Monte Bello
Palo Alto
Oct. 7, 2001
by Dennis Wildfogel, meet director
With four sunshades, two Finishes, Registration, Starts, and over 220 people all in close proximity, this year's BAOC meet at Monte Bello OSP almost looked like something from Europe. Combined with a lovely autumn day and challenging courses of appropriate length, it was a very good day of orienteering. Below are the complete results.
CCSE
Rather than the usual Blue and Red courses, advanced orienteers were invited to participate in a two-round, Compressed Chase Start Event (CCSE). The first round, conducted over a short Brown course, was used to determine the start order for the second round, conducted over a Green course. However, time difference on the first round had no effect on the start interval for the second round. Instead, each runner started 30 seconds ahead of the next one. The idea behind this second round, compressed chase start was to give everyone practice in running their course with other competitors in close proximity.This worked out extremely well. Before reaching the first control, all but one of the twenty-two starters had either passed someone or been passed by someone! The one exception was James Scarborough, who started in front after a scintillating first round, and just kept increasing his lead. Wyatt Riley, starting in third, quickly moved into second and maintained his position all the way to the finish, ultimately finishing ahead the rest of the field by nearly as much as James finished ahead of him. A torrid battle developed for the next four spots as Doug Stein, Vadimas Masalkovas, Steve Gregg, and Vlad Gusiatnikov traded places frequently over the last several controls and reached the final control only seven second apart! Penny DeMoss was the first (and only) female finisher in twelfth and Haanu Harma led the over-50 set with an eleventh place finish.
The times indicated in Part 2 of the CCSE results represent the time elapsed from when the initial competitor started the race. To determine each person's actual running time, subtract their handicap from the total time. In the CCSE2 splits, the first split (control 99) represents the difference between the first person's start and the actual competitor's start (handicap time). All other controls appear as higher control number. (i.e. leg 1 appears as leg 2, leg 2 as leg 3, etc.)
Details of the race - with stories, splits, and a color-coded table showing the control-by-control progression - can be found at www.dennisw.com/montebello. Too bad we don't have video - it was the kind of race that would make people fans of orienteering. The narrative and the supporting material capture some of the flavor - have a look!
Regular Courses
The regular Green course (same course as the second round of the CCSE) was won by Georgia OC's Martin Fahrenfield with visiting Ukrainian mapper Efim Shtemdler taking second ahead of BAOC's Steve Jankowski. Joe Scarborough in fifth was the top M50+, followed by the top female, Angelica Riley. Heini Ilmarinen in ninth was the top junior, and Joan Roos was the top F35+. On the Short Brown course (same as the first round of the CCSE), Alex Krasnov led the field, with Devin Prouty edging Werner Haag by one second for second. Yelena Krasnov and Louise Madrid, in sixth and eighth, were the top two women, while Nancy Lindeman was the first F55+.Bill Wright topped Ken Sheaffer on the Orange course, with Leena Imarinen, the top female, in third. Tony Lillios, a veteran triathelete attempting oreinteering for the first time, bested the huge field on Yellow, while 12-year-old Rachel Care in eighth was the top junior. The White course was led by Bill Blake. Seventh grader Becca Fenn and her mom Cathy, in third place, were the first female finishers, while sixth grader Emily Davis finished fifth.
Thanks for the Help!
As always, many, many people went out of their way to make this event come off with hardly a hitch. Dan Greene, who set the advanced courses, and Jill Seaman, who set White, Yellow and Orange in her first course-setting venture, did yeoman work in the weeks leading up to the event. Special thanks go to Ranger Chris Barresi and also to my family, Louise Madrid and Rachel Care, for their support and for pitching in wherever necessary.More special thanks to Ev & Jean Beuerman, who were there at 8 am for setup and stayed until 5 pm helping with cleanup, while handling registration with their usual aplomb in between. Chuck Spalding and Kelly Wells came out to help even though their injuries meant that they couldn't go out on a course. Bob Cooley printed all the maps. Rosemary Johnson started the permit process, and Peter Graube, Mark Blair, Alan Glendenning, Dan Stoll-Hadayia, and the DeMosses all had a hand in getting the appropriate equipment to Montebello.
