The rainy winter weather paused just in time for our March event at Calero, and approximately 200 orienteers emerged from their winter hibernation hungry for some conventional orienteering. Below are the complete results.
In previous years, the age of the Calero map has prevented using numerous areas and control sites; however, this year Bob Cooley transferred the old Calero map into OCAD, and then field-checked and corrected one of the more interesting north-facing slopes in the middle of the park. In addition, the OCAD version allowed those of us who were course-setting to edit the map near the controls. While we are far from having the whole Calero map corrected, it is clear from the parts that Bob has done that efforts on improving this map are well rewarded. If you are looking for a place to do some volunteer mapping, Calero would be a good choice; talk with Bob.
Jeff Lanam, in his first course-setting venture, set some very well-calibrated White, Yellow and Orange courses; they had very reasonable difficulty, yet each course had a few more challenging legs to increase the learning experience. Claire Livak won White with a time of 46:03 with John and Sue Rizzi, and Carl Reisinger very close behind. We almost ran out of maps for Yellow; I think newcomers were encouraged by Abby and George's clinics to try something more difficult. Pat and Matt Rabuzzi won Yellow with the time of 49:30. John Pagendarm won Orange in a close (2 second) finish with Ron MacCracken. (We had another close - one second - finish on Blue, between Brian Moore and Steve Gregg Perhaps we need 1/10 second clocks.)
While it's difficult to directly compare year-to-year results, all the advanced courses were running slightly faster this year, and the only explanation seems to be the new club uniforms. For example, comparing speeds (km/min), Robert Lewis improved 8% to win Brown with a time of 79:30, Aileen Abernathy advanced to Green and improved 38% with a time of 80:51, and Dennis Wildfogel, who couldn't run last year because he helped organize the event, improved an infinite amount to win Green with a time of 53:16. Let's hope that washing does not diminish the effects of these remarkable new uniforms.
Tapio designed very challenging Red and Blue courses that used some of the infrequently visited farther and higher reaches of the park. The courses included a very long route choice leg, and several shorter technical legs. Bob Cooley won Red at 100:56, and Erik Ohlund won Blue at 77:34. (Yes, that's really 10 min/km over 440 meters of climb.)
We would like to thank those who volunteered to help. Your help made the day of the event much easier and enjoyable for the organizers. I hope we haven't forgotten anybody: registration, Ev and Jean Beuerman, Esther Heller; clinics, George Minarik, Aileen Abernathy; finish, Mike Poulsen, Steve Jankowski, Bill Straka; results, Alan Glendinning, Robert Lewis; start-O, John Pagendarm, Ken, Claire & Lucia Livak; vetting, Derek MacLean; control Pick-Up, Harold & Penny Demoss, Steve Gregg, Ev and Jean Beuerman, Kelly Wells, and Thorsten Graeve.
PARTICIPATION
Start O: 7
White: 33
Yellow: 65
Orange: 23
Brown: 11
Green: 31
Red: 8
Blue: 15
Total: 193
START-O (adult help)
Daniel & Phillip 3 17:05
START-O (solo)
1. Lucia Livak 10 3:46
2. Ken 9 4:34
tie Kristen 9 4:34
Wil & Kyle 6 & 2 MSP (reversed 6 and 8)
WHITE
1. Clair Livak 46:03
