We had 315 participants at China Camp on a delightful clear April Sunday.The gorgeous weather certainly helped, along with our web site and our indefatiguable North Bay publicity maven Judy Koehler. There were 52 white participants, 105 yellow, 85 orange, and 73 advanced. There were also thousands of wildflowers, and one turkey (wild, not human) who stayed in the finish area for over three hours. Below are the complete results.
All courses were difficult. In fact, the white course was completely redesigned three days before the event to make it less imposing. Despite the long times and DNF's, though, participants seemed to really enjoy the orienteering. We gained a number of new club members, and first-timers vowing to come back. China Camp's ruggedness always challenges both course setters and participants. We were fortunate to have a guest course-setter from Hungary, Istvan Havasi, who imparted a European touch to the courses.
An event with a large turnout can easily fall to pieces without a cadre of willing volunteers. I am amazed at how many people approached me, both before and during the event, offering to help wherever needed. Other people did tasks without even being asked. Thank you to everyone! The China Camp Volunteer Honor Roll includes Istvan Havasi, Aniko Hager, Kevin Schoenfeld, Bob Cooley, Evan Custer, Bill Papendick, George & Leslie Minarik, Tom & Sandy Guldman, Reggie Dugard & Jasper Wu, George & Pat Aster, Scott Aster, Judy Koehler, Adrian Martin, Johanna Merriss, David Meredith, Idell Weydemeyer, Ev & Jean Beuerman, Rosemary Johnson, Doug Masiel, Leif Kirschenbaum, Jeff Lanam, Joan Roos, Andrejus & Vadimas Masalkovas, Syd Reader, Slava Akinin, Dean French, and others such as the gentleman who manned the finish line while waiting for his son to complete his first Orange.
Best performances were: Aniko Hager on White (who also had the fastest time on Yellow as a second course), the team of Peter Grant and Marc Gelinas on Yellow, Leena Ilmarinen on Orange, Ben Wahlstrand on Brown, Vladimir Gusiatnikov on Green, Matthias Kohler on Red, and Slava Akinin on Blue. Advanced course women bests were: Leslie Minarik (Brown), Angelica Riley (Green), and Penny DeMoss (Blue).
White (2.34 km, 145 m climb, 10 controls)
1 Aniko Hager 27:11
2 Joshua Smith, Sam Larsen 41:13
3 Logan Pierce, Gus Hamilton 45:11
4 Neal Kawas & family (4) 48:13
5 Kirstin Haag, Sonia Molina 57:36
6 Susan & Hannah Kopisch 64:44
7 Maggi Andrews, Melanie Smith 73:51
8 Angie Lai 74:05
9 Gary Larsen 74:09
10 Wayne Veatch 78:09
11 David Pon, Tommy York 82:43
12 Nick Orlando, Oscar Azucena 86:03
13 Lynne Apostle, Chris Scofield 88:16
14 Joel, Latifa & Lucas Tabachnick, Madison Kime 91:14
15 Tim Wilson, Andrew Burns, Will O'Brien,
Max & Margaret Iwanicki 102:51
16 Yvonne Wajaya, Tina Yim (Galileo C) 105:03
17 Bob O'Brien, Tom Noori, Mick Lukas 106:27
18 Sara Elguindi, Lauren Reiser, Natalie McCartney 110:33
19 Sue Rosenoff, Peter Thelin 128:33
20 Mace & Jamin Gjerman 139:04
21 Bob Gehler 160:47
22 Jeannine Freeman 160:48
Achilleas Fourakis, Roger Krakow MSP (#10)
Andrew & Reese Wilson, Nick Iwanicki DNF (#9)
Zdenek Musil DNF
Yellow (2.67 km, 150 m climb, 10 controls)
1 Peter Grant, Marc Gelinas 64:33
2 Christopher Lozinski 86:51
3 Jerry Chen 87:19
4 Drew Keeling 96:29
5 Elizabeth Grewal 96:55
6 Kitty Gordon 99:28
7 Janis Sarnquist 102:33
8 Lauren Wemmer, Nik & Kristen Weber 107:02
9 Jay & Aaron Frantz 107:04
10 Tomasi family (5) 110:01
11 David, Jack & Tom Kendall, Gervais & Nina Tompkin 113:03
12 Chris O'Brien 114:47
13 Eric Krantz 118:43
14 Pat, Meaghan & Skylar Collins 122:44
15 George & Pat Aster 124:13
16 James Schallert 126:12
17 Trevor Pering, Lucy Clark 131:44
18 Douglas Chang, Crystal Wang 135:29
19 Julia, Michael & Anna Rotakhina 135:59
20 Gary Massing, Lorna Tinus 140:02
