Joseph D. Grant County Park
Date: (Sun.) May. 8, 2011
Location: San Jose, CA
Event Director: 
- 408.878.5073
Course Setter: Damian Swift
Type: B; Standard courses for beginners through advanced, plus a Long Orange course for adventure racers and runners
Related Event Information
Event Announcement WinSplits Results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=16965) RouteGadget – Introduction RouteGadget – This Event (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=260&kieli=) Control Descriptions
Event Write-Up
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This event almost did not occur. Various factors put it late in the season — after the Pacheco event. We could not get a course setter. We had nearly called off the event when Damian Swift stepped up to the challenge. He agreed to set not only the standard 7 courses, but a Long Orange in addition (for our adventure racing friends). Werner Haag also stepped up to help organize and run the event, dedicating many hours.
Bob Cooley printed the maps and control descriptions. Alan Glendenning provided access to equipment.
On the day of the event, Jim Fish, Rosemary Johnson, Jeff Lanam, and Mark Blair arrived early to help set up. Rosemary also worked epunch most of the day, with Mark assisting. Steve Haas singlehandedly handled registration. Theo Verhoeven, Greg Ehrensing, Greg Favor, Cedric LasFargues, Steve Haas, Damon Ward, Jan Vanhoutte, Jim Fish, and Mark Blair picked up the controls and water stops. Mark Blair also spent a lot of time preparing the results. Many people too numerous to mention helped in other ways. The efforts of all these people made this event a success. Thank you!
The day of the event was cold, with rain threatening much of the day. It was also Mother’s Day, so a lower turnout was expected. Still 126 people showed up to compete — a good turnout. They were rewarded with abundant wildflowers and clearing skies.
Hannah Kopisch dominated the White course. Bergstedt blazed in for first place on the Yellow course. David Harrison won the Orange course with a commanding lead. Elliott Delaye won Long Orange, Dennis Wildfogel won Brown, Werner Haag won Green, Deron van Hoff won Red, and Mikkel Conradi won Blue. Special thanks goes to Mikkel Conradi for running back and pointing out a missing control on Blue — while on the clock.
Until next year,
Peter
Results
Joseph D. Grant County Park
San Jose, CA
Sunday, May 8, 2011
You can see control-by-control timing in the WinSplits results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=16965).
You can see the event map with the actual routes traveled by participants, and draw your own route for comparison, in RouteGadget (introduction; this event (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=260)).
Pl Name(s) Time
White Course (2.3 km, 50 m climb, 8 controls)
1 Hannah Kopisch (COOL) 15:58
2 Natalie Pelayo (COOL) 21:04
3 Elisabeth Pelayo (COOL) 30:24
4 Sarah Robson (COOL) 37:24
5 Arthur 38:43
6 Todd & Paulette Diehl 41:58
7 Misha Iakovlev 47:18
8 Kate Tennant, Sandy Abel 50:59
9 Anna Voegele 55:11
Brennen & Devin Diehl DNF
Ian Swift DNF
Sasha Iakovlev DNF
Second Course
Fedor Karpelevitch 20:40
Fillan Swift DNF
Yellow Course (3.7 km, 100 m climb, 9 controls)
1 Bergstedt 41:27
2 Julia Doubson (COOL) 51:07
3 Fillan Swift 1:00:01
4 Sophia, Julian, & Joe Knapp 1:04:07
5 Rory Maclean (COOL) 1:11:27
6 Kate, Greg, & Arthur 1:16:22
7 Souto 1:22:34
8 Bernhard & Jason Hiller 1:31:15
