Tilden Park
Date: (Sun.) Jan. 13, 2008
Location: Berkeley, CA
Event Director: 
Course Setter: Martin Kunz
Type: B; First "B" meet of the year
Related Information
Event Announcement Course Setter's Comments WinSplits (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=8843) RouteGadget - Introduction RouteGadget - Event (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=116&kieli=) Control Descriptions
Event Write-Up
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The beautiful clear sunny day after a series of big storms really brought out the crowds to the first BAOC event of the new calendar year. We had exactly 200 entries, and since many of these were groups on the beginner's courses, there were probably over 300 participants. It certainly was one of the larger BAOC events.
That was the good news. The bad news was that we ran out of maps for the Yellow, Orange, Long Orange, and Brown courses. Fortunately, I had heard several scout groups were coming, so I had Bob print 50 White maps, and we ended up with about 4 extras. However, because the White was relatively short, many people opted to do a second course, and there was a big demand for the Yellow and Orange courses. Even though I had twice as many maps as we had entrants from last year, we still ran out. Luckily, we were able to recycle some maps, so only a few people had to go out on a different course than they intended. I had carefully transferred the Condes and OCAD files to the club computer so I could print up extra maps, but I did not try it out at home before the event, and unfortunately, I needed a later version of Condes to open the file than was on the club computer, so plan B failed.
Aside from that, it was a great event. Martin Kunz had designed some interesting and challenging advanced courses with the emphasis on route choice. This involved using some new terrain in the northwest part of the map. I must admit I was a little skeptical at first using that steep terrain with all the green, and figured there would be too much trail running. Martin, however, kept emphasizing that route choice is a very important aspect of orienteering, and is not utilized as much as it should be at our local events. He was right, and most people really seemed to enjoy the challenge. Martin has written a review of his route choices, which explains his thoughts of the optimal routes on some of the long legs. RouteGadget (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=116&kieli=) also demonstrates that people took multiple different routes on the long legs.
The event ran smoothly, even though we had two remote Starts and a remote Finish. I tried to decrease the volunteers required for the event by having a self-service advanced Start and a self-service Finish. This seemed to work well, mainly because of Penny's excellent signage. The registration, manned Start and EP crews were kept busy, however, because of the big turnout. We initiated a "self-service" computer entry system for members who have their own e-sticks and are in the archive. Since it was the first time we used it, there were a few glitches. The biggest problem is that the software does not smoothly handle entries from multiple computers if you are using start numbers, since it does not have a means of synchronizing the two computers for using start numbers. As a consequence, we had quite a few error messages to the effect that a start number had already been assigned. The quick and dirty way is to eliminate using start numbers until a better workaround can be found.
Ben Legg handily won the 6.5 km, 350 m climb Blue course with a time of 69:49. Ben is a graduate student at UC Berkeley, and I guess his training runs in Tilden paid off. Steve Gregg had a good run and a relatively easy time beating second-place finisher Tapio Karras by 10 minutes on the 5.1 km, 240 m climb Red course. Steve's time was 61:24.
Edo Green finished on top in the 4.3 km, 275 m climb Green course, also in a time of 61 minutes. Stephanie Maclean was first woman on Green with a time of 1:22:45, in 12th place overall out of 30 starters. The Brown course was the most popular advanced course, with 36 starters. Brett Carter led the pack with a time of 32:16 for the 3.0 km, 125 m climb course. Lauren Knight was first woman with a time of 50:04, 10th overall.
Lou Lederer was first in the Long Orange course, with a time of 1:11:31 for the 4.9 km, 280 m course. Max Lippe whipped around the 2.7 km Orange course in a speedy 25:44, with Marie-Josee Parayre in second place just 5 minutes later.
Daniel Kopisch led the hoard of Yellow runners around the 2.0 km course in 19:05. Michelle Pelayo was first female, second overall, with a good time of 23:59. Gavin Williams sped around the 1.4 km White course in 10:56. In fact, we just barely got the Finish chute up before Gavin came charging in. Joanna Karras was first female, third overall, with a time of 11:59. Good running, kids!
As usual, this event could not have happened without the help of many club volunteers. I want to thank all of the following for helping out:
Course Setter: Martin Kunz
Vetter: George Minarik
Map Production: Bob Cooley
Electronic Punching: Jim Fish, Toby Ferguson, Cameron Ferguson, Rosemary Johnson
Setup: David Meredith, Jim Fish, Penny DeMoss
Starts: Margaret Longstreth, Becky Ferguson, Michael Behrens
Registration: Gary Kraght, James Wilson, Martin Kunz
Beginner's Clinics: Scott Aster
Control Pickup: Kelly Wells, Michael Behrens, Brad Fisher, Brett Carter, Theo Verhoeven, Becky Redfield
Results
Tilden Park
Berkeley, CA
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Because this event’s courses emphasized route choice, please enter your routes on the RouteGadget (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=116&kieli=). Then people will be able to compare the times for different routes.
If you ran the Long Orange, Green, Red, or Blue course, be sure to read the Course Setter's Comments. (Thank you, Martin!)
