Mills College
Event #2 of 6 in the BAOC 2022 Summer Series
Date: (Sun.) Jun. 26, 2022
Location: Oakland, CA
Event Director: 
- 510.681.6181
Course Setter: James Roney
Type: C; This is the second event of the 2022 Summer Series. Beginners are welcome!
Event Write-Up
By
The Golden State Warriors of Orienteering win the Championship at Mills College
I’m just a superfan. This is a tribute to all who made the magic happen yesterday at Mills College.
It starts with the GM, pulling the strings from behind the scenes. He has a vision. Mills College is going the way of Oracle Arena, and us Warriors will have to move on to a new arena as Northeastern University is taking over the reigns at Mills. Who knows when we’ll be back? Perhaps it will become our Chase Center in our next Sprint Finals. But knowing about the takeover, Deron van Hoff architected a deal with Nic at Mills for one last hurrah on this beautiful campus with woodsy appeal. And then Deron drafted me to direct traffic and James Roney to architect the courses, also serving as a course consultant.
Every team has its marquee star, its MVP ... and the one raining down 3’s from all over the court yesterday was Graham Brew. He was everywhere for setup, setting up everything, rapidly, cutting back and forth, the defense could never catch up. Starts, the remote Finish, bringing stuff over to Registration, and then doing the post-game conference at the Start line as a gracious host to all the media who arrived with questions about start procedures and things they missed at the beginner’s clinics. Classy, calm, collected, and friendly. That’s Graham. He’s our Steph Curry. I think his secret to training is chasing Chris’s pumi dog all over the backyard on the agility courses.
But even with a star-packed team, you need a great Coach: and training all the players with dozens of enthusiastic clinics packed with game-winning strategies, that would be Jeff Goodwin serving as our Steve Kerr. Down the bench, Chuck Spalding stepped up to provide coaching support as our Kenny Atkinson, running concurrent clinics to handle the overflow of beginners. (Chuck also moonlights as our PR team, providing key grammatical scrutiny at all points in the messaging stream up to the big game day.)
Rookie of the Year goes to first-time Course Setter James Roney: he went undrafted, but our GM Deron found a gem a few weeks before game day, and James hit the ground running, designing the courses, scouting all the locations, getting feedback, making adjustments, and nailing the essentials while providing appropriately challenging courses at all levels, printing the maps, and running off during the event to print more maps. Our Jonathan Kuminga.
Then there’s that behind-the-scenes guy, the glue guy, the player-coach: Erin Schirm. Before heading back to baby duty, Erin embraced the opportunity to engage James in some thoughtful course analysis. It’s always appreciated after putting so much thought in as a course setter, in my experience. Erin is our Andre Iguodala. They both happen to be Aquariuses.
Making it rain at Registration before and during the event, our Splash Siblings: Friendly sharpshooters Sarah Williams and Steve Haas make us pay in many ways: season pass, with credit card, cash, check, online, PayPal, self-registration drop box, IOU (oops, I didn’t say that). Our Klay Thompson and Jordan Poole.
Who deals with all the Technical Fouls, MSPs, DNFs, and DSQs? That would be our intrepid E-punch results crew of Jeff Lanam and Rosemary Johnson, sorting out all the technical difficulties that may arise, our Draymond Greens.
No Championship is Complete without a Victory Parade! And this one was catered by Amy Winston and John Crowther. Who also helped clean up all the checkpoints(!), with Steven & Suzie (welcome!), Matej Sebo, and Yurii Konovalenko.
Comeback Player of the Year? Vicki Woolworth is our Andrew Wiggins. Fresh off event-directing at a drenched Joaquin Miller event, Vicki dried herself off and biked over to Mills College to do anything necessary to ensure the success of the event as assistant event director. And graciously relieved Graham/Steph when he subbed out from starting.
You, too, can be a star. Who’s going to help us fill out our roster for Saturday, July 2nd, at U.C. Berkeley? All positions can use extra support and understudies:
- Assistant Event Director – need one more
- Beginner’s Clinics – Jeffrey Goodwin
- Starts – First Shift Graham Brew & need at least one more
- Checkpoint Pickup – Anthony Riley & need about 5 more
- Registration – Steve Haas + Sarah Williams & need at least one more
- Hospitality/Greeters – 2 would be nice
- ePunch/Results – Jeff L. & need at least one more
- Setup – need at least one more
- Takedown – Anthony Riley & need at least one more
Thanks!
