Lake Herman Recreation Area
Date: (Sun.) Feb. 26, 2023
Location: Benicia, CA
Event Director: 
- 650.906.9672
Course Setter: Nick Corsano
Type: B; Standard 7-course event for beginners through advanced
Related Event Information
WinSplits Results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=87659) Attackpoint Results (https://www.attackpoint.org/eventdetail.jsp/event_55489) RouteGadget – Introduction RouteGadget – This Event (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=508) Event Announcement
Event Write-Up
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The day at Lake Herman started cool and overcast, and progressed to cold and raw, but the forecasted rain held off long enough to spare almost everyone except the cadre of valiant afternoon volunteers. On the subject of volunteers, let me begin by thanking all those who made the event successful.
- Insurance: Dan Ingram
- Website: Chuck Spalding
- Pre-registration: Sarah Williams
- Hanging Controls: Bob Strauss
- Setup: Graham Brew, Bob Strauss, Esther Heller
- Registration: Sarah Williams, Scott Aster, Steve Haas, Dennis Wildfogel
- E-punch: Jay Hann (Western Race Services)
- Beginner Clinics: Scott Aster, Chuck Spalding, James Roney
- Starts: Esther Heller, Graham Brew, Bob Strauss
- Control Pickup: Steph and Derek Maclean, Tapio Karras, John Richardson, Nicholas Goldowsky-Dill, Brian Ritchken
- Take-down: Bob Strauss, Esther Heller, the Macleans, Tapio Karras, Brian Ritchken
Special thanks to Steph Maclean for providing several hours of the basic survival needs—heat, light, and an internet connection—to a couple of refugees from an extended power outage in the week prior to the event.
Finally, thanks to Ann Dunleavy and Theron Jones of the City of Benicia Department of Parks and Community Services for their support of our event.
The dire weather forecast certainly helped to keep attendance below expectations, at around 100 people. We were happy to see two Girl Scout troops and the Turlock NJROTC contingent.
Since so much of Lake Herman is lacking in complex contour or vegetation detail, it seemed that the best approach to course setting there was to feature long legs with an element of route choice. Green, Red, and Blue all shared a 1 km leg, and each had other long-ish legs. Even with Brown, we were able to set a couple of legs close to 700 m.
The event results are below. Thanks to all who came out for the event.
Results
Lake Herman Recreation Area
Benicia, CA
Sunday, February 26, 2023
White Course Yellow Course Orange Course Brown Course Green Course Red Course Blue Course
Also see control-by-control timing in the WinSplits results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=87659) and on Attackpoint (https://www.attackpoint.org/eventdetail.jsp/event_55489).
You can see the event map with the actual routes traveled by participants, and draw your own route for comparison, in RouteGadget for this event (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=508). (Use of RouteGadget is explained here.)
- RouteGadget Tip #1: After selecting your GPX file, make sure to adjust the time offset between starting your watch at the start line and leaving the start triangle. The offset can have a huge impact on your route accuracy. For most local events, the offset should be set to 0 as we start from the triangle (assuming you started your watch exactly when you started).
- RouteGadget Tip #2: After uploading your GPS track to RouteGadget, you can create additional blue adjustment points by right-clicking your track. You can use these points to better align your route with the map, for example, along trails. You can delete extra adjustment points by right-clicking them.
Please tell and the if anything needs to be changed in the results.
