun" and "I want to do this again" more than once. I also saw lots of post-orienteering, Great Brook Farm ice cream being eaten.

The Red course got to visit the Tophet Swamp loop in the southern area of the Park and finished up in the rocky, complicated area east of the farm complex. Green, Brown, and Tan used the same controls in the rocky area, and visited progressively fewer areas of the south. Those who decided to pick up the blow-up map of the rocky area may have had an easier time with navigation. Orange was designed to be on the shorter and easier side, to bridge those advancing from Yellow. White had the highest number of participants for the day, and got many brand-new orienteers. Don't forget to check the splits online (see link below) to see how you fared on each leg!

Thank you to all the volunteers! Pia Webb and Wendy Johnecheck were the Directors of the youth activities, and coordinated an astonishing number of activities and volunteers. Pia designed the String-O, White, and Yellow courses, and put out and collected most of the controls for these courses. Rolling out the string-O takes a long time! Wendy is really good at connecting with families and helping them figure out what activities to try. Tim Parson may have escaped to Maine, but he gave helpful feedback on the draft courses. Gary Gallagher helped vet and hang controls. Nick Townley, Susie Mahan, Masha Bloom, and Mark Webb all helped with registration. Bud O'Leary, Evgeny Ivanov, the Finlayson-Johnecheck Family, the Webb Family, Alex Jospe, Roman Nemet, Barb Bryant, David Landrigan, David Yee, and the Mahan-Kirinchich Family helped with the youth activities, and also set-up and scout leader instruction. Ed Despard brought his VW bus and his computer command station and took care of the timing and results all day, with Andy Hall's help. For control pickup, Ian Finlayson took the farthest reaches, Brett Anderson and Ian Anderson brought their bikes and got the middle woods, Mike Springer collected the rocky area, and Tamara Brenner, Lily Springer and Sierra Springer collected all of "Area 1" on the White/Yellow courses. Doug Sevon helped throughout the day, with set-up, registration and instruction, and at the end of the day was a master at packing up all the equipment in his car, to take to Townsend meet he is directing next weekend. A special thanks to those who responded to my "cold email" request for volunteers, and apologies to anyone I have forgotten.

Also, a special thank you to Steve Carlin, Park Supervisor, and his staff at DCR Great Brook Farm State Park. They are always helpful, and great to work with. 

The next regular NEOC event is next weekend - Townsend State Forest, Sunday, September 30.
The next Youth Series event is October 28, at Rocky Woods. 

See you in the woods!
Kelly Guarino


View the splits here (courtesy of AttackPoint).

String
1 Zorian Mykyta NEOC 11:37
2 Myles Masterson   12:02
3 Kevin Molly   12:12
4 Frida Green   12:23
5 Frank Molly   12:39
6 Branden Coddaire   12:44
7 Frida Greene   12:47
8 Jason Ohanian   13:21
9 Ben Eriksen   13:24
10 Santi H   13:25
11 Hunter -   13:29
12 Emme Caddaire   13:32
13 Josh Bell   14:08
14 Colby Reardon   15:33
15 Daniel Soo   18:07
16 Andre/Semion Barnov   20:39
17 Lauren Arnold   21:58
18 Nicholas Soo   23:41
19 Sasha -   24:36
20 Luke/Jerry -   26:01
21 Sofia Henderson   28:19
22 Hazel Marcucella   28:23
23 Vivian Perivzrzov NEOC 30:52
24 Ty Hawke Lister   33:27
25 Alyssa Remizova NEOC 33:57
26 Myles Spragers   36:42
27 Alexis Smith   37:06
28 Quinn Bellusci NEOC 39:41
29 Mattie Rothman NEOC 44:09
30 Maria Garkavtsera NEOC 48:50
 
  Ben -   dnf
  Diego Berlanda CSU dnf
White 
1 Egor Ivanov NEOC 13:49
2 Sam Greene   15:03
3 Ivan Ivanov NEOC 15:26
4 Lily Springer NEOC 17:03
5 Michael Rotondo   18:01
6 Conor Dillan   18:07
7 Brent Novak   21:29
8 Caden Stockenberg   21:38
9 Zorian Mykyte NEOC 23:23
10 Kaya Mykyte NEOC 23:27
11 Anika Currie   25:20
12 Jack Sawyer   27:01
13 Connor Stearns   27:02
14 Santi/Eric Henderson   28:48
15 Hunter Kuo   28:59
16 Eamonn Kelly NEOC 30:21
17 Bob Kuo NEOC 30:30
18 Evan Gunnad   31:28
19 Mike Oathout   31:31
20 Eleanor McNeal-Lewis NEOC 31:42
21 Catherine McNeal-Lewis NEOC 31:51
22 Andrey Semion Baranov   32:37
23 Aiish Kelly NEOC 33:00
24 Myles Matterson   33:14
25 Henry Flint   33:55
25 Theo Collins   33:55
27 James Goar   33:59
28 Lucas Bartlett   34:28
29 Json Oanian   35:58
30 Ben Eriksen   35:59
31 Nicholas Soo NEOC 41:09
32 Daniel Soo NEOC 41:31
33 Libby Stott   45:58
34 Kelly Zhang   46:02
35 Violet Smith   48:28
36 Elizabeth Sheldon   48:34
37 Freeions NEOC 48:41
38 Charlotte S   52:30
39 Mateo Rivero   1:05:40
40 Paulina Rivero   1:05:41
 