9 Masha Konkov (COOL) 1:32:20
10 Harry & Sally 1:46:31
11 Aaron Zaks 1:46:46
12 Julian & Mimi Lock 2:01:14
13 Patty Finch 2:08:52
Danya Karpelevitch DNF
Orange Course (3.8 km, 250 m climb, 11 controls)
1 David Harrison 59:22
2 Bill Voegele 1:13:48
3 Fedor Karpelevitch 1:29:44
4 Bill & Michelle 1:34:59 (estimated Finish)
5 Erickson, Holmberg, & Rusche 1:40:54
6 Shaun Etherington 1:47:12
7 Paul & Kathy Li 1:51:26
8 Chris Finch 1:57:53
9 Roy Want 2:00:09
10 Gwen & Hani Juha 2:15:10
11 Randy Franklin 2:41:27
12 Alex Overholt 2:43:29
13 Ivan & Irena Lopez 2:45:22
Don Richey DNF
Joe & Jean van Hoff DNF
Lindsay, Cindy, & Stephanie DNF
Mimi & Julien Lallemand DNF
Susan Kim DNF
Kevin Walker DNF
Long Orange Course (6.1 km, 500 m climb, 18 controls)
1 Elliott Delaye 1:38:27
2 Chandler 2:06:09
3 Moulton Lowell 2:27:17 (estimated Finish)
4 Cindy Cohen 2:41:07
Norman & Arathoon DNF
Emily Dean DNF
Damon Ward DNF
Melissa Griffiths DNF
Brown Course (3.2 km, 150 m climb, 10 controls)
1 Dennis Wildfogel 47:51
2 Stew Hintz (GCO) 53:09
3 Chuck Spalding 58:08
4 Evan Custer 1:03:13
5 Andrew Peterson, Lennard Hachman,
Lindsay Chirdon 1:22:24
6 Terry Gleason 1:25:52
7 Oleg Shakhnovsky 1:31:07
8 Jim Fish 1:41:53
9 Kelly Wells 1:43:13
10 Brian Tennant 1:47:01
11 Jan Vanhoutte 1:51:22
12 Lou Lederer, Stephanie Kubik 1:51:56
13 Mary Low, Nigel Gulstone 2:03:49
14 Rosemary Johnson 2:08:02
15 Luther, Luke, John, & Karen Martin 2:16:13
16 Lena Eydelberg 2:23:44
17 Nancy Lindeman 3:31:31
Green Course (4.4 km, 250 m climb, 13 controls)
1 Werner Haag 53:13
2 Andrew Peterson 54:35
3 Matthias Kohler 56:28
4 Kent Ohlund 1:01:25
5 Kyle Peter 1:05:47
6 Greg Ehrensing 1:11:05
7 Dan Greene 1:11:57
8 Bob Cooley 1:15:19
9 Lou Lederer 1:16:26
10 Johanna Merriss 1:18:08
11 Phillip Hoare 1:33:20
12 Fyodor Konkov 1:45:21
13 Robbi Mulford 1:51:04
14 Jeff Samuels 1:53:11
15 Jeff Lanam 1:53:40
16 Judy & Tom Cronin 1:57:39
17 Alan Glendinning 2:16:48
18 Nicholson & Wallace 2:20:13
Jennifer Kerr (GCO) DNF
Red Course (6.8 km, 400 m climb, 16 controls)
1 Deron van Hoff 1:11:09
2 Derek Maclean 1:14:36
3 Tapio Karras 1:17:12
4 Eric Rosenzweig 1:23:26
5 Stephen Harrison 1:26:53
6 Cedric LasFargues 1:29:36
7 Shura Kretchetov 1:33:25
8 Manfred Kopisch 1:37:01
9 Theo Verhoeven 1:40:29
10 Ralf Burgert 2:09:12
11 Mark Blair 2:10:50
12 Frederick Lee 2:13:39
13 Marina Keating 2:42:36
Blue Course (9.6 km, 500 m climb, 21 controls)
- Control #10 was missing on the Blue course during the time when most people on that course were searching for it. From a competitive standpoint, this made legs 9–10 and 10–11 unfair. Different runners spent different amounts of time searching for the missing control. The one or two who were fortunate enough to run through after the control had been replaced did not suffer this problem at all. We have accordingly reworked the Blue course results so that all runners' times on leg 9–10 are identical and all their times on leg 10–11 are identical. This effectively eliminates those two legs from the competition while still making it possible for all Blue course participants to enter their routes on RouteGadget using the original course map and course definition.
1 Mikkel Conradi 1:40:55
2 Greg Walker (CSU) 1:50:02
3 Donatas Ereminas 1:56:13
4 Greg Khanlarov 1:57:55
5 Greg Favor 2:29:44
6 Joe Maffei 3:16:06
Wendell Doman DNF
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DNF = Did not finish (missed one or more controls)