The people listed below, including several first-timers, filled all the necessary positions on the day of the meet. Thanks to one and all. Starts: Kevin Shoenfeld, Debbie Wojtowicz, Jack Myers, Devin Prouty, Louise Madrid. WYO Finish/Results: Cecil Conkle, Richard Asano, Rachel Care, Chuck Spalding. Epunch software: Robert Lewis, Steve Beuerman. Parking/Crossing: Don Gee, Jim Waite, Deron Van Hoff, Chuck Spalding. Registration: Ev & Jean Beuerman, Gary Kraght. Beginners Clinics: Mike Fleishman, Van Boughner, Vlad Gusiatnikov, Abby Wolfe. Set up: Mike Fleishman, James Scarborough. Control Retrieval: Penny & Harold DeMoss, Johanna Merriss, Chris List, Kelly Wells, Theo Verhoeven, Mark Blair, Yelena & Alex Krasnov.
Results
E-punch splits files:
White 1.8 km, 120 m climb
1 Bill Blake 31:11
2 Sean & Ryan Kelly, Dan Creger 35:53
3 Becca & Cathy Fenn 39:08
4 Darab & Shirin Ghaffany, Sara Kimiecik 44:36
5 Emily Davis (assisted by Rachel Care) 44:48
6 Jenna Escobar, Riana Parvel, Cindy Leonard 46:38
7 Karin Kimiecik, Kris Pandula, Catie Shemwell 49:05
8 P&C Milner, Neal & Gus Callahan, Ryan Szelonz 52:46
9 Anita Reine & Jerry Mandel 54:25
10 Mindy Johnson, Sonia & Colin Wright 64:06
11 Paul, Monica & Svetlana Van Luven 69:20
12 Audonne Martisiene 72:44
13 Karen Pandula, Kelly Duffy, Volita Plaha 73:30
Yellow 1.9 km, 110 m climb
1 Tony Lillios 26:55
2 Jussi Heinila 27:26
3 Abby Wolfe (2nd course) 28:05
4 Jaakko Karras & Roope Heinila 28:17
5 Matt, Patrick & Terrence Rabuzzi, C. Vartola 29:26
6 Dwight Freund 32:01
7 Elizabeth Grewal 33:43
8 Rachel Care 38:20
9 Charles Wang, Wendy Hsia, Karen Wu 38:24
10 Dale Grace 40:48
11 Adam & Becky Redfield, Teguh Subiantoro 41:47
12 Jack Myers 42:51
13 Lisa Reinke 42:52
14 Cindy Cheng, ShiJun Luo, Ji Chen 44:08
15 Dianne & Gianna Giancarlo 44:45
16 Una & Siobhan Daly, Ken Yale 45:33
17 Dan & Jordy Rose 45:44
18 Jenna Thal, Jessa Forsyth, Lisa Galerman 46:02
19 Patrick & Janet Diehl 47:43
20 S. Gant, P. Yale, M. Nelson 47:46
21 Malin, Linda & Don Bogue, A. Ascencio 50:02
22 Galena Shaknofsky 50:52
23 Greg & Shelly Heironimus 52:50
24 Joe & Katie Szelong, Joyha, Joanna, Mary 53:55
25 Ravi, Sodha & Naren Shankar, K. Havshetha 55:02
26 Kevin Walker 55:18
27 R.Tipton, M.Worley & S.Lyttle (w/V.Boughner) 60:17
28 Mark, Sue, Kit & Nate Perkins 61:29
29 Sonia Molina & Werner Haag 62:54
30 Anita Reine & Jerry Mandel (2nd course) 62:57
31 Ev & Jean Beuerman 63:36
32 Frank, Nancy & Andre Markowitz 67:37
33 Brian, Ann, Mathew & Laura Angle 91:14
34 Rachel Gordon, Alexis Fletcher, Libby Cronin 113:07
35 Ashley Jahns, Ali Divita, Laura Issacs 115:08
36 Mark, Laura & Emily Dolson 134:45
Orange 2.5 km, 190 m climb
1 Bill Wright 62:11
2 Ken Sheaffer 68:36
3 Leena Ilmarinen 72:29
4 Greg & Kelly Dowd 72:48
5 Jim Waite 75:19
6 Grant Glouser 76:10
7 Maddy Reddy 78:03
8 Hardev Grewal 84:31
9 John Pagendarm 85:42
10 Jeff & Edward Boenig 88:40
11 Larry Pagendarm 89:20
12 Alan & Debra LaVergne 92:02
13 Chris T. List 92:37
