Joseph D. Grant County Park
Date: (Sun.) Apr. 28, 2013
Location: San Jose, CA
Event Director: 
- 408.878.5073
Course Setters: Werner Haag, Rory Maclean, Derek Maclean
Type: B; Classic courses on the Joe Grant North map
Related Event Information
Event Announcement WinSplits Results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=25164)
Event Write-Up
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Werner Haag and Rory Maclean (supported by his parents Derek and Stephanie) performed the heavy lifting for this event. Werner was the driving force in the selection the northern portion of Joe Grant Park (which is rarely used) as the venue for this year’s event. Rory, now 14 years old, set the White and Yellow courses for the second year. Werner set the intermediate and advanced courses.
This was the first classic orienteering event in quite a while. 169 people showed up. The day was beautiful, if a bit warm. The wildflowers and poison oak were abundant. The ground was hardening. A hawk was seen on the Blue course wrestling a snake; the snake escaped.
Werner put in a lot of effort trying to accommodate various comments in setting the advanced courses, including many from Derek. The Orange and Brown courses turned out to be tough: many participants did not finish. Several Blue contestants said the course was perfect.
The White and Yellow courses received rave reviews. Two groups liked White so much that they went on to do Yellow. Rory, the course setter, provided a fine example for the younger generation of how to take charge.
Volunteers
Of course, the event couldn't have happened without the help of the many volunteers.
- E-punch: Rosemary Johnson, Jeff Lanam, George Minarik, Gian Coolen, Rory Maclean, and Derek Maclean
- Registration: Steve Haas and Sarah Williams
- Saturday Setup: Werner Haag, Rory Maclean, and Derek Maclean
- Sunday Setup: Werner Haag, Derek Maclean, George Minarik, Deron van Hoff, Greg Ehrensing, Bill & Barbara Straka, Vladimir Gusiatnikov, Nick Giori, and Robert Lewis
- Starts: Rory Maclean and Derek Maclean
- Beginner Clinics: Deron van Hoff, Werner Haag, and Derek Maclean
- Control Retrieval, Equipment Packing, and Clean-up: Misha Kreslavsky, Daniel Sebo, Matej Sebo, Monika Sebo, Lubomir Sebo, Greg Ehrensing, Steve Haas, Wes Erck, and Mary & Scott Sampson
- Map Printing: Bob Cooley
- Web Page Updates: Chuck Spalding
The younger generation pitched in to help. Gian Coolen (11 years old) helped with epunch. Daniel Sebo (9 years old) and Matej Sebo (16 years old) helped clean up. Together with Rory, the enthusiasm of the younger generation makes me think the club has a good future.
Mary & Scott Sampson—first-timers to the sport—also enthusiastically helped with clean-up.
Results
The White course winners were the team of Ryan Gini, Cameron Owings, & Lucas Hobbs by 5 seconds, with Leander Coolen in second, and Emma Jansson in third. The top three on the Yellow course were Gian Coolen, Daniel Sebo, and Chris Danek. On Orange, the winner was Huba Horompoly, followed by Dennis Kourakin and the team of David Strong & Spencer Tai. The Long Orange course was won by the team of Pubudu Wariyapola & Jessica Cook, with the team of Eugene Bychkov & Ruslan Halavach in second, and Shawn Poston in third. Mikkel Conradi ran Brown as a second course and won. Otherwise, Dennis Wildfogel won Brown, followed by Evan Custer and Gary Kraght. The Green course winner was Cornelia Coolen, followed by Bruce Wolfe, and Marie-Josée Parayre. The top three on the Red course were Misha Kreslavsky, Tapio Karras, and Graham Brew. Blue was won by Mikkel Conradi, with François Léonard in second, and Vladimir Gusiatnikov in third.
This was George Minarik’s first Joe Grant event since his recovery. He came in fifth on Brown, a very respectable showing. It was a joy to see George back in action.
Do not forget to fill in your routes on RouteGadget. The routes will be used by other orienteering clubs to analyze route choices, thus supporting the sport. Years later you will be able to look back and be reminded of your adventures.
Lost & Found
These items were left at the orienteering event at Joseph Grant Park:
- Car keys
- House keys
- Sun hat
- Compass
Call at 408-245-7457 if any of these items belong to you.
Results
Joseph D. Grant County Park
San Jose, CA
Sunday, April 28, 2013
| White Course | Brown Course | |
| Yellow Course | Green Course | |
| Orange Course | Red Course | |
| Long Orange Course | Blue Course |
Also see control-by-control timing in the WinSplits results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=25164).
These results do not include Anna Voegele (Red course) and Matej Sebo (Blue course), who had SI-10 e-sticks. We hope to be able to recover their punches.
