Discussion: Preliminary results
in: Weston Ski-O (Jan 22, 2012 - Weston, MA, US)
Jan 22, 2012 11:35 PM
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Low tech results from today's ski-o at Weston (I can't figure out how to communicate to the world from the NEOC computer... I'm sure we'll solve this problem in the near future, but for now this will do):
Memory course:
1. Eric Benson (30:24)
2. Kelly Guarino (36:59) <-- on classic skis!
3. Andy Hall (37:34)
4. Lori Huberman (47:41)
5. Jeffrey Saeger (48:27)
6. Gabe Bronk (53:07)
"With map" course:
1. Pia Webb (25:23)
2. Andrew Vakhutinsky (32:58)
3. Joel Grodstein (35:45)
4. Bridget Hall and Kristen (47:52)
5. Dmitry Lavov (51:31)
6. Ethan Hall (51:59)
7. Michael Tollefson (52:11)
8. Jim Ellis (53:49)
9. Judy Kapinski (58:07)
10. Michael Volk (66:46)
11. Martin Kessel (71:38)
12. Diana Serebryanik (71:58)
13. Jim Crawford (79:18)
Conditions were beautiful - packed snow right around freezing, with the entire 15km groomed. So of course, we used less than half a square km to race - if only the snow had fallen a few days earlier! The map was occasionally sketchy, but given the massive expanses of open golf course, nobody complained too much. Serious thanks go out to the Hall family, Ian Smith, Pete Lane, Jim Paschetto, and Dean Sturtevant, all of whom were crucial in getting things to run smoothly.
The competitors had to choose between two classes - one where you could race with a map, and the other where you had to memorize the map. Each competitor got to look at the map (on the clock), and then went out and skied the course from memory. For each mispunched control, the competitor skied a short penalty loop before heading out on the next map. There were four maps total. For competitors with a map, the format was the same, they just carried the map the whole time.
On the whole, it seemed to be a successful way to run a ski-o in a small area. Thanks, all, for coming!
Memory course:
1. Eric Benson (30:24)
2. Kelly Guarino (36:59) <-- on classic skis!
3. Andy Hall (37:34)
4. Lori Huberman (47:41)
5. Jeffrey Saeger (48:27)
6. Gabe Bronk (53:07)
"With map" course:
1. Pia Webb (25:23)
2. Andrew Vakhutinsky (32:58)
3. Joel Grodstein (35:45)
4. Bridget Hall and Kristen (47:52)
5. Dmitry Lavov (51:31)
6. Ethan Hall (51:59)
7. Michael Tollefson (52:11)
8. Jim Ellis (53:49)
9. Judy Kapinski (58:07)
10. Michael Volk (66:46)
11. Martin Kessel (71:38)
12. Diana Serebryanik (71:58)
13. Jim Crawford (79:18)
Conditions were beautiful - packed snow right around freezing, with the entire 15km groomed. So of course, we used less than half a square km to race - if only the snow had fallen a few days earlier! The map was occasionally sketchy, but given the massive expanses of open golf course, nobody complained too much. Serious thanks go out to the Hall family, Ian Smith, Pete Lane, Jim Paschetto, and Dean Sturtevant, all of whom were crucial in getting things to run smoothly.
The competitors had to choose between two classes - one where you could race with a map, and the other where you had to memorize the map. Each competitor got to look at the map (on the clock), and then went out and skied the course from memory. For each mispunched control, the competitor skied a short penalty loop before heading out on the next map. There were four maps total. For competitors with a map, the format was the same, they just carried the map the whole time.
On the whole, it seemed to be a successful way to run a ski-o in a small area. Thanks, all, for coming!
Jan 23, 2012 1:07 PM
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Thanks , Alex, for putting the meet on, especially given the amount of other stuff you had going on yesterday...... It was fun, especially after I realised that there were groupings of controls and that my map meory needed to be a little better (3 penalty laps after the first map, then none for the others!)
Jan 23, 2012 6:21 PM
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