Bill Spencer claimed victory Wednesday in an orienteering meet in Far North Bicentennial Park, where he finished the 5.7-kilometer, 15-control red course in 61 minutes, 47 seconds. He was more than 16 minutes ahead of the next finisher.
Red course (5.7-K, 15 controls)
1) Bill Spencer, 1:01:47; 2) Kimball Forrest, 1:18:00; 3) Dan Billman, 1:28:14; 4) Andrew Lee, 1:33:45; 5) Toby Schwoerer, 1:34:12; 6) Trond Jensen, 1:37:45; 7) Steve Gruhn, 1:45:28; 8) Charles Machado, 2:01:28; 9) Patrick Johnson, 2:32:45.
Green course (4.9-K, 12 controls)
Men -- 1) Eric Follett, 1:35:48; 2) Bill Johnson, 1:42:15; 3) Paul Brusseau, 1:44:15; 4) Gunnar Knapp, 2:07:30; 5) Tom Livingston, 3:13:23; 6) Dick Sheasley, 3:23:20. Women -- 1) Ellyn Brown, 1:34:30; 2) Jill Follett, 2:06:24. Team -- 1) Leslie and Mark Kroloff, 1:42:00
Orange course (4-K, 12 controls)
Men -- 1) Jeremy Crawford, 1:22:43; 2) Steve McKeever, 1:26:44; 3) Brian Durell, 1:33:33; 4) Greg McDuffie, 1:33:53; 5) Philip Stutzer, 1:52:15; 6) Raphael Wunderle, 1:53:20; 7) Ole Jordan, 2:00:10. Women: 1) Shelly Laws, 1:52:36; 2) Kathy Faryniarz, 1:52:52; 3) Dela Grey, 2:01:52. Team (top 3): 1) Karen and Tom Bronga, 1:08:16; 2) Frank and Christian Moore, 1:21:04; 3) Ian Laing and Toby Schwoerer, 1:22:00.
Yellow (2.5-K, 9 controls)
Men -- 1) Don Thomas, 1:04:14; 2) Greg Galanos, 1:06:15 Team (top 3) -- 1) Lesley and Joe Anders, 35:09; 2) Bill and Ann Spencer, 45:36; 3) Pam and Mark Butcher, 52:05.
White (1.5-K, 7 controls)
Team (top 3) -- 1) Sophie Wiepking-Brown and Kista Soderlund,14:54; 2) Al, Shelley and Anika Biss, 22:00; 3) Family Hood, 23:30.