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Here are the mid-year BAOC rankings, plus the methodology for compiling them. Thanks and suggestions both go to Joe Scarborough, our technical director. Yellow and Orange rankings compiled by John Pagendarm.
The scores are based on the USOF ranking system, with modifications to increase the competition for BAOC. Points are awarded by comparing a runner's time with the average of the fastest three on the course. Then a competition factor is applied, which consists of the average ranking points (normalized to a top score of 100) from the previous year of the top three ranked runners who usually run the course.
As in the past, runners stepping down from their USOF course are included in the BAOC rankings. This year the adjustment is modified for Red and Green to place younger (usually) runners who have scored 80 or more points on a previous ranking list to the supplementary list for the affected course. These are the better of those listed separately as B category runners in USOF and international competition and ranking. This rule will not, of course, affect the advanced long list.
The ranking rules call for a minimum of four events to qualify for the list, but a credit day is allowed if needed for course-setting or in the event of voided course. Four of the best five, 5/6, 5/7, 6/8, and 6/9 are averaged for the annual score.
For this interim ranking list, exceptions are made for Brown and below because of the lower participation rates on these courses. There are five more days of B meets, so there's plenty of opportunity to appear on the final 1998 list.
Also, for the first time, C meets will be used for the Orange and Yellow rankings. The assumption is that terrain and map standards necessary for fair and challenging courses at these levels will be met.
This year, an Advanced Long List will appear with the 1998 rankings. This list follows a much less strict system, which will include C meet results and combine all advanced competitors in a single listing. The long list will provide a hypothetical comparison of competition on different courses.
CRE meets are A or de facto B events used to compute the Advanced Rankings. Yellow and Orange Ranking Events (YORE) meets are additional events (C meets) used for Yellow and Orange rankings and the Advanced Long List.
1998 CRE for the Advanced Rankings:
Feb. 1 - Joe Grant
Mar. 15 - Calero
Apr. 19 - Annadel
May 3 - Sunol
June 7 - China Camp
Aug. 30 - Nisene Marks
Sept. 27 - Indian Valley
Oct. 11 - Monte Bello
Nov. 14 - Big Basin, Day 1
Nov. 15 - Big Basin, Day 2
Additional 1998 YORE meets:
Feb. 22 - Point Pinole
Mar. 22 - Coyote Hills
May 24 - Morgan Territory
June 14 - Spring Lake
Oct. 4 - Briones
Oct. 18 - Joe Grant
Nov. 1 - Spring Lake
Nov. 22 - Shell Ridge
Pts Events 1. Scarborough, James 91.7 5 2. Barlow, Neil 80.0 4 3. Loorits, Neeme 79.9 4 4. Kamijima,Michihiro 77.8 4 5. Ohlund, Kent 77.4 6 6. Graeve, Thorsten 72.1 8 7. Reader, Syd 71.5 7 8. Gregg, Steve 68.9 6 9. DeMoss, Penny 64.7 5 10. Carpenter, Gary 63.8 6 11. Moore, Brian 62.9 4 12. Stein, Doug 61.6 5 13. Wyatt-Mair, Gavin 56.6 5 14. Maclean, Derek 56.3 4 15. Graube, Peter 48.2 4 Taylor, Lans 81.7 3
Judging from points scored, the general level of performance is up from 1997, it just up more for some than others. In their balancing act between orienteering and graduate studies, James Scarborough and Lans Taylor have again traded places. Lans was unable to get in four ranking events in the last 12 months relegating him to the supplemental list. James' return to the list was marked by some rusty performances as his long home winning streak was broken by Neeme and Kent at Annadel.
And in second place, Neil Barlow has put aside his triathloning enough to get in some good runs, most impressively with his 91.2 pointer at Sunol. Neeme drops a spot despite a gain of 4 points and being the top club finisher at Annadel. Michi Kamijima adds 10 points to his score his hill shock subsides. Michi chalked up a win at China Camp for 80.8 points. Penny keeps the number nine Blue spot and maintains her perennial number one spot among BAOC women. Newcomers to the list are Brian Moore, Doug Stein, and Peter Graube.
