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Coyote Hills Regional Park

Date: (Sat.) Sep. 15, 2007
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

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Cool weather and a variety of courses greeted about 140 orienteers on National Orienteering Day at Coyote Hills. Jim Fish, along with Dean French and Nancy Lindeman, had labored long hours to refine the courses. Unfortunately, the course file sent to Bob Cooley for printing turned out not to be the final version. Since the controls were hung and the computer programmed with what was supposed to be the final version, there was considerable confusion until things got sorted out. Special thanks to Penny DeMoss for replacing a wayward control!

Since this was National Orienteering Day, we had prizes donated by USOF and Orienteering North America. First-timers placed their names in a box to win one of two Brunton compasses. I was happy to award both to young juniors, Kendra Barker and Copeland Green.

The White and Yellow courses were not affected by the mishaps. White was won by first-timer Paul Tompkins, who then went on to win the Medium Orange course; Paul had warmed up by helping to set up the Epunch tent and equipment. Artem Skorokhodov won the Yellow course, and the team of Craig Pierce and Erin Magers won the Short Orange course.

The Long Orange course was won by Steve Gregg. Russell Neilson won both the North and South Sprints.

Thanks go to all the helpers. This was the first time epunch was used at Coyote Hills. Peter Graube and Ruth Kadel handled the chaos with aplomb. Chuck Spalding and Werner Haag gave beginners clinics to many first-timers. Starts were handled by Donna French and Toby Ferguson. Finishes were handled by Alan Glendenning, Meg Gerstner, and Nancy Lindeman. Controls were speedily picked up by Steve Haas, Mark Blair, Jay Hann, Mitsumi Sugizaki, and one person whose name I didn’t get. Jim, Dean, and Nancy hung the controls, helped set up, and filled in as needed.


Results

Coyote Hills Regional Park

Fremont, CA
Saturday, September 15, 2007


  Pl  Name(s)                           Time


White Course         (2.1 km, 35 m climb, 12 controls)

   1  Paul Tompkins                     15:46
   2  Omkar Mahajan, Brandon Nevels     22:00
   3  Kurt Slensker                     27:10
   4  Matt Slensker                     30:08
   5  Danya & Fedor Karpelevitch        30:39
   6  Bronwyn Caplinger                 31:05
   7  Peter McCorquodale                31:11
   8  Karina Masalkovaite               32:22
   9  Jagger Van Sickle                 33:28
  10  Johanna Karras                    33:41
  11  Brent Browning group              33:46
  12  Robin Joy group                   34:10
  13  Battlesnakes                      37:38
  14  Emily Fragola, Jessica Cruz       39:37
  15  Chris Finch                       39:39
  16  Amanda Hayton                     39:49
  17  Ashley Hayton                     39:53
  18  Jenny Nishimura group             40:50
  19  Scout Troop 176                   41:13
  20  Debbie Fragola                    41:34
  21  Amanda Price                      41:36
  22  Eric Johnson group                44:07
  23  Matt Lipadan                      58:17
  24  Sue, Amelia, & David Byrne      1:19:15
  25  Scott & Sarah Singer            1:22:10

      Jim Chapman group                 MSP
      Rory Maclean                      DNF


Yellow Course        (2.1 km, 95 m climb, 11 controls)

   1  Artem Skorokhodov                 44:02
   2  Patrick Yeoh, Wendy Cheah         45:01
   3  Beth Dameron                      51:17
   4  Daniel, Linda, & Kelly Martinez   52:16
   5  Peter McCorquodale                52:59
   6  Gary & Penny Martinez             53:57
   7  Matt Lapadan                    1:03:52
   8  Kennith Schjoth II              1:10:36
   9  Kris Rogers                     1:10:57
  10  Kurt Slensker                   1:11:06
  11  Jim Masters                     1:12:07
  12  Peter Skorokhodov               1:12:53
  13  Lee & Kendra Barker             1:13:42
  14  Alicia Hardy-Lange              1:14:18
  15  Chris Guerrero, Brad Rowland    1:22:12
  16  Jose Escoto                     1:25:18
  17  Patrick Vick group              1:26:29
  18  Diane R. Hall                   1:52:18
  19  Scout Troop 176                 2:03:46
  20  Chowhounds                      2:15:57

      Jamie Caplinger                   DNF
      Jagger Van Sickle                 DNF
      Matt Slensker                     DNF


Short Orange Course  (4.3 km, 195 m climb, 18 controls)

   1  Craig Pierce, Erin Magers       1:15:09
   2  David Pope                      1:23:47
   3  Mark Harnett                    1:23:57
   4  Matthew Mattson                 1:35:13
   5  Copeland & Michael Green        1:35:56
   6  Rick Boyer                      1:38:45
   7  Kendra Barker                   2:35:48

      Dos Eagles                        MSP
      You Owe Me Money                  MSP
      Battlesnakes                      DNF
      Brent Browning                    DNF
      Green Lizards                     DNF
      Eric Johnson                      DNF


Orange Course        (4.7 km, 220 m climb, 21 controls)

   1  Paul Tompkins                   1:24:58
   2  Harold DeMoss                   1:32:34
   3  Laszlo Varga                    1:43:40
   4  Rosemary Johnson                1:49:51
   5  Jim Fallun group                1:52:55
   6  John Marold                     2:13:40
   7  Shura Kretchetov                2:20:04
   8  Heidi Stenner                   2:36:26

      Brian Kirshner                    DNF
      Abi Freeman group                 DNF


Long Orange Course   (6.0 km, 250 m climb, 24 controls)

   1  Steve Gregg                       59:59
   2  Steve Haas                      1:03:47
   3  Derek MacLean                   1:04:25
   4  Penny DeMoss                    1:08:14
   5  Manfred Kopisch                 1:08:41
   6  Cameron Ferguson                1:12:42
   7  Chuck Spalding                  1:13:32
   8  Stephanie Maclean               1:16:43
   9  Theo Verhoeven                  1:23:08
  10  Luc Poppe                       1:27:15
  11  Mark Blair                      1:35:05
  12  Alan Glendinning, Meg Gerstner  1:35:30
  13  Alan Houser                     2:00:04
  14  Jennifer Kerr                   2:02:53
  15  Janet Stein, Phillip Hoare      2:11:32
  16  Steve Beuerman                  2:30:11
  17  David Dippon                    2:51:19

      Alex Finch                        DNF


North Sprint Course  (3.1 km, 175 m climb, 18 controls)

   1  Russell Neilson                   31:40
   2  Peter Graham                      32:43
   3  Brad Wetmore                      39:15
   4  Steve Haas                        40:30
   5  Misha Lipatov                     41:58
   6  Margaret Longstreth               46:01
   7  Joe Maffei                        51:47
   8  Kevin McCarty                   1:11:30

      Francois Leonard                  DNF
      Jason Hogan                       DNF


South Sprint Course  (2.6 km, 120 m climb, 17 controls)

   1  Russell Neilson                   25:47
   2  Peter Graham                      28:45
   3  Dennis Wildfogel                  29:34
   4  Brad Wetmore                      32:21
   5  Joe Maffei                        35:12
   6  Werner Haag                       35:31
   7  Mutsumi Sugizaki                  37:12
   8  Misha Lipatov                     39:05
   9  Johanna Merriss                   40:29
  10  Marie-Josee Parayre               49:05
  11  Jay Hann                          49:52
  12  Kevin McCarty                     50:58
  13  Dwight Freund                     51:45
  14  Marsha Jacobs                   1:14:50

      Francois Leonard                  DNF
      Gary Kraght                       DNF
      Margeret Longstreth               DNF

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