Point Pinole — BAOC Sprint Championships
Date: (Sun.) Mar. 6, 2005
Location: Richmond, CA
Event Director: 
- 510.779.8808
Course Setter: Steve Gregg
Type: C; BAOC Sprint Championship, plus White, Yellow, and Orange courses
Related Information
Event Announcement (http://baoc.org/sched/s05/s050306.php) Route Gadget (http://www.baoc.org/gadget/) WinSplits, Orange (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/default.asp?page=classes&databaseId=4219) WinSplits, Prologue (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/default.asp?page=classes&databaseId=4215)
Event Write-Up
By Steve Gregg
Well over 100 orienteers made the trek to Point Pinole for this year's Sprint Championships. Some of the top competitors came to earn points in this year's "Unofficial United States Sprint Championship Series" organized by Peter Gagarin, while others were there to enjoy a beautiful California late-winter day. When you read about the large amounts of snow and ice still on the ground in most of New England, you certainly realize why we put up with all the other hassles that come with living in the Bay Area.
Eric Bone was certainly the pre-race favorite to repeat his 2004 win in the sprints, but little did we know that Dan Stoll-Hadayia would drive here all the way from Reno to challenge Eric for the title. (Quote from Dan: "This is my favorite BAOC map.") Dan and Eric certainly showed why they are two of the country's best orienteers, as they completed both the Prologue and Chase courses with times far better than any of their competitors. Dan in particular had an outstanding Prologue run (finishing 22 seconds ahead of Eric on the 2.8 km course), and although Eric made up much of that time on the Chase, Dan held off the challenge to win the overall title by 8 seconds. Syd Reader put together two solid runs to finish third, but over two minutes behind Dan and Eric.
Other impressive performances were turned in by high school junior Malcolm Wyatt-Mair (7th overall), and the winner of the women's race, Penny DeMoss. Malcolm's fitness level has been improving significantly every year, as he would go on to run a mile in 5 minutes flat at a track meet the next weekend. The White course was won in strong fashion by Daniel Kopisch, the Yellow course was won by Trevor Swallow, and Martin Enggvis was victorious over a strong field on the Orange course.
There was much post-race discussion about whether the event should be expanded to include an official club championship for juniors next year. I'll give that idea strong consideration when I start to plan the 2006 event. I will also work to fix some of the problems with this year's event, namely, making sure the concept of the "butterfly loops" is completely clear to everyone, and having consistent one-minute start intervals for the Prologue so that no one has to wait around too long at the start.
A big thank you to everyone who helped out at the event. Kelly Wells and Steve Beuerman both vetted the courses before the event. Gary Carpenter and Mark Blair helped me pick up bags afterwards. James Wilson and Nancy Lindeman worked at registration, and Evan Custer and Trinka Gillis ran E-punch. Others who worked in various capacities during the event (either pre-assigned, or off-the-cuff) were Joan Roos, Peter Graube, Harold and Penny DeMoss, Terry Farrah, Galena Shakhnovsky, Pete Olsten, and Judy Koehler. My apologies to anyone I have forgotten who stepped up to help.
