by George Minarik
A break in the winter brought out a large crowd to our annual Indian Valley event. Although the weather was of a halcyon quality, the competition was decidedly fierce. Most courses saw the majority of the finish times grouped within minutes of each other. Dan Stoll-Hadayia commented that BAOC has the most competitive orienteering scene in the country, a fact that is hard to dispute. Check out the results and splits below.
The Blue, Red, and Green courses ventured into a previously unused southeast portion of the map. Getting there entailed quite a bit of climb and the courses were shortened to compensate for it. Even with the steepness, the winners of each course were below my estimated winning times. German tourist Eric Roller demonstrated the high level of European orienteering by defeating our best, James Scarborough, on Blue. Neeme Loorits moved down to win the Red. A very fast time by Angelica Riley took the women's Red race. Christian Froyd destroyed the Green course in 41 minutes.
Joe Papendick was the first junior male and Sarah Minarik the first junior female on Green. Aileen Abernathy continued her marked improvement and had a swift run as the first woman on Green. Dennis Wildfogel moved down and led the Brown finishers. Annaliese Steuben had a great run as the first woman and junior on Brown. Mark Rice took the Orange course, Evan Custer the Yellow, and Mark Howat blazed through the White. Shannon and Lillian Wang were the leaders of the Start-O.
The success of the event must be attributed to the large and hard-working meet crew. I will try to list them below, but I know I will miss some people and for that I apologize.
A big thanks to Ev and Jean Beuerman who drove out to find a photocopy machine to copy more control descriptions.
169 entries 261 total participants
Blue Course 19 controls 7.2K 540M climb
1. Eric Roller 1:13:50
2. James Scarborough 1:19:43
3. Dan Stoll-Hadayia 1:24:13
4. Doug Stein 1:25:35
5. Syd Reader 1:29:03
6. Michihiro Kamijima 1:29:44
7. Wyatt Riley 1:30:44
8. Thorsten Graeve 1:31:59
9. Kent Ohlund 1:32:05
10. Neal Barlow 1:33:23
11. Esa Haaramo 1:33:37
12. Steve Gregg 1:33:49
13. Panu Haaramo 1:34:34
14. Van A Boughner 1:50:58
15. Gavin Wyatt-Mair 1:56:39
16. David Dreyfuss 2:02:42
17. Bob Anglin 2:26:28
Magnus Wallenborg DNF missed #6
Red Course 14 controls 5.3K 410M climb
1. Neeme Loorits 59:34
2. Olav Solgaard 1:16:43
3. Angelica Riley 1:18:19
4. Tapio Karras 1:19:18
5. Dan Greene 1:19:21
6. Matthias Kohler 1:21:05
7. Fabian Meier 1:21:46
8. Matti Haaramo 1:32:15
9. Kelly Wells 1:36:56
10. Suzanne Wallenborg 1:38:24
11. Peter Graube 1:43:01
12. Mark Blair 1:47:05
13. Ralf Willecke 1:47:21
14. Eric Rosensweig 2:10:57
15. Peter Olsten 2:33:57
Green Course 10 Controls 3.9K 340M climb
1. Christian Froyd 41:17
2. Bill Papendick 1:00:07
3. Werner Haag 1:01:19
4. Joe Papendick 1:01:20
5. Gary Carpenter 1:03:41
6. Hannu Haarma 1:04:57
7. Manfred Kopisch 1:05:23
8. Joe Scarborough 1:07:56
9. Alan Glendinning 1:11:17
10. Sarah Minarik 1:13:43
11. Mike Fleishman 1:23:35
12. Chris Taylor 1:27:59
13. Mike Poulsen 1:29:00
14. Aileen Abernathy 1:30:52
15. Jerry Goss 1:33:43
16. Ian G Ramsey 1:35:18
17. Dave Modiano 1:45:01
18. Oleg Shakhnovsky 1:47:03
19. Stacy Goss 1:56:35
20. Steve Beuerman 1:56:51
21. Blake & Columbe Tresen 1:58:55
22. Robert Lewis 2:00:46
23. Jesse Lane 2:06:42
24. Miller Group 2:13:10
Bruce Hoare DNF
