US Interscholastic Championship

US Interscholastic Championship: Claudia and Gabrielle win; Lakeside repeats

February 17, 2008

Last updated: Tuesday, 26-Feb-2008 17:01:03 PST

Photo: Mike Schuh

The award ceremony Sunday afternoon at Clements Scout Ranch. Most of the participants from the Pacific Northwest are toward the left, wearing bright green Northwest Forest Frenzy t-shirts.

Results are now on-line from the NTOA web site at http://www.ntoa.com/results/20072008/head_results.htm.

Jay Hann (BAOC) has published his collection of photos from the meet: http://baoc.org/wiki/Juniors/Team/ISChamps2008/Pictures. Cascade OC President and WIOL Coordinator Jim Siscel has published his: http://www.baseballroadtrip.net/Interscholastics/Orienteering.html . Thanks guys!

The WIOL expedition to the US Interscholastic Orienteering Championship in Texas ended with very good results for the participants from Washington State. The big news of the weekend is that Claudia Guenther, an exchange student from Germany attending Bremerton HS, won the individual Varsity Girls title, edging two-time returning champion (and WIOL participant) Holly Kuestner by a mere 35 seconds over the two days. (Read the story about Claudia's win from her home town newspaper (in German). Our thanks to Steffen Loesch for sending this to us.) (English translation by Megan Harris) Tori Borish placed fourth and Anna Urbanova fifth (in other words, WIOL girls took the top five places out of 26).

Photo: Mike Schuh

Claudia Guenther, Holly Kuestner, and Catherine Olsson, winners in Varsity Girls.

Holly's classmates Catherine Olsson and Tori Borish finished third and fourth for the weekend, and with team mates Drew Inglis and William Koster ensured that Lakeside won the Varsity team championship for the second year in a row.

Photo: Mike Schuh

The winning Varsity team from Lakside HS. To see how many photographers are reflected on the trophy, download the larger image (4.6 MB).

After a fourth place run Saturday, Huw Stradling (Redmond) moved up to second place in Varsity Boys for the two days, finishing just behind the same individual that he did last year. Ethan Barnes also improved his position in the results.

Photo: Mike Schuh

Redmond's Huw Stradling took second in Varsity Boys.

Gabrielle Lindquist hung on to her incredible margin from Saturday to win the JV Girls title. Becky Forgrave was second and Tracy Whelen was third. Katherine Ratliff took seventh. This is the second year in a row that WIOL girls swept the medals in two different categories, this year in Varsity and JV.
Among the JV Boys, Walla Walla's Matt Skorina placed fourth and Lakeside's Max Maxwell seventh.

Photo: Mike Schuh

Gabrielle Lindquist, Becky Forgrave, and Tracy Whelen, JV Girls winners.

Also for the second year in a row, Cascade OC "club" teams took first and second, this time in JV.

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The winning JV Club team, "Cascade OC 'Better Than Monkeys'": Becky Forgrave, Max Maxwell, Tracy Whelen. The second place JV Club team, "Cascade OC": Matt Skorina and Gabrielle Lindquist (team mate Katherine Ratliff left early to catch a flight).

Danielle Spencer (EAS) had a strong third place in Intermediate Girls, posting the second fastest time in her class Sunday. Right behind her, in fourth place, was Woodinville Monterssori's Dana Breseman, just 114 seconds behind after two days (Dana had the second fastest time on Saturday).
On Saturday, Bonnie Gilbrey (EAS), avoided the "one control curse" that has plagued her during the WIOL season to turn in the third fastest time among the Intermediate Girls. However, that evening she was struck with a bout of stomach flu and didn't start Sunday. A real trouper (and sportsman), she recovered sufficiently by Sunday afternoon to join the others cheering at the finish. She was heard to tell one finisher from another school "Hurry! He's going to catch you!" and the second "Hurry! You can catch him!". She is looking forward to the WIOL championship next weekend.
The WIOL boys running in the very competitive Intermediate Boys category had a tough time. Jorden Lindquist (Woodinville) placed fourth, and Andrew Spencer (EAS) twelfth.
It is interesting to note how many of the WIOL Intermediate participants made major improvements between Saturday and Sunday. Anne Wilkinson and Andrew Spencer (both EAS) and Tyler Chu (Woodinville) had significantly faster times the second day they were out in the forest of Clements Scout Ranch.

Photo: Marianne Spencer, mamarazzi

Danielle Spencer, third in Intermediate Girls.