White Course (2.2 km, 35 m climb, 10 controls)
Pl Name(s) Time
1 Ryan Gini, Cameron Owings,
Lucas Hobbs 20:50
2 Leander Coolen 20:55
3 Emma Jansson 21:28
4 Luke, Danek, Shane 21:41
5 Spencer & Kevin 25:46
6 Gavin, Donovan Danek & Andrew 29:31
7 Brett Hinz, Silvia Xia 30:23
8 Matthew, Michael, Nick 31:21
9 The Thinmints (5) 33:13
10 Carbajal family 34:48
11 Joey Wycoff, Daniel Nichols 35:20
12 John Rant 45:37
13 Maria & Matvei Yershov 1:14:36 (estimated Finish)
14 Samuel Krechetov, Lena Eydelberg 1:48:58
Yellow Course (2.8 km, 120 m climb, 12 controls)
Pl Name(s) Time
1 Gian Coolen 29:44
2 Daniel Sebo 36:59
3 Chris Danek 38:58
4 Kenneth Brown 49:07
5 Evan Alex 50:04
6 Oleg Yershov 50:08
7 Brett Hinze, Sylvia Xia 50:21
8 Stefanie Gueorguieva 51:23
9 Harold DeMoss 56:23
10 Olivia, Julia, Vera, Alex 1:01:51
11 Anastasia Kourakina 1:03:44
12 Spencer & Kevin 1:04:21
13 Barbara Straka 1:11:48
14 Lambertson family 1:14:22
15 Bill Murphy 1:25:46
16 Neduva 1:29:05
17 Troop 206 1:38:03
18 Ezzuddin Hassouneh 1:39:42
19 Keval Akshay, Parth Parikh,
Don Phuong, Nguyen 2:12:37
Emma Janssen, Tristan Sloane DNF
Ernesto Duque DNF
Second Course
Matthew, Michael, Nick 1:10:11
Joey Wycoff, Daniel Nichols 1:26:38
Orange Course (3.8 km, 225 m climb, 14 controls)
Pl Name(s) Time
1 Huba Horompoly 1:43:22 2 Dennis Kourakin 2:08:22 3 David Strong, Spencer Tai 2:16:12 4 Haito Zhong, Guanjun Zhang 2:20:16 5 Bryan Pon, Liddy Hsieh 2:53:53
Amira Gogle, Sylvia Freifeld DNF
Doug Freifeld DNF
Bill Voegele DNF
Alex & Victor Hurtado DNF
Verdonk family DNF
Long Orange Course (5.2 km, 275 m climb, 20 controls)
Pl Name(s) Time
1 Pubudu Wariyapola, Jessica Cook 2:46:40 2 Eugene Bychkov, Ruslan Halavach 2:54:49 3 Shawn Poston 3:11:45
Kevin Walker DNF
Brown Course (3.0 km, 200 m climb, 12 controls)
Pl Name(s) Time
1 Dennis Wildfogel 53:21 2 Evan Custer 1:03:51 3 Gary Kraght 1:09:18 4 Matthias Kohler, Gerry Czamanske 1:20:12 5 George Minarik 1:26:20 6 Anthony Mistry 1:40:49 7 Ormond Doty 1:52:12 8 Oleg Shakhnovsky 1:58:10 9 William Straka 2:02:41 10 Rosemary Johnson 2:24:19 11 Jim Fish 2:38:09 12 Daniel, Isaac, & Cecilia 2:40:18
Jennifer Kerr (GCO) DNF
Leslie Minarik DNF
Robert Lewis DNF
Olga Kraght DNF
Steve Haas DNF
Irena Stefanova DNF
Julia Doubson DNF
Second Course
Mikkel Conradi 43:40
Green Course (4.6 km, 285 m climb, 17 controls)
Pl Name(s) Time
1 Cornelia Coolen 1:17:13 2 Bruce Wolfe 1:19:41 3 Marie-Josée Parayre 1:28:06 4 Greg Ehrensing 1:33:59 5 Bob Cooley 1:36:34 6 Stephanie Maclean 1:37:25 7 Chuck Spalding 1:37:40 8 Shura Kretchetov 1:41:00 9 Johanna Merriss 1:43:44 10 Gavin Williams 1:45:23 11 Gary Carpenter 2:00:12 12 Judy & Tom Cronin 2:49:13 13 Wes Erck 3:26:41
Jeff Lanam DNF
Phillip Hoare DNF
Vicki Woolworth DNF
Fyodor Konkov DNF
Red Course (5.2 km, 310 m climb, 18 controls)
Pl Name(s) Time
1 Misha Kreslavsky 1:14:55 2 Tapio Karras 1:23:37 3 Graham Brew 1:39:45 4 Misha Lipatov 1:40:18 5 Martin Muendel 2:29:42 6 Christine Brew 2:34:28 6 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 2:34:28
Ekaterina Orekhova DNF
Marina Keating DNF
Frederick Lee DNF
Blue Course (6.2 km, 360 m climb, 19 controls)
Pl Name(s) Time
1 Mikkel Conradi 1:07:04 2 François Léonard 1:07:37 3 Vladimir Gusiatnikov 1:19:30 4 Mats Jansson (GCO) 1:20:38 5 Greg Khanlarov 1:31:42 6 Andrej Masalkov 1:33:10 7 Nik Weber (GCO) 1:39:59 8 Rex Winterbottom 1:43:08 9 Lubomir Sebo 1:49:39 10 Deron van Hoff 2:03:01 11 Greg Favor 2:03:28 12 Nick Giori 2:16:30 13 Joe Maffei 2:24:43
Penny DeMoss DNF
Simon Brook DNF
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DNF = Did not finish (missed one or more controls)