Pl Name Club Time
White Course (1.4 km, 55 m climb, 7 controls)
1 Gavin Williams COOL 10:56
2 George & Loren Meigs BAOC 11:25
3 Johanna Karras COOL 11:59
4 David Harrison COOL 13:09
5 The Wolverines 14:05
6 Anne McShane 14:47
7 Gabija Masalkovaite COOL 15:15
8 Rory Maclean COOL 15:29
9 The Battles 15:42
10 Barbara Robben BAOC 15:44
11 Annie Samuelson COOL 15:51
12 Stefanie Stefanova BAOC 16:06
13 Thomas Bastis BAOC 16:51
14 Kaeden Wemmer COOL 17:03
15 Kathey & Nichola Mazza 17:09
16 Leo & Grant Nakamara 19:32
17 Andrew Kocins 20:41
18 Teressa Haefele 22:04
19 Troop 15 23:57
20 Rick Tompkins 24:29
21 Chris & Ben Lehman 24:45
22 Emily Hann COOL 26:49
23 Davy Williams BAOC 29:34
24 Angela Hunter BAOC 30:03
25 Karina Masalkovaite COOL 30:14
26 Kevin OConnor 43:25
Yellow Course (2.0 km, 100 m climb, 8 controls)
1 Daniel Kopisch COOL 19:05
2 Michelle Pelayo BAOC 23:59
3 George & Loren Meigs 24:54
4 Gina Christopher BAOC 27:05
5 The Wolverines BAOC 27:35
6 Juozas Martisus BAOC 27:51
7 Matthew & Anas Church BAOC 29:02
8 Jan Grafe Ed Wirth BAOC 29:44
9 Philipp Kopisch COOL 30:24
10 Anne Mcshane 31:38
11 Ray & Kai Rosenbaum BAOC 32:31
12 Choi, Vanderkitten 36:31
13 Barbara Robben 39:35
14 Philip Hoang 42:32
15 Cleghorn Duane BAOC 43:02
16 The Goo 45:10
17 Angela Sveda 47:45
18 Joan Haefele 48:08
19 Yoshihara, Roper 49:07
20 Miller, Gross 50:43
21 Kaeden Wemmer COOL 50:53
22 Irene Otten, Ann Togasaki BAOC 51:34
23 Kate Samuelson 54:10
24 Weydemeyer, Furrell 56:48
25 Andrew Kocins 57:22
26 David Cowan 57:52
27 Kathy & Nick Mazza 58:16
28 Sparkie Lovejoy 1:01:30
29 Reid Koster, Maya Curry BAOC 1:02:15
30 Troop 15 1:02:41
31 Terrin Spray BAOC 1:07:35
32 Bina Spray BAOC 1:07:38
33 Jeff Dickert BAOC 1:18:10
34 Troop 201 1:39:26
Orange Course (2.7 km, 120 m climb, 9 controls)
1 Max Lippe 25:44
2 Marie-Josee Parayre BAOC 30:52
3 Denise Ebright,
Kevin Harrington BAOC 42:18
4 Ken & Ben Considine BAOC 44:58
5 Hannah & Nancy Lippe 50:09
6 Fischer, Hollen 51:48
7 Anne McShane BAOC 51:50
8 Brad Fisher 52:30
9 Marina Keating BAOC 55:57
10 Susan Ryan BAOC 57:04
11 Judy Koehler BAOC 58:40
12 Paul & Kathy Li 59:07
13 David Cowan BAOC 1:01:20
14 Mila Olson 1:02:28
15 Blake Novoa 1:02:37
16 Long Dam COOL 1:02:53
17 Jimmy Chung COOL 1:05:02
18 Alex & Barbara Finch BAOC 1:09:43
Paul Lippe DNF
Maria Hastings DNF
Long Orange Course (4.9 km, 280 m climb, 13 controls)
1 Lou Lederer BAOC 1:11:31
2 Tim Kuenster BAOC 1:15:10
3 Thomas Bastis 1:22:45
4 Robert Lapanja 1:30:33
5 Fore Prest 1:31:02
6 Leslie Lamcke BAOC 2:01:02
7 Caroline Kerner,
Austyn Fudge 2:10:10
8 Joe Inkenbrandt 2:25:59
9 Jane, Mary, Trin Fergus on 2:32:13
10 Jane Moorhead 2:54:49
Frank Markowitz BAOC DNF
John Turner BAOC DNF
Brown Course (3.0 km, 125 m climb, 7 controls)
1 Brett Carter BAOC 36:16
2 David Wemmer 40:46
3 Dan Greene BAOC 41:25
4 Stefanov Stefan BAOC 42:00
5 Joe Scarborough BAOC 45:34
6 Nick Corsano BAOC 45:46
7 Wayne Caplinger BAOC 46:23
8 Gary Kraght BAOC 46:29
9 Brian Kirshner BAOC 48:08
10 Lauren Knight BAOC 50:04
