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Event AnnouncementStanford University - Results
Date: Sunday, April 4, 2004
Location: near Palo Alto, CA.
Event Director: Natasha Gelfand, with assistance from 
- (650) 321-6216
Course Setter: Meg Gerstner
Type: C; White, Yellow, and Score-O courses, and BAOC Annual Meeting & Election
This event was sponsored by the Stanford Orienteering Club
and directed by BAOC.
Writeup by Chuck Spalding
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About 260 people came to Stanford for enjoyable orienteering on a pleasant Spring day. In addition, participants were able to take in the attractions of Stanford's annual Community Day event.
The White course was a bit more challenging than normal, requiring careful navigation through a maze of buildings, roads, and paths on the campus. However, nearly everyone completed the course successfully (one group may have succumbed to Community Day), with the group of first- timers(?) David Coughlan and Scott Himmelberger finishing first in a quick 13:20; a few minutes ahead of the group of Betty Wong, David Pierce, and Neil Geraghty at 17:54.
The Yellow course started and finished similar to the White course, but had longer legs and looped through the more open areas north of the central campus, providing a bit more challenging route selection -- and more Community Day activities to get through. The course was won by first-timer Dennis Wilkinson with a swift 17:56, well ahead of Bill Rassieur in second at 28:09. Dennis and his wife Melissa (who completed the White course with a baby stroller) came to the event because they happened to see the directional signs. What is the saying about it pays to "advertise"?
The Score-O events, which used the same map, offered more distance and lots of route choice among the buildings and outlying areas of the campus. There were so many controls scattered around the campus that people had real challenges to decide the order in which to visit controls and which ones to skip. Those challenges were enhanced by the "severe" penalty of 2 points per minute (or fraction) overtime.
The 40-minute Score O was won by veteran Mike Fleishman, who came in 1:20 early with 22 controls "punched". Stanford student Misha Lipatov was second with 21 controls, having given away nearly three minutes. The top four finishers averaged about 1:50 per control, pointing out the disadvantage of finishing minutes early. The top ten finishers were safely under the time limit -- too safely perhaps, because they averaged almost 3 minutes early.
In the 60-minute Score O, Mark Prior and Steve Gregg showed that it was possible to visit all the controls under the time limit, with respectively 3:40 and 2:17 to spare. (Their averages were 1:31 and 1:34 per control.) Mike Prindiville also visited all the controls, but suffered a 2-point reduction for being 24 seconds late. That dropped him from third to fifth -- behind Matthias Kohler and Doug Bass, both of whom got "only" 35 controls. Many of the top finishers came in within a minute of the time limit, but those on the wrong side of the limit lost several places.
On a lighter note, the following people deserve honorable mention: Rory Maclean for completing the White course on his own (with a shadow) at age 5. Emily Kellison-Linn and five of her friends for making the event part of Emily's birthday celebration. Doug Bass for completing the Yellow course quickly as a Memory O (after running the Score O). The Score-O team of Toby Zimmerer and Joe Sarti for finishing 1 second under the 60-minute limit. And Jim Fish for having the determination to maximize his fun by getting all the Score-O controls regardless of the time.
As always, the event couldn't have been held without the efforts of many people -- before and at the event. Natasha Gelfand ran the gauntlet of Stanford bureaucracy to get the permit, with support by Audrie Faist. Meg Gerstner designed the courses, with help from Alan Glendinning. Alan also provided valuable guidance to the Event Director, made map corrections and prepared the maps for printing, and set many of the controls. As usual, many thanks go to Bob Cooley for printing all the maps, and for being prepared to print more maps at the event (although that turned out not to be needed despite the large turnout [hurrah!]).
Alan, Meg, Cheryl Madson, and Nancy Lindeman helped with setup. The ever-present registration team of Ev and Jean Beuerman did their usual wonderful job, with help by Esther Heller. Beginners clinics were held by Nancy Lindeman and Jim Fish, which surely contributed to the high level of success on White and Yellow. Starts were handled by Cheryl Madson, Misha Lipatov, Natasha Gelfand, Terry Farrah, and Bob Strauss. Meg and Steve Haas recorded finish times. Alan, Marsha Jacobs, and Nick Corsano computed the results. Last but not least, Meg, Alan, and Steve Haas kindly stayed until the end to clean up and pick up the controls.
