To my pleasant surprise, and that of the many orienteers that came, Sunday, March 22, was a beautiful day. After predictions ranging from mostly cloudy to rain earlier in the week, we had a warm partly sunny day. The 180 or so people who showed up certainly enjoyed the day with many going out for a second course, or just lying around in the sun afterwards. Below are the complete results.
The morning's Start-O had almost 20 competitors ranging in age from 4 to 15. Jaakko Karras, age 9, won the course by finding all 10 controls correctly in less than 8 minutes. Michelle McMillan, 15, was right on 8 minutes for 2nd place, followed by Tina Leung, 14, in just over 9 minutes.
The White course was picked up in a stunningly fast 14 minutes by Ken & Jessica Douglas, but it was their second course of the day (having already _won_ Yellow). That put Cathy Humowiecki into 1st place at 27:07. Cathy remarked that she'd definitely want to try something harder next time, probably at Stanford. Carole, Holly, Jenny, and Laura of Girl Scout Troop 2880 picked up 2nd place in 28:15 followed closely by another pair of women, Gail and Sarah, in 28:40.
As mentioned above, the Yellow course was won by Ken & Jessica Douglas with the help of Audrey Warmuth in under 24 minutes. Did they even see the view (of San Francisco, Oakland & San Jose) from the top of the ridge? Several groups rounded out the top 4 with Dianne Brien & Dean Miller picking up 2nd, and R & W King picking up 3rd.
Orange was a surprisingly popular course, outstripping pre-event estimates at almost twice the number of competitors. Despite the choice of two longer, more challenging courses, the Score-O and Memory Score-O, most of the top orienteers in the club dropped down to Orange, including the man ranked #2 overall in the USA. The competition was so fierce that James Scarborough actually came in 2nd on the Orange course. One of the top young Swedish orienteers, Erik Ohlund, claimed first place in a commanding 17:31 on a reasonably hilly 3.1km course. Neeme Loorits also opted for the "sprint" course and finished in 3rd within 40 seconds of James. Top woman on the course was US Junior Team member Sarah Minarik, who finished in 32:43 despite a recent injury.
The Score-O was taken on by several competitors, including a few of the faster club members. Only five competitors picked up all the controls, Neal Barlow and Steve Gregg accomplishing the task in 47:45 and 50:29 for first and 2nd. First and 2nd place women Penny DeMoss and Angelica Riley came in next taking 3rd and 4th place overall, with Angelica edging out 5th place Bob Cooley by just 5 seconds.
The Memory Score-O competitors took on the same challenging course as the Score-O competitors, but without maps! Even though they could only look at a map while physically present at the start, or one of only two of the 27 controls, several competitors did nearly as well as the Score-O competitors who carried a map with them. Ian Tidswell, recently returning from Connecticut, picked up all 27 controls, but was just over 11 minutes late which dropped him back to 4th place with penalty points. Werner Haag managed to pick up 25 of the 27 controls, doing 10 or more at a time by memory, and still finished with several minutes to spare to pick up a very impressive 1st place. Brian Moore and Gavin Wyatt-Mair picked up 2nd and 3rd, with Brian edging out Gavin by 3 seconds.
Many thanks to all the people who made the event possible, a few of whom stepped out of the background to help out BAOC for the first time. Lans Taylor vetted the (mostly unstreamered) courses, yet came up with a valuable 3-page list of suggestions, and Neal Barlow vetted all the controls the morning of the event before most competitors had even arrived. Martin Weiss, Matthias Kohler and Cheryl Madson did the starts, and Charles Brenner, Andy & Mary Howland, Brian Moore and Angelica Riley did finishes and results. Josh and Debbie Friederichs did registration with help from Pat Roth, Werner Haag did beginners clinics, Manfred Kopisch did the Start-O, and probably several more who have escaped my typing fingers.
The most thanks of all go to my wife Angelica, not just because she helped out with finishes and results (and a bagel) on the day of the event, but for putting up with me over the many afternoons and evenings I spent mapping and drafting Coyote Hills.
