By Nick Corsano
Coyote Lake Harvey Bear Ranch County Park is a huge (27 sq km) recreation area situated on both sides of a long ridge rising on the eastern flank of the Santa Clara Valley. BAOC has held several events over the years on the eastern (Coyote Lake) side of the park. This year, the club opted to use the western (Harvey Bear) side as a change of pace.
While the Harvey Bear side has some advantages (primarily a considerably shorter drive), it has one compelling disadvantage: parking and other facilities are too limited for a large group event on a weekend, as the park is heavily used by South Bay residents. Fortunately, because of the exceptionally dry winter, the rangers were able to grant us use of a large empty field for our parking and assembly area. In a typical winter, the field would be too marshy to use. The moral of the story is that the club will be back on the Coyote Lake side of the park in the future, and the rangers will be happy to accommodate us there.
I extend heartfelt thanks to the many volunteers who had a part in making a very successful day of orienteering.
Course Setter: Lubomir Šebo
Permit application: Graham Brew
Insurance: Dan Ingram
Map printing: Bob Cooley
Registration: Steve Haas, Sarah Williams, Esther Heller
E-punch: Jeff Lanam, Ann Marie Cody
Setup: Graham Brew, Gary Carpenter
Parking: Gary Carpenter, Esther Heller
Beginners' clinics: Dan Greene, Rex Winterbottom
Starts: Lubomir Šebo, Matej Šebo
Take-down: Mark Petersen, Sarah Williams
Control pickup: Wayne Staats, Vicki Woolworth, Parag Gupta, Theo Verhoeven, John Richardson, Matej and Lubomir Šebo
Website: Chuck Spalding
Special thanks also to ranger Gina Ellis, whose cooperation and assistance were invaluable.
Lubomir Šebo designed an excellent set of courses, using the best terrain in Harvey Bear, and the only really appropriate trail loop for beginner courses. This necessitated a very remote Start and Finish (each over 2 km from the assembly area).
There were more than 180 participants, with large contingents from both the Turlock and Carson NJROTC units prepping for their upcoming national championship event.
The complete results are below, but here are the highlights:
- Xander Mann had an impressive win on the White course.
- Cadets Josef Estrada of Carson NJROTC and Luke Hansen of Turlock NJROTC were the victors on Yellow and Orange, respectively.
- Wayne Staats, after finishing the Blue course, ran Brown as a second course and had by far the fastest time there. (Wayne also helped with control pickup—remember it was over 2 km between the assembly area and the Start/Finish each time!) Dennis Wildfogel was the "real" victor on Brown, with Penny DeMoss in second.
- Green and Red were fairly close contests, with Tapio Karras leading Steve Gregg on Green, and Graham Brew ahead of Syd Reader on _Red_—both races with margins under four minutes.
- National Team member Anthony Riley breezed to victory on Blue.
Lost and Found
A pair of 2.00 reading glasses with a black frame was left on the water bottle table at the assembly area. If they belong to you, tell Nick Corsano.
