Nisene Marks Results
8/25/96
Nisene Marks
We had great weather and a great turnout for this year's event at Nisene
Marks. Despite the location and what I feel is an undeserved reputation
for the park, about 130 people showed up (about 100 course entrants).
Despite park fees that nearly tripled this year, we were even able
to save some money for future mapping projects. Given the attendance,
the interest expressed for continued use of this park, and the people
who have volunteered to direct this event next year, this will not be
the last event at this park.
Those that showed up for this event were treated to orienteering at one
of the few totally forested parks in our domain and the first partnership
between BAOC and the Monterey Bay Orienteering Club (MBOC). For nearly
all the organizers it was an educational endeavor. For me, it was my first
job of planning courses for a point-to-point orienteering event. For MBOC,
it was the first point-to-point event they helped plan and manage. For
Aileen Abernathy, it was her first chance to plan an intermediate course
(the most difficult to plan), to vet various other courses, and to help
organize and run an event. In addition to their hard work, we also had
the assistance of Werner Haag, a veteran director for events at this park
and my codirector.
This event also featured the first use of our newly modified controls
and the introduction of the White Challenge course (white course by
memory). Mark Blair cleaned each control and marked it with blue stripes
for color-blind orienteers. A number of participants said the
controls were easier to see once they reached the location indicated
on their clue sheets. There were a number of interested takers for the
White Challenge but I was late in starting it so Rachel Care and Tania
Haag won the event unchallenged.
Things went well despite the navigational difficulties presented by the
park and my desire to avoid steep climbs and exposure to poison oak.
We presented a full array of orienteering courses for all skill levels
and the results were about what I expected. Most of the courses had a
high percentage of entrants completing their courses. The orange and brown,
courses proved to be the most difficult with just over 50 percent of the
entrants completing them. Of note on the blue course, Jorg Hofer finished
first despite having to return to the master map to copy the
location for control 15, which he forgot to copy earlier. Awards were
handed out to many of the first place finishers and I'm still looking for a
few to hand out.
Many of the DNFs were for participants not prepared for the difficulty
of their courses. Many of them chose to advance to a more challenging
level at this event and found the navigational difficulties too
overwhelming. I believe their biggest problem is that we don't currently
train advanced beginners and intermediates for their advancement. We've
tried a number of things with minimal results. I'm suggesting we now
return to giving an intermediate clinic at each event like we used to do
a couple years ago. So as not to burden the meet directors, I and others
will offer such a clinic at each event we attend. Anyone else interested?
In addition, there is a tremendous need for members to find unfamiliar
faces and greet them at the finish area with questions about their
course and choices. A combination of clinics and interaction with
numerous other orienteers would be extremely helpful to those anxious
to try more challenging courses.
Anyway, the event was a success largely due to the tremendous efforts
by the following BAOC, MBOC, and GCO members:
Directors Tony Pinkham, Werner Haag
Assistant Directors Aileen Abernathy, Bill Banker (MBOC)
Course designers
Start'O Werner Haag
Beginner Karen and Michael Smith (MBOC)
Intermediate Aileen Abernathy
Advanced Tony Pinkham, Werner Haag
Vetting Werner Haag, Tony Pinkham, Aileen Abernathy
Consultant (orange) Marsha Jacobs
Publicity
Newspaper article Nancy Lindeman
Fliers Karen Smith (MBOC), Aileen Abernathy
Control Setup Werner Haag, Tony Pinkham, Karen Smith (MBOC),
Bill Banker (MBOC), Aileen Abernathy
Housing Joan Lowden
Shuttle Service Ron Gross (GCO/BAOC), Mike Poulsen, Tony Pinkham,
Werner Haag
Registration Ev, Jean, and Steve Beuerman
Beginner Clinics Bill Banker (MBOC)
Start'O Werner Haag, Ellie Lightfoot, Mike Poulsen
Starts Nancy Lindeman, Aileen Abernathy, Karen Smith (MBOC),
Steve Beuerman
Finishes Aileen Abernathy, Karen Smith (MBOC)
Results Tom Carpenter, Robert Lewis
First Aid Bill Banker (MBOC)
Control pickup Steve Beuerman, Werner Haag, Thorsten Graeve,
Rachel Care, Tania Haag, Sam Freund, Greg Lennon,
Kathleen Lennon, and Gavin Wyatt-Mair
RESULTS
Start'O (First Try)
1 Charlee Chayatanan BAOC 8:56
2 Chris Fernandez BAOC 9:20
3 Yosef Michel BAOC 9:23
4 Andrew Fernandez BAOC 10:18
5 Jessica Lightfoot BAOC 11:30
6 Ryan BAOC 11:46
7 Kirstin and Tania Haag BAOC 13:08
8 Lucia Livak BAOC 19:58
9 Kyle Fernandez BAOC 21:09
10 Elena Livak BAOC 24:49
Start'O (Second Try)
1 Lucia Livac BAOC 4:20
2 Tania Haag BAOC 5:32
White 2.0K 40m
1 Dennis Johnson, Yossi Michael BAOC 18:05
2 Steve and Tracy Brown BAOC 22:02
3 Mike Branson BAOC 34:21
4 Julie Wells BAOC 34:41
5 Rachel Care BAOC 40:13
6 Nancy and Brian Martin BAOC 43:07
7 Lucia Livak BAOC 44:10
8 Kirsten and Tania Haag BAOC 49:15
9 Lek, Lynn, and Charlie Chayatanan BAOC 50:11
10 Clare, Nancy, and Elena Livak BAOC 51:28
11 Jean Burkhead BAOC 62:31
12 Carol Pecot, Ingrid Karau, Rich Seymour BAOC 77:40
13 Dennis Aquino BAOC 84:00
14 Daniel Ohlund, DJ McKenzie BAOC 106:14
White (second course)
1 Michael Sobczyk, Krzysztof Kuligowski BAOC 16:43
White Challenge (white course by memory)