2. John & Sue Rizzi 46:22
3. Carl Reisinger 46:32
4. Mary Pagendarm 49:12
5. Lennea & Kent Öhlund 50:09
6. Craig Mueller, Chad Delano 56:08
7. Craig Seipel 58:00
8. Matthew Kimble, David Ho 62:20
9. Rachel Care 63:45
10. Carol Wold, Seve Goldsberry, Diane Mack-Williams,
John & Jeni Williams, Cory & Kyleen Heffner 65:15
11. Garrett & Kristen Pitsenbarger 70:10
12. Lisa Abney, Amanda Owens 91:55
13. Dieter, Diemut, Susanne, Caroline & Thomas Reneken 94:44
14. Hannah, Rebecca & Mommy Want DNF
15. Pari Natarajan MSP
YELLOW
1. Pat & Matt Rabuzzi 49:30
2. Joe Pollock, Steve Gentile, Kathy Roberge,
Rachel Feyerabend 64:25
3. Don, Denise, Will & Kyle Larser 67:07
4. Elena & Ken Lirak 72:47
5. Kristen Island 76:50
6. Lucia Livak, Alexandra Radar 77:14
7. Tim & Kenneth Thompson 81:42
8. Vince & Jason Ferguson 85:66
9. Richard & Matt Neiss 88:35
10. Dana, Jennifer & Janet Thorsrud 91:13
11. Ross, Scott & Deb McQueen 92:07
12. Lisa Hammersley 93:27
13. Danielle, Paula, Katelyn & Ryan Hussey 95:29
14. Dox Doxadis, Sarah Edwards 96:07
15. Melinda Haslam 98:39
16. Geoffrey, Andrew & Al Theiss, Michelle Weiss 99:10
17. Alfredo Navak, Trig Thorsrud 99:12
18. Aurora & Cortney Bibb, Karen & Fay Cleveland 99:40
19. Chris Robinson & Danette Beavers 101:11
20. Larry Breed, Beverly Radin 103:59
21. Amanda Owens, Lisa Abney 110:25
22. Mary Beth Majors, Katie Ocy 116:45
23. Melissa Kauth, Elijah Braidy 120:35
Marty & Eric Brown MSP
Jim & Alyce Moore DNF
Emma Hoare, Alice Sheng DNF
Michael Looby DNF
Larry Pagendarm MSP
Kurita, Wu, Corcoran MSP
ORANGE
1. John Pagendarm 63:00
2. Ron MacCracken 63:02
3. David Miles 78:52
4. Dave Parrish 83:46
5. Ken & Jessica Douglas, Audrey Warmuth 85:32
6. Rosemary Johnson 88:50
7. Phil Shigo 90:50
8. Dave Modiano 99:17
9. Scott Henderson 111:45
10. Tom Fedyna, Rick Howard 118:43
11. Tina Leung, Heather Schneider 128:25
12. Barbara Straka 148:12
Michael & Matt DesJardins MSP (#9)
Melissa Ober, Michelle McMillan DNF
Bill & Helen Madsen DNF
Diane Hall DNF
BROWN
1. Robert Lewis 79:30
2. Marsha Jacobs 86:30
3. Lars Borg 95:31
4. Mike Condrin 95:33
5. Cheryl Madsen 163:01
Michael Young DNF
Todd McDowe, Bruce Lyon, Jill Toth DNF
Nancy Lindeman DNF
Joan Roos DNF
GREEN
1. Dennis Wildfogel 53:16
2. Joe Scarborough 54:15
3. Manfred Kopisch 56:24
4. George Minarik 57:08
5. Joe Papendick 57:23
6. Werner Haag 57:34
7. Peter Rexer 59:51
8. Robert Eikel 69:35
9. Jascha Lee 76:09
10. Michael Poulsen 76:33
11. Bill Papendick 80:51
12. Aileen Abernathy 81:32
13. Roy Want 84:40
14. Trevor Pering 86:41
15. Jerry Goss 88:13
16. Edith Jacobi 89:01
17. Carol Chen 89:37
18. Meg Gerstner, Alan Glendinning 92:12
19. Stacy Goss 92:26
20. Bill Straka 93:55
21. Pascal & Kirsten Vin 94:40
22. Charles Brenner 98:12
23. Phillip Hoare 100:26
24. Nick Corsano 111:34
25. David Barr 116:16
26. Steve Beuerman 134:01
27. Dave Kim, Pam Putman 137:50
28. William Rasseur 145:36
RED
1. Bob Cooley 100:56
2. Tony Pinkham 105:16
3. Mark Blair 120:00
Jennifer Barclay DNF
Dennis, T.J, & Andy Nicholson, Nick Kleemer-Keller DNF
BLUE
1. Erik Öhlund 77:34
2. Neal Barlow 83:22
3. John Britton 93:32
4. Kent Öhlund 97:08
5. Steve Gregg 102:16
6. Brian Moore 102:17
7. Thorsten Graeve 103:26
8. Gary Carpenter 110:37
9. Penny DeMoss 112:13
10. Doug Stein 117:09
11. Peter Graube 146:43
12. Mark Prior 162:09
Mike Fleishman DNF
Jeff Thompson MSP (#14)
Rolf Willecke OT