That reminds me that a standard (not thumb) compass was left behind at the St. Mary's College event last October. I kept it somewhere safe and totally forgot about it until now. The registration crew did not think it looked like a rental. It is pretty worn and has a silver tape embedded behind the 5 cm ruler at the short edge. There is a red string attached to it. Contact me if it's yours. Mikkel Conradi
White Course (3.6 km, 70 m [1.9%] climb, 11 controls)
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind
1 Xander Mann 43:20
2 Aidan & Vardaan 59:41 16:21
3 Raymond Wong Troop 251 1:14:50 31:30
4 Zheng Cheng 1:27:55 44:35
5 We'd Rather Play Lego 2 1:29:14 45:54
6 We'd Rather Play Lego 1:30:43 47:23
7 Fayez Khan Troop 251 1:39:29 56:09
8 Nancy & Susan Lindeman,
Everly Berg BAOC 2:46:03 122:43
Dana Team DNF
Kevin Lyons DNF
Tommy Ingulfsen BAOC DNF
Ben Snow DNS
Kurt Workman DNS
Yellow Course (4.0 km, 110 m [2.8%] climb, 13 controls)
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind
1 Josef Estrada CSOC 54:29
2 Marcelo Montenez 59:48 5:19
3 Jin Wang 1:04:23 9:54
4 Landen Elliott Tulock NJROTC 1:07:53 13:24
5 Tom De Vre BAOC 1:09:21 14:52
6 Adam & Preston Wilson 1:10:27 15:58
7 Kian & Kalin Gupta BAOC 1:12:14 17:45
8 Jason Wang 1:20:58 26:29
9 Sergio Villanueva IV CSOC 1:28:05 33:36
10 Ryah Newton CSOC 1:30:08 35:39
11 Lorena Montenez 1:35:37 41:08
12 Dewey DuMond 1:35:51 41:22
13 Sarah Williams BAOC 1:36:57 42:28
14 Meg Thumann 1:37:24 42:55
15 Devin Linehan CSOC 1:38:59 44:30
16 Henderson family 1:45:45 51:16
17 Unknown Runner 1:48:42 54:13
18 Fayez Khan Troop 251 1:49:14 54:45
19 Angely Moya Tulock NJROTC 2:40:00 105:31
Jaden Wong Troop 251 MSP
Morning Tea MSP
Roney family MSP
Gwendolyn Moy DNF
Peyton St Andrew Tulock NJROTC DNF
Ron Thumann DNS
Orange Course (4.6 km, 200 m [4.3%] climb, 12 controls)
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind
1 Luke Hansen Tulock NJROTC 1:27:37
2 Lucas Santiago Tulock NJROTC 1:28:39 1:02
3 Huy Shi BAOC 1:32:34 4:57
4 Adomas Stankus CSOC 1:32:53 5:16
5 Peter Hizalev 1:34:30 6:53
6 Enrique Espinoza Ayala CSOC 1:35:55 8:18
7 Alex Solomatnikov 1:36:25 8:48
8 Mark Schneider BAOC 1:42:38 15:01
9 Alanna Montenez BAOC 1:44:04 16:27
10 Miroslav Trubelja 1:50:43 23:06
11 Ellen Mouchawar BAOC 1:51:42 24:05
12 Edgar Rojas Tulock NJROTC 1:55:39 28:02
13 van Hoff & Spencer BAOC 2:06:35 38:58
14 Lewis family 2:08:39 41:02
15 Julie McGinnis Tulock NJROTC 2:12:31 44:54
16 Gabriella Sanchez Tulock NJROTC 2:15:03 47:26
17 Sitaraman family 2:28:09 60:32
Landen Elliott Tulock NJROTC MSP
Brandon Choi DNF
DaCotah Reeder CSOC DNF
Leta Krechetov BAOC DNF
Rayner Malasaga CSOC DNF
Hilary Hardcastle DNS
Lori Buecheler BAOC DNS
Rhonda Stieber BAOC DNS
Roopa McNealis BAOC DNS
Brown Course (4.2 km, 120 m [2.9%] climb, 10 controls)
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind
1 Wayne Staats BAOC 40:53 (2nd course)
2 Dennis Wildfogel BAOC 57:08 16:15