Results
2005 BAOC Sprint Championships
Pt. Pinole Regional Shoreline
Richmond, CA
Sunday, March 6, 2005
White Course (3.6 km, 55 m climb, 12 controls)
Pl Name(s) Time
1 Daniel Kopisch 31:33
2 Jacque Preble 38:57
3 Barbara Robben 41:26
4 Moehrke Troop 265 49:33
5 Viktoria Batanova 58:53
6 Bill, Thomas, & Anna-Sofie Whalen 60:50
7 Harrington & Martinez families 62:30
8 Sonza & Bob Van Herick 63:43
9 Griffin, Griffin, Simons, Cantrell, Eubanks 65:30
10 Eileen Candelaria 68:50
11 Vlach, Rudolph, Cantrell, Eubanks 72:33
12 Libby Still-Hanline 74:52
13 Jimmy Chung 97:45
14 Link, Link. Feldman, Whiskerson, Knitck 98:30
15 Kristine & Heath Barrios 107:30
16 Eddie Sudol 169:43
Yellow Course (3.3 km, 65 m climb, 10 controls)
Pl Name(s) Time
1 Trevor Swallow 23:07
2 Gary Kraght 27:53
3 Chris Odyniec 32:42
4 Ziman, Duong, Woo (Lincoln #1) 32:45
5 Jake Niebaum 34:29
6 Wong, Yim, Yu (GWHS Team C) 39:33
7 Pajar, Alfonse, Leverant (Galileo #2) 40:35
8 Li, Cheng, Lizcanl (GWHS Team D) 42:04
9 Tobar, Wu, Frias (Galileo #3) 42:20
10 Tang, Lafuente, Woo 42:27
11 Daniel Chin (Lowell #1) 42:57
12 Julley Yang (Lowell #3) 43:50
13 Shirley Yang (Lowell #2) 43:54
14 Kevin & Bruce Killingsworth 44:57
15 Le Daniel (Lowell #5) 45:00
16 Zhu, Chou, Ferman, Largaespada (Galileo #7) 47:24
17 Tan, Tonnu, Wong, Ale (Galileo #8) 50:10
18 Hu, Cho, Tobar (Galileo #5) 52:10
19 Nelson Wong (Lowell #4) 52:43
20 Li, Kim, Lee (Galileo #4) 53:50
21 Ha, Chiu, La (GWHS Team A) 60:29
22 Potter, Boke, Hoang, Hsu, Wong (GWHS E) 65:47
23 Ma, Wong, Lau (GWHS Team B) 66:42
24 Widdice Kelley 69:12
25 Chris Wan, Robert Tu, Stephanie Lui 73:19
26 Juliette Delforge-Melia 73:20
27 Galena Shakhnovsky 78:00
28 Kingsley, Lhianna, & Barb Andersen 84:58
29 Liza, Orlando, Alexandra 92:00
30 Burchill 102:02
31 Abby Paul Walter 104:47
32 Carl, Garin, & David Williams, Sue Mote 148:00
Egan, Tagad, Keshishian (Galileo #1) DNF
Nip, Lee, Cheng (Galileo #6) DNF
Orange Course (3.3 km, 45 m climb, 11 controls)
Pl Name Time
1 Martin Engquis 24:20
2 Vladislav Skvortsov 27:05
3 Bob Strauss 27:07
4 Jake Niebaum 29:04
5 Gary Kraght 29:38
6 Bill Whalen 30:46
7 Joe Maffei 32:08
8 Dwight Freund 34:46
9 Bill Strauss 35:10
10 Johanna Merriss 35:48
11 Doug Masiel 36:02
12 Joan Roos 37:30
13 Harold DeMoss 37:47
14 Jim Fish 39:13
15 Brian Kirshner 41:30
16 Yulia Yukina 41:37
17 Jeff Lanam 45:04
18 Marina Keating 45:41
19 Efren Alba 47:08
20 Joanne Thiel 51:59
21 Nancy Lindeman 53:52
22 Alan Houser 54:40
23 Judy Koehler 1:00:41
24 Erin Magers 1:03:27
25 Kristen Stinger 1:03:48
26 Nancy Lindeman 1:07:47
27 DV Outdoors 1:17:07
28 Martin Taylor 1:22:42
29 Janet Kan 1:27:16
30 Laura Slattery 1:34:28
31 Randolph Dugard 1:53:04