Preliminary Results
White Course (1.8 km, 50 m climb, 13 controls)
Time Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 Viaceslav Romanovsky 29:03 4:08
2 Igor Romanovsky 29:40 0:37 7:18
3 Viaceslav Romanovsky 29:46 0:43 4:14 (2nd course)
4 Manveen Sekhon 30:46 1:43 5:09
5 Abhijit Goda BAOC 34:59 5:56 2:16
6 Neli & Anna 35:05 6:02 4:10
7 Nicol Campos 41:05 12:02 15:10
8 Joy & Jennifer Morrill Troop 30886 47:08 18:05 18:39
8 Lily & Briana Troop 30886 47:08 18:05 19:12
10 Beatrice Schreibstein OCIN 50:03 21:00 7:29
Titi Bella Troop 20411 MSP
Vladimir Gusiatnikov OCIN DNF
Yellow Course (2.5 km, 95 m climb, 13 controls)
Time Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 Trace Calloway 26:15 2:29
2 Sarah Williams BAOC 36:14 9:59 2:44
3 Fedyk & Hodson BAOC 37:15 11:00 4:15
4 Scarlet Hanson Turlock NJROTC 40:51 14:36 7:28
5 Sara Mae Parker 41:22 15:07 7:19
6 Fedyk team BAOC 42:30 16:15 6:39
7 Deven Flores Turlock NJROTC 46:08 19:53 8:47
8 Trinka & Nils Gillis BAOC 50:19 24:04 6:58
9 Joy & Jennifer Morrill Troop 30886 52:23 26:08 9:21 (2nd course)
9 Lily & Briana Troop 30886 52:23 26:08 9:25 (2nd course)
11 Axel Madrigal Turlock NJROTC 55:02 28:47 18:38
12 Roney family BAOC 56:02 29:47 4:48
13 Chicken Town Troop 10977 59:34 33:19 20:22
14 Bjorn & Linnea Widerstrom BAOC 1:01:54 35:39 11:15
15 Randy Emma & Sarah BAOC 1:22:54 56:39 16:01
Justin Van Zerber MSP
Orange Course (4.4 km, 180 m climb, 20 controls)
Time Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 Gary Kraght BAOC 1:06:32 5:05
2 Dillon Braud 1:12:12 5:40 5:02
3 Landen Elliott Turlock NJROTC 1:15:46 9:14 16:40
4 Anna Staats BAOC 1:22:33 16:01 10:06
5 Isaac Moseli Turlock NJROTC 1:30:22 23:50 19:12
6 Keysha Esparza-Mendoza Turlock NJROTC 1:35:23 28:51 20:22
7 William Barbagallo Turlock NJROTC 2:11:50 65:18 42:33
Cornelia Dean DNF
John Barbagallo Turlock NJROTC DNF
Brown Course (3.8 km, 175 m climb, 13 controls)
Time Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 Chuck Spalding BAOC 45:10 1:38
2 Randy Snook BAOC 49:27 4:17 12:04
3 Olga Kraght BAOC 52:53 7:43 7:07
4 Stephen Haas BAOC 55:17 10:07 7:27
5 Dennis Wildfogel BAOC 56:42 11:32 15:46
6 Leonie Krechetov BAOC 1:22:53 37:43 10:53
7 Leta Krechetov BAOC 1:22:57 37:47 15:02
8 Brooke Staats BAOC 1:24:33 39:23 25:40
9 Scott Aster BAOC 1:25:40 40:30 8:22
10 Johanna Merriss BAOC 1:25:41 40:31 29:29
11 Evan Custer BAOC 1:29:10 44:00 13:39
12 Julie McGinnis Turlock NJROTC 1:36:26 51:16 34:24
13 Jeff Lanam BAOC 1:41:18 56:08 19:59
14 Rosemary Johnson BAOC 1:43:00 57:50 11:09
15 Scott Sampson BAOC 1:56:37 71:27 22:45
Kevin Hinkley DNS
Terri Hunt BAOC DNS
Green Course (5.0 km, 250 m climb, 15 controls)
Time Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 Tapio Karras BAOC 57:37 6:09
2 James Roney BAOC 1:03:35 5:58 4:08
3 Steve Gregg BAOC 1:03:42 6:05 10:02
4 Bob Strauss BAOC 1:07:13 9:36 5:38
5 Stephanie Maclean BAOC 1:10:10 12:33 7:52
6 Penny DeMoss BAOC 1:16:09 18:32 5:50
7 Marie-Josée Parayre BAOC 1:19:00 21:23 12:56
8 Derek Maclean BAOC 1:23:34 25:57 19:40
9 Vicki Woolworth NAVX 1:32:44 35:07 10:31
10 Hayden Elliott Turlock NJROTC 1:33:39 36:02 27:27
11 Edgar Rojas Turlock NJROTC 1:59:25 61:48 60:49
Red Course (6.1 km, 275 m climb, 17 controls)
Time Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 Graham Brew BAOC 1:00:56 5:48
2 John Richardson BAOC 1:02:17 1:21 5:59
3 Deron van Hoff BAOC 1:04:40 3:44 2:46
4 Jason Reed BAOC 1:18:52 17:56 12:29
5 Andrej Masalkov BAOC 1:35:23 34:27 31:06
Blue Course (7.2 km, 295 m climb, 20 controls)
Time Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 Erin Schirm BAOC 50:51 4:17
2 François Léonard BAOC 53:41 2:50 1:59
3 Wayne Staats BAOC 54:59 4:08 5:17
4 Brian Ritchken BAOC 1:15:33 24:42 16:59
5 Nicholas Goldowsky-Dill BAOC 1:17:34 26:43 6:49
6 Weichun Fong BAOC 1:22:51 32:00 7:06
7 Emily Ellsworth 1:25:36 34:45 20:09
8 Contour Lives NAVX 2:02:16 71:25 19:53
9 Alex Newcomer BAOC 2:34:03 103:12 18:45
Jeff Street BAOC MSP
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DNF = Did not finish (missed one or more controls)
DNS = Did not start
MSP = Mispunched (one or more controls wrong)