Joaquin Miller Results

December 6, 1998

by Joe Scarborough, meet director

On Nov. 29, "Bay Area Backroads" aired the segment they filmed at the special Nov. 3 meet we held for them at Joaquin Miller. A week later, we held a followup meet to try and take advantage of viewers who might want to try orienteering. Unfortunately, "Bay Area Backroads" did not carry an announcement of the event, so this idea didn't really pan out. (According to the producer, they could not include anything time-sensitive because of reruns.)

We had White and Yellow courses, plus plenty of advanced runners, some returning for another crack at the "Oakland" Motala. Highlights included a Wyatt-Neal rematch. In race 9, it was Neal Barlow ahead of Wyatt Riley by one second. In a rubber match, race 12, Neal won by a whopping 10 seconds. Below are the complete results.

All of the courses of the day were the same as for the Nov. 3 meet, but that did not seem to slow down participation too much. Reruns continued even after times were no longer recorded. The reruns were not only good training, but also interesting as competition though heavily weighted toward pure running rather than orienteerng.

The results list indicates reruns as well as whether cards were turned in. Where no card was used, I would expect the times to be significantly faster, well over a minute, if only due to the time required to punch 13 controls. Michi can claim honors for the top legitimate run but Syd recorded a notable 12:19 rerun, showing he has the speed in the terrain to run with the best in the club. That included a record 3:44 split on loop C, the one with the infamous "Gregg's depression."

Thanks to all the helpers, including James, who announced and ran a complicated start/finish/results operation with the help of Pat Roth, Syd, Trevor, and others. Also Neal for clinics; Michi for results; Steve for bag hanging; Bill and others for bag pickup; Scott, Josh and Debbie Friederichs for registration. I apologize if I have forgotten any names. There were so many.


Results

White and Yellow courses are at the bottom. For the Motala, the first list shows the overall finish, whether it was the first time on the course or a rerun, and whether a punch card was turned in. The second list shows matchups, splits, and loop order.
OVERALL FINISH
                              1st Time
                              or Rerun    Card?
Syd Reader            12:19      R          Y 
Neal Barlow           12:47      R          n 
Wyatt Riley           12:57      R          n 
Steve Gregg           13:37      R          n 
Neal Barlow           13:56      R          n 
Wyatt Riley           13:57      R          n 
Michihiro Kamijima    14:14      R          Y 
Steve Gregg           14:31      R          n 
Neal Barlow           15:40      R          n 
Jonas Libell          16:47      R          n 
Michihiro Kamijima    17:27      1          Y 
Steve Smith           17:31      R          n 
Angelica Riley        17:50      R          n 
Syd Reader            17:55      1          Y 
Jonas Libell          18:50      1          n 
Chris Taylor          20:17      1          Y 
Scott Aster           20:48      R          Y 
Chris Taylor          21:45      R          Y 
Gary Carpenter        22:24      R          n 
Steve Gregg           23:16      R          n 
Gary Carpenter        28:11      1          n 
Trevor Pering         38:24      1          Y 
Steve Smith           39:44      1          n 
Cecile Jimenez        55:37      1          Y 
Bill Papendick      1:07:58      1          Y 
Barbara Robben      1:34:35      1          Y 
Angelica Riley       MSP C2      R          Y 
Steve Smith            ?         R          n 


MATCHUPS, SPLITS, LOOP ORDER

Race #            1st/Rerun    Order     A       B        C      Total 

1   Scott Aster       R         ABC    07:37   05:59    07:12    20:48 
 
2   Syd Reader        1         BCA    06:32   07:05    04:18    17:55 
    Trevor Pering     1         CAB      ?       ?      13:17    38:24 
    Steve Smith       1         CBA    11:44   09:44    18:16    39:44 
 
3   Jonas Libell      1         ACB    06:46   05:24    06:40    18:50 
    Cecile Jimenez    1         BAC    34:08   12:27    09:02    55:37 
 
4   Michi Kamijima    1         ABC    07:10   05:13    05:04    17:27 
    Steve Gregg       R         BCA      ?     04:16      ?      23:16 
    Gary Carpenter    1         CAB    07:37   10:34    10:00    28:11 
 
5   Steve Gregg       R         BCA    04:06   04:10    06:15    14:31 
    Steve Smith       R         CBA    06:10   05:44    05:37    17:31 
    Gary Carpenter    R         CAB    09:37   05:39    07:08    22:24 
 
6   Neal Barlow       R         ABC    06:23   04:25    04:52    15:40 
    Michi Kamijima    R         BCA    05:08   03:58    05:08    14:14 
    Syd Reader        R         CAB    04:30   04:05    03:44    12:19 
 
7   Chris Taylor      1         CBA    07:47   05:46    06:44    20:17 
 
8   Bill Papendick    1         ACB    12:30   10:28    45:00  1:07:58 
 
9   Chris Taylor      R         BAC    06:43   08:03    06:59    21:45 
 
10  Barbara Robben    1         BAC    12:34     ?        ?    1:34:35 
 
11  Wyatt Riley       R         BCA    05:13   04:17    04:27    13:57 
    Neal Barlow       R         ABC?   04:15   05:30    04:11    13:56 
    Steve Gregg       R         ABC    05:05   04:08    04:24    13:37 
    Angelica Riley    R         CAB    07:32   06:03    06:03    DQ C2 
 
12  Angelica Riley    R         ABC    05:52   05:23    06:35    17:50 
    Neal Barlow       R         CAB    04:37   03:55    04:15    12:47 
    Wyatt Riley       R         BCA    04:43   03:51    04:23    12:57 
 
13  Jonas Libell      R         ACB    06:00   05:15    05:32    16:47 
    Steve Smith       R         CBA      ?       ?        ?        ? 


WHITE	1.77 km, 40 m, controls 
 
1. Tom and Janeen Valeri                 50:00 
2. Arielle Ikeda                         59:58 
3. Greg, Melina, Kelsey and  
   Hannah Rinehart                     1:04:46 
4. Vickie Woolworth, Joanne and  
   Robin Leadbetter, Audrey Davis      1:04:59 
5. Jill Hough                          1:38:40 
6. Tim and Jay Ernst, Jim and 
   Patrick McGuire, W and M Clark,  
   and P. Krone                        1:28:25 
7. Elizabeth Aferrier                     ? 


YELLOW	2.16 km, 115 m 7 controls 
 
1. Cecile Jimenez     40:46 
2. Don Gee            48:33 
3. Michael Miller   1:33:00