11 Trevor Pering BAOC 50:28
12 Oleg Shakhnovsky BAOC 50:53
13 Mikkel Conradi BAOC 54:34
14 Scott Aster BAOC 55:45
15 Russell Green BAOC 57:34
16 Brad Fisher BAOC 59:49
17 Dwight Freund GCO 1:01:05
18 Mark Rice BAOC 1:01:45
19 Elizabeth Wilson 1:02:55
20 Joan Roos BAOC 1:03:04
21 Leslie Minarik BAOC 1:13:13
22 David Meredith BAOC 1:16:18
23 Michael Robinson 1:17:08
24 Alan Houser BAOC 1:19:47
25 Rebecca Redfield BAOC 1:32:49
26 Tom Welte BAOC 1:34:09
27 Nancy Lindeman BAOC 1:35:01
28 Fred Ciaramaglia BAOC 1:40:55
29 Alan Kren 1:41:48
30 Vic Revenko BAOC 1:43:51
31 Tom & Judy Cronin BAOC 1:44:40
32 Cindi Choi BAOC 1:47:33
33 Vincent Quan, Laishan Lee 2:00:30
34 Harold Lischner BAOC 3:03:25
Katy Robinson DNF
Sean Campbell DNF
Green Course (4.3 km, 275 m climb, 12 controls)
1 Ido Green BAOC 1:01:02
2 Jeremy Olson 1:08:17
3 Adrian Martin BAOC 1:11:55
4 Varma, Willett BAOC 1:13:07
5 Alexander Brunette BAOC 1:15:35
6 Chuck Spalding BAOC 1:15:37
7 Gary Carpenter BAOC 1:16:31
8 Travis Parker BAOC 1:17:16
9 Tony Pinkham BAOC 1:17:30
10 Bill Papendick BAOC 1:19:53
11 Brett Carter BAOC 1:20:58
12 Stephanie Maclean BAOC 1:22:45
13 Cameron Ferguson BAOC 1:24:57
14 Carl Williams BAOC 1:25:23
15 Bill Strauss BAOC 1:25:27
16 Kent Ohlund BAOC 1:37:38
17 Jeff Lanam BAOC 1:39:12
18 Greg Ehrensing BAOC 1:39:27
19 Kelly Wells BAOC 1:43:15
20 Ching-Pei Chen 1:49:13
21 Johanna Merriss BAOC 1:56:49
22 Rich Parker SDO 1:59:21
23 Wes Erck BAOC 2:04:50
24 Jennifer Kerr GCO 2:08:29
25 Frederick Lee BAOC 2:23:56
Rosemary Johnson BAOC DNF
Jim Fish BAOC DNF
Jordan, Koziol DNF
Max Lippe BAOC DNF
Karen Cook BAOC DNF
Red Course (5.1 km, 245 m climb, 11 controls)
1 Steve Gregg BAOC 1:01:24
2 Tapio Karras BAOC 1:11:26
3 Matthias Kohler BAOC 1:14:09
4 Michael Behrens BAOC 1:17:29
5 James Wilson BAOC 1:22:03
6 Derek Maclean BAOC 1:24:43
7 Amit Kate BAOC 1:28:27
8 Martin Muendel BAOC 1:29:14
9 Toby Ferguson BAOC 1:29:18
10 Steve Harrison BAOC 1:29:26
11 Brad Wetmore BAOC 1:30:19
12 Rob Gendreau BAOC 1:33:41
13 Manfred Kopisch BAOC 1:36:18
14 Tim Kuenster 1:37:27
15 Mark Manning BAOC 1:40:19
16 Juha Koskenvuo 1:40:52
17 Mark Blair BAOC 1:40:53
18 Eric Rosenzweig BAOC 1:44:16
19 Phillip Hoare BAOC 2:11:29
20 Bob Strauss BAOC 2:12:10
21 Lisa Tracy, Terri Hunt BAOC 2:21:39
Ellis De Valois DNF
Sidney Porter BAOC DNF
Blue Course (6.5 km, 360 m climb, 15 controls)
1 Benjamin Legg BAOC 1:09:49
2 Dag Ainsoo BAOC 1:22:31
3 Francois Leonard BAOC 1:26:02
4 Syd Reader BAOC 1:28:11
5 Rex Winterbottom BAOC 1:30:45
6 Andrejus Masalkovas BAOC 1:36:14
7 Scott Porter BAOC 1:36:19
8 Greg Favor BAOC 1:50:33
9 Dennis Wilkinson 1:55:12
10 Tomer Maymon BAOC 1:56:48
10 Nik Weber GCO 1:56:48
12 Gavin Wyatt-Mair BAOC 2:02:22
13 Igor Guskov 2:05:24
14 Peter Graube BAOC 2:05:40
15 Joe Maffei BAOC 2:05:44
16 Kevin McCarty BAOC 2:19:59
17 Theo Verhoeven BAOC 2:23:38
18 Kent Ryhcorchuk BAOC 2:29:03
John Wilson BAOC DNF
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DNF = Did not finish (missed one or more controls)