Stanford Results

December 4, 1999

by Alan Glendinning (meet director) and Dennis Wildfogel

Beautiful weather brought out 121 eager participants for annual Stanford Street-O and O-festival - a.k.a. "Revenge of The Slime Pit" - comprising Street-O, O-clinics, Night-O, and the annual potluck dinner. Results for the daytime and night courses are below, along with the first annual "Orienteer at Home" Tournament.

Highlights on the White course included the winners from the Brill group, who turned in a blazing time of 14:50, edging out the Conkle/Reed group, as well as the completion of the course by 95-year-old Wilma Leonard. The Brills went on to score the 2nd and 6th fastest times on the Yellow and Orange courses, respectively, as they certainly weren't slowed down by having completed the earlier course.

On Yellow, Oleg Shakhnovsky picked up the win with a time of 33:52 and on Orange, Chuck Spalding zipped through in a time of only 42:27. Fortunately, the control I misplaced on Orange (#3; oops) did not slow him down enough to cost him victory.

On the Score-O, both Dan Stoll-Hadayia and Syd Reader nabbed all 24 controls in less than the time limit of 60 minutes (47:36 and 50:10, respectively) and avoided any penalty points.

The Night-O event went off at 6:00 pm sharp. This year's courses followed last year's format, as there were two Score-O courses with a short (50 min.) and long (70 min.) time limit. By designating certain controls as belonging solely to the Long course, the Short course could be completed without having to go into areas that were too dark.

Werner Haag got all but one of the Short Night-O controls with 17 seconds to spare, to win that course with 23 points. On the Long Night-O, Dan Stoll-Hadayia got all 37 controls by using an extra minute over the 70-minute limit. This gave him 36 points, narrowly edging out Wyatt Riley's 34 points (without any penalty). Syd Reader and Panu Haarumo both got 33 points and finished just under the time limit.

After the excitement of the Night-O/Slime Pit swim, folks settled down for the potluck dinner (arranged by acting Social Director Scott Aster) and musical entertainment.

Revenge of the Slime Pit

Oh yes, the Slime Pit reference. You know those Meet Director's Notes - lovingly handcrafted, thoughtful, insightful-yet-always-unread missives that are available at all of our meets? Sometimes they are worth reading. Typically, the veteran orienteer glances at them to see what the course specs are, then tosses the flier back onto the pile or into the trash. I habitually do this myself, so it really didn't come as a surprise that few people on the Night-O course took the time to read them, especially the paragraph where I took special care to point out that one of the control features, a small pond, was covered with a green slime that made it look like a putting green. Alas, as the notes pointed out, it would not support anyone's weight.

Little did I realize that this innocuous little body of water, also known as "The Slime Pit", would claim two more victims (the original victim succumbed a few years ago during a daylight event) - one of whom had to return to the Start 5 minutes into the event to plead for a new map to replace his thoroughly slimed, soaked and tattered original (note to the Board: do we have a policy on this?). Feeling sympathetic, for a change, I gave the hapless fellow a fresh copy of the map. Only at the end of the courses did I learn that there was also a second victim, who managed to preserve his map if not his dignity. For some reason, some people call this "The Thinking Sport".

Thanks!

As always, there are many people to thank for making this event a success. The Clinic Directors (Aileen Abernathy, Evan Custer, Ian Ramsey, Nick Corsano, and Dennis Wildfogel) handled the educational side of the event flawlessly, while the Beuermans did their typically excellent job explaining what was going on to all the first-timers at Registration.

In addition, I had a great deal of help from Tony Pinkham, Chuck Spalding, Marsha Jacobs, Steve Gregg, Olivia/Thorsten Graeve, Aileen Abernathy, and Meg Gerstner in the various physical tasks required in putting on the meet (control placing/retrieval, Beginner's Clinics, Results and Start/Finish). Bob Cooley put in several days worth of field work updating the map and then printed all necessary copies. Apologies to anyone I may have inadvertently omitted from this list, and for any spelling mistakes in the names listed in the results.

Lastly, I'd like to thank Syd Reader and the Stanford Orienteering Club for going through the permit approval process and obtaining permission for us to hold the meet.


First Annual "Orienteer at Home" Tournament

In conjunction with the BAOC Holiday Event, the first-ever "Orienteer at Home" Tournament was held. Attendees were given the opportunity to practice playing this computer simulation of orienteering, using the freely available Demo version (downloadable from http://www.dennisw.com), which was setup on several laptop computers. Many people moved on to the competition course, specially designed for this event. So as not to embarrass those who were new to the game, the results below show just the top ten finishers (some of whom also had never tried the game before that night).

Many thanks to Jeff Lanam, Patty Clemo & Bob Cooley, Evan Custer, and Gavin Wyatt-Mair for the use of their computers.

