Friday, June 28, 2019

Relay - Crazy with the Heat

Intense heat characterized the relay day. Because we only had two Paralympic attendees, we were only able to field an Open relay team. Running order was Mika, Sharon, Clare. 

The relay format involves both PreO and TempO. Each team member first solved 10 PreO controls out of a 30 control course and then solved one TempO station with five tasks. The final score combines the TempO score with an additional 60 second penalty for each missed PreO control. 

Team USA performed acceptably, but not stellar in the PreO. Together we missed six controls. then Sharon had one of the best TempO times of the day, cleaning the station in only 31 seconds. Mika was slightly slower and missed one. Together this went a long way and going into Clare's final TempO control, the team was in 16th place of 21 teams. But Clare didn't manage to place herself properly on the map and struggled with the station, having one of the slowest times of the day and missing three answers. The team dropped to 18th place. 

A little later, they announced that they were voiding one of the PreO controls. Sharon had lost a point on this control, and was now vindicated, adding to her TempO triumph. Mika, however, had the best overall score of the day contributing only 139 points to our score.

It was a long and hot, but satisfying day. The team looks forward to the TempO tomorrow. After Sharon's performance today, we feel that anything can happen and we'll all be doing our best. The TempO team will include Mika, Sharon, Clare, and Daniel.

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