By Gary Carpenter
I'm sorry it's taken so long to do this event write-up. Unfortunately, the week after the event I broke both wrists, so I've been laid up for a couple of weeks. I am attempting to do this write-up using speech recognition software.
We had fantastic weather this year, sunny and mild with a light breeze off the bay. The great weather brought out a lot of participants (approximately 180), encouragingly many of the participants were new to Orienteering and seemed to have a great time at the event. There were several Girl Scout groups this year—I was told that after one group finished the White course one of the Girl Scouts said to her mother "Mom can I make this my sport?".
Sarah Minarik brought a large group of friends who appeared to have a lot of experience in various running events; however, I believe this was the first Orienteering experience for most of them. They seemed to enjoy it, and we hope to see them again at future Orienteering meets. Thank you, Sarah, for introducing some new young athletes to Orienteering!
This year, course setter Steve Gregg designed five point-to-point courses. In addition to traditional White and Yellow courses, Steve set three advanced-level courses of varying lengths. Due to terrain limitations at Point Pinole, the control placements on the advanced courses were typically of Orange level of difficulty. Steve designed the advanced courses to test a competitor's ability to run hard between controls and navigate accurately at high-speed. There is an old saying in orienteering "If the navigation seems too easy, you're not running fast enough."
The White course winning time of 29:43 was posted by the group of Angela Reed, Monica Hamlett, and Alex Coari. Katie Barrow took second place with a time of 37:38. Marie and Frankie Johnson finished in third place.
The Yellow course winner was Beth Dameron at 28:34, followed very closely by Rick Boyer at 28:50. Third-place finisher Maria Sophia Fedyk was not far behind at 31:00.
The advanced courses were very competitive, and the winning times were fast as predicted by course setter Steve Gregg.
- Short Orange (3.5 km, 17 controls): Winner Sarah Minarik at 30:53 (8.82 min/km). Hope Fa-Kaji was second at 33:34, and third place when to Natalie Kim at 37:08.
- Medium Orange (4.4 km, 24 controls): Winner Dennis Wildfogel at 35:06 (7.98 min/km). James Wilson was second at 40:33, and Lauren Knight finished third at 41:12.
- Long Orange (5.6 km, 30 controls): The winner was François Léonard with an incredibly fast time of 30:04 (5.36 min/km). That is an average of one minute per control, folks!! Matej Sebo finished second at 31:57, and Stephen Granger-Bevan was third with a time of 32:58. Penny DeMoss was the first woman on Long Orange with a time of 46:20.
Volunteers
E-punch Crew: Rosemary Johnson, Steve Gregg, and George Minarik
Registration: James Wilson and Sarah Williams
Starts: Gary and Olga Kraght, Sharon Evans and Dan Vannatter
Beginner Clinics: Terry Gleason
Pre-Runner: Christine Brew
Control Retrieval, Equipment packing, and Clean-up: Peter Graube, Nancy Lindeman, Greg Ehrensing, Tapio Karras, and Werner Haag
Map Printing: Bob Cooley
Webpage Updates: Chuck Spalding
Lost & Found
The following items were left at the event:
- A stainless steel water bottle with a Girl Scouts of Northern California logo
- A pair of black "noname" running pants.
Email or call Gary Carpenter to arrange return.
White Course (2.6 km, 50 m climb, 10 controls)
Pl Name(s) Club Time
1 Angela Reed, Monica Hamlett,
Alex Coari 29:43
2 Katie Barrow 37:38
3 Marie & Frankie Johnson 41:07
4 Troop 779 42:33
5 Braden & Andrew Killeen BAOC 45:35
6 Qarly Canant 46:57
7 Dean, Gia, & Tony Stavropouls 1:02:25
8 Nadine Silva 1:03:41
9 Audrey & Andy Johnson 1:06:39 (estimated Finish)
10 Guinea Pigs: Julia & Katrina 1:07:50
