Annadel

Santa Rosa
April 7, 2002

by George Minarik, meet director

The morning of April 7th saw 217 orienteers test their skills in the complex forests of Annadel. It seems that most people enjoyed the courses and 11 BAOC members earned Club Championship crowns. Below are the complete results.

The terrain at Annadel allowed for most legs to offer multiple route choices. For instance on leg 4 of the Blue, Red, and Brown courses, I have been told of at least 6 different choices that people took. Although many people had trouble with the technical terrain, Blue course winner Hannu Airila, a visitor from Finland, finished his run in under 9 minutes per kilometer. So it is possible to run fast through this terrain.

A number of people have commented on the long walks involved with the event. The 35-minute uphill walk to the start gave everyone a more than adequate warmup. As did the 30-minute walk back give the advanced competitors a further opportunity to orienteer. These walks enabled the courses to traverse the best terrain. But generally long walks like this are not a good idea, and the course designer apologizes to everyone for the inconvenience.

It takes hundreds of hours of volunteer work to hold an event. Thanks to all the crew members who donated their time, energy and expertise into making this a successful endeavor. Assistant Meet Director Idell Weydemeyer. Great publicity from Judy Koehler. Vetters: Steve Gregg. Alan & Debra LaVergne. Control Marker Placement: Leslie Minarik, Sarah Minarik & Dennis Wildfogel. Registration: George & Pat Aster, Jean Beuerman, Martin Taylor. Beginner's Clinics: Judy Koehler and David Meredith. Starts: Vladimir Gusiantikov, Barbara Coole, Louise Madrid and Rachel Care. Finishes: Leslie Minarik and Scott Aster. E punch Coordinators: Evan Custer, Rosemary Johnson and Dennis Wildfogel. Control Pick up: Adrian Martin, Tony Pinkham, Dan Greene, Kelly Wells and Tapio Karras. A special thank you to Annadel Park Ranger's Hayes and Noel for their invaluable assistance. I am sure that I forgot to mention some people.

Course setting is a great way to improve your orienteering and you get to spend a lot of time in a beautiful park. I would urge all orienteers to try their hand at it.


Results

Congratulations to our 2002 BAOC Club Champions! (Note: BAOC Champions must be current BAOC members and compete on their USOF-appropriate course, or a harder one.)

Also be sure to check out the e-punch splits for the advanced courses. (Note on Blue splits: The e-punch unit for the first control failed and was removed from the course; therefore, the control labeled as 1 is a combination of the time for both the first and second controls. All of the other controls are labeled one less than they actually were: control 3 is listed as number 2, 4 as 3, etc.)

White       (2.90 km, 10 m climb, 8 controls)

   1  Kelsey Wyatt-Mair                   30:21 (BAOC Champ)
   2  Julia & Michael Rotakhina           35:08
   3  Suzie Cross                         48.56
   4  Aniko Hager                         51:48
   5  Rebecca Lawton, Kelly, Laurie       59:30
   6  Rick, Danny & Nick Tomkins          62:58
   7  Troop 315, Middleton, CA            64:39
   8  Cassie Beals                        65:06
   9  Troop 315, Zapeda-Madsen            66:10
  10  Don Dakan & Dianna White            67:09
  11  Chris & Maya Luzinski               69:36
  12  Maggie Andrews & Melanie Smith      69:57
  13  Steve, Alisa & Victoria Dodge       72:18
  14  Delfino Andrade & Christina Rivera  80:50
  15  Roberton & Laurson                  83:16
  16  Marge Wojtowicz                     92:01
  17  June Whitesides                     93:48

      Ryan Jordan                          MSP  (#2)


Yellow      (3.05 km, 30 m climb, 9 Controls)

   1  Malcolm Wyatt-Mair                  28:21 (BAOC Champ)
   2  Finn Arildsen                       31:43
   3  Sebastien Chevrolet                 44:10
   =  Rachel Care                         44:10 (BAOC Champ)
   5  Tom Dakom & James McLaughlin        49:30
   6  Jussi Ilmarinen                     55:57
   7  Jeff & Kristi Burton                59:10
   8  A. Jouer & J. Tatka                 64:09
   9  Team Veenstre                       64:31
  10  Amy Candan                          64:41
  11  Julia & Michael Rotakhin            70:85
  12  Bill & Dayne Wiehalk                71:29
  13  George & Pat Aster                  72:10
  14  Galina Shakhnovsky                  72:49
  15  Martin Taylor                       79:47
  16  Jay & Aaron Frantz, Jeremy O'Shea   80:20
  17  Spillane                            83:12
  18  Neil Peterson                       83:39
  19  Ev & Jean Beuerman                  92:00
  20  Janell & Angie Glouser              98:49
  21  Libby & Nicole Cronin               99:04
  22  Al Berkowitz                       112:46
  23  John Juarez                        113:40
  24  Barry & Cindy Neal                 116:36
  25  Leo & Helen Larc                   120:36
  26  Collins & Maron                    143:39

      Chelsea Waite                        DNF
      David Takacs                         DNF
      Don Gee                              DNF
      Caneli Family                        DNF
      Jim Day                              DNF