Brown Course 10 controls 2.9K 110M climb
1. Dennis Wildfogel 35:56
2. Randy Thomas 41:40
3. Gary Kraght 43:02
4. Anneliese Steuben 44:55
5. Harold DeMoss 47:47
6. Sean Coady 50:22
7. Shawn Larsen 55:07
8. Dwight Freund 1:01:40
9. Jeff Lanam 1:03:46
10. Jascha Lee 1:11:20
11. Sandy & Tom Guldman 1:13:27
12. Vivian Lee 1:14:35
13. Chris Oxford & Dana 1:16:23
14. Marsha Jacobs 1:17:11
15. Joan Roos 1:19:35
16. Mark Rice 1:22:42
17. Kevin Schoefeld Group 1:23:20
18. Meg Gerstner 2:09:58
19. Rosemary Johnson 2:11:30
20. Nancy Lindeman 2:15:07
21. Ev & Jean Beuerman 2:49:21
Orange Course 8 controls 2.8K 130M climb
1. Mark Rice 52:38
2. Sean Coady 53:38
3. Bjorn Widerstrom 59:07
4. Micah Derisley 59:41
5. Richard Jerrard 1:09:55
6. Jesse Lane 1:10:52
7. Eric Concannon,Group 1:11:38
8. Chris Cobey 1:19:55
9. Sandor Strash Group 1:24:08
10. Aimee Grimes, Michael Donnelly 1:29:24
11. Charlie, Paul, Matt McEvoy 1:32:51
12. Brian Johnson, Rebecca Higgerson1:44:03
13. Rosalie Rybra 1:45:43
14. Venture Crew III 1:49:58
15. Don Gee 1:57:16
16. Natasha Gelfand & Dimitris 2:19:33
17. Parker Group 2:20:23
18. Tom & Adam Crane 2:26:16
Bailey Gates Group DNF
Ken Organist Group DNF
Yellow Course 8 controls 2.8K 70M climb
1. Evan Custer 26:01
2. Leif Kirchenbaum 27:33
3. Penny DeMoss 28:11
4. Orlando San Martin 34:20
5. Nigel Howatt 36:27
6. Nauenberg 36:54
7. Dave & Tracy DeLorm 38:13
8. Ann Resesal 38:25
9. Mary Peters 43:08
10. Kevin Basinet 44:43
11. Judy Koehler 46:06
12. P. Williou 47:49
13. Daniel Ohlund, Matt Graydon 48:41
14. Krista, Sue, Bruce Robinson 48:46
15. Galina Shaknovsky 51:44
16. Bailey Gates 51:56
17. Runar Vige,Trude, Oskar Solenes 52:15
18. Arvizo Group 53:31
19. Thomas 54:28
20. Julie Wells 55:26
21. Trinka Gillis 56:02
22. Shirley Parlan & L Coppola 1:00:21
23. Dean & Karl Lukes 1:02:27
24. Sue McQuiston & Linda Blackwood 1:04:29
25. Bob & Caitlin Hansen 1:07:40
26. Dox Doxiadis, Sarah Edwards 1:12:46
27. Don, Rebecca & Tom Dakan 1:14:06
28. M. Winter 1:32:27
29. Eric, Mary, Wenshu, Selena 1:47:46
O'Keefe DNF
Gloria Kopshever DNF
White Course 7 controls 2.4K 60M climb
1. Nigel Howat 16:22
2. Erika Von Der Heyden 19:29
3. Kevin Basinet 29:19
4. Laura Hartsough, Ryan Lavender 30:41
5. Joe Hardin Group 31:55
6. Girl Scouts Calmer Group 32:03
7. David & Cathy Rice 33:36
8. Trinka Gillis 36:30
9. Beck Group 37:49
10. Alicia & Matt Aiken 38:17
11. Leslie, Matthew, Sean Melody 39:22
12. Kurt Kaupaye, Margaret Giroux 39:54
13. Rick Conrad Group 40:14
14. Linda Oquist 41:22
15. Irene Tait Group 42:59
16. Don Trowbridge Group 44:23
17. Craig Anderson 46:11
18. Mark, Joe, Talia Krahling 47:07
19. Adic Group 48:56
20. Girl Scouts Ryan group 49:26
21. Andrea, Kate Michael, Peter 49:51
22. Sue McQuiston, Linda Blackwood 50:48
23. Collins Group 55:03
24. Bedell 56:17
25. Tresan, Chase, Shasta 1:24:56
Start-O
No help
Shannon & Lillian Wang (8,7) 10 controls 7:02
Ashley Thomas (8) 9 controls 8:00
Meaghan Collins (8) 8 controls 13:00
Mark Brown (8) 7 controls 12:40
Skylar Collins (6) 3 controls 18:40
Jason Gray (9) 0 controls 13:00
With help
Ben Thonas (6) 10 controls 10:05
Nikolai Solgaard (4) 10 controls 25:13
from Steve Gregg
OK, here they are - everyone who recorded splits on the Blue or Red split
boards at Indian Valley, plus Kent's splits. I could include some Green
splits here too, since I'm sure there were many common controls, but I don't
know for sure which ones were shared.