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And Rex wins the “after-action report of the year†award! Thanks for everything you did Rex. Yesterday was a huge amount of fun and reminded me why I loved Urban sprints so much. (And not only because this will be the first and last time in my life when I’ve been compared to Steph Curry!)
No doubt the fans are all sitting on the edge of their seats for the Event Rankings, and what that means for the BAOC Summer Series Standings. The BAOC Data Scientists are still working their magic on the numbers. Hope to have the update to you by mid-week. Thanks for your patience, and thanks again to Rex and everyone who volunteered yesterday!
Graham Brew
(BAOC Event Coordinator & Chief Data Scientist)
Results
Mills College
Oakland, CA
Sunday, June 26, 2022
White Course Short Course Long Course Summer Series Points Summer Series Standings
“The results for today’s event are below, please let me know of any corrections. Thanks to Rex Winterbottom and James Roney for conducting this event, along with a host of volunteers.†– Jeff Lanam ()
Also see control-by-control timing in the WinSplits results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=83212) and on Attackpoint (https://www.attackpoint.org/eventdetail.jsp/event_53745).
Note: “I'm missing ages and genders for some people, for the Summer Series points calculations. If I don't receive the information before I'm ready to calculate the points, I'll publish with those people assumed to be 21-year-old males. (I can easily go back later and put in the real information if we get it in the future—for the standings that will be posted after a later event.)†– Graham Brew ()
Beginner Course (1.9 km, 26 m [1.4%] climb, 14 controls)
Pl Name Club Time Behind
1 Sierra Meisel 22:44
2 Maria Khvalchik 27:19 4:35
3 Siddhant Swaminathan 32:14 9:30
4 Zhiqiang Qian 36:53 14:09
5 Ruizi Tang 37:08 14:24
6 Steven Zhang 37:22 14:38
7 Anouk Chubby 37:46 15:02
8 James Qian 37:49 15:05
9 Yicheng Qian 37:50 15:06
10 Jenny Zheng BAOC 43:30 20:46
11 Barbara Robben BAOC 56:00 33:16
12 Oliver Conradi BAOC 1:00:29 37:45
13 Hassan 1:02:03 39:19
14 Nancy Lindeman BAOC 1:07:12 44:28
15 Jeff Nibert BAOC 1:10:26 47:42
16 Eleanor Jergus BAOC 1:11:56 49:12
17 Julian Conradi BAOC 1:32:53 70:09
Short Course (3.4 km, 56 m [1.7%] climb, 19 controls)
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind
1 Chris Degen 17:42 (2nd course)
2 Wayne Staats BAOC 18:32 0:50 (2nd course)
3 Jeffrey Goodwin BAOC 19:55 2:13 (2nd course)
4 Ouri Karni Technion-Carmel 21:08 3:26 (2nd course)
5 Jan Cisar 23:57 6:15
6 Pitko Liubov BAOC 24:31 6:49 (2nd course)
7 Weichun Fong BAOC 25:01 7:19 (2nd course)
8 Steven & Suzie 26:24 8:42 (2nd course)
9 Chuck Spalding BAOC 30:35 12:53
10 Lauren Knight BAOC 30:50 13:08
11 Jason Lee BAOC 32:05 14:23 (2nd course)
12 Nathan Curtis BAOC 33:51 16:09
13 Nat Jeffries 34:34 16:52
14 George Minarik BAOC 36:32 18:50
15 Werner Haag BAOC 36:43 19:01
16 Amy Winston RMOC 45:48 28:06
17 Evan Custer BAOC 47:08 29:26
18 Nikolay Makhnenko 51:42 34:00
19 Ludovic Chubby 53:01 35:19
20 Jay Hann BAOC 54:52 37:10
21 Sarah Williams BAOC 55:05 37:23
22 Melodie Desmarais 56:14 38:32
23 Rosemary Johnson BAOC 57:27 39:45
24 Steven Zhang 58:39 40:57 (2nd course)
25 Charles Van Tassel 1:00:00 42:18
26 Jeff Lanam BAOC 1:00:41 42:59
27 Ruizi Tang 1:10:08 52:26 (2nd course)
28 Clara Staats BAOC 1:12:22 54:40
28 Imogen Robinson BAOC 1:12:22 54:40
30 Anna Staats BAOC 1:14:46 57:04
31 Adam, Ethan, & Geoffrey 1:17:31 59:49