  Hazel Marcucella   mp
  Ann Parsley   dnf
  Karina Barrozo   dnf
  Julia Barrozo   dnf
  Jack Sawyer   dnf
  Bud Scouts NEOC dnf
  Sofia Henderson   dnf
 Yellow
1 Lukas Webb CSU 21:21
2 Michael Rotondo   22:51
3 Evan Gunnar   22:52
4 Mori Filayson NEOC 23:25
5 Sierra Springer NEOC 24:28
6 Jarmo Latva-Kokko NEOC 26:46
7 Melissa Trout NEOC 27:02
8 Donald Wallace NEOC 27:21
9 David Penfield NEOC 31:20
10 Leah/Katie Greenberg/Pohlig   32:35
11 Sam Greene   32:38
12 Terry Myers Coney NEOC 33:19
13 Sharpie Scouts   34:49
14 Susan Mahan NEOC 35:55
15 Marcus Bjerke   36:24
16 Cindy Simon Stev Alhamer   41:26
17 Steven Kirincich NEOC 43:03
18 David Peternell   44:07
19 Alison Peternell   44:12
20 Spartan Scouts   47:52
21 M Westerberg NEOC 47:59
22 Caden Stockenberg   48:28
23 Brent Novak   49:32
24 Mike -   50:34
25 Bud II Scouts NEOC 51:23
26 Brenda Greenburg   53:06
27 Jessica Miller   56:02
28 Bryce Stacy   56:31
29 Brian Miller   56:40
30 Ann Parsley   59:34
31 Brian Kelly NEOC 1:00:47
32 Landon Deardorff   1:04:04
33 Zach Doyle   1:14:15
34 Patrice Miller NEOC 1:46:23
35 Michael Commons NEOC 1:47:11
36 Boris Urlanis   2:55:57
37 Mila -   2:56:04
 
  John Bottoms NEOC mp
 Orange
1 Roman Nemet NEOC 32:40
2 Sarah Hughes NEOC 48:15
3 Mike and Max Currie   49:25
4 Dan Kahn   52:22
5 Cavan Dunn-Benson NEOC 53:09
6 Ian Anderson NEOC 53:20
7 Siri Bjerke   54:18
8 Paige Williams NEOC 57:58
9 Scott/Caroline Meek NEOC 1:07:31
10 Zach Doyle   1:08:23
11 Jim Agnew NEOC 1:11:34
12 Bruce Weston NEOC 1:16:18
13 Emmet Cohen NG 1:17:44
14 Aristra Mazumder NG 1:18:12
15 Liz Brooks NEOC 1:25:02
16 Leslie/Lorna Gloyd/Franco NEOC 1:26:10
17 Alison Peternell   1:32:38
18 Kieran Carson NEOC 1:43:24
19 Mitchel Carson NEOC 1:43:38
20 Lukas Nemet NEOC 2:04:09
 
  Lukas Feedherman   mp
  Miles Deardorff   dnf
 Tan
1 Evgeny Ivanov NEOC 32:44
2 Aidan Okeefe NG 1:05:55
3 Isaac Freierman NG 1:08:41
4 Cavan Dunn-Benson NEOC 1:11:10
5 Ian Anderson NEOC 1:11:14
6 Barbara Anderson NEOC 1:11:58
7 Cindy Simon Stev Alhamer   1:20:59
8 David Peternell   1:24:35
9 John Mitchell NEOC 1:27:56
 Brown
1 Cristina Luis   47:23
2 Katia Bertoldi CSU 51:09
3 Yana Galukhina NEOC 54:14
4 Allison Brown CSU 1:00:13
5 Jim Elder   1:02:21
6 Trisha Underwood NEOC 1:05:25
7 Eileen Periverzov   1:08:05
8 Chiaa Testini   1:12:29
9 Mike Fay   1:15:43
10 Mark Webb CSU 1:17:49
11 Paula Crock NEOC 1:19:10
12 Judy Karpinski NEOC 1:23:45
13 Priya Landrigan NG 1:25:18
14 Annaka Landrigan NG 1:25:19
15 Roger Underwood NEOC 1:25:28
16 Dorina Nimigean NEOC 1:31:41
17 Faye Doria NEOC 1:35:19
18 Don Hall NEOC 1:35:24
19 Timothy Kronewitter NEOC 3:04:59
 
  Larry Rutter   dnf
Green 
1 Boris Granovskiy CSU 50:00
2 Evgeny Remizov NEOC 1:19:59
3 Dean Sturtevant NEOC 1:22:00
4 David Yee NEOC 1:26:18
5 Keith Durrand NEOC 1:40:31
6 Eric/Mary Smith   2:02:59
7 David Quinn NEOC 2:05:42
8 Nat Brooks NEOC 2:22:49
9 Nick Townley NEOC 2:33:02
10 Bill Binette NEOC 2:35:23
11 John Kernochan NEOC 3:33:40
 
  Jackson Codd NG mp
  Will Spurgean NEOC mp
  Eric Currivean   mp
  Justin Mathews   mp
  Nick Lloyd   dnf
  Jasper Lloyd   dnf
  Sebastian Batiat   dnf
  Ben Lanshauser   dnf
Red 
1 Ross Smith CSU 1:14:00
2 Giovanni Berlanda CSU 1:16:59
3 Rachael Rothman NEOC 1:18:44
4 Evan Moreshead   1:23:30
5 Rick Keilty   1:23:32
6 Bo Nielsen NEOC 1:23:49
7 Mike Springer NEOC 1:34:06
8 Alex Vai NEOC 1:35:22
9 Tobias Karlsson NEOC 1:35:53
10 Magnus Bjorkman NEOC 1:41:56
11 Doug Sevon NEOC 1:52:56
12 Justin Wiley NEOC 2:18:05
13 Brett Anderson NEOC 2:19:18
14 Jim Crawford NEOC 2:47:33
 
  Phil Bricker NEOC mp