21 Jeff & Kristi Burton 140:47
22 Mark Spiller, Chen-nee Chuah, Claudio Pinello,
Alessandra Nardi, Fernando De Bernardinio 148:04
23 Judy Nguyen, Thomas Hoang 150:08
24 Mark Batayola, Mark Sinigayan, Joshua Sanborn 152:06
25 Judy Laursen, Arlene Roberton, Lynn Garric,
Remi Langbehn 184:02
26 Jill Custer, Jackie Peterson 184:44
27 Barbara & William Coole 213:06
Rebecca & Neda Krauthamer MSP (#6,8)
Lindsay Fink, Holly Prior DNF (#6)
Laura Smith, Rebecca Mestas, Ashley Brechtfeldt DNF (#6)
Shannon Prior, Jenna Utic, Brenda Pena DNF (#6,8)
Jamie, Debbie & Michelle Jiran, Megan Xenos DNF (#6,9)
L. Paul Turner DNF
Nicole & Libby Cronin DNF
Amanda Glashauser, Stephen Silverman, Diana Quach DNF
Sarah Prior, Paul Maki DNF
John, Tara, James & Evan Losito DNF
Chris & Cindy Rodemich DNF
George & Lee Lazarus DNF
Roy & Susan Want DNF
Darren Raveneau, Ivette Hernandez DNF
Carl Reisinger DNF
Becky Wang DNF
Toni, Chris, Jeff DNF
Camari & Clarence Randalph DNF
David & Sky Krauthamer, Ann & Conner Brusseau DNF
Second Course
Aniko Hager 64:24
Achilleas Fourakis, Roger Krakow 124:30
Tommy York, Nick Orlando, David Pon, Oscar Azucena DNF
Orange (3.000 km, 220 m climb, 10 controls)
1 Leena Ilmarinen 96:25
2 Shaeffer, Axtell & Powell 96:31
3 Farrah & Maloney 97:16
4 Novato JROTC 114:22
5 John Petersen 119:42
6 Galileo B 130:26
7 Mellow & Jesse 133:07
8 A. Shepherd & T. Morton 145:48
9 Bonnie Monte 147:48
10 Akio Noda & Brian Wiches 156:00
11 Damonte & Farley 173:59
12 Judy Koehler 186:55
13 Jack Acton 200:18
14 ROTC Alpha 217:53
Tom & Judy Cronin DNF
David Bond DNF
Ca-011-Bravo DNF
Julia Gee & Jesse Meyer DNF
Audrie Faist DNF
Bobbi Jenkins & Chris Kay DNF
Jenkins & Kay DNF
Galileo A DNF
Cynthia Greene DNF
Hardev Grewal DNF
Tom Guldman DNF
Lowell A DNF
Lowell B DNF
Lowell C DNF
Johanna Merriss DNF
Mary Moore DNF
Matt Owens DNF
Dan Rubinate DNF
Rick and Ben Stern DNF
Julie van Hoff DNF
Kevin Walker DNF
Washington Team Alpha DNF
Washington Team Bravo DNF
Washington Team Charlie DNF
Washington Team Delta DNF
Malcom Wyatt-Mair DNF
Brown (2.575 km, 210 m climb, 11 controls)
1 Ben Wahlstrand 65:35
2 Doug Taylor 81:07
3 Gary Kraght 83:07
4 Leslie Minarik 100:03
5 Brent Williams 102:45
6 Eric Gordon 109:32
7 Alan Jones 117:45
8 Joan Roos 118:32
9 Jennifer Kerr (GCO) 121:26
10 Colombe Tresan 121:46
11 John Pagendarm 130:45
12 Vaso Chatzi 131:17
13 Jill Van Houten 150:04
14 David Meredith 153:43
15 Dean French 159:23
16 Cathy Bolger & Nancy Gerber 180:35
17 Alan LaVergne 193:45
Christian Halden DNF
Nancy Lindeman DNF
Green (4.000 km, 275 m climb, 12 controls)
1 Vladimir Gusiatnikov 54:59
2 Blake Tresan 65:08
3 Hannu Haarma 74:56
4 Dennis Wildfogel 78:33
5 Chuck Spalding 86:52
6 Evan Custer 88:54
7 Doug Masiel 90:00
8 Adrian Martin 90:30
9 George Minarik 92:44
10 Angelica Riley 98:36
11 Gerry Goss 114:30
12 Stacy Goss 116:43
13 Abby Wolfe 121:29
14 Heini Ilmarinen 124:16
15 Bill Wright 134:37
16 Mike Fleishman 138:37
17 Jasper Wu 152:22
Elliott Delaye DNF
Phillip Hoare DNF
Manfred Kopisch DNF
Jeff Lanam DNF
Joe Scarborough DNF
Red (5.225 km, 320 m climb, 14 controls)
1 Matthias Kohler 85:58
2 Tapio Karras 87:47
3 Dan Greene 108:37
4 Andrejus Masalkovas 114:00
5 Mark Blair 116:02
6 Werner Haag 117:52
7 Bret Sarnquist 120:13
8 Eric Rosenzweig 120:47
9 Jim Waite 129:10
10 Stew Hintz (GCO) 138:39
11 Deron van Hoff 141:08
12 Pete Olsten (GCO) 142:38
John Ahearn DNF
Leif Kirschenbaum DNF
Catherine O'Sullivan DNF
Blue (6.100 km, 380 m climb, 13 controls)
1 Slava Akinin 69:47
2 Wyatt Riley 72:14
3 Syd Reader 76:23
4 Vadimas Masalkovas 80:09
5 Thorsten Graeve 83:58
6 Steve Gregg 84:07
7 Matsumi Sugizuki 89:18
8 Doug Stein 91:24
9 Penny DeMoss 95:10
10 Nik Weber 99:43
11 Bill Papendick 106:49
12 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 137:28
13 Peter Graube 146:14
14 William Humnicky 149:43
Perttu Ilmarinen DNF