Crowders Mountain State Park, January 10

The cloudy, overcast day with threat of rain didn’t deter attendees at Crowders Mountain.  With over 55 individual check-ins and five participating JROTC units, the registration pavilion buzzed with activity.  At the finish line, feedback included statements like – “I didn’t like that I could see controls in the distance due to lack of leaves, so I want to come back in the spring”, “I couldn’t find control 115”, and “this was a challenging course, which made it a lot of fun”.  I can’t report on the course personally as I didn’t run today; however, feedback from the participants was overwhelmingly positive.

A few stats:
– 40 controls set
– 1 lost fingerstick
– 1 absent meet director

How can you have a meet without a meet director?  The amazing team of volunteers working behind the scenes made it possible.  What happened?  The meet director went off course for a few days, (aka hospital stay – he’s doing just fine now).  Enter “The Three Amigos” – Walter, James and Dan – who saved the day by picking up equipment, coordinating control setting and stepping in to manage the event on a day when they were supposed to be just participants.

Special thanks to:

Pre-event preparation – Kris DeBerry, Walter Siegenthaler, James Sisk, Jess Greer
Control setters – Bill Ketring, Eric Asch, Kris D, Walter S, James S;
Registration volunteers – Dan Davis, James S, Walter S, Yours Truly (Jennifer DeBerry)
Control retrievers – Matt Getz, Jim Murray, Bill K, Eric A, Walter S, Jess G
Equipment recovery – Teresa and George Bodiroga for grabbing stray equipment left in Charlotte
Crowders Mountain State Park and Staff

Want to join the volunteer crew? Even volunteering for a single event makes a world of difference. Drop us a note at [email protected]  Volunteers are what make our events possible and are needed to ensure the club’s future.

Hope to see everyone at the February 7th meet at Reedy Creek Nature Preserve in Charlotte!