3 Penny DeMoss BAOC 1:03:44 22:51
4 Greg Moy 1:04:49 23:56
5 Carlos Montanez Tulock NJROTC 1:07:07 26:14
6 Johanna Merriss BAOC 1:08:17 27:24
7 Chuck Spalding BAOC 1:08:44 27:51
8 Irena & Nick Stefanova BAOC 1:10:05 29:12
9 Mattias Mattsson 1:11:51 30:58
10 Gary Carpenter BAOC 1:14:46 33:53
11 George Minarik BAOC 1:23:22 42:29
12 Chun Wu BAOC 1:26:17 45:24
13 Scott Sampson BAOC 1:28:51 47:58
14 Janet Petersen BAOC 1:34:47 53:54
15 Jeff Lanam BAOC 1:37:38 56:45
16 Aaron Aardvark 1:41:58 61:05
17 Alan Glendinning BAOC 1:42:40 61:47
18 Evan Custer BAOC 1:52:46 71:53
19 Leslie Minarik BAOC 2:04:10 83:17
20 John Marold BAOC 2:11:03 90:10
Connor Rogers CSOC DNF
Mirjana Spasojevic DNF
Green Course (5.4 km, 230 m [4.3%] climb, 12 controls)
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind
1 Tapio Karras BAOC 1:06:32
2 Steve Gregg BAOC 1:10:26 3:54
3 Marie-Josée Parayre BAOC 1:18:26 11:54
4 Lance Kenison CSOC 1:20:00 13:28
5 Colin Jubert 1:22:35 16:03
6 Eric Rosenzweig BAOC 1:23:23 16:51
7 Travis Navarro CSOC 1:24:21 17:49
8 James Roney BAOC 1:24:23 17:51
9 EYAL BARUCH 1:37:19 30:47
10 Samuel Barker CSOC 1:38:16 31:44
11 Stephanie Maclean BAOC 1:38:44 32:12
12 Sigal Glassman Baruch 1:39:01 32:29
13 Shura Krechetov BAOC 1:43:03 36:31
14 Oriana Riley DVOA 1:46:59 40:27
15 Chahal Vikram CSOC 2:01:49 55:17
16 Jaden Harcksen Tulock NJROTC 2:01:57 55:25
17 Hayden Elliott Tulock NJROTC 2:06:45 60:13
18 Daniel Ingram CSOC 2:14:44 68:12
19 Joshua Doddridge CSOC 2:16:27 69:55
20 Vicki Woolworth NAVX 2:20:58 74:26
21 Stan Barrett, Ingrid Peterson BAOC 2:49:51 103:19
Derek Maclean BAOC DNF
Logan Kenison CSOC DNF
Red Course (6.9 km, 250 m [3.6%] climb, 16 controls)
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind
1 Graham Brew BAOC 1:20:55
2 Syd Reader 1:24:32 3:37
3 Tom De Vre BAOC 1:27:09 6:14
4 Brian Ritchken 1:31:27 10:32
5 Takashi Sugiyama BAOC 1:36:35 15:40
6 Deron van Hoff BAOC 1:38:18 17:23
7 John Richardson BAOC 1:47:16 26:21
8 Vin Noah BAOC 1:54:59 34:04
9 Theo Verhoeven BAOC 1:55:31 34:36
10 Mark Petersen BAOC 2:06:02 45:07
11 Randy Snook 2:10:02 49:07
12 Van Boughner BAOC 2:11:19 50:24
Andrej Masalkov BAOC MSP
Proof School DNF
Yana Konovalenko BAOC DNS
Blue Course (8.1 km, 340 m [4.2%] climb, 22 controls)
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind
1 Anthony Riley DVOA 1:16:44
2 François Léonard BAOC 1:28:46 12:02
3 Yurii Konovalenko BAOC 1:32:07 15:23
4 Greg Khanlarov BAOC 1:32:58 16:14
5 Wayne Staats BAOC 1:33:28 16:44
6 Ouri Karni Technion-Carmel 1:36:52 20:08
7 Jeffrey Kabel BAOC 1:47:54 31:10
8 Rex Winterbottom BAOC 2:05:47 49:03
9 Greg Favor BAOC 2:17:14 60:30
10 Manfred Kopisch BAOC 2:17:19 60:35
11 Gavin Wyatt-Mair BAOC 2:58:15 101:31
Erin Schirm BAOC DNS
DNF
= Did not finish (one or more controls
missed)
DNS
= Did not start
DSQ
= Disqualified
MSP
= Mispunched (one or more incorrect
controls)
OVT
= Overtime
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