Orienteering is back in Tucson after almost a year-long break! With new protocols in place to make our events as safe as possible we were able to have over 60 people out enjoying Catalina State Park. Except for the masks (and the hand sanitizer, and the start windows...) it was almost like Before Times.
In order to keep things simple there were only three offerings today: short (3.8km) and long (6.9km) advanced courses in traditional point-to-point format, and a 90-minute score course for all abilities. This format lessened the workload for the course setter and control retrievers and still offered great choices for participants. What did you think? Let us know whether you loved it or hated it!
The courses today were set by Cristina Luis while Melissa Trout took on meet director duties. She was aided in registration and start/finish by out-of-town visitor (from Germany!) Caroline Luis, as well as Jeff Coker, Nancy Coker, and KrisAnn Traicoff. Helping to pick up controls were Aleksey Sabunin, Gavin Wyatt-Mair, Amy Winston & John Crowther, and Jeff & Nancy Coker. A bit shoutout to the crew from Sahuarita JROTC for helping with setup before registration opened.
Due to a non-optimal timing situation, times in the results are listed to the closest minute (ish) and there are sure to be mistakes. Let us know if there's something you'd like changed!
These courses are available for viewing on Livelox. If you tracked your run on the long or short course you can also upload your route to Livelox and compare with other competitors.
Long Course -- 6.9km / 13 Controls
| Place | Name | Minutes |
| 1 | Aleksey Sabunin | 59 |
| 2 | Jeff Coker | 62 |
| 3 | Ron Birks | 77 |
| 4 | Troy Bozarth | 87 |
| 4 | Rex Winterbottom | 87 |
| 6 | John Crowther | 98 |
| 7 | Charlie Shahbazian | 103 |
| 8 | Bruce Metz | 118 |
| 9 | Erik Ringnes | 127 |
| 10 | Brooke Mann | 138 |
| Peg Davis | DNF |
Short Course -- 3.8km / 8 Controls
| Place | Name | Minutes |
| 1 | Gavin Wyatt-Mair | 62 |
| 2 | Nancy Coker | 72 |
| 2 | Brian Durrell | 72 |
| 4 | Steve Willman | 78 |
| 5 | Kathy Bannister | 97 |
| 6 | Team Safari | 102 |
| 8 | Gary Hickey | 117 |
| 9 | Mike and Joyce Cagle | 162 |
| Amy Winston | DNF |
90-minute Score-O
| Name | time (minutes) | # controls |
| Jeff Brodsky | 90 | 13 |
| Valerie Metz | 76 | 11 |
| Shane Lacenienta | 81 | 11 |
| Julian and Hyrum | 82 | 11 |
| Nicole Traicoff | 86 | 11 |
| Tom Boucher | 89 | 10 |
| Briana and Troy | 85 | 9 |
| Heather McLean | 86 | 9 |
| Telia and Justin | 87 | 9 |
| Doug Neill and Jen Miller | 87 | 9 |
| American Heritage Girls Team 2 | 90 | 9 |
| Team Scorpions | 93 | 9 |
| Shayla and Sarah | 86 | 7 |
| Jack Sparks | 88 | 7 |
| Mejias | 90 | 7 |
| Wayne Cottrell | 106 (OVT) | 7 |
| Judy Miller-Samuels | 83 | 6 |
| Brent Nebeker | 98 | 6 |
| Emily, Daisy and Rebecca | 80 | 5 |
| Kimberley McElroy | 81 | 5 |
| Highlanders | 89 | 5 |
| Larry Wippman | Rec | Rec |
| Betty DeThomasis | Rec | Rec |
| Helen Deluga | Rec | Rec |