1. Karras, Tapio 97.5 8 2. Ohlund, Kent 95.3 4 3. Haag, Werner 87.0 5 4. Gregg, Steve 86.8 4 5. Greene, Dan 84.5 8 6. Stein, Douglas 81.8 4 7. Jankowski, Steve 80.7 4 8. Boughner, Van 78.6 5 9. Cooley, Bob 75.3 7 10. Bassett, Bruce 75.3 4 11. Blair, Mark 70.8 7 12. Pinkham, Tony 70.7 4 13. WyatCounting 66.8 4 14. Glendinning, Alan 66.1 4 15. Pering, Trevor 64.7 5 16. Josh Fredericks 61.4 4 17. Wright, Hugh 53.9 4 Carpenter, Gary 86.7 3 DeMoss, Harold 64.5 3 Graube, Peter 60.6 3 Papendick, William 55.7 3 Aster, Scott 54.5 3Kent Ohlund sees his two-year string as the top Red runner threatened as Tapio Karras moved into the number one position. Kent has been concentrating on Blue this year as he returns to form but in their only meeting this year, Tapio scored an impressive 101.6 to 89.8 victory. Werner Haag moves into third off a scorching 104.5 at Annadel. Steve Gregg has moved up to Blue this year but still has enough points from last year for fourth place.
1. Scarborough, Joe 90.9 9 2. Wildfogel, Dennis 88.1 5 3. Minarik, George 85.8 8 4. Poulsen, Michael 71.8 8 5. Gerlach, Angelika 70.9 4 6. Petersen, Mark 67.2 4 7. Wells, Kelly 66.5 5 8. Maclean, Stephanie 64.9 4 9. DeMoss, Harold 62.5 4 10. Fleishman, Mike 57.9 6 11. Schakhnovsky, Oleg 54.7 5 12. Moretto, Paulo 52.9 4 13. Abernathy, Aileen 51.7 8 14. Clemo, Patty 50.5 4 15. Goss, Jerry 49.6 5 16. Goss, Stacy 49.2 6 17. Lewis, Robert 48.9 6 18. Beuerman, Steve 41.0 7 19. Ravenko, Vic 39.1 4 20. Lanam, Jeff 34.7 4 21. Lindeman, Nancy 28.4 4 Haag, Werner 94.6 6 Kraght, Gary 87.2 3 Kopish, Manfred 83.5 7 Aster, Scott 74.2 3 Taylor, Chris 72.3 3 Pinkham, Tony 70.1 3 Chen, Carol 66.7 3 Lainema, Matti 61.9 3 Lee, Jascha 59.1 3 Petersen, Janet 55.4 3 Brenner, Charles 46.5 3 Hoare, Philip 45.2 3 O'Keefe, Steve 38.5 3 Roos, Joan 36.8 3Dennis, George, and I continue the battle of the M50 and overs. The list can be misleading as to 1998. Looking at the scores so far this year, just for fun, the order of the top three is reversed, George 93.3, Dennis 92.8 and me with 91.9. (Too bad about the Annadel voiding.)
1. Minarik, Sarah 107.3 3 2. Kraght, Gary 98.7 2 3. Krasnova, Elena 90.5 3 4. Corsano, Nick 68.0 3 5. Minarik, Leslie 56.7 4 6. DeMarothy, Maroth 55.7 3 7. Lee, Jascha 54.2 4 8. Jacobs, Marsha 51.0 4 9. Borg, Lars 46.3 2 10. Lewis, Robert 42.5 3 11. Lanam, Jeff 39.0 3 12. Lennon, Kathleen 36.8 2 13. Madsen, Cheryl 35.9 5 14. Lindeman, Nancy 29.6 5 15. Young, Michael 28.6 2 16. Johnson, Rosemary 24.6 2The two top spots on Brown are the same as for the 1997 list. Changes for the 1998 list are likely as neither Sarah nor Gary have any Brown runs as yet this year. Hopefully, we will see enough Brown runners get in four races before the end of the year to give us a healthy competitive list.
