With a high of 68 degrees and mostly sunny skies, the 9th of Dec turned out to be a picture perfect day for our 2006 FLO championships event staged out of Kelly park. We had a great turnout and picked up several new members. Several medals were passed out on site; however, the remainder will be packaged individually with the participants’ names on them and made available at the Christmas Party and future FLO events.
I offer many thanks to the core folks who helped before and during the event. My thanks for prior event assistance goes to Bob Putnam for setting the courses, Ray Bruneau for vetting and setting the ribbons, David Shuman and Jamie Sheriff (with relative) for setting the controls in Kelly Park, and Jonathan Linforth for printing the maps. On event day the folks who made it run smoothly included Russ Steinke, Ray Bruneau, Jonathan Linforth, Toby Henson (with cadets & cadre), Will Pirnasch, Mike Dempsey and the Fluegels. Joe Maliszewski and Ron Eaglin brought up the rear by retrieving the controls.
When you peruse the results you’ll note a couple of co-medal winners. After the event we awarded the gold medal for the Red Course to Michael Moule, who in a state of jubilation filled out a membership form and paid his dues in cash. Later on, Ron came in after retrieving the red course (minus a few common controls he left for me to retrieve) with a faster time. Who wins the gold? As event coordinator I say they both earned the gold. The other case involved the misplacement of Walenty Prytulo’s card, which was not recovered until after we had passed out the medals to the ROTC reps. Thus, as EC I declare Walenty Prytulo & Donny Owens (ROTC) Co-Silver Medal winners for the Orange course.
Some of you have probably heard about the one downer we had involving a lost ROTC cadet. Apparently, the cadet started the yellow course (completely within Kelly Park and less than 2 miles) shortly before 11 AM and was found eventually by search and rescue personnel in Wekiva Park miles east of Kelly Park between 7 and 8 PM. After two prior close calls in the club’s history, this was the first time we had to fully mobilize search and rescue personnel to include their helicopter. Although it sounds unbelievable for a the Yellow Course, it did happen; however, luckily the 14 year old young man did not have to spend the night in 50 degree weather wearing only a T-Shirt and pants. We’ll discuss the lessons learned at the Christmas party.
Well, we capped off the orienteering year with a great time in the beautiful Central Florida woods and a little unwanted search and rescue excitement that thankfully ended happily. I predict that 2007 will bring more of the former and none of the latter (cross your fingers).
Jerry
| Course | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| White | Male | Zachary Hyde | Troop 84 | Eric Barr |
| Female | ||||
| Yellow | Male | Drew Owens | James Lucy | James Morris |
| Female | Amy Jo Reed | Joyelyn Eschelon | Heather Vazquez | |
| Orange | Male | Ryan Vandalinda | Walenty Prytulo & Donny Owens | Cody Rosa |
| Female | Missy Kaler | Susan Rowley | Marilyn Parker | |
| Brown | Male | Joe Maliszewski | Brett Barker | Kevin Kurzawa |
| Female | Elizabeth Hollingworth | Jamie Sheriff | ||
| Green | Male | Toby Henson | Bob Hill | Mike Dempsey |
| Female | ||||
| Red | Male | Michael Moule & Ron Eaglin | Kip Koelsch | Derek Bohn |
| Female | Andrea Canelos | Jessica Koelsch |
| Name | Time |
| Zachary Hyde | 27:35 |
| Troop 84 | 34:20 |
| Eric Barr | 57:00 |
| Holley | 62:34 |
| Name | Time |
| Drew Owens | 27:10 |
| Amy Jo Reed | 31:56 |
| Troop 236 | 33:10 |
| K & C Waskom | 41:34 |
| Troop 401 BD | 45:25 |
| Troop 560 #3 | 47:30 |
| Tim Ziegler | 52:39 |
| Troop 401 REP | 54:25 |
| Amy Blades | 61:05 |
| Bruce McCandles | 68:33 |
| Joshua Debaere | 92:57 |
| Troop 560 #2 | 99:00 |
| Troop 72 #1 | 138:04 |
| Name | Time |
| Walenty Prytulo | 61:38 |
| Missy Kaler | 68:30 |
| Troop 560 #1 | 72:38 |
| Cliff Scott | 78:03 |
| Susan & Kevin | 84:06 |
| W. Orange #4 | 130:10 |
| Troop 521 #2 | 130:23 |
| Troop 521 #3 | 132:27 |
| Marilyn Parker | 139:42 |
| Steven Spencer | 141:40 |
| W. Orange #3 | 179:22 |
| Wanda Stough | DNF |
| Troop 524 #1 | DNF |
| Jack Rabitts | OT |
| Name | Time |
| Joe Maliszewski | 93:48 |
| Bret Barker | 95:26 |
| Kevin Kurzawa | 109:43 |
| D & G Owens | 120:05 |
| Russ Steinke | 122:00 |
| S & Elizabeth | 124:55 |
| Bill Brown | 129:12 |
| Hamilton | 142:15 |
| Jamie Sherriff | 144:18 |
| Troop 72 #5 | 176:18 |
| Troop 72 #8 | 177:20 |
| Josh Berna | DNF |
| Troop 72 #4 | DNF |
| Name | Time |
| Toby Henson | 84:16 |
| Bob Hill | 94:13 |
| Mike Dempsey | 97:25 |
| Andy Capp | 133:14 |
| Troop 72 #3 | 133:45 |
| Troop 72 #11 | 146:38 |
| Troop 72 #13 | 152:07 |
| Troop 72 #10 | DNF |
| Troop 72 #2 | DNF |
| Troop 72 #7 | DNF |
| Troop 72 #6 | DNF |
| W. Orange #1 | DNF |
| W. Orange #2 | DNF |
| Troop 72 #9 | DNF |
| Troop 69 | OT |
| Name | Time |
| Ron Eaglin | 88:00 |
| Michael Moule | 91:40 |
| Kip Koelsch | 119:33 |
| Derek Bohn | 120:28 |
| Artur Intson | 121:38 |
| Jeremy Hauff | 124:04 |
| Barry Hyde | 134:50 |
| Andrea Canelos | 134:54 |
| David Shuman | 138:35 |
| Brian Johnson | 165:02 |
| "Gimpy" Koelsc | 167:45 |
| Eric Smith | 169:30 |
| Will Pirnasch | 169:58 |
| J Hollingsworth | 177:45 |
| Donna Fluegel | 182:00 |
| Steve Fluegel | DNF |
| Paul Schonker | DNF |
| Boris Hamberg | OT |
| DNF | Did Not Finish |
| DQ | Disqualified (Missed Controls) |
| OT | Over 3 Hour Time Limit |