11 Leanne Langan, Diane R Hall BAOC 1:21:01
Girl Scout Troop 62134 DNF
Josh Rizzolo, Quincy Chan DNF
Second Course
Stephen G-B BAOC 10:42
Harold DeMoss BAOC 31:30
Yellow Course (2.5 km, 50 m climb, 10 controls)
Pl Name(s) Club Time
1 Beth Dameron 28:34
2 Rick Boyer 28:50
3 Maria Sophia Fedyk 31:00
4 Harold DeMoss BAOC 32:32
5 Gemma Fa-Kaji BAOC 33:33
6 Jamie Maclean BAOC 34:03
7 Olivia Hattersley, Jen Burket,
Chieh Tung 35:17
8 Bertrand Racine, Lina Urbain 37:40
9 Else Dittmer 44:04
10 Sharon Evans BAOC 48:17
11 Camam Team 57:40
12 Narwhal 57:49
13 Abby, Nicole, & Skip Rooney 1:01:40
14 Edward Bentley 1:04:27
15 Toni & Ian Hanrahan BAOC 1:06:55
16 Andrew & Diane Mau 1:09:42
17 Mark, Chennee, Anna Marie, &
Winston Spiller GCO 1:50:07
Second Course
Katie Barrow 39:36
Short Orange Course (3.5 km, 60 m climb, 17 controls)
Pl Name(s) Club Time
1 Sarah Minarik 30:53
2 Hope Fa-Kaji BAOC 33:34
3 Natalie Kim 37:08
4 George Minarik BAOC 43:13
5 Tatiana Fedyk 45:28
6 Ruth Bromer BOK 46:18
7 Jay Hann BAOC 46:37
8 Marsha Jacobs BAOC 49:40
9 Nigel Killeen 53:11
10 Rosemary Johnson BAOC 57:18
11 Susan Kim BAOC 1:04:39
12 Aivo Krilovs 1:05:48
13 Jessica Morris 1:07:46
14 Steve O'Keefe BAOC 1:08:48
15 Greg & Kate Kashperskiy 1:13:38
16 Matan Hamam 1:25:18
17 Judy Koehler BAOC 1:31:02
18 Sara Wegner 1:35:59
19 Kalia Carter 1:36:05
20 Elsa Dittmer 1:40:54
Penelope Woodwark DNF
Kevin Walker BAOC DNF
Alexander Osel DNF
Chris Gori DNF
Sylvirames DNF
Alex Coari DNF
Medium Orange Course (4.4 km, 80 m climb, 24 controls)
Pl Name(s) Club Time
1 Dennis Wildfogel BAOC 35:06
2 James Wilson 40:33
3 Lauren Knight BAOC 41:12
4 Greg Ehrensing BAOC 41:21
5 Chuck Spalding BAOC 43:50
6 Gian Coolen BAOC 46:24
7 Daniel Sebo BAOC 47:09
8 Julia Doubson 50:09
9 Victor Frolov 52:15
10 Chris Brew BAOC 52:43
11 Evan Custer BAOC 54:59
12 Johanna Merriss BAOC 55:11
13 Vincent Leonard 1:00:54
14 Davy Williams BAOC 1:03:41
15 Matthew Mattson 1:06:02
16 Jeff Lanam BAOC 1:13:15
17 Artur & Sergey Kashperskiy 1:14:21
18 Olivia Hattersley, Monica Hamlet,
Jen Burket, Chee Tung 1:19:10
19 Max Jennings, Alexi Urban-Racine 1:31:12
Emmet Hegarty DNF
Fyodor Konkov DNF
Second Course
Stephen Harrison BAOC 35:05
Long Orange Course (5.6 km, 100 m climb, 30 controls)
Pl Name(s) Club Time
1 Francois Leonard BAOC 30:04
2 Matej Sebo BAOC 31:57
3 Stephen Granger-Bevan BAOC 32:58
4 Lubomir Sebo BAOC 37:25
5 Greg Khanlarov BAOC 37:27
6 Tapio Karras BAOC 38:04
7 Mikkel Conradi BAOC 38:29
8 Gavin Williams BAOC 41:09
9 Werner Haag BAOC 44:11
10 Kent Ohlund BAOC 44:16
11 Derek Maclean 45:12
12 Stephen Harrison BAOC 45:54
13 Penny DeMoss BAOC 46:20
14 Lori Huberman BAOC 48:36
15 Cornelia Coolen BAOC 49:45
16 Gary Kraght BAOC 52:31
17 Laura & Miguel Clark 53:05
18 Pavel Anisimov 53:34
19 Ralf Burgert BAOC 54:20
20 Joseph Huberman BOK 54:59
21 Peter Graube BAOC 56:37
22 Joe Inkenbrandt BAOC 58:14
23 Mattie Coolen BAOC 58:28
24 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 59:09
25 Stephanie Maclean 59:10
26 Dan Greene BAOC 59:25
27 Ben Hallsted BAOC 59:50
28 Joe Maffei BAOC 1:00:17
29 Krists Krilovs 1:04:24
30 Addison Nuding, John Tilsch 1:05:43
31 Olga Kraght BAOC 1:07:42
32 Matthias Kohler BAOC 1:08:51
33 Oface 1:13:28 (estimated Finish)
34 Marina Keating BAOC 1:13:34
35 Andy Cretcher 1:13:38
36 Pete Erwin 1:14:28
37 Geoff Sears BAOC 1:14:57
38 Armstrong & Verstraete 1:15:05
39 Scott Sampson 1:17:17
40 Sheeter, Sara, Carolyn 1:23:02
41 Tim Erickson 1:24:36
42 Dan Dwyer, Jean Zoch,
Jess Walter, Jackie Wong 1:25:50
43 David Hallsted BAOC 1:34:26
44 Olga Kolomemsky 1:36:32
45 Terry Gleason BAOC 1:39:11
46 Jennifer Kerr GCO 1:51:58
47 Kim Vincent 1:54:19
48 Nancy Lindeman BAOC 2:24:27
Marie-Josee Parayre BAOC DNF
Jens Leersen DNF
Steve McGee DNF
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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