Discussion: One Cowboy Relay Results

Preliminary (partial) results as follows:

One Cowboy Relay, 6.8 kms, 5 loops, some climb, plenty O’ sage

1. Eric Bone 52:19
2. Sergei Zhyk 58:02
3. Bill Cusworth 62:09
4. Ted Good 63:03
5. Odd Bersvendsen 64:08
6. Niels Ling-Olsen 64:54
7. Craig Murray 65:19
8. Troy Bozarth 69:08
9. JP Lande 72:43
10. Sydney Fisher 72:58
11. Dirk Goossens 74:07
12. Ian Harding 74:24
13. Ron Birks 76:56
14. Ian Finlayson and Mori Finlayson (tie)79:15
15. (tie)
16. BJ Foster 80:21
17. Charlie Shahbazian 80:50
18. Brooke Mann 80:57
19. Sanna Sevanto 81:16
20. Paul Pacque 81:28

At approximately 5:07 this afternoon the decision was made to call in the remaining member of staff manning the One Cowboy Relay, following the invocation of rule 107.13a, whereby there is no further requirement to man the Finish when more than 12 hours has elapsed following the last recorded finish. At approximately 5:08 search parties were dispatched to look for, round up, and herd back any remaining participants who were in the erroneous belief the race was still in progress, and at approximately 5:11 all search parties were back and reported there were no remaining participants to be found hiding in the sage. The mandatory "more cowbell" cowbell was sounded and the race was declared over.

Better than Preliminary and mostly Final and highly accurate Results, except in cases where slightly lesser degrees of accuracy have been substituted in as an acceptable compromise:

One Cowboy Relay, 6.8 kms, 5 loops, plenty O’ sage (preliminarily Final results)

1. Eric Bone 52:19
2. Sergei Zhyk 58:02
3. Bill Cusworth 62:09
4. Ted Good 63:03
5. Odd Bersvendsen 64:08 (some thought this was strange but Odd maintained it was normal)
6. Niels Ling-Olsen 64:54 (who as usual vouched it was odd)
7. Craig Murray 65:19
8. Troy Bozarth 69:08
9. JP Lande 72:43 (refused to pass judgment on whether the circumstance was peculiar or not)
10. Sydney Fisher 72:58
11. Dirk Goossens 74:07
12. Ian Harding 74:24
13. Ron Birks 76:56
14. Ian Finlayson and Mori Finlayson (tie)79:15
15. (tie)
16. BJ Foster 80:21
17. Charlie Shahbazian 80:50
18. Brooke Mann 80:57
19. Sanna Sevanto 81:16
20. Paul Pacque 81:28
21. Nadim Ahmed 81:51
22. Glenn Tryson 82:00
23. Gavin Wyatt-Mair 82:01
24. Kevin Fisher 87:00
25. Vitali Tulchinski 88:00
26. Tom Herrnstein 89:38
27. Peggy Dickison 91:25
28. Dave Cleveland 91:30
29. Paul Bennett 91:38
30. Greg Lennon 92:00
31. Dave Yee 92:01
32. Sam Listwak 96:00
33. Neal Barlow 96:01
34. John Harbuck 96:47
35. Sue Kuestner 97:07
36. Paul Regan 98:10
37. Sharon Crawford 98:11
38. Goril Jones 98:12
39. Leonid Shatskin 98:13
40. Jim Mullin 99:00
41. Sam Bali 104:00
42. Kris Beecroft 106:00
43. Fritz Menninger 112:00
44. Will Dickinson 118:00
45. Steve Dornseif 121:00
46. Stev (Steve) Willman 122:01
47. Lise Valentine 142:00
48. John La Sala 159:40

Also Finished but did not sign in with time, or signed in with time but did not leave card and presumed to have punched all controls: Max Ahmed, BJ Foster, Lena Kushleyeva, Steve Simpson, and L. Verbraken

I was 91:28 according to garmin. I downloaded and turned in my punch card, so not sure. Julie L, was right behind me as well.

Here are final results, with times adjusted by recorded downloaded time, and MIclimber's accepted time. Congratulations to all who finished.

2018 ((August 30) One Cowboy Relay, 6.8 kms, 5 loops, 26 controls, some climb, no cows, run on previously unused pieces of the Rattlesnake Hills and Lights of Cheyenne maps, Laramie, Wyoming

1. Eric Bone 52:22
2. Sergei Zhyk 58:06
3. Bill Cusworth 62:12
4. Ted Good 63:01
5. Odd Bersvendsen 64:42
6. Niels Ling-Olsen 64:53
7. Craig Murray 65:25
8. Troy Bozarth 69:11
9. JP Lande 72:46
10. Sydney Fisher 72:59
11. Dirk Goossens 74:07
12. Ian Harding 74:35
13. Ron Birks 77:01
14. Ian Finlayson and Mori Finlayson (tie)79:19
15. (tie)
16. BJ Foster 80:24
17. Charlie Shahbazian 80:53
18. Brooke Mann 81:00
19. Sanna Sevanto 81:19
20. Paul Pacque 81:34
21. Nadim Ahmed 81:361
22. Glenn Tryson 81:41
23. Gavin Wyatt-Mair 81:46
24. Linda Verbraken 85:46
25. Kevin Fisher 87:09
26. Vitali Tulchinski 88:34
27. Tom Herrnstein 89:39
28. Dave Cleveland 91:05
29. Peggy Dickison 91:09
30. Steve Simpson 91:29
31. Paul Bennett 91:37
32. Greg Lennon 91:47
33. Dave Yee 92:22
34. Sam Listwak 95:06
35. Neal Barlow 95:20
36. John Harbuck 96:48
37. Goril Jones 97:51
38. Sue Kuestner 97:54
39. Leonid Shatskin 98:14
40. Paul Regan 99:06
41. Sharon Crawford 99:08
42. Jim Mullin 99:31
43. Sam Bali 105:31
44. Kris Beecroft 106:41
45. Fritz Menninger 112:35
46. Will Dickinson 119:00
47. Steve Dornseif 121:07
48. Steve Willman 122:05
49. Max Ahmed 145:35
50. Lise Valentine 142:36
51. Lena Kushleyeva 155:31
52. John La Sala 159:37

I have a photo of Steve / MIclimber at the finish control, with a timestamp of 12:01:27 (91:27 after our 10:30 am delayed start) -- very close to the time cited above. (Just for extra confirmation.) :-)

Thanks for the pic...

I don't know,,.Steve is looking a little sluggish there, maybe all the sage and bitterbrush exacted their toll. On the other hand, he is ahead of that string of runners behind him, illustrating how pictures can be deceptive. And just look at those skies! They're never that beautiful.

"Home, home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day."

Sorry I missed it. The Yukon NAOC and RMOF were a tour de force for western orienteering.