Thanks to all those folks, to Van Boughner for posting the announcement, results, and this write-up on the BAOC Web site, and to anyone who I've inadvertently overlooked.
In closing, I'll mention that mixed opinions were expressed about having the event on the same day as Stanford's Community Day. Some people thought that added a lot of interest to the day, but others felt that it interfered with their orienteering. I would appreciate hearing from people who have an opinion one way or the other, so we can consider what to do next year.
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
Sunday, April 4, 2004
Results
White Course (1.8 km, 6 m climb, 12 controls) 101 people
Pl Name Time (Comment)
1 David Coughlan, Scott Himmelberger 13:20
2 Betty Wong, David Pierce, Neil Geraghty 17:54
3 Aaron Highley 19:18
4 Antara Rao, Nishad Singh, Vasu Subbiah,
Mohan & Vandi Thirumale 26:20
5 Martin, Lisa, Max, & Trey McKeay 26:20
6 Brian & Jessica Kirshner 26:53
7 Melissa, Suzie, Katie, Alyse, Kamille (Troup 1682) 27:23
8 Rajeev, Malhar, Meghana, Anv, Raj, Suchu 28:27
9 Stephan, Sophia, & Mira Sears 28:55
10 Jeremy Kirshner 30:48
11 Rajesh & Stella Kulkarni 32:29
12 Melissa Wilkinson 35:25
13 Ashley, Lauren, Stephanie, Lindsay (Troup 1682) 35:55
14 Lanny, Brandon, & Ryan Forrest 37:01
15 Alan, Alex, & Matthew Eckles, Ed & Tommy Nelson 40:09
16 Mary & Sara Nelson, Carol Eckles, Jean Grace 40:13
17 Jasmine, Malou, & Anita Gayatri 41:54
18 Brian & Jonas Christian 45:11
19 Cheryl & Taryne Nannetti, Katie Bradley,
Chelsea Hummel, Adriann Bruce, Jena Lusch 47:54
20 Rory Maclean 51:16 (Age 5)
21 Jan Smith 54:19
22 Dina & Griffin Scheel 58:21
23 Sheryl & Bryan Strebel, Kevin Moore 1:02:06
24 Emily Kellison-Linn, Isabel Obrien, Maddie Kau,
Laura Zalles, Blair Grangle-Hall, Chris Linn 1:03:22 (B'day Party)
25 Martin, Amy, Brandon, & Brooke Van Ryswyk 1:06:35
26 Victor Calfaro, Paul Timmerman 1:07:21
27 Anonymous 1:11:07
28 Quess & Gus Liu 1:20:40
29 Nancy & Hongying Markowitz 1:22:08
30 John, Christina, & Isabelle Berdoulay 1:29:31
31 Bill & Laura Choate, Joleen & Jodi Croce,
Desiree Foster, Ariana Breen, Lauren Castle 1:29:36
32 Daniel & Dan Burns 1:57:50
Tricia Kellison, Freddy & Joey Kellison-Linn,
Susan Wood DNF
Yellow Course (2.9 km, 15 m climb, 10 controls) 84 people
Pl Name Time (Comment)
1 Dennis Wilkinson 17:56
2 Bill Rassieur 28:09
3 Justin Swett, Marissa Ferejohn 30:47
4 Patty, Tom, & Betsy Cory, Jeremy Giovannetti 39:23
5 Matt Oscamou, Jennifer Peck 39:24
6 Jim Buteau, Rhonda Clark 39:52
7 Jennifer & Brahm Windeler 40:13
8 Chris Murray 40:40
9 Martin Taylor 40:56
10 Tim Gravier, Jeremiah & Marilou Sumagit 42:41
11 Jeff & Samantha Hamlin 43:33
12 Clare Livak 44:59
13 Terry Farrah 45:51
14 Cheryl Madson 46:59
15 Joe Knapp, Erica Morris 47:23
16 Lara & Matt Sandora 47:40
17 Erin Bradley, Chelsea Michaels, Simone Lang 50:35
18 Denise & Kyle Larsen, Magellan Rubin 54:40
19 Galena Shakhnovsky 54:51
