Stanford University
Date: (Sun.) Dec. 3, 2006
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Event Director: 
- 408.599.9709
Course Setter: Russell Neilson
Type: C; Afternoon beginner and Score-O courses, Night-O, potluck dinner social
Event Write-Up
By Werner Haag
Some 80 people came for day orienteering at Stanford, with 14 participating in the Night-O. The weather was cool and sunny, perfect for running, and a full moon was out for the Night-O. Trinka Gillis ran a successful e-punch workshop, and about 25 people enjoyed a sit-down pot-luck dinner complete with fruit-adorned center pieces for the table.
The White course was won by up-and-coming teen star Daniel Kopisch in 31:22, followed closely by HAND(*) orienteer Nancy Lindeman.
The daytime Score-O had 27 controls, each worth one point. An extra point was awarded to anyone who could identify one of these controls as the "Gryffindor Control", which was right next to a sign indicating the Potter House dormitory. Ido Green easily won the 50-minute Score-O with 24 points, over second place George Minarik, who had 19 points. Ben Legg won the 70-minute Score-O, completing all 27 controls in 63:35, plus the extra point for the Gryffindor Control. Five other runners found all the controls in under 70 minutes but without the extra point, Mark Prior leading the pack in a blazing 56:13. Although the Potter House sign was only about 5 feet from the control itself, apparently most runners were too focused on the course to notice. Dan Greene and Richard Frankland were the only other competitors to correctly identify the control, although a few others gave imaginative reasoning for other choices. Unlucky finisher 13, Gavin Wyatt-Mair, rushed in just under 60 minutes, thinking he was getting close to the 70-minute time limit. He used those extra 10 minutes later in the Night-O, costing him 11 minutes overtime penalty, and again placing in unlucky 13th position!
The Night-O had a tight finish with Mark Prior (16 points) edging out Mikkell Conradi and Brad Wetmore, who both had 15 points. If Mark had been one second slower, he would have had one more penalty point, making it a 3-way tie for 15 points.
No major issues were noted on the courses, except for one control (516) placed in a questionable partial clearing. One person couldn't find a control because a wedding was blocking access. The hazards of orienteering are never-ending in their variety!
Appreciation goes to the many club members who made the event happen on relatively short notice. Russell Nielson designed the day courses, and he and Peter Graham worked through the difficult Stanford permitting process. Thanks to Tony Pinkham for planning and setting up the Night-O. Steady Bob Cooley printed the maps as he has done for many years. Jim Fish came early to help set up and do starts. Scott Aster jumped in to do registration when the Beuermans could not make it, bringing his own crew of helpers Ann Gorby, Steve Haas, and Marty Katz. Control pick-up happened spontaneously: Greg Favor enjoyed the day course so much he went out again to pick up half the day controls. Brad Wetmore, Tony Pinkham, Trinka Gillis, and Bjorn Widerstrom picked up most of the rest after the Night-O, with bellies full of dinner.
(*) HAND = Had A Nice Day
Results
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
Sunday, December 3, 2006
White Course (2.4 km, 9 controls)
Pl Name(s) Time
1 Daniel Kopisch 31:22
2 Nancy Lindeman 32:39
3 Scott & Mike Fleishman 39:30
4 Jim Fish 40:30
5 Robin & Michael Liffmann 41:13
6 Philipp Kopisch 42:10
7 Cynthia Yip 48:24
8 Tavor Baharav 52:00
9 Hazard family 53:20
10 Bob & Meg Gerstner, Alan Glendinning 54:22
11 Dox & Sarah Doxiadis 60:06
12 Bugas family, Toppers family 61:46
13 Richard & Mia Frankland 65:58
14 Nina Schindler 70:28
15 Anita Yerneni, Gayata Ketavarapan 72:55
16 Scott & Ben Peterson 75:01
17 Sarah & Scott Singer 78:10
Rainer Rubin MSP
50-Minute Score-O (27 controls possible)
Gryffindor Penalty Total
Pl Name(s) Controls Point Points Points Time
1 Ido Green 24 0 0 24 47:36
2 George Minarik 19 0 0 19 46:00
3 Shura Kretchentov 16 0 0 16 49:20
4 Riitta Katila,
Risto Miikkilainen 15 0 0 15 48:20
5 Nick Corsano 15 0 0 15 49:18
6 Ramana Yerneni 14 0 0 14 45:50
7 Valeria Fedyk 13 0 0 13 49:50
8 Judy Koehler 12 0 0 12 46:50
9 Ray & Kai Rosenbaum 12 0 0 12 48:29
10 Galena Shakhnovsky 9 0 0 9 46:50
70-Minute Score-O (27 controls possible)
Gryffindor Penalty Total
Pl Name(s) Controls Point Points Points Time
1 Ben Legg 27 1 0 28 63:35
2 Mark Prior 27 0 0 27 56:13
3 Scott Porter 27 0 0 27 62:54
4 Jean-Charles Baritaux 27 0 0 27 66:33
5 Michael Prindiville 27 0 0 27 66:45
6 Dennis Wildfogel 27 0 0 27 69:11
7 Brad Wetmore 26 0 0 26 62:48
8 Dan Greene 25 1 0 26 63:15
9 Derek Maclean 26 0 0 26 67:46
10 Manfred Kopisch 25 0 -1 24 70:26
11 Steve Haas 24 0 -1 23 70:35
12 Brian Hart,
Michelle Gong 26 0 -3 23 72:09
13 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 22 0 0 22 59:03
14 Viktor Passinsky,
Justin Wu 22 0 0 22 68:50
15 Alex Solomatnikov,
Maxim Martynov 21 0 0 21 68:05
16 Greg Favor 21 1 -1 20 70:21
17 Jason Hogan 19 0 0 19 68:45
18 Oleg Shakhnovsky 18 0 0 18 66:08
19 Matthias Kohler,
Bruce Honeyman 18 0 0 18 66:15
20 Anne Keller,
Tony Pinkham 16 0 0 16 68:35
21 Valentin Abramzon,
Ilya Katsnelson 16 0 0 16 69:50
22 Gilgur family 15 0 0 15 63:40
23 Lauren Witcoff,
Jonathan Seder 13 0 0 13 68:30
24 Julia Doubson,
Fyodor Konkov 12 0 0 12 68:11
25 Alex Neduva 13 0 -1 12 70:25
26 Masha Konkov 11 0 0 11 57:00
27 John, Dan & Matt
Balboni 9 0 0 9 69:40
28 Rory & Jamie Maclean 7 0 0 7 59:29
29 Richard Frankland 8 1 -19 -10 88:35
50-Minute Night Score-O (21 controls possible)
Penalty Total
Pl Name Controls Points Points Time
1 Mark Prior 17 -1 16 51:00
2 Mikkell Conradi 15 0 15 49:28
3 Brad Wetmore 15 0 15 49:54
4 Tapio Karras 14 -1 13 50:18
5 Steve Haas 11 0 11 48:20
6 Bob Cooley 12 -1 11 50:10
7 Mike Prindiville 15 -4 11 53:42
8 Bjorn Widerstrom 10 0 10 46:22
9 Scott Aster 7 0 7 49:04
10 Nancy Lindeman 6 0 6 48:52
11 Judy Koehler 5 0 5 50:00
12 Jeff Lanam 4 -1 3 50:25
13 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 14 -11 3 60:58
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MSP = Mispunched (one or more controls wrong)