UC Berkeley Results

October 17, 1999

by Ian Tidswell, meet director

At this year's U.C. Berkeley event, four courses were offered: the standard White and Yellow, a 3-leg Motala (3 loops that can be completed in any order), and a "Bezerkeley" Motala that used the same courses, but with the maps modified - one each "disintegrated and distorted", one "psychedelic", and one "jigsaw". All courses used local features, so there were no controls to hang or collect. Given the ambiguity this sometimes creates, getting a control wrong incurred a penalty of 5 minutes (rather than a DSQ).

On event day we had company from a movie production company - let's see if anyone makes it into the film. Luckily, none of the controls were in the immediate area of the film.

Unfortunately, the turnout was rather low - results are below. UCB always gets a relatively light showing, despite the interesting terrain and challenges of "multi-level" orienteering - a shame. The number was even lower this year due to a round of flu in the orienteering community. Still, those that did show up enjoyed the sunny weather and the orienteering.

Surprisingly few took the Bezerkeley Course - I think some were a little afraid of the maps. For those that knew the courses, the challenge was manageable.

Thanks for help with the event go to Bob Cooley (help with map updates and providing emergency ink the night prior to the event), Scott Aster, Penny and Harold DeMoss, Aimee Grimes, and Vivian Lee. Couldn't have done it without you.

Going Postal

Given that the courses use local features for the controls, we kept the courses open for a few more weeks using a "postal" event. If you would like to try any of the courses, send me the regular event fee(s) and I'll send back the map(s) and clue sheet. In your own time, do the course and send the clue sheet back to me (email me for the address). I'll send your results back to you. If enough people do this, I'll post an updated results list. Obviously this is on the honor system - no peeking at the maps ahead of time!


Results

Name                  M/F/G   Time   Wrong  Penalty   Total   Comments

White  2.4k

Emily + Mari Acker      G    0:54:05    0    0:00    0:54:05
Judy Gabriel            F    1:00:15    0    0:00    1:00:15
Kathleen + Jack Seabold G    1:00:42    0    0:00    1:00:42
Susan Chang             F    0:59:32    1    0:05    1:04:32
D. Worrell              F    1:09:23    0    0:00    1:09:23
Alex Pedersen           M    1:13:30    0    0:00    1:13:30
DeRosis Troop 815       G    DNF

Yellow  4.0k

Wyatt Riley             M    0:29:53    1    0:05    0:34:53
C. Wilkins + J. Riley   G    0:42:53    0    0:00    0:42:53
George Minarik          M    0:34:40    2    0:10    0:44:40
Joseph Riley            M    0:40:50    2    0:10    0:50:50
Christin Mulvey         F    0:58:00    0    0:00    0:58:00
Barbara Robben          F    0:55:10    1    0:05    1:00:10
Pete + Lynn Elmensdorp  G    1:06:56    0    0:00    1:06:56
Hillary + Dave +
  Bethke Watt           G    1:14:54    0    0:00    1:14:54
Judy Gabriel            F    1:26:00    0    0:00    1:26:00
W. Madsen               G    1:34:15    0    0:00    1:34:15
Herriman                G    1:25:07    2    0:10    1:35:07
Dox Doxiadis +
  Sarah Edwards         G    1:38:20    0    0:00    1:38:20
Peter + Dustin McMahon  G    1:41:26    0    0:00    1:41:26
Ev + Jean Beuerman      G    2:03:40    0    0:00    2:03:40
Walt Angle              M    DNF

Regular Motala  10.9k

Dan Stoll-Hadayia       M    1:14:32    2    0:10    1:24:32
Magnus Healeestid       M    1:27:23    3    0:15    1:42:23
Charlie DeWeese         M    1:43:15    1    0:05    1:48:15
G. Carpenter            M    1:47:02    1    0:05    1:52:02
James Wilson            M    1:50:56    1    0:05    1:55:56
Terry Gleason           M    2:07:43    0    0:00    2:07:43
Philip Hoare            M    2:09:59    0    0:00    2:09:59
Robert Lewis            M    2:18:56    1    0:05    2:23:56
Rosemary Johnson        F    2:39:40    0    0:00    2:39:40
Sergey Grushin          M    1:47:00    2    0:10    1:57:00  DNF (2+ loops)
Angelica Riley          F    1:13:22    2    0:10    1:23:22  DNF (2 loops)
Sam To                  M    1:49:17    0    0:00    1:49:17  DNF (2 loops)
Lisa Wiggins +
  Dennis Bryne          G    1:58:45    2    0:10    2:08:45  DNF (2 loops)
Mary Pedon              F    2:14:45    1    0:05    2:19:45  DNF (2 loops)
Gibbs, Deus, & Galea    G    1:54:50    0    0:00    1:54:50  DNF (1 loop)
Jones + Rosenbergs      G    3:09:04    0    0:00    3:09:04  DNF (1 loop)

Berzerkeley Motala  10.9k

Steve Gregg             M    1:36:10    0    0:00    1:36:10
Markku Hannula          M    1:34:38    1    0:05    1:39:38
Bob Cooley (Postal)     M    1:56:58    1    0:05    2:01:58
D. Maclean              M    2:11:09    0    0:00    2:11:09
Gavin Wyatt-Mair        M    2:20:58    0    0:00    2:20:58
Steve Beuerman          M    3:10:06    0    0:00    3:10:06
Scott Aster             M    1:30:25    2    0:10    1:40:25  DNF (2 loops)
Patty Clemo (Postal)    F    1:41:45    1    0:05    1:46:45  DNF (2 loops)
Paru Haaramo            M    0:44:45    0    0:00    0:44:45  DNF (1 loop)