For the first time in four years, Woodinville Montessori did not win the Intermediate School Team championship. The teams from La Porte and Channelview, both from the Houston area, were quite strong and did well. [more details when we get the official final results]

On the other hand, many of the adults along for the ride did well. Among those bringing home medals: Macy, Sally, John, Ken, Sue, Rick, and Mike. After handily winning the first day, Eileen elected to take a "Sporting Withdrawal" the second day after losing time due questionable placement of one control.

A few WIOL paricipants passed up the opportunity to compete in the Interscholastic Championship, working instead on their national ranking and potential berths on the US Team to the Junior World Orienteering Championship. Doing well with this were Kelsey Breseman (1st, F-20), Marissa Roecks (3rd), and Ryan Breseman (2nd M-20).

Photo: Mike Schuh

The paparazzi at the award ceremony.

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	The WIOL expedition to the US Interscholastic Orienteering Championship in Texas ended with very good results for the participants from Washington State. The big news of the weekend is that Claudia Guenther, an exchange student from Germany attending Bremerton HS, won the individual Varsity Girls title, edging two-time returning champion (and WIOL participant) Holly Kuestner by a mere 35 seconds over the two days. (Read the story about Claudia's win from her home town newspaper (in German). Our thanks to Steffen Loesch for sending this to us.) (English translation by Megan Harris) Tori Borish placed fourth and Anna Urbanova fifth (in other words, WIOL girls took the top five places out of 26).
Photo: Mike Schuh
Claudia Guenther, Holly Kuestner, and Catherine Olsson, winners in Varsity Girls.

Holly's classmates Catherine Olsson and Tori Borish finished third and fourth for the weekend, and with team mates Drew Inglis and William Koster ensured that Lakeside won the Varsity team championship for the second year in a row.
	Photo: Mike Schuh
	The winning Varsity team from Lakside HS. To see how many photographers are reflected on the trophy, download the larger image (4.6 MB).

	After a fourth place run Saturday, Huw Stradling (Redmond) moved up to second place in Varsity Boys for the two days, finishing just behind the same individual that he did last year. Ethan Barnes also improved his position in the results.
Photo: Mike Schuh
Redmond's Huw Stradling took second in Varsity Boys.

	Gabrielle Lindquist hung on to her incredible margin from Saturday to win the JV Girls title. Becky Forgrave was second and Tracy Whelen was third. Katherine Ratliff took seventh. This is the second year in a row that WIOL girls swept the medals in two different categories, this year in Varsity and JV. Among the JV Boys, Walla Walla's Matt Skorina placed fourth and Lakeside's Max Maxwell seventh.
Photo: Mike Schuh
Gabrielle Lindquist, Becky Forgrave, and Tracy Whelen, JV Girls winners.

Danielle Spencer (EAS) had a strong third place in Intermediate Girls, posting the second fastest time in her class Sunday. Right behind her, in fourth place, was Woodinville Monterssori's Dana Breseman, just 114 seconds behind after two days (Dana had the second fastest time on Saturday). On Saturday, Bonnie Gilbrey (EAS), avoided the "one control curse" that has plagued her during the WIOL season to turn in the third fastest time among the Intermediate Girls. However, that evening she was struck with a bout of stomach flu and didn't start Sunday. A real trouper (and sportsman), she recovered sufficiently by Sunday afternoon to join the others cheering at the finish. She was heard to tell one finisher from another school "Hurry! He's going to catch you!" and the second "Hurry! You can catch him!". She is looking forward to the WIOL championship next weekend. The WIOL boys running in the very competitive Intermediate Boys category had a tough time. Jorden Lindquist (Woodinville) placed fourth, and Andrew Spencer (EAS) twelfth. It is interesting to note how many of the WIOL Intermediate participants made major improvements between Saturday and Sunday. Anne Wilkinson and Andrew Spencer (both EAS) and Tyler Chu (Woodinville) had significantly faster times the second day they were out in the forest of Clements Scout Ranch.
	Photo: Marianne Spencer, mamarazzi
	Danielle Spencer, third in Intermediate Girls.

	A few WIOL paricipants passed up the opportunity to compete in the Interscholastic Championship, working instead on their national ranking and potential berths on the US Team to the Junior World Orienteering Championship. Doing well with this were Kelsey Breseman (1st, F-20), Marissa Roecks (3rd), and Ryan Breseman (2nd M-20).
Photo: Mike Schuh
The paparazzi at the award ceremony.