2026 NW Portland Metrogaine Results and Summary

The competitors participated in the 1-, 2-, and 4-hour courses (there were no takers for the 6-hour course this time around). Impressively, some families with young children chose to do the 4-hour course; one of those groups went to the top of Kings Heights and back without overtime penalties. Most of our competitors chose to run in groups to share the fun with friends or family, but we also had plenty of individuals who wanted to see what they could do on their own.

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On the 1-Hour course:
Sylvia Allen and Steph Ross teamed up with the “Super Spider Frank” group (Martin and Tom Allen) as the only start on the course. They earned forty points and finished just one minute before the maximum time for their course.

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On the 2-hour course:

• Ali Crocker accumulated an impressive 1060 points while running most of the extensive Forest Park trails. 

• Jon Treadwell found 550 points by going through Kings Heights and Washington Park followed by a trek along the Willamette River, but his 2-minute overtime cost him sixty points with his final score being 490 points. 

• Laura Weller placed third with 250 points after mixing runs in the lower Willamette Heights and Kings Heights with the flats of NW Portland. 

• “Panic at the Control Site” (Heidi Abbot, Kyia Keene, and Steven Fields) finished with 170 points earned from a run to the top of Forest Park above Willamette Heights. 

• “OSG 636th” (William Dash, Neil Gavrich, and Heather Kennel) came in fifth with one hundred points after touring NW Portland.

• “The Bloops” (Cory and Ryu Morin) finished sixth with ninety points after touring NW Portland.

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On the 4-hour course:

• Joseph Peacock finished first with 1480 points less 180 for being 6 minutes overtime. He found all but four control sites in Forest Park. 

• "Canoe-O2" (Del and Erik Scharffenberg) came in second with 860 points after finding all but one control in Kings Heights, Arlington Heights, and Washington Park—all this happening a day after Del competed in an ultra-marathon. They finished within 4 seconds of their 4-hour time limit.

• “The Wildwood Ramblers” (Jason Breaker and first time orienteer, Ingrid Dahl) came in third with 700 points after an impressive run deep into Forest Park.  They also avoided penalty points, squeaking by with 11 seconds to spare.

• Alison Stone came in fourth with 950 points less three hundred for being 9:23 late (final score of 650 points) after a long, impressive tour through much of Forest Park.

• “Senior Momentum” (Susie Madden, Tracy Vogel, and Tami Weeks) finished fifth with 350 points after touring Kings Heights and NW Portland. 

• Nora Tom placed sixth after finding three hundred points by touring most of NW and Downtown Portland.

• "Boyles Family" (Arlo, Danielle, Steven, and Wilder) came in seventh with 230 points after going to the top of the very steep King’s Heights community.