Competition Course: 1.9 km, 8 controls

 1.  Dan Stoll-Hadayia            9:12
 2.  Leif Kirschenbaum           12:01
 3.  Matthias Kohler (2nd try)   13:32
 4.  Brendan Wells (M-16)        13:40
 5.  Jeff Lanam                  15:10
 6.  Malcolm Wyatt-Mair (M-12)   15:47
 7.  Cecil Conkle                16:15
 8.  Ian Ramsay                  16:21
 9.  Eric Rosenweig              17:55
10.  Marsha Jacobs               18:01


Results - Day Courses

White Course

   Place  Name                                                 Time
    ================================================================
     1    Mike, Laura, Katherine, Jeff Brill                   14:50
     2    Cecil, Cade Conkle; Tyler Reed                       17:25
     3    Kitty Lathrop, Jessica Forbes                        25:35
     4    Jeffrey Jalaba, Carl Rice                            25:36
     5    Eric Rohan                                           26:19
     6    Tyler Olsen, Devin Mooers, Stuart Tuvey              26:48
     7    Robert, Micah Lerner; Corey Farwell                  26:53
     8    Katie, Martin Cavanaugh                              27:49
     9    Neal Kawas, Spencer Wright                           30:32
    10    Chris, Evan Bird; Luuk, Robert Visser                30:47
    11    Diane Bird, Nick Amsden, Alex Helgeson               30:54
    12    Divya Seoni, May Fendell, Jessica LaBrie             32:25
    13    Bethani Wagner, Clara Davis                          32:47
    14    David, Doug Amorese                                  35:31
    15    Stuart Lerner, David Wendt                           36:43
    16    Deirdre Zentler                                      41:49
    17    George, Charlotte, Mack Dean                         43:39
    18    Stephanie Cole, Heather Coon                         51:32
    19    Bob Ward                                             53:22
    20    Barbara Robben, Wilma Leonard (95!)                  78:49
    21    Brian Chang                       failed to get start time


Yellow Course

   Place  Name                                                 Time
   =================================================================
     1    Oleg Shakhnovsky                                     33:52
     2    Kelli, Joe Donovan                                   42:25
     3    Malcom Wyatt-Mair                                    42:31
     4    Russell, Connie Green                                48:15
     5    Yerneni family                                       56:42
     6    Galena Shakhnovsky                                   65:51
     7    Nathaniel, Len Shar                                  72:40
     8    Taylor, Casey, Bryden Yemm, Alex Leigh, Hillie Salo  74:49
     9    Larry, John Pagendarm                                75:55
    10    Wendy, Matthew, Laura Agee; Bill, Helen Madsen      104:07

    2nd course
          Mike, Laura, Katherine, Jeff Brill                   34:08
          Brian Chang                                          58:15
          Dave Wendt, Stu Lerner                               74:27


Orange Course

   Place  Name                                                 Time
    ================================================================
     1    Chuck Spalding                                       42:27
     2    Aileen Abernathy                                     67:43
     3    Marsha Jacobs                                        67:55
     4    Bill Straka                                          71:25
     5    Jeff, William Boenig                                 75:53
     6    Parag Gupta                                          81:15
     7    Barbara T. Straka                                    93:41
     8    Jane Ferguson, Mary Linkin                          108:11
     9    Tim Moran                                             MSP
    10    Jeff Lanam                                            DNF

    3rd course
          Mike, Laura, Katherine, Jeff Brill                   78:38


Score-O Course  (60-minute time limit)
                                               # of   Penalty  Total
   Place  Name                         Time  Controls          Score
   =================================================================
     1    Dan Stoll-Hadayia            47:36    24       0      24
     2    Syd Reader                   50:10    24       0      24
     3    James Wilson                 56:41    21       0      21
     4    Eric Rosenzweig              61:19    21       2      19
     5    Greg Wagner                  55:00    17       0      17
     6    Minoru Machii                70:37    24      11      13
     7    Diane Davis, Tony Pinkham    79:17     9      20     -11


Results - Night Courses

Short Course (50-minute time limit)
                                               # of   Penalty  Total
   Place  Name                         Time  Controls          Score
   =================================================================
     1    Werner Haag                  49:43    23       0      23
     2    Patty Clemo                  47:54    15       0      15
     3    Esther Mecking               47:39    14       0      14
     4    Steve Beuerman               50:40    15       1      14
     5    Brendan Wells                47:33    13       0      13
     6    Leif Kirschenbaum            49:25    13       0      13
     7    Rosemary Johnson             50:41    13       1      12
     8    Stew Hintz                   52:40    14       3      11
     9    Ian Ramsey                   65:57    23      16       7
    10    Jeff Lanam                   54:25    11       5       6
    11    Anu Perasalo                 58:03    11       9       2
    12    Trinka Gillis                62:54    15      13       2
    13    Bjorn Widerstrom             62:55    15      13       2


Long Course (70-minute time limit)
                                               # of   Penalty  Total
   Place  Name                         Time  Controls          Score
   =================================================================
     1    Dan Stoll-Hadayia            71:00    37       1      36
     2    Wyatt Riley                  63:15    34       0      34
     3    Syd Reader                   69:47    33       0      33
     4    Panu Haaramo                 69:53    33       0      33
     5    Derek Maclean                70:14    29       1      28
     6    Thorsten Graeve              60:02    27       0      27
     7    Bob Cooley                   68:51    27       0      27
     8    Brian Moore                  70:22    28       1      27
     9    Gavin Wyatt-Mair             72:42    29       3      26
    10    Scott Aster                  64:30    25       0      25
    11    Russell Green                69:58    22       0      22
    12    Mark Blair                   67:50    21       0      21
    13    Eric Rosenzweig              72:56    21       3      18
    14    Angelica Riley               74:16    22       5      17
    15    Steve Haas                   73:16    18       4      14
    16    David Baar                   72:56    12       3       9