Shell Ridge
Walnut Creek
Sept. 30, 2001
by Rosemary Johnson, meet director
September 30 proved to be an extremely warm day at Walnut Creek. Temperatures, while forecast to be in the high 80s, were more like in the mid-90s. At least, it didn't reach the century mark like for last year's Goat! Once again, the Score-O seemed to be an endurance event of who could withstand the high heat to make the climbs up the slopes here.
Despite the less-than-perfect temperature, it was a beautiful day. 171 participants in 106 entries tested themselves on the courses. This was swelled by the ranks of Troop 24 members and parents who were obviously tuning up for the Scout-O in a couple of weeks. Below are the complete results.
Newcomer Patt Lopez comfortably led the field on White at 35:38, then tried her hand at Yellow with good results. Welcome Patt! We hope to see you at future events. Philip and Adam Graves took second on White at 43:01, with Mark, Carolyn, Drew and Derek Nollsch only 31 seconds behind. Terry Smiley took Yellow with a finish time of 27:35. Malcolm Wyatt-Mair and friend Drew Robinson finished in 29:02, just 26 seconds ahead of veteran Gary Kraght.
Fema Stemplere from the Ukraine finished first in the 60-minute Score-O with 19 points in 54:22. Francois Leonard finished with 18 points, just beating the limit in 59:12. Marie-Josee Parayre was third with 16 points in 54:30. In the 90-minute category, Dan Greene beat out Alex Krasnov by better clock management. Dan had 22 points in 86:07. Alex had 23 points but incurred a 1 point penalty by coming in at 90:29. Chris Day was third with 21 points in 76:10. Wyatt Riley ran early and hit all controls in 117:53. (Later, he went out again with adventure racers Keri DeWitt and J.D. Ahearn.) In second, Tore Myhrvold got 44 points in 119:30. Doug Stein followed in third with 41 points in 117:23.
Many thanks to all those who pitched in to help. Especially those who unfortunately will go unnamed (because I don't know them), but since they were there early offered to help with sunshade construction. Kevin Walker's reward was to be the first regular start of the day. Also, thanks to Nancy Lindeman and Judy Koehler who didn't formally volunteer but helped with beginners and starts anyway. Vivian Lee handled the East Bay registration as usual with the added assistance of Jen Stoll- Hadayia. Alan Glendinning did beginners clinics. Meg Gerstner handled the real crush of starts with help from Judy and Galena Shakhovsky. Rex Winterbottom and Oleg Shakhovsky helped with finishes, as well as the course setter Dan Stoll-Hadayia. Control pickup was handled by David Dippon, Marsha Jacobs, and the inimitable Dan and Harold and Penny DeMoss. I know I have forgotten at least one important person who took over late starts but my mind is weak and I think the heat got to me. Thanks, everyone, for making it another successful BAOC meet.
Results
WHITE 1. Patt Lopez 35:38 2. Philip and Adam Graves 43:01 3. Mark, Carolyn, Drew, Derek Nollsch 43:32 4. Paul Turner & Jill Van Houten 45:30 5. Keith, Cynthia, Joseph & Andrew Herrmann 49:40 6. Piper Riley, Nancy Thomas & Judy Koehler 52:10 7. Dan Feikert, Mike Deam & 4 children 52:26 8. Sarah, Kyle and Rich Asano 58:25 9. Craig and Brenda Vassel 60:50 10. Audrone Martisiene 105:13 YELLOW 1. Terry Smiley 27:35 2. Malcom Wyatt Mair & Drew Robinson 29:02 3. Gary Kraght 29:28 4. Vasya Volkov 43:40 5. Dmitriy Volkov 44:14 6. Martin Weiss 45:34 7. Pete Connolly, Anil Dean & Jeannie Hudson 55:16 8. David Dippon 56:24 9. Cheryl Longinotti & Vicki Newton 57:23 10. Grant, Mel & Janell Glouser 60:50 11. Kathy, Ray & Tim Ernst 60:56 12. Shirley Parlan & Neal Pierce 62:07 13. Greg & Kelly Dowd 63:00 14. Galina Shakhnovsky 65:27 15. Eglute Martisiute, et al 65:39 16. Samy Ben Mohamed & Martin McDonald, Troop 24 66:43 17. Jan & Riordan Zentler and Deborah Lair 67:45 18. Matt General, Mike Hall and Sandy Goodrich 70:55 19. Jeff Levin 71:52 19. Rebecca & Adam Redfield and Teguh Subiantoro 71:52 21. Alan Houser & Helene Gordon, Troop 24 75:25 22. George & Terry Warren 77:56 23. David Shaw & Sherry Tutass, Troop 24 84:10 24. Kevin Walker 85:21 25. JROTC 85:37 26. Harris Lapiroff & Patrick S. Delaney, Troop 24 85:55 27. Bob & Linda Carloni, Troop 24 88:28 28. Silvia and Alan Chin 96:05 29. Tom and Zack Fester 109:10 Shane Tutass & Peter Shaw, Troop 24 DNF (86:05; missed #5) David Gribble & Matthew Spain DNF (lost card) Second Course Paul Turner & Jill Van Houten 48:10 Patt Lopez 59:52 Craig Vassel & Brenda Foster 74:10 SCORE-O (60 minutes) 1. Fema Stemplere 19 pts. 54:22 2. Francois Leonard 18 pts. 59:12 3. Marie-Josee Parayre 16 pts. 54:30 4. Johanna Merriss 15 pts. 58:03 5. Rex Winterbottom 15 pts. 59:41 6. Martina Lindberg 14 pts. 51:11 7. Craig Mar 13 pts. 59:47 8. Leif Kirschenbaum 12 pts. 52:13 9. Byron Han 12 pts. 59:36 10. Magnus Lindbergh 10 pts. 56:39 11. Alan Jones 10 pts. 56:52 12. Susan White 9 pts. 59:18 13. Blanka Dobrkovska 8 pts. (14-6) 65:23 14. Pierce Rivers, Matt Compulswaite & Jack Acton 7 pts. (12-5) 64:54 15. Chris Mason & Margaret Schatler 6 pts. 58:54 16. Steve Rivers 6 pts. (11-5) 64:20 17. Jay Hann 6 pts. (12-6) 65:29 18. J.D. Ahearn 1 pt. (5-4) 63:10 18. Keri DeWitt 1 pt. (5-4) 63:10 SCORE-O (90 minutes) 1. Dan Greene 22 pts. 86:07 2. Alex Krasnov 22 pts. (23-1) 90:29 3. Chris Day 21 pts. 76:10 4. Tapio Karras 21 pts. (24-3) 92:48 5. Meg Gerstner & Alan Glendinning 19 pts. 82:28 6. Gavin Wyatt-Mair 18 pts. 83:08 7. Yelena Krasnova 18 pts. 89:03 8. James Wilson 17 pts. 71:26 9. Marsha Jacobs 14 pts. 79:00 10. Bill Wright 14 pts. (15-1) 90:07 11. Oleg Shakhnovsky 13 pts. 85:40 12. Terry Pratt 11 pts. 78:31 13. Christian & Ryan Rivers 11 pts. 88:10 SCORE-O (120 minutes) 1. Wyatt Riley 46 pts. 117:53 2. Tore Myhrvold 44 pts. 119:30 3. Doug Stein 41 pts. 117:23 4. Syd Reader 36 pts. (43-7) 126:03 5. Thorsten Graeve 35 pts. 117:48 6. Matthias Kohler 31 pts. 105:40 7. Steve Gregg 31 pts. (46-15) 134:07 8. Penny DeMoss 27 pts. 105:41 9. Nik Weber 27 pts. 118:22 10. Mark Blair 26 pts. 117:30 11. Ian Tidswell & Christian Voigtlaende 26 pts. (27-1) 120:25 12. Vadimas Masalkovas 25 pts. 117:46 13. Cathy Bolger & Ken Renworth 22 pts. 111:55 14. Theo Verhoeven 20 pts. 119:00 15. Hannu Haarma 20 pts. (41-21) 140:21 16. Jeff Lanam 19 pts. 109:48 17. Rob Gendreau 18 pts. 110:15 18. C.T. List 17 pts. 118:50 19. Joe Scarborough 16 pts. 104:20 20. Andrejus Masalkovas 16 pts. (17-1) 120:41 21. Warren Aronson & Steve Shedd 16 pts. (20-4) 123:49 22. Abby Wolfe 15 pts. 110:00 23. Deron van Hoff 14 pts. (23-9) 128:22 24. Lukas Frei 10 pts. 110:29 25. Nancy Lindeman 10 pts. 116:30 26. Noah Marthinsen, Troop 24 7 pts. 100:32 27. Jim Duggan & Brooke Van Hahn 7 pts. (15-8) 127:04 28. Tamal & Brian White and Kevin & Mike 0 pt. (10-10) 129:19 29. Doug Masiel -1 pt. (23-24) 143:47 30. Rich Hellyer -5 pts. (14-19) 138:28 31. Grace Mellow -10 pts. (19-29) 148:26 32. Ray Kemp -14 pts. (11-25) 144:15 Mike Fleishman DNF