START-O
Name Age controls time with help from
correct/found mm:ss
1) Jaakko Karras 9 10/10 7:35
2) Michelle McMillan 15 10/10 8:00
3) Tina Leung 14 10/10 9:19
4) Margo Cilker 5 10/10 9:56
Abby Cilker 8 10/10 9:56
5) Amanda Owens 15 10/10 10:09
6) Holly Prior 12 10/10 12:02
Laura Gladding 12 10/10 12:02
Jennifer Gladding 13 10/10 12:02
7) Elizabeth Montiel 9 10/10 12:28
Rebeca Munoz 10 10/10 12:28
8) Jukka Karras 6 5/10 15:56
9) Hana Schwartz 4 10/10 12:44 Kirstin Haag (8)
10) Mary Ann Kukielka 4 10/10 16:49 Tanja Haag (8)
11) Fred Webb 7 10/10 12:46 Adult
12) Robin Leadbetter 4 10/10 12:49 Adult
13) Elizabeth Montiel 9 7/10 10:10 second time
Rebeca Munoz 10 7/10 10:10 second time
WHITE 8 controls, 1.9km, 25m
Place Name Time
- Ken & Jessica Douglas 14:17 2nd Course
1 Cathy Humowiecki 27:07
2 Carole & Holly Prior &
Jenny & Laura Gladding
Troop 2880 28:15
3 Gail Glendinning &
Sarah Band 28:40
4 Bert & Rick Ramirez 30:27
5 Jukka (& Mari) Karras 30:53
6 Tania & Kirstin Haag 31:38
7 Adrienne, Steven & Kathy 34:08
8 Don, Joan & Matt Stimson 36:20
9 Art & Ben Prindle 36:32
10 Matt Schenck &
Phoebe Sloane 40:53
11 Joanne & Robin Leadbetter &
Fred Webb &
Vicki Woolworth 46:07
12 Girl Scout Troop 2540 53:53
13 Elizabeth & Rebecca Montiel 91:35
YELLOW 10 controls, 1.9km, 75m
Place Name Time
1 Jessica & Ken Douglas &
Audrey Warmuth 23:47
2 Dianne Brien & Dean Miller 28:18
3 R & W King 32:40
4 Juan, Jose Javier 33:22
5 Jack Myers 34:16
6 Bill Maney 34:37
7 Matthew & Nathan &
Coustier & McGavin 36:19
8 Matt Manchester &
Richie Baun 37:12
9 E. Johnson & D. Hoffman 37:24
10 Wilk 38:55
11 Sergio Lopez & Schyler Baker 39:33
12 Rachel Yotter 41:14
13 Rich & Chris Baun 42:41
14 Rachel Care & Louise Madrid 42:56
15 Dox Doxiadis &
Sarah Edwards 46:24
16 Bethani & Greg Wagner 50:26
17 Ken & Lindsay Li 51:50
18 Sam & Katie Werback &
Samantha R 52:38
19 Hall, Diane R 53:57
20 Carol Stellman &
Carol Legge &
Chris Conner & Kerry Boyd 56:16
21 Dale Petersen &
Dell Fitzgerald 56:27
22 Brian, Abby & Margo Cilker &
Mark 56:54
23 Breed Radin 58:30
24 Alan & Andy Savage &
Daniel Suderow &
Kyle McNeil 64:00
25 Girl Scout Troop 1099 68:34
26 Katie Legge &
Diana Stellman &
Briana Watson &
Hillary Aafedt &
Kristen Perez, Girl Scouts 71:27
- Catherine Ricketts &
Marie Stellman MSP #1 & #2 (42:35)
- Leo Landan DNF (missing #8, 48:40)
- Justin Smarez &
Cathy Whithey DNF (missing #10, 74:45)
ORANGE 9 controls, 3.1km, 110 m
Place Name Time
1 Erik Ohlund 17:31
2 James Scarborough 18:51
3 Neeme Loorits 19:28
4 Matthias Kohler 22:56
5 Dan Greene 23:17
6 Dennis Wildfogel 23:22
7 George Minarik 23:48
8 Gary Kraght 27:10
9 Joe Scarborough 28:29
10 Charles Landau 28:33
11 Eric Mehlhaff 28:56
12 Tony Pinkham 29:27
13 Sarah Minarik 32:43
14 Charles Brenner 32:43
15 Meg Gerstner &
Alan Glendinning 33:46
16 John Pagendarm 36:05
17 Robert Lewis 36:06
18 Marsha Jacobs 39:46
19 Kirk Davis 41:08
20 Leslie Minarik 42:14
21 Josh Friederick 43:12
22 Dean Miller &
Dianne Brien 43:55
23 Karen Sessler 45:12
24 Jaakko & Tapio Karras 45:33
25 Chilton 2, Storne, Sim 46:46
26 Gail & Trent Walker 47:07
27 Cheryl Madson 49:36
28 Rosemary Johnson 51:06
29 Ken & Dan Duisenberg 51:45
30 D. Meredith 54:02
31 Nancy Lindeman 60:00
32 Joan Roos 61:59
33 Galena Shakhnovsky 62:33
34 Larry Pagendarm 67:28
35 Olson & Troop 265 67:40
36 Thomas Olson &
Justin & Dennis Thompson 72:18
37 Pat Roth 72:42
38 Ev & Jean Beuerman 76:42
- Matt Schenck &
Phoebe Sloane 81:26 2nd Course
39 Tina Leung &
Michelle McMillan &
Amanda Owens 117:20
- David Klipp DNF (38:08, but missing #9)
SCORE-O
27 controls, 10 points/control, 60 minute limit, -5 points/minute late
Place Name Score Time
1 Neal Barlow 270 47:45
2 Steve Gregg 270 50:29
3 Penny DeMoss 270 52:25
4 Angelica Riley 265 60:56
5 Bob Cooley 260 58:58
6 Scott Aster 240 58:47
- Ken & Dan Duisenberg 230 61:03 2nd Course
- Justin & Dennis Thompson &
Daniel Suderow &
Tommy Olson 220 54:01 2nd Course
7 Oleg Shakhnovsky 215 60:45
8 Steve Haas 205 72:21
9 Nick Corsano 200 50:23
10 Jeff Lanam 200 59:07
11 Martin Weiss 180 59:40
- Nancy Lindeman 160 54:42 2nd Course
12 Steve Beuerman 160 67:36
MEMORY-O
27 controls, 10 points/control, 60 minute limit, -5 points/minute late
Place Name Score Time
1 Werner Haag 250 56:11
2 Brian Moore 215 60:58
3 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 210 59:19
4 Ian Tidswell 210 71:07
5 Michael Poulsen 190 56:43
6 Mark Blair 190 58:50
- Olson & Troop 265 180 53:08 2nd Course
7 Evan Custer 135 66:20
8 Aron & Bob Walker 110 58:55