2009 Western Region Interscholastic Championships
Pacheco State Park
Date: Nov. 7 - 8, 2009
Location: Hollister, CA
Event Director: 
- 925.872.3935
Type: Junior; 2-day, combined-points, individual and team competition
This event will be held in conjunction with the O in the Oaks '09 A-meet.
Registration
Register for the A-meet so that you will run the following courses:
- Elementary Boys and Girls – White course
- Middle School Boys and Girls – Yellow course
- High School JV Boys and Girls – Orange course
- High School Varsity Girls – Brown course
- High School Varsity Boys – Green course
Then email the following information to [emailByName: unknown member name 'Juniors '][emailByPosition: unknown position 'Juniors']:
- Name
- Gender
- Grade
- Individual Class
- School
- School's City and State
- Team Name
- Regular Team or Club Team
Standard A-meet fees apply.
Elementary School Registrations
Name Team Katie Peterson Twain Harte Elementary School, Twain Harte, CA Sarah Peterson Twain Harte Elementary School, Twain Harte, CA Elisabeth Pelayo Encinal Elementary School, Atherton, CA Hannah Kopisch Encinal Elementary School, Atherton, CA Natalie Pelayo Encinal Elementary School, Atherton, CA Julia Doubson GHJDS, Mountain View, CA Masha Konkov GHJDS, Mountain View, CA Rory Maclean Almond Elementary School, Los Altos, CA
Middle School Registrations
Name Team Cassandra Pelayo Hillview Middle School, Menlo Park, CA David Harrison Albany Middle School, Albany, CA William Morris Castillero Middle Schoo, San Jose, CA Will Hubsch The Polytechnic School, Pasadena, CA
High School JV Registrations
Name Team Bronwen Caplinger Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA Philip Kopisch Menlo-Atherton High School, Atherton, CA Daniel Kopisch Menlo-Atherton High School, Atherton, CA
High School Varsity Registrations
Name Team Alexander Kiperman University High School, Irvine, CA
Competition
There will be awards for both individuals and teams.
Individual
There will be individual awards for the top three students in each of the following eight classes:
- Elementary School Girls
- Elementary School Boys
- Middle School Girls
- Middle School Boys
- JV Girls
- JV Boys
- Varsity Girls
- Varsity Boys
The combined points from Saturday and Sunday count for the individual score.
Teams
There is no minimum nor maximum number of team members. School team members all attend the same school. Club team members are all from the same orienteering club. The top three scores in each team count. There will be awards for the top three teams in each of the following eight team categories:
- Elementary, School Teams
- Elementary, Club Teams
- Middle, School Teams
- Middle, Club Teams
- JV, School Teams
- JV, Club Teams
- Varsity, School Teams
- Varsity, Club Teams
Scoring
The fastest student in each competition class scores 100 points. Each other student scores proportionally fewer points—for example, if you take twice as long as the winner, then you'd get 50 points. DNF, DNS, and MSP score zero points.
FAQ
Q
- I am a 13-year-old (14 in December) 8th-grade girl who runs F-16 Orange normally, but middle school Yellow for IS. Can I run IS and still get counted in USOF rankings?
A
- Yes, if you register for F-16 Orange. For the IS champs, you can always run at a higher level, but your points will be based on the winner of the JV Girls class, not the Middle School Girls class.
Q
- I am a 14-year-old 9th-grade boy who runs M-16 Orange normally, but Varsity Green for IS. Can I get points for Varsity IS?
A
- Yes, but you would have to register for M-18 Green to do this. Alternatively, you could always run M-16 Orange and compete at the JV level.
Q
- You said that there is no maximum team size. Does that mean that we can't have two teams from the same school?
A
- No, you can have two teams, even two teams of one student each, but each team would be scored separately.
Q
- How about if we had 20 students on our team and we win a medal. Do all 20 students get an award?
A
- Yes.