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Coyote Hills Regional Park

Date: (Sat.) Sep. 16, 2006
Location: Fremont, CA
Event Director: - 408.313.3753
Course Setter: Jim Fish
Type: C; National Orienteering Day "Come and Try It" event for beginners

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Event Write-Up

By Jeff Lanam

National Orienteering Day weekend opened with a meet at Coyote Hills Regional Park, perhaps the most centrally-located of BAOC’s venues. The Bay breezes showed up this year, making the weather perfect for the event. The biggest complaint I heard was that the golden dry grass was as slick as glass, making spikes a definite plus. Oh, there were also complaints about the hills, but those are always there.

Several youth groups showed up in force, including Boy Scout Troop 110, Girl Scout Troops 981 and 1579, and a large Navy JROTC group from Enterprise High School way up in Redding.

One of a event director’s worst fears came true when word came that an orienteer was down along a trail. Shirley Pierce, a BAOC member since 1978, had been struck by a cyclist. Another cyclist (I think) rode up to tell us and went on to alert the rangers. They quickly went to the scene, followed by Fremont Fire Department, Fremont Police, and the East Bay Parks Fire Department. She was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with a separated shoulder. I know we all wish her a speedy recovery.

Tyler Robinson of NJROTC bested a large field on the White course, the most popular course of the day for a change. Valeria and Yuri Fedyk raced around the Yellow course in just under thirty minutes. Robin Gustafsson took just over an hour on the challenging Orange course. The Long Orange course was won by Andrew Masalkovas.

My thanks go out to the volunteers, who made it easy for me. Most of the advance work was done by the course-setters, Jim Fish, Nancy Lindeman, and Dean French. Jim and Nancy also jumped in wherever they were needed during the event. Registration was handled by James and Zion Wilson. Kelly Wells did clinics all morning to whomever wanted one. This was the first time epunch has been used at Coyote Hills. Since the finish was right at the EP table, Trinka Gilles and Tony Pinkham were able to handle both. Chuck Spalding, Mark Blair, Steve Gregg, and Nancy handled the start. Mark, Steve, and Mitsumi Sugizaki picked up controls.


Results

Coyote Hills Regional Park

Fremont, CA
Saturday, September 16, 2006


  Pl  Name(s)                                   Time

White Course    (1.9 km, 45 m climb, 12 controls)

   1  Tyler Robinson                            21:44
   2  David & Brian Davis                       25:28
   3  Elizabeth, Kate, Maureen, & Allen Shroy   26:21
   4  Pam, Rich, Jeremiah, & Harrison Rondeau   29:26
   5  Josh Verdugto                             32:12
   6  Julia Doubson                             33:34
   7  Don Macoy, Bruce Perkins, Bibi Marquez    33:57
   8  Amber Sherrick                            34:53
   9  Viviana Ramos                             35:04
  10  Sylvie, Agathe, & Margot Le Gall          36:30
  11  Kris Rogers                               37:32
  12  Gersh & Meggitt families                  37:46
  13  Jonas Hancock                             38:36
  14  Mike, Langley, Nolan, & Galen Topper      38:48
  15  Pam, Alyssa, & Kevin Samaripa             39:43
  16  Charles Mulch                             40:24
  17  Bobbie, Maranda, Nikki, & Joleah Samaripa 42:06
  18  Lannus, Delgado, Castro, Williams         42:34
  19  Diane Hall, Naomi Cahn                    43:23
  20  Nick Kunkler                              43:46
  21  Deanna Kadkhodayan                        45:05
  22  Scot, Kay, Kai, & Nolan Adam              46:25
  23  Dawn, Diane, Jacob, Jennifer, Ethan Wi    48:45
  24  Troup 981                               1:01:36
  25  Samuels family                          1:02:49
  26  Stuart & Katherine Stock                1:04:24
  27  Rachel, Benjamin, & Ian Hastings,
        Rory Maclean                          1:05:43
  28  Rose Jensen, Camille Goldman            1:09:25
  29  Viresh, Rachna, Shivansh, & Neilesh
        Rustagi                               1:10:59
                                              
      Anja Kahnpaa                              DNF
      Jimmy Brooks                              DNF
      Jade Adkins                               DNF
      Alicia Hardy                              DNF
      Travis Keys                               DNF


Yellow Course   (3.0 km, 85 m climb, 11 controls)

   1  Valeria & Yuri Fedyk                      29:29
   2  James & Zion Wilson                       37:19
   3  Viktor Passinsky                          38:46
   4  Tatiana Fedyk                             40:19
   5  Beth Dameron                              49:37
   6  Masha Konkov                              54:53
   7  Laura Tompkins                            57:01
   8  Adams Family                            1:07:45
   9  Jan & Riordan Zentler                   1:13:43
  10  Cecilia Chang                           1:15:37
  11  Shakondi Jackson                        1:17:45
  12  Martinez family                         1:22:57
  13  Freeman family                          1:26:33
  14  Anonymous                               1:32:53

      Shirley Pierce                            DNF
      David Fuller                              DNF
      Jeremiah Rondeau                          DNF
      Trevor Price                              DNF
      Tylor Robinson                            DNF


Orange Course   (5.0 km, 180 m climb, 16 controls)

   1  Robin Gustafsson                        1:02:04
   2  Stephanie MacLean                       1:16:00
   3  Rick Boyer                              1:41:44
   4  Suzy Murphy                             1:48:08
   5  Viktor Passinsky                        1:57:33
   6  Antoni Banach                           2:11:49
   7  Gary Wells                              3:00:50

      Thierry Le Gall                           DNF
      James Lopez, Martin Gonzalez,
        Michael Haskin, Adam Dahdah             DNF
      Kevin Gillen, Thomas Bercasio, Patrick
        Wilson, Roger Yang, Daniel Sturm        DNF
      Trinka Gillis                             DNF
                                          

Long Orange Course  (6.2 km, 220 m climb, 20 controls)

   1  Andrejas Masakovas                        51:47
   2  Jean-Charles Baritaux                     53:02
   3  Ido Green                                 54:18
   4  Benjamin Legg                             54:50
   5  Steve Gregg                               56:19
   6  Sean Harrington                         1:00:49
   7  Tony Pinkham                            1:02:01
   8  Derek Maclean                           1:03:12
   9  Piers Newbery                           1:03:23
  10  Mutsumi Sugizaki                        1:03:59
  11  Greg Khanlarov                          1:04:21
  12  Rod Jaehn                               1:04:37
  13  Chuck Spalding                          1:05:17
  14  Greg Favor                              1:11:35
  15  Manfred Kopisch                         1:15:29
  16  Joe Maffei                              1:15:48
  17  Theo Verhoeven                          1:28:49
  18  Gary Martinez                           1:43:15
  19  Solomatnikov family                     2:11:16
  20  Sherpetov Krechetov                     2:21:08
  21  Jan Vanhoutte                           2:25:06

      Dararath Kim                              DNF

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DNF = Did not finish (missed one or more controls)