Blue Hills Traverse Course Data

This is a statistical history of the New England Orienteering Club's annual Blue Hills Traverse. It begins to document the event's citations as the oldest continuously-held orienteering event in the U.S. So far, there are a couple of gaps in the research. Any information on what happened in 1980 and 1983 would be appreciated.

	date	director	course	len	climb	ctls	start	finish	winning time	award	weather	newsletter
1	1973 Nov 18			11.7			36	15	1:41
2	1974 Nov 16	George Atkinson	Saturday				25	18	1:32:30			v4, no2
3	1975 Nov 16	George Atkinson		7.5		12	31	29	1:02:11			v4, no7
4	1976 Oct 24	George Atkinson & Steve Allison		10.2		13	18	15	1:27			v5, no6
5	1977 Nov 27	Steve Allison
6	1978 Nov 26	George Atkinson		11.3		18		20	1:42:55		snow under foot, low twenties, stiff breeze, threatening sky	v8, no2
7	1979 Nov 25	Ron Margolin & Bill Fordyce		10.5		16		26	1:15:34		50 degrees warmer than last year	v9, no1

9	1981 Nov 22	Bill DeSantis course designed by Virginia Lehman		11.6	226	10	16	15	1:15:05			v11, no2
10	1982 Nov 28	Virginia Lehman course designed by Bob Lehman		11.5		16	27	25	1:23:35		cold	v11, no10

12	1984 Nov 25	John Rogers		10.8				34	1:17:12			v14, no1
13	1985 Nov 11	John Rogers course set by Sharon Crawford	Ponkapaug, Houghton's, and East				22	20	1:19:50			v15, no2
14	1986 Dec 7	Bill Jameson						37	1:19:49 1:41:56		bright sun and cold	v16, no2
15	1987 Dec 6	Vivien Benning
16	1988 Dec 4	Bob Dangel		9.5	300	17	56	46	1:18:56			v19, no2
17	1989 Dec 3	Jeff Saeger		13.9	185		39	38	1:33:06	t-shirts to all under 4 hours		v20, no2
18	1990 Dec 2	Jeff Saeger	loop from Great Blue Hill				62	60	1:19:30	polypro socks to winners, last year's t-shirts to novices	temperature 55	v21, no2
19	1991 Nov 24	Jeff Saeger course set by J-J Coté	Rocky Woods to Powissett					31	1:33:09		rained and froze	v22, no4
20	1992 Dec 6	Jeff Saeger	re-creation of first, east to west	14.9			30	28	1:41:37	polypro socks to novices	temperatures in the mid 20s, stiff breeze, cloudy	v23, no2
21	1993 Dec 5	Jeff Saeger	Ponkapaug to Chickatawbut to Houghton's				22	20	2:05:23		temperatures in the low forties, wind, and heavy rain	v24, no2
22	1994 Nov 13	Jeff Saeger				20		25	1:39:23			v25, no2
23	1995 Nov 12	Jeff Saeger		13		15	27	24	1:50:45	t-shirts	clearing & windy	v26, no2
24	1996 Nov 17	Jeff Saeger		14.5	300	25		31	2:02:39			v27, no2
25	1997 Nov 23	Jeff Saeger	original/revamped	13.3	350	19		32	1:44:21		dim; icy rain	v28, no2
26	1998 Nov 15	Mark Elgood		14.1		22	62	56	2:07:30			v29, no1
27	1999 Nov 14	Michael Hughes & Paige Williams	east to west	15.0	635	27	64	49	2:05:57			v30, no1
28	2000 Nov 12	Michael Hughes & Paige Williams	east to west	14.5	590	28	53	49	2:02:23			v31, no2
29	2001 Nov 11	Michael Hughes & Paige Williams	east to west	14.7	720	27	68	45	2:03:29	yellow/black t-shirt	clear, 47F, 17 knots	v32, no2
30	2002 Nov 10	Michael Hughes & Paige Williams	loop from Houghton's Pond	13.3	590	26	40	36	1:43:11	light blue/black t-shirt Nalgene bottles to winners	variable clouds, 68F, 17 knots gusting to 26	v33, no1
31	2003 Nov 16	Michael Hughes & Paige Williams	east to west	13.8	510	26	60	45	1:50:43	light blue/black t-shirt	clear, 43F, 8 knots	v34, no1
32	2004 Nov 21	Jeff Saeger	east to west	11.7	490	23	55 or 52	52 or 50	1:28:15	light gray/black long-sleeved t-shirt	overcast and gloomy, in the 40s, but no rain	v35, no3
33	2005 Nov 20	Dean Sturtevant	east to west	13.3	580	24	54	44	1:49:52	blue/white long-sleeved t-shirt	clear, 51F, 11 knots	v36, no1
34	2006 Nov 19	Jeff Saeger & Dean Sturtevant	east to west	13.3	465	24	45	39	1:58:22	black/white t-shirt	overcast, 43F, 6 knots	v37, no1

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