Sprint Results
Prologue Course: 2.8 km, 30 m climb, 12 controls
Chase Course: 3.6 km, 45 m climb, 13 controls
Prologue Chase Overall
Pl Name Time Pl Time Pl Time (*)
1 Dan Stoll-Hadayia 13:15 1 13:13 2 26:28 0
2 Eric Bone 13:37 2 12:59 1 26:36 0
3 Syd Reader 14:47 5 13:56 4 28:43 2
4 Mattias Eriksson 14:42 4 14:13 5 28:55 0
5 Vladimir Gusiatnikov 14:31 3 14:38 7 29:09 (2)
6 Malcom Wyatt-Mair 15:34 8 14:22 6 29:56 2
7 Martin Kunz 16:12 10 13:47 3 29:59 3
8 Rex Winterbottom 15:19 7 15:06 9 30:25 (1)
9 Francois Leonard 15:15 6 15:40 11 30:55 (3)
10 Doug Stein 15:52 9 15:11 10 31:03 (1)
11 Pierre Delforge 16:31 11 14:56 8 31:27 0
12 Thorsten Graeve 17:28 13 16:36 13 34:04 1
13 Derek Maclean 17:48 =14 16:56 15 34:44 1
14 Matthias Kohler 18:30 18 16:22 12 34:52 4
15 Tapio Karras 17:48 =14 17:21 18 35:09 (1)
16 Michael Behrens 18:03 16 17:39 19 35:42 0
17 Dennis Wildfogel 18:49 19 16:54 14 35:43 2
18 Bruce Wolfe 17:17 12 18:37 23 35:54 (6)
19 Werner Haag 18:05 17 17:58 21 36:03 (2)
20 Kent Ohlund 19:22 20 16:58 16 36:20 0
21 Nik Weber 19:52 24 18:01 22 37:53 3
22 Brad Wetmore 20:08 25 17:49 20 37:57 3
23 Manfred Kopisch 19:33 22 18:44 24 38:17 (1)
24 James Wilson 19:32 21 18:54 26 38:26 (3)
25 Ian Tidswell 19:34 23 19:29 29 39:03 (2)
26 Andrejus Masalkovas 22:14 33 16:59 17 39:13 7
27 Penny DeMoss 21:17 28 19:20 28 40:37 1
28 Gary Carpenter 21:41 32 19:13 27 40:54 4
29 Evan Custer 23:18 =34 18:49 25 42:07 5
30 Mutsumi Sugizaki 21:10 27 22:13 34 43:23 (3)
31 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 23:18 =34 21:13 31 44:31 3
32 Mark Blair 26:00 40 19:38 30 45:38 8
33 George Minarik 21:27 29 24:40 42 46:07 (4)
34 Marie-Josee Parayre 24:15 36 22:12 33 46:27 2
35 Peter Graube 24:29 37 22:22 36 46:51 2
36 Pete Olsten (GCO) 25:17 38 22:17 35 47:34 2
37 Heidi Whelan 27:23 45 22:31 37 49:54 8
38 Joe Maffet 26:50 43 23:13 39 50:03 5
39 Steph Maclean 26:34 42 23:46 41 50:20 3
40 Gergana Swallow 25:58 39 25:24 43 51:22 (1)
41 Russell Neilson 30:21 48 23:14 40 53:35 7
42 Terry Farrah 27:19 44 26:52 45 54:11 2
43 Kelsey Wyatt-Mair 27:50 46 26:25 44 54:15 3
44 Peter Graham 33:27 52 21:40 32 55:07 8
45 Alex Saltman 32:56 50 22:52 38 55:48 5
46 Chad Davis 28:37 47 27:22 46 55:59 1
47 Oleg Shakhnovsky 34:20 54 30:13 47 64:33 7
Dan Greene 21:38 31 DNF
Joe Scarborough 26:23 41 DNF
William Gilmore 31:54 49 DNF
Lukasz Fidkowski 36:29 55 DNF
Dan Dwyer 20:39 26 DNS
Bill Strauss 21:31 30 DNS
Trinka Gillis 33:13 51 DNS
Jackie Wong 33:40 53 DNS
Bob Strauss 44:40 56 DNS
Joan Roos DNS 34:42 48
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(*) = Places gained(lost) in the Chase (Prologue Pl - Overall Pl)
DNF = Did not finish
DNS = Did not start