14 Don Gee 93:25
15 Johanna Merriss 99:35
16 Eglute Martisiene & two others 118:11
17 Geoff Bainbridge & Jana Sedivy 121:07
18 Eric Kramer 133:45
19 R. Hellyer 135:38
20 Elliot Delaye 138:33
21 Sherry Zhang & Jerry Chen 151:02
22 Vaso Chatzi 182:25
Audrie Faust DNF
Sean Campbell DNF
Okuri-Worrell DNF
Michael Dorn DNF
Tony Lillios (2nd course) DNF
Jack Acton DNF
Douglas Chang DNF
Brown 1.725 km, 180 m climb
1 Alex Krasnov 34:22
2 Devin Prouty 36:57
3 Werner Haag 36:58
4 Gary Kraght 39:03
5 Scott Aster 44:10
6 Yelena Krasnov 47:04
7 Doug Masiel 51:31
8 Louise Madrid 54:36
9 Cecil Conkle 57:44
10 Kevin Schoenfeld 58:02
11 Abby Wolfe 62:31
12 Debbie Wojtowicz 62:44
13 Robert Lewis 65:02
14 Alan LaVergne 72:49
15 Melissa Criqui 73:15
16 Steve Beuerman 76:46
17 Roy Want & 2 others 83:48
18 Nancy Lindeman 84:19
19 Scott Hann 89:43
20 Al Theiss & 2 others 93:26
21 Jay Hann & 2 others 95:09
22 Phillip Hoare 107:51
Judy Koehler DNF
Johanna Merriss (2nd course) DNF
Chris List (2nd course) DNF
Green 3.275 km, 250 m climb
1 Martin Farenfield (GAOC) 46:37
2 Efim Shtemdler (Ukraine) 58:30
3 Steve Jankowski 60:45
4 Chris Day 65:53
5 Joe Scarborough 66:19
6 Angelica Riley 76:00
7 Ermina Farenfield (GAOC) 79:20
8 Alan Glendinning 83:16
9 Heini Ilmarinen 89:10
10 Byron Hann 98:25
11 Harold DeMoss 104:21
12 Theo Verhoeven 105:16
13 Mike Fleishman 114:07
14 Oleg Shakhnovsky 117:33
15 Deron van Hoff 117:46
16 Jeff Lanam 118:42
17 Joan Roos 125:39
Bruce Bassett DNF
Leif Kirschenbaum DNF
Compressed Chase Start Event: Preliminary Round
(Brown Course - 1.725 km, 180 m climb)
1 James Scarborough 16:06
2 Vladimir Gusiatnikov (BAOC/OCIN) 19:28
3 Wyatt Riley 20:51
4 Steve Gregg 22:08
5 Thorsten Graeve 22:29
6 Dan Stoll-Hadayia 22:46
7 Doug Stein 23:26
8 Matthias Kohler 25:12
9 Kent Ohlund 29:24
10 Vadimas Masalkovas 30:05
11 Tapio Karras 30:09
12 Russell Green 31:05
13 Bill Papendick 31:27
14 Andrejus Masalkovas 32:08
15 Rich Parker (SDO) 32:42
16 Penny DeMoss 33:02
17 Trevor Pering 34:05
18 Hannu Haarma 35:48
19 Peter Graube 37:17
20 Eric Rosenzweig 38:00
21 Mark Blair 39:42
22 Stew Hintz (GCO) 52:05
Compressed Chase Start Event: Chase Round
(Green Course - 3.275 km, 250 m climb)
Start Elapsed Finish
1 James Scarborough 0:00 31:36 31:36
2 Wyatt Riley 1:00 37:44 38:44
3 Doug Stein 3:00 42:00 45:00
4 Vadimas Masalkovas 4:30 40:31 45:01
5 Steve Gregg 1:30 43:33 45:03
6 Vladimir Gusiatnikov 0:30 44:44 45:14
7 Thorsten Graeve 2:00 44:41 46:41
8 Tapio Karras 5:00 42:04 47:04
9 Kent Ohlund 4:00 43:40 47:40
10 Dan Stoll-Hadayia 2:30 45:25 47:55
11 Hannu Haarma 8:30 47:13 55:43
12 Penny DeMoss 7:30 54:17 61:47
13 Bill Papendick 6:00 58:30 64:30
14 Trevor Pering 8:00 66:00 74:00
15 Rich Parker 7:00 67:07 74:07
16 Andrejus Masalkovas 6:30 69:58 76:28
17 Russell Green 5:50 76:53 82:23
18 Peter Graube 9:00 77:44 86:44
19 Eric Rosenzweig 9:30 83:45 93:15
20 Mark Blair 10:00 98:41 108:41
21 Stew Hintz 10:30 103:32 114:02
Matthias Kohler 3:30 DNF (injured)