32 James Qian 1:17:38 59:56 (2nd course)
33 Zhiqi Ang BAOC 1:18:26 60:44
34 Terry Gleason BAOC 1:19:56 62:14
Leslie Minarik BAOC DNF
Sierra Meisel DNF (2nd course)
Long Course (5.1 km, 67 m [1.3%] climb, 30 controls)
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind
1 Erin Schirm BAOC 25:50
2 Yurii Konovalenko BAOC 27:09 1:19
3 Carl Hoel 28:07 2:17
4 Chris Degen 28:16 2:26
5 Wayne Staats BAOC 30:21 4:31
6 Jeffrey Goodwin BAOC 30:29 4:39
7 Rex Winterbottom BAOC 32:04 6:14
8 Graham Brew BAOC 34:39 8:49
8 Ouri Karni Technion-Carmel 34:39 8:49
10 Marie-Josée Parayre BAOC 37:06 11:16
11 Nikolay Makhnenko 37:27 11:37 (2nd course)
12 Nat Jeffries 37:50 12:00 (2nd course)
13 Pitko Liubov 38:00 12:10
14 Mikkel Conradi CSU 38:06 12:16
15 Deron van Hoff BAOC 39:42 13:52
16 Steven Harrison BAOC 41:43 15:53
18 John Richardson BAOC 42:56 17:06
19 Drew Taplin BAOC 44:14 18:24
20 John Crowther RMOC 45:56 20:06
21 Weichun Fong BAOC 46:20 20:30
22 Chun Wu BAOC 47:01 21:11
23 Steven & Suzie 47:14 21:24
24 Chuck Spalding BAOC 47:46 21:56 (2nd course)
25 Billy Bao 50:42 24:52
26 Steve Gregg BAOC 51:06 25:16
27 Stephen Haas BAOC 55:31 29:41
28 Irena & Nick Stefanova BAOC 55:36 29:46
29 Michael Robinson BAOC 55:44 29:54
30 Jason Lee BAOC 56:52 31:02
31 Vicki Woolworth NAVX 57:54 32:04
32 Brad Jacobs BAOC 1:00:00 34:10
33 Chase Lewis, Noel Csomay 1:06:13 40:23
34 Ellen Holbrook 1:46:32 80:42
François Léonard BAOC DNF
Sean Robinson BAOC DNF
2022 Summer Series Points
Here are the points for the Mills College event—event #2 in the BAOC Summer Series.
As a reminder, there are two competitions this summer—the Short and the Long. Folks are eligible to earn points only on the first course they run each day (and no points if that is the Beginner course).
Points are weighted by age and gender for each event (the details are explained here), and we are still missing ages for a few athletes. These are marked as "M21" below (because 21-year-old male is assumed in that case). If your name is so marked, please feel free to send me your birth year, or let registration know at the next event you attend.
Likewise, if you have any questions about the scoring, please let me know. And thanks again to everyone who competed and volunteered on Sunday.
– Graham Brew, BAOC Event Coordinator ()
Short-Course Points at Mills College
Pl Name Points
1 Chuck Spalding 1000
2 Jan Cisar 865
3 George Minarik 810
4 Lauren Knight 777
5 Werner Haag 733
6 Evan Custer 706
7 Nathan Curtis 601
8 Amy Winston 596
9 Nat Jeffries 592 (M21)
9 Rosemary Johnson 592
11 Sarah Williams 500
12 Jay Hann 478
12 Terry Gleason 478
14 Jeff Lanam 437
15 Melodie Desmarais 427
16 Ludovic Chubby 405
17 Nikolay Makhnenko 394
18 Clara Staats 392
19 Anna Staats 358
20 Charles Van Tassel 339 (M21)
21 Imogen Robinson 316 (M21)
22 Zhiqi Ang 292 (M21)
Long-Course Points at Mills College
Pl Name Points
1 Erin Schirm 1000
2 Chris Degen 989
3 Yurii Konovalenko 970
4 Carl Hoel 915 (M21)
5 Rex Winterbottom 889
6 Wayne Staats 873
7 Marie-Josee Parayre 866
8 Jeff Goodwin 850
9 Graham Brew 822
10 Deron van Hoff 769
11 Liubov Pitko 763
12 Ouri Karni 757
13 Stephen Harrison 746
14 Mikkel Conradi 729
15 Steve Haas 668
16 Vicki Woolworth 664
17 John Crowther 651
18 Steve Gregg 646
19 John Richardson 598
20 Drew Taplin 580
21 Michael Robinson 557
22 Weichun Fong 554
23 Chun Wu 544
24 Jason Lee 513
25 Billy Bao 505 (M21)
26 Brad Jacobs 427 (M21)
27 Ellen Holbrook 270 (M21)
2022 Summer Series Standings
Here are the standings so far in the BAOC Summer Series!
