A group of 165 orienteers came to this year's meet at Monte Bello Open Space Preserve. This year we entered the park using a more southerly location in order to ease parking concerns (by utilizing another park's lot!) and give better accessibility to some of the more forested and technically challenging terrain within the park. One shortcoming to the new site was the lack of a suitable trail loop for White, but a short and well-streamered route through the forest allowed for an easy connection. The courses were deliberately designed to be less physical than last year's, prompting about twice as many people to brave the Blue course this time.
We were also fortunate to have perfect weather for the event; a cooling mist
was blowing most of the morning, a great improvement from last year's blast
furnace. Those runners on the Brown/Red/Blue courses were treated to Thorsten's
grave sense of humor, as well as the answer to the puzzle of why we had that
one Blue stub left over at last year's meet.
Roy and Susan Want wasted no time in introducing 11-week old Becky to the joys of orienteering, although she apparently wasn't as excited as most of us and slept through the entire endeavour.
In the competition, James Scarborough easily topped a strong field on Blue with a time of 58:27, while Tapio Karras narrowly edged Gary Carpenter on Red. On Green, Joe Scarborough completed the family sweep with a win in a time of 52:57.
On Brown, Scandanavian exchange student Erik Ohlund turned in an impressive time of 29:10 while Peter Rexer blazed through the Orange course in 57:15, edging CROC's Ian Ramsey and leaving the rest of the field at least half an hour behind.
On Yellow, the team of Marsha Jacobs and Leslie Minarik, normally advanced orienteers, ran the the Yellow course for injury rehabilitation in a time of 44:10, while the Bergen/Jay team captured the White crown in only 20:41.
On the Start-O course, 11 year old Anni Larrson found all 8 controls with no help in the speedy time of 4:10.
As always, the meet could not have been a success without the cheerful and capable assistance of many volunteers. Specific thanks go to:
Thanks again, and apologies to anyone I may have omitted from the list. The helpful cooperation of the MPROSD rangers and staff is also gratefully acknowledged.
Blue 5.7 Km 510 m 17 controls 1. James Scarborough 58:27 2. Lans Taylor 69:40 3. Neeme Loorits 72:09 4. Michihiro Kamijima 76:37 5. Syd Reader 87:39 6. Kent Ohlund 87:59 7. Derek Maclean 88:35 8. Penny DeMoss 91:52 9. Brian Moore 97:21 10. Gavin Wyatt-Mair 127:35 11. Jay Montgomery 146:35 Damien Heery 12. John van Heiningen OT (186:50) Paul Heery Red 4.7 Km 410 m 16 controls 1. Tapio Karras 63:27 2. Gary Carpenter 63:45 3. Van Boughner 69:52 4. Doug Stein 79:27 5. Dan Greene 84:49 6. Steve Jankowski 85:03 7. Werner Haag 87:41 8. Bill Papendick 90:59 9. Bob Cooley 100:21 10. Trevor Pering 102:39 11. Mark Prior 106:34 12. Harold DeMoss 108:05 13. Tod Flak 109:12 14. Mark Blair 115:50 15. Hugh Wright 116:35 16. Angelika Gerach 171:47 Green 3.3 Km 230 m 11 controls 1. Joe Scarborough 52:57 2. Manfred Kopisch 57:52 3. Michael Poulsen 61:18 4. Kelly Wells 61:50 5. Stephanie Maclean 67:44 6. Brian Baurna 69:22 7. Jerry Goss 69:51 8. Michael Fleishman 71:00 9. Oleg Shakhnovsky 80:06 10. Robert Lewis 80:19 11. Greg Wagner 83:40 12. Edith Jacobi 87:29 13. Patty Clemo 94:17 14. Stacy Robinson 103:39 15. Steve Beuerman 120:31 16. Nancy Lindeman 141:50 17. Julianne Dunphy DNF 18. Martin Weiss DNF Brown 2.5 Km 160 m 10 controls 1. Erik Ohlund 29:10 2. Dennis Wildfogel 35:28 3. Scott Aster 43:28 4. Aileen Abernathy 54:53 5. Lars Borg 66:59 6. Jascha Lee 75:30 7. Jeff Lanam 98:44 8. Greg Bahr 147:00 Rosemary Ornelas Orange 3.1 Km 240 m 12 controls 1. Peter Rexer 57:15 2. Ian G. Ramsey 60:15 3. Charles Brenner 91:13 4. Nathaniel St. John 107:30 5. Carol Chen 113:50 6. Larry Breed 117:13 7. Michael Boyce 124:06 Richard Finch 8. Don Gee 130:19 9. Brian Donohue 144:09 Isabelle Gracie 10. Michael Young 156:01 11. Matt Clayton 165:45 Krister Andersson 12. Mike Cooper 179:22 Mieke Wiegman 13. Harry Hall OT (188:31) 14. Rosemary Johnson DNF 15. Cheryl Madson DNF Yellow 1.7 Km 135 m 11 controls 1. Marsha Jacobs 44:10 Leslie Minarik 2. Dave Coe 49:27 3. Roy Want + Family 54:10 4. Leslie Carmichael 58:19 Barbara Allen Tom Rees 5. Sarah Van Laanen 62:26 6. Michael/Angela Henders 63:01 7. Brian Cilker 64:11 Eva Jarvis Sandra Clark Joshua Rialle Charles Hug 8. Jody Koehler 67:24 9. Ev/Jean Beuerman 68:42 10. Kelly Walden 68:54 Michelle Wohler Michelle Tayler 11. David Graube 75:22 Iveta Graube Margo Graube 12. Mario Hug 77:26 Lydia Hug Roxanne Lee Sussie Beetem Anni Larsson 13. Columbus Group 78:22 Metzger/Rabuzzi/Wilson 14. Galina Shakhnovsky 80:35 15. Leslie/Tom Rogers 82:57 16. Jim/Kirsten Peterson 88:49 17. Cheryl Chadwell 91:36 18. Bev/Stacy Robinson 97:51 Jerry Goss 19. Steve Oka 169:38 20. Claire Allen DQ (missed #8) Kristin Olson Ashley Hannebrink White 2.0 Km 95 m 12 controls 1. Bergen/Jay 20:41 2. Julia/Irina Zaks 24:06 3. Daniel Ohlund 34:14 Daniel Beall 4. Jennifer Davis 36:10 5. Kirstin/Tania Haag 36:57 6. Bruce Lyon 37:35 Jill Toth 7. Ken Schneider 41:19 Michelle Murphy 8. Abby Damm 49:30 Amy Hayter Jessica Laurie Barbary Althelf Deb Vallner 9. Bethani Wagner 55:16 10. GS Troop 1086 58:18 Nathalie/Laura/Amanda 11. McBirney Group 61:26 12. Diane Hall 61:59 13. Phillip Lyman 142:12 Elizabeth Lyman Kristen Farley Erica Santos 14. Anne Faruir DNF 15. Sue Detro DNF Lauren Detro DNF 16. Jukka/Jaakko Karras DNF Second Course Tania Haag 44:42 Kirstin Haag Robin van Schravendijk Start-O 8 controls Without Help Name Age # controls Time Anni Larrson 11 8 4:10 Susie Beetem 11 8 4:46 Tania Haag 8 8 5:12 Robin van Schravendijk 9 8 5:42 Charles Hug 9 8 5:54 Lydia Hug 11 8 5:59 Joshua Rialle 10 8 6:30 Jaakko Karras 8 8 10:30 Eva Jarvis 10 6 13:38 Roxanne Lee 11 2 12:37 Sandra Clark 11 2 13:08 With Help Owen Maxker 5 4 10:58 Patrick 5 0 11:52