Orange      (4.05 km, 100 m climb, 9 Controls)

   1  Gary Kraght                         53:46
   2  Eric Gordon                         72:45
   3  Jack Myers                          85:19
   4  Jill Van Hooten                     85:58
   5  Sandy & Tom Guldman                 93:57
   6  W. Jordan & L. Koziol              105:16
   7  Nimish Shah & Kala Venugopal       106:40
   8  Barbara Straka                     110:44
   9  Jeff Levin & Patrick Lane          118:38
  10  Larry Pagendarm                    122:21
  11  Jim Hayes & Larry Parker           125:57
  12  Tom & Judy Cronin                  130:21
  13  Mel Glouser                        131:05
  14  Steve O'Keefe                      138:17
  15  Chad Corbin                        140:22
  16  Ellen Storz & Jackie Green         143:51
  17  Lori Maloney                       152:03
  18  Judy Koehler                       152:38
  19  Audrie Faist                       154:10

      Brent Williams                       DNF
      Paul Turner                          DNF
      James McLaughlin                     DNF


Brown    (4.375 km, 145 m climb, 9 controls)

   1  Vlad Gusiatnikov                 64:51
   2  Dwight Freund (GCO)             101:33
   3  Marsha Jacobs                   101:58 (BAOC Champ)
   4  Oleg Shakhnovsky                105:59 (BAOC Champ)
   5  Harold DeMoss                   109:46
   6  Bolger & Renworth               122:39
   7  Rosemary Johnson                127:25
   8  Bill Gookin (SDO)               128:42
   9  Joan Roos                       132:18
  10  David Meredith                  134:58
  11  Meg Gerstner                    136:03
  12  Carlo Alesanvrini               138:23
  13  Johanna Merriss                 140:18
  14  Jennifer Kerr (GCO)             168:25

      John Pagendarm                    DNF
      Joe Scarborough                   DNF


Green    (5.225 km, 185 m climb, 9 controls)

   1  Dennis Wildfogel                 65:46 (BAOC Champ)
   2  Evan Custer                      68:10
   3  Angelica Riley                   75:54
   4  Chuck Spalding                   80:54
   5  Rob Williams                     81:37
   6  Adrian Martin                    90:49
   7  Mark Blair                       93:08
   8  Ben Wahlstrand                   94:40
   9  Alan Glendinning                 96:13
  10  Pete Olsten (GCO)                98:15
  11  Doug Masiel                     102:05
  12  Abby Wolfe                      103:52 (BAOC Champ)
  13  Mike Fleishman                  104:28
  14  William Straka                  110:32
  15  Leon Berzins                    113:50
  16  Leif Kirschenbaum               115:27
  17  Vicki Woolworth                 125:50
  18  Jeff Lanam                      126:35
  19  Debbie Wojtowicz                127:21
  20  Robert Lewis                    129:57
  21  Bill Wright                     139:09
  22  George Chau                     141:42
  23  Louise Madrid                   157:48
  24  Fred Ciaramaglia                217:26

      Steve Beuerman                    DNF
      Andrea Shepherd                   DNF
      David Barr                        DNF


Red      (6.325 km, 295 m climb, 13 controls)

   1  Lluis Cumellis (SDO)             70:06
   2  Doug Stein                       72:25
   3  Tapio Karras                     76:16 (BAOC Champ)
   4  James Wilson                     83:42
   5  Katka Kastnerova                 87:58
   6  Dan Greene                       89:28
   7  Bill Papendick                   92:35
   8  Andrejus Masalkovas              98:55
   9  Gavin Wyatt-Mair                105:04
  10  Michael Behrens                 105:12
  11  Peter Graube                    112:39
  12  Trevor Perring                  113:06
  13  Jim Waite                       116:14
  14  Jay Hann                        131:14
  15  Toby Ferguson                   133:24
  16  Tony Pinkham                    134:00
  17  Catherine O'Sullivan            139:35
  18  Wyatt & Praetzel                152:15
  19  Richard Jerrard (LAOC)          168:37

      Kelly Wells                       DNF
      Vivian Lee                        DNF


Blue     (8.000 km, 380 m climb, 13 controls)

   1  Hannu Airila                     70:11
   2  Slava Akinin                     72:16 (BAOC Champ)
   3  Wyatt Riley                      78:32
   4  Perttu Illmarine                 81:56
   5  Syd Reader                       83:46
   6  Dan Stoll-Hadayia                83:49
   7  Thorsten Graeve                  88:50
   8  Annabel Fernandez (SDO)          99:43
   9  Lewis & Jaehn                   101:00
  10  Nik Weber                       108:58
  11  Rex Winterbottom                109:53
  12  Vadimas Masalkovas              112:13
  13  Alex Hall (SDO)                 112:37
  14  Sugizaki                        115:25
  15  Kevin Schoenfeld                129:06
  16  Penny DeMoss                    141:46 (BAOC Champ)
  17  Mike Springer                   146:27
  18  William Humnicky                157:26

      Mike Condrin                      DNF
      Pilley & Snider                   DNF