20 Carolyn Wong, Adrienne Yeung 56:45
21 Chris Bragg, Carrie Murphy, Robin Pomerance 57:31
22 Marty & Josh Katz 58:10
23 Dox & Sarah Doxiadis 1:08:09
24 Leon Chen, Sandy Roberts 1:14:12
25 Lei Yang, Steven Yang, Brian, Patrick 1:17:36
26 Michele, Dan, Matthew, & Benjamin Conway 1:19:54
27 Shanbhag, Mitali, Sonali 1:20:44
28 Melanie & Gary Jonas 1:24:25
29 Tim & Bill Healy 1:32:30
30 Sarah & Julia Brug 1:36:48
31 Susann Novalis, Cameron Shaw 1:37:00
32 Bevan Waite, Robert Hoffman 1:37:27
33 Malcolm Dunn, Jeanne Appelget 1:54:38
34 Laura Wiggs 2:03:01
35 Liz Spalding, Carol Schultz 2:33:50
Marissa, Gary, & Zhilan Zweiger MSP (#1, 33:46)
Harry Jeffries, Maurice Winpigler MSP (#1, 1:10:19)
Elena Livak MSP (#1, 1:10:55)
Second Course
David Coughlan, Scott Himmelberger 15:44
Doug Bass 23:42 (Memory O)
Ashley, Melissa, Stephanie, Alyce 54:26
40-Minute Score-O Course (37 controls) 18 people
Pl Name Points Time
1 Michael Fleishman 22 38:41
2 Misha Lipatov 21 37:04
3 Dan Dwyer, Jackie Wong,
Raphael Dinner 21 39:31
4 Marsha Jacobs 20 36:36
5 George Minarik 19 37:21
6 Nathan Hamm, T.J. Nicholson 17 37:45
7 Beth Dixon, Chelsea Waite 16 38:10
8 Judy Koehler 15 33:29
9 Alan & Debra LaVergne 14 36:53
10 Rachel Care 13 35:54
11 Stephanie Maclean 13 (17-4) 41:36
12 John & Max Wiegant 12 (18-6) 42:27
60-Minute Score-O Course (37 controls) 54 people
Pl Name Points Time
1 Mark Prior 37 56:20
2 Steve Gregg 37 57:43
3 Matthias Kohler 35 58:11
4 Doug Bass 35 59:07
5 Mike Prindiville 35 (37-2) 1:00:24
6 Derek Maclean 33 59:48
7 Dennis Wildfogel 33 59:50
8 Eric Rosenzweig 32 57:10
9 Brad Wetmore 32 58:53
10 Hannu Haarma 32 (34-2) 1:00:36
11 Jim Waite 30 57:50
12 Dan Greene 30 58:24
13 Ian Tidswell 30 59:32
14 Evan Custer 30 59:43
15 Tapio Karras 30 (34-4) 1:01:33
16 Gary Kraght 29 58:15
17 Malcolm Wyatt-Mair 29 59:25
18 Bob Strauss 28 57:30
19 Wendell Doman 28 59:12
20 Greg Chatham, Phil Lovalenti 27 (31-4) 1:01:34
21 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 26 (30-4) 1:01:23
22 Bob Cooley 25 (27-2) 1:00:10
23 Steve Haas 25 (33-8) 1:03:52
24 Robert Lewis 22 53:39
25 Cathy Bolger 22 59:37
26 Jeff Lanam 21 56:54
27 Oleg Shakhnovsky 21 58:21
28 Hongche Liu 21 58:52
29 Dan Holman 21 (25-4) 1:01:38
30 Frank Markowitz 20 59:57
31 Vivian Lee 20 (28-8) 1:03:30
32 Nancy Lindeman, Victoria Wiegant 18 54:07
33 Kenny Yu, Pokman Cheung 18 59:18
34 Ben Thomas 17 47:52
35 Toby Zimmerer, Joe Sarti 17 59:59
36 Steve Beuerman 17 (23-6) 1:02:45
37 Adam Ruskin 16 (22-6) 1:02:16
38 Katherine Tennant 15 53:41
39 Rachel Tennant, Arlinda Duffy,
Melissa Nasiruddin 12 58:24
40 Maurice Herry 11 55:45
41 Terry Pratt 6 (20-14) 1:06:46
42 Jessica, Mitch, & Luanne Chin -17 (15-32) 1:15:58
43 Jim Fish -183 (37-220) 2:50:00
Second Course
Chris Bragg, Carrie Murphy,
Robin Pomerance 18 58:33
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DNF = Did not finish (missed one or more controls)
MSP = Mispunched (one or more incorrect controls)