I really think this was the best B-meet we have had since I joined the club in
1992. Sensational weather, unbelievable competition on the Blue course (once
again, my slow map-copying time cost me five places in the standings :-(), and
a very nice social atmosphere after the event. Thanks George!
Kent Dan S Syd R Michi Doug S Van B Steve G Neeme L
S-M: 2.16 3:52 3:40 4:42 4:03 3:52 5:09 2:30
M-1: 3.23 3:23 3:35 4:24 4:03 4:28 4:24 ----
1-2: 3.36 4:17 3:57 3:34 3:54 6:32 3:50 3:37
2-3: 5.04 3:34 3:41 6:27 3:51 4:46 4:17 3:39
3-4: 9.04 8:13 9:47 9:09 7:49 12:18 9:54 8:47
4-5: 8.51 7:52 7:51 8:11 7:01 9:41 ---- 5:22
5-6: 7.07 5:46 6:56 7:50 6:28 7:59 16:19 7:19
6-7: 3.18 2:54 3:05 4:46 3:12 3:27 3:46 2:37
7-8: 4.19 3:47 4:37 3:47 4:20 9:22 3:54 4:05
8-9: 8.15 9:56 6:13 6:21 6:47 7:49 7:05 6:13
9-10: 1.56 1:41 1:55 1:48 1:35 4:42 1:58 1:48
10-11: 4.27 4:01 7:24 3:53 4:32 5:19 5:20 3:48
Water: 0.32
11-12: 3.24 4:03 3:23 2:47 3:00 3:34 4:13 2:48
12-13: 4.12 2:34 2:29 2:47 2:34 3:10 2:32
13-14: 3.04 2:31 3:05 2:40 3:15 3:42 3:30
14-15: 6:30 4:07 4:45 4:56 7:09 4:51 4:44
15-16: 2.47 2:34 2:39 2:30 2:26 3:31 3:03
16-17: 5.00 4:54 5:35 4:47 4:57 6:13 4:55
17-18: 2.42 2:18 2:37 2:25 ---- 3:12 2:52
18-19: 1.06 1:14 1:04 1:07 3:48 1:30 1:06
19-F: 1.04 0:42 0:45 0:49 0:51 0:55 0:50
Total: 92.05 84:13 89:03 89:? 85:35 110:53 93:50 59:34
Comments:
3-4 Contoured to near trail junction, ran trail E until the steep
uphill, contoured all the way to the bag from there. This route involved
relatively little climbing but judging from the splits, was slower than taking
a more direct route (the contouring was pretty slow on the steep hillsides).
11-12 Forgot how steep those little ditches are! Tried to go straight but
upon encountering the first man-eating ditch (and seeing two more to cross
before the bag), bailed back out to the road and circled around by the
building to the north. Lost a minute or so.
16-17 Ran all the way around the N side of the hill and circled back around
to the bag. Good running all the way. Since my split was almost identical to
Kent's, I'll assume these two routes were equivalent.