1 Rachel Care and Tania Haag BAOC 28:30?
Pink
1 Valdare DiFrinzio -- 93:14
2 Kurt Kohanowich, Antonio Abrantes MBOC? 108:58
3 Norma and Harry Domash, Ann Gilbert,
Pat Michelson, and Tom McCall -- 140:45
Yellow 2.2K 90m
1 Michael Sobczyk, Krzysztof Kuligowski BAOC 28:09
2 Rebecca, Chris, Andrew, Kyle Fernandez BAOC 42:00
3 J. Louvau, I. & R. Lacefield BAOC 56:01
4 Ross, Ryan, Erin, Colleen, Ryan Tate,
Corey Maley, Sara Thygesen BAOC 58:00
5 Jill Cammon, Cher Lobash BAOC 71:15
6 Nancy Pollock, Linda Brown BAOC 116:43
MSP Hilary Holt ? MSP # 6
DNF Steve Dreksler, Terry Bilodeau MBOC? missing ctrls
Yellow (second course)
1 Mike Branson MBOC 50:28
2 Nancy and Brian Martin -- 74:45
3 Steve and Tracy Brown -- 81:56
Orange 2.6K 190m
1 Tom Carpenter BAOC 57:43
2 Andrzej Sobczyk BAOC 63:11
3 Sam Freund GCO 70:03
4 Ellie Lightfoot BAOC 93:46
5 Stephen Papa, Jon Gibbons BAOC 106:40
6 Louise Madrid BAOC 117:04
7 Hugh Wright --
8 Aron and Bob Walker BAOC 156:24
9 Ted Hullar, Lisa Loeb -- 165:05
10 Dan Craft, Gareth Scott BAOC 170:18
OT Al, Geoffrey, Andrew Theiss BAOC 228:31
DNF Ken Livak BAOC injury
DNF Eric Heins -- missing ctrls
DNF Ray and Barbara Kujawski BAOC missing ctrls
DNF Jeff Lanham BAOC missing ctrls
DNF Mark Galipean -- missing ctrls
DNF Joan Lowden -- missing ctrls
DNF D Joe Anderson BAOC missing ctrls
DNF Chris Shirley BAOC missing ctrls
Brown 2.8K 210m
1 Dennis Wildfogel BAOC 62:55
2 Michael Poulsen BAOC 80:19
3 Stephanie Maclean BAOC 83:12
4 Michael Fleishman BAOC 100:46
5 Robert Lewis BAOC 101:44
6 Jascha Lee BAOC 113:34
7 Kelly Wells BAOC 125:23
DNF Dwight Freund GCO/BAOC missing ctrl
DNF Amy Burgess EWOC missing ctrls
DNF Rich Seymour, Ingrid Karau MBOC? missing ctrls
DNF Nancy Lindeman BAOC missing ctrls
Green 3.9K 220m
1 Bill Borrie EWOC 90:37
2 Manfred Kopisch BAOC 94:15
3 Van A. Boughner BAOC 98:34
4 Roy Want BAOC 107:11
5 Ron Gross GCO/BAOC 107:39
6 Eric Strong BAOC 109:50
7 Trevor Pering BAOC 119:36
8 Vic Revenko BAOC 140:38
DNF Kathleen Lennon BAOC missing ctrl
DNF Frazier Stevenson BAOC missing ctrls
Red 5.6K 350m
1 Derek Maclean BAOC 95:15
2 Bob Cooley BAOC 100:03
3 Steve Gregg : BAOC 102:49
4 Tapio Karras BAOC 111:16
5 Syd Reader BAOC 114:51
6 Chris Turton -- 121:11
7 Gary Carpenter BAOC 137:28
8 Bill Papendick BAOC 164:20
DNF Greg Lennon BAOC missing ctrls
DNF Bill Banker MBOC missing ctrls
DNF Dan Clarke BAOC missing ctrls
Blue 7.8K 435m
1 Jorg Hofer BAOC 105:38
2 Kent Ohlund BAOC 106:46
3 Thorsten Graeve BAOC 129:31
4 Gavin Wyatt-Mair BAOC 182:08
DNF Jim Yentz BAOC injury
DNF Mike Lwin MBOC? missing ctrls