Shell Ridge Open Space
Date: (Sun.) Jan. 16, 2011
Location: Walnut Creek, CA
Event Director: 
- 510.407.1876
Course Setter: Jay Hann
Type: C; Everyone is welcome at the BAOC COOL (Junior) event
Related Event Information
Event Announcement WinSplits Results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=16061) RouteGadget – Introduction RouteGadget – Courses 1-3 (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=243&kieli=) RouteGadget – Course 4 (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=244&kieli=) Control Descriptions BAOC BAWS #6 Results
Event Write-Up
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A misty morning added to the challenge of a contour-only (LIDAR) map; only one of the interesting choices for orienteering at Shell Ridge this January. In addition to being COOL meet #6 with beginning and intermediate courses, orienteers were treated to Radio-O, the contour-only course, and an intermediate contour training offered by Ben Legg.
The LIDAR map, more detailed than our standard map (60-cm contours instead of 5 m) was a collaboration (conspiracy?) between Jay Hann and Bob Cooley. Most folks were skeptical — "looks too hard" was an initial reaction — but after adjusting to it, most found it easier than usual because of the accuracy of the contours. 27 runners tried this course out, with James Scarborough completing it in less than 25 minutes, edging out Dennis Wilkinson.
The COOL league was represented on all the courses, with the Varsity Boys taking on the contour-only course, Matej Sebo coming in first. JV Girls team Terra and Heather edged out their competition, with William Morris earning the JV Boys top spot. Natalie Kim and Daniel Kim won their respective Middle School slots; and Sanar Samhouri and Gavin Smith were the Elementary School champs.
Ten people had the opportunity to try their hand at Radio-O.
Thanks go to Jay Hann for setting courses and generally doing almost all the event director stuff, except a few last-minute things. Bob Cooley was also a major contributor, not only helping create and print the maps, but also setting up and instructing folks in Radio-O. Thanks to Ben Legg for organizing and holding an intermediate clinic. Epunch was handled by Mark Blair, Jim Fish, and Greg Ehrensing. Registration was again managed single-handedly by James Wilson, with Dan Greene offering beginners’ clinics. Jim Fish also helped with setup, control pick-up, and cleanup. Control pick-up was coordinated by Harold and Penny DeMoss, who were assisted by George Minarik, Steve Gregg, and Kelly Wells. Also putting the rest of the stuff away at the end of the day were Tapio Karras and Greg Ehrensing. Apologies to anyone I missed in the usual hustle and bustle.
Thanks are due to Rangers Dan Bylin and Art Janke, as well as United Site Services for getting the necessary item in the right place.
Results
Shell Ridge Open Space
Walnut Creek, CA
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Also see control-by-control timing in the WinSplits results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=16061).
You can see the event map with the actual routes traveled by participants, and draw your own route for comparison, in RouteGadget (introduction; Courses 1-3 (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=243); Course 4 (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=244)).
Pl Name(s) Time
Course 1 (1.6 km, 55 m climb, 9 controls)
1 Lanette, Evan, & Rayna Stanziano 13:19
2 Bill, Jack, & Edward Barnes 15:20 (est. Start)
3 Nigel Killeen 15:32
4 Susan & Simon Chang-Huang 20:04
5 Gavin Smith (COOL) 21:18
6 Preston Vana 24:42
7 Sophia Knapp 27:51
8 Sanar Samhouri (COOL) 34:50
Course 2 (2.7 km, 135 m climb, 14 controls)
1 Daniel Kim (COOL) 23:32
2 Natalie Kim (COOL) 24:32
3 Samuel Morris (COOL) 29:55
4 Sofi Chavez 31:05
5 Sasha Iakovlev (COOL) 33:06
6 Olga Kraght 34:31
7 David Jorgensen 34:56
8 Bill, Jack, & Edward Barnes 36:22
9 Ray & Kai Rosenbaum 37:09
10 Susan Kim 39:47
11 Emily Radtke (COOL) 43:33
12 Daniel Sebo (COOL) 49:19
13 Emily Hann (COOL) 50:20
14 The Klugers 50:32
15 Evan Stanziano 51:30
16 Garrett Vana 56:27
17 Austin & Scott Spears 59:54
18 Hamzeh Samhouri (COOL) 1:02:13
19 Kevin Walker 1:04:58
20 Laura Fenisey 1:11:16
21 Judy Koehler 1:12:04
22 Johanna Karras (COOL) 1:14:23
23 Troop 241 1:19:18
Rayna Stanziano DNF
Second Course
Steve Gregg 18:31
Greg Ehrensing 26:11
Course 3 (3.9 km, 230 m climb, 12 controls)
1 Lubomir Sebo 34:47
2 Joe Knapp 39:20
3 Randy Thomas 41:05
4 William Morris (COOL) 45:21
5 Gary Kraght 48:26
6 Brent & Matthew Adams 52:54
7 Nick Corsano 55:28
8 Joe Scarborough 55:35
9 Ben Hallsted (COOL) 58:35
10 Jeff Samuels 1:08:16
11 Mike Miller, Cindy Nguyen 1:11:28
12 Harold DeMoss 1:13:46
13 Jim Fish 1:15:07
14 Laura, Rob, Christine 1:18:26
15 Bryan Pon 1:18:51
16 Crossfit Adventure 1:19:57
17 Lena Eydelberg 1:22:40
18 Lost & Found 1:26:34
19 Judy & Tom Cronin 1:28:10
20 Terra and Heather (COOL) 1:41:16
21 Talia Peterson (COOL) 1:41:52
22 Amanda Radtke (COOL) 1:42:27
23 Mike Meagher, Paula Zurowski 1:45:09
24 Vic Revenko 1:51:37
25 Tyler Chen 2:08:18
David Strong DNF
Robin Leadbetter, Lori Hinckley
Maggie Fishbaugh DNF
McGlynn DNF
Second Course
Deron van Hoff 36:24
Joe Maffei 49:39
Mark Blair 50:01
Course 4 (3.3 km, 225 m climb, 19 controls)
1 James Scarborough 24:58
2 Dennis Wilkinson 25:10
3 Francois Leonard 25:53
4 Tapio Karras 29:03
5 Mark Prior 29:22
6 Matej Sebo (COOL) 29:36
7 Steve Gregg 29:37
8 Deron van Hoff 32:33
9 Andy Staatz 34:33
10 Wayne Caplinger 34:39
11 James Wilson 35:02
12 Penny DeMoss 36:06
13 George Minarik 37:25
14 Erika Kikuchi 39:44
15 Mark Blair 40:19
16 Shura Kretchetov 40:26
17 Dan Greene 41:14
18 Jason Reed 41:53
19 Jonathan Hallsted (COOL) 42:11
20 Joe Maffei 42:53
21 Greg Ehrensing 42:54
22 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 44:14
23 Evan Custer 45:25
24 Julian Early (COOL) 49:53
25 Jack Van Ryswyck 50:02
26 Bjorn Widerstrom 50:10
27 Chris Hann-Soden 52:33
28 Marina Keating 57:21
29 Jeff Lanam 59:38
30 Trinka Gillis 1:03:13
31 Kevin Staatz 1:03:21
Second Course
Lubomir Sebo 37:25
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DNF = Did not finish (missed one or more controls)