The final standings will be based on the best four scores for each athlete out of the total six events.
(Event Directors and Course Setters earn “credit points†for their event[s], equal to their best “scored points†during the Series. Thus, Vicki Woolworth received points for event #1 [noted as "cr" below], because she was the Event Director at that event. Those points will increase if she scores more points at a later event in the Series.)
“Short Series†Standings After Event #2
Pl Name JMP Mills Total Events
1 Jan Cisar 543 865 1408 2
2 Chuck Spalding 1000 1000 1
2 Tapio Karras 1000 1000 1
4 Eric Rosenzweig 811 811 1
5 George Minarik 810 810 1
6 Lauren Knight 777 777 1
7 Werner Haag 733 733 1
8 Derek Maclean 727 727 1
9 Johanna Merriss 711 711 1
10 Evan Custer 706 706 1
11 Stephanie Maclean 641 641 1
12 Nathan Curtis 601 601 1
13 Amy Winston 596 596 1
14 Nat Jeffries 592 592 1
14 Rosemary Johnson 592 592 1
16 Logan Sternberg 591 591 1
17 Sarah Williams 500 500 1
18 Jussi Tahtinen 484 484 1
19 Jay Hann 478 478 1
19 Terry Gleason 478 478 1
21 Daniel Ingram 439 439 1
22 Jeff Lanam 437 437 1
23 Melodie Desmarais 427 427 1
24 Ludovic Chubby 405 405 1
25 Nikolay Makhnenko 394 394 1
26 Clara Staats 392 392 1
27 Anna Staats 358 358 1
28 Charles Van Tassel 339 339 1
29 Imogen Robinson 316 316 1
30 Zhiqi Ang 292 292 1
31 Mark Schneider 288 288 1
“Long Series†Standings After Event #2
Pl Name JMP Mills Total Events
1 Yurii Konovalenko 1000 970 1970 2
2 Rex Winterbottom 670 889 1559 2
3 Mikkel Conradi 822 729 1551 2
4 Marie-Josee Parayre 589 866 1455 2
5 Liubov Pitko 650 763 1413 2
6 Graham Brew 581 822 1403 2
7 Deron van Hoff 599 769 1368 2
8 Steve Gregg 702 646 1348 2
9 Vicki Woolworth 664cr 664 1328 2
10 Drew Taplin 421 580 1001 2
10 John Richardson 403 598 1001 2
12 Erin Schirm 1000 1000 1
13 Chris Degen 989 989 1
14 Chun Wu 387 544 931 2
15 Carl Hoel 915 915 1
16 Wayne Staats 873 873 1
16 Weichun Fong 319 554 873 2
18 Jeff Goodwin 850 850 1
19 Francois Leonard 828 828 1
20 Ouri Karni 757 757 1
21 Stephen Harrison 746 746 1
22 Jonathan Owens 712 712 1
23 Steve Haas 668 668 1
24 John Crowther 651 651 1
25 Nicholas Goldowsky-Dill 592 592 1
26 Taylor Pospisil 579 579 1
27 Michael Robinson 557 557 1
28 Kyle Navarro 527 527 1
29 Jason Lee 513 513 1
30 Billy Bao 505 505 1
31 Lance Kenison 478 478 1
32 Samuel Barker 440 440 1
33 Brad Jacobs 427 427 1
34 Henrique Miranda 426 426 1
35 Steven Luibrand 394 394 1
36 Ellen Holbrook 270 270 1
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DNF = Did not finish (missed one or more controls)