We had a great turnout for the National Orienteering Day event in Oakland - over 200 participants, with 75% of them novices. From the beautiful weather, interesting courses, and comments, perhaps we will see a few of them back out again soon!
The WHITE course, featuring fairly straightforward navigation, was the most popular course. The course was longer than usual, but there were no complaints. Pat McLaughlin tore around the course in 20 minutes - excellent job! Most others took longer to savor the course.
The YELLOW course, with slightly more challenging navigation and a bit more climb, was my personal favorite. It featured great views across the Bay to San Francisco and the Golden Gate and toured most of the monuments in the park. Pat was also fastest on this course, but no one took longer than 1-1/2 hours for this or the white course.
The ORANGE course was longer, steeper, and more challenging. It visited the upper part of the park with the open redwood forests. Wyatt Riley spent the least time enjoying this course - less than 35 minutes.
Lost and found: 1 compass. Let me know if it is yours (describe it), otherwise it joins the BAOC equipment pool.
The event would not have been nearly so successful without the help of the many enthusiastic volunteers. In particular let me thank Joe Scarborough (maps), Steve Gregg (vetting, hanging controls), Harold & Penny DeMoss (starts, finish, pickup), Gavin Wyatt-Mair (starts), Judy Koehler (clinic), Gary Kraght (clinic), Nancy Lindeman (publicity), Vivian Lee (registration), Cheryl Madson (registration, finish), Rex Winterbottom (results), Mark Blair (equipment, results). Last, but not least, I would like to thank the NOD sponsors, Maptec and Brunton, for their support and donation of prizes.
Here's the results for the JMP event on May 4. I hope to send it to all the folks who included their email address on the entry form sometime over the weekend.
Course stats:
White (2.3 km, 70 m climb, 107 participants)
Yellow (2.2 km, 130 m climb, 56 participants)
Orange (3.3 km, 190 m climb, 40 participants)
Pl Name Time
White (2.3 km, 70 m climb, 107 participants)
1 Pat McLaughlin 19:59
2 Ben & Marina Lemberg 25:22
3 Scot McDermid 28:42
4 David & Vanessa Neill, Isaac Givin 31:30
5 Stuart Streepy 34:00
6 Casey Resh & Vladimir Bravo-Salazar 37:02
7 Steven, Patty, Dale & Jenny Bennett 40:30
8 Bruce & Andrew Wilson, Mike & Nick Ptak 41:02
9 Chris Dundas 41:50
10 Gerald & Joanne Clark 42:15
11 Kathy & Joey Devoy 42:26
12 Robert Michna & Flo Maldonado 42:32
13 Dory, Mark & Anna Ptak 45:34
14 Mark Tabor & Dominic Kamirer 48:48
15 Owen & Grace Linderholm, Amelia Geurley 49:32
16 Bill & Colin Wright 49:35
17 Arlene Roberton 50:12
18 Karl & Keil Shirmacher, Paul Santiveno 52:18
19 Lori, Kaitlin & Austin Stein 52:30
20 Irene Heller 52:44
21 Mike, Lisa, Devin, Paige, Corey (San Jose) 53:07
22 Martin & Lisa McKeay 55:23
23 Elise & Lily Berticwich, Patrice & Alex Shiluk 58:09
24 Sean, Melissa, Connor & Bill Farley 58:20
25 Flockner & Stefano 1:00:12
26 Chong 1:02:39
27 Ernesto 1:03:42
28 Linda & Kartlin Harold 1:04:00
29 Grizzles 1:05:15
30 Cameron Shafill 1:07:13
31 Jay & Emily Hann 1:11:17
32 Jennifer McCarthy & Michael Sullivan 1:14:24
33 Harry, Jill, Alyson & Alec Arakian 1:15:51
34 Sheehy & Wong 1:23:49
35 McRobie & Phil Mineart 1:24:22
36 Judy Coppes, Carolyn Leader & Jill Gaines 1:25:49
37 Hart, Tam, Calderon, White, Benson, Thomas
(Troop 154) 1:26:34
Jennifer Charvez DNF
Judy, Amy & Emily Beylerian DNF
Yellow (2.2 km, 130 m climb, 56 participants)
1 Pat McLaughlin 21:44
2 John Susan Peterson 25:50
3 Jeff Houze 27:23
4 Kevin & Pam McKenna 30:18
5 Lori Lewis 35:25
6 Stephen Vigo 37:20
7 Scot McDermid 37:50
8 Robert Michna & Flo Maldonado 38:30
9 Martin Weiss 39:17
10 Angie Funtanilla 40:10
= Kelsey Wyatt-Mair 40:10
12 John Balmes & Lars Fuellbirkeland 40:16
13 Kurt, Elsie & Mark Krames 40:55
14 Robert Olsen 41:26
15 Stuart Streepy 43:03
16 Barbara Robben 44:27
17 Andrea Shepherd 44:53
18 Glen & Celene Voyles, Jennifer Grancio 47:13
19 Bruce & Andrew Wilson, Mike & Nick Ptak 48:35
20 Jamie McKeegan 49:02
21 Sonza & Robert Van Herick 50:32
22 David & Vanessa Neill, Isaac Givin 51:15
23 Chris, Marianne, Will & Zane Dundon 52:12
24 Judy Koehler 53:47
25 Chong 54:55
26 Karl & Keil Shirmacher, Paul Santiveno 55:41
27 Katherine Baylor 59:13
28 Claire Gajary & Mark Paley 1:00:22
29 Jennifer Lautz & Nicholas Hightdudis 1:00:45
30 Jerry Mandel 1:07:08
31 Greenfield 1:09:33
32 Daniel Limon & Ulrich Heydt 1:12:17
33 Elliott & Santa Delaye 1:14:27
34 Raveneau, Revels-Bey, Mann, Dugard, Hernandez 1:16:12
35 Mary Tabor & Dominic Ramirez 1:16:29
36 Deron, Julie, Nicholas & Alexander Van Hoff 1:20:08
Orange (3.3 km, 190 m climb, 40 participants)
1 Wyatt Riley 34:31
2 Bruce Wolfe 38:46
3 Vladimir Gusiatbikov 40:00
4 Rex Winterbottom 47:35
5 Hannu Haarma 48:38
6 Angelica Riley 54:39
7 George Minarik 56:30
8 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 56:55
9 Rob Gendreau 1:01:38
10 Gary Kraght 1:07:54
11 Johanna Merriss 1:08:18
12 Lauren Wolfe 1:12:38
13 Craig Mar 1:16:32
14 Joan Roos 1:27:13
15 Ed Duvillier Blaushine 1:29:13
16 Nimish Shah 1:29:55
17 ROTC - Alpha 1:34:33
18 Leslie Minarik 1:35:13
19 Wes Erck 1:41:31
20 ROTC - Charlie 1:46:43
21 Cathy Bolger 1:49:05
22 Alan Jones & Theo Brodyu 1:54:16
23 Cabannes & Khuat 1:57:18
24 Kurt, Elsie & Mark Krames 2:29:33
25 Carl Reisinger 2:30:17
26 Jim Hayes 2:37:59
27 Nancy Lindeman 2:39:26
Stephen Vigo DNF
Ed & Helen Shaw DNF
Robert, Vanessa, Karl, Barbara Blumberg DNF
DNF = Did Not Finish