1 Sarah Minarik 99.4 2 2 John Pagendarm 93.4 7 3 Randy Thomas 90.6 3 4 Michael Young 73.0 2 5 Sharon Evans 72.3 2 6 Don Gee 65.3 3 7 John Myers 60.7 3 8 Scott Henderson 60.0 2 9 Larry Pagendarm 45.0 2 YELLOW 1 Hillary Wolfe 103.2 3 2 Julie Wells 94.0 2 3 Melinda Haslam 86.4 3 4 Shirley Parlan 83.4 2 5 Judy Koehler 79.6 6 6 Galina Shakhnovsky 76.9 2 7 Jill Custer 66.5 2
To be included, a competitor must be an intermediate runner and club member, and have competed in two ranking events in the past 12 months. (Three will be required for the year-end rankings.) Please note that a new procedure has been used. There are a number of events that provide Yellow and Orange runners with "ranking quality" courses, but (unfortunately) do not provide the same for the advanced runners. Therefore, in addition to the Club Ranking Events (CREs) there are now Yellow and Orange Ranking Events (YOREs). This should provide the intermediate runners with more opportunity to "run for points." The current rankings are based on 14 YOREs from July 1997 to June 1998.
1 Scarborough,James 100.0
2 Taylor, Lans 89.1
3 Barlow, Neil 87.2
4 Loorits, Neeme 87.1
5 Kamijima,Michihiro 84.9
6 Ohlund, Kent 84.5
7 Karras, Tapio 83.7
8 Graeve, Thorsten 78.7
9 Reader, Syd 78.0
10 Gregg, Steve 75.2
11 Haag, Werner 74.6
12 Carpenter, Gary 74.4
13 Greene, Dan 72.5
14 DeMoss, Penny 70.6
15 Stein, Douglas 70.2
16 Jankowski, Steve 69.3
17 Moore, Brian 68.6
18 Boughner, Van 67.5
19 Scarborough, Joe 66.7
20 Cooley, Bob 64.7
21 Bassett, Bruce 64.6
22 Wildfogel, Dennis 64.6
23 Kraght, Gary 63.9
24 Minarik, George 62.9
25 Wyatt-Mair, Gavin 61.8
26 Maclean, Derek 61.4
27 Kopish, Manfred 61.2
28 Minarik, Sarah 61.0
29 Blair, Mark 60.7
30 Pinkham, Tony 60.7
31 Glendinning, Alan 56.7
32 Pering, Trevor 55.5
33 DeMoss, Harold 55.3
34 Aster, Scott 54.4
35 Taylor, Chris 53.0
36 Poulsen, Michael 52.7
37 Josh Fredericks 52.7
38 Graube, Peter 52.5
39 Gerlach, Angelika 52.0
40 Krasnova, Elena 51.5
41 Petersen, Mark 49.3
42 Chen, Carol 48.9
43 Wells, Kelly 48.8
44 Papendick, William 47.8
45 Maclean, Stephanie 47.6
46 Wright, Hugh 46.2
47 Lainema, Matti 45.4
48 Lee, Jascha 43.3
49 Fleishman, Mike 42.4
50 Goss, Stacey 40.6
51 Petersen, Janet 40.6
52 Schakhnovsky, Oleg 40.1
53 Moretto, Paula 38.8
54 Corsano, Nick 38.7
55 Abernathy, Aileen 37.9
56 Clemo, Patty 37.1
57 Goss, Jerry 36.4
58 Lewis, Robert 35.8
59 Brenner, Charles 34.1
60 Hoare, Philip 33.2
61 Minarik, Leslie 32.2
62 DeMarothy, Maroth 31.7
63 Robinson, Stacy 31.6
64 Beuerman, Steve 30.1
65 Jacobs, Marsha 29.0
66 Ravenko, Vic 28.7
67 O'Keefe, Steeve 28.2
68 Roos, Joan 27.0
69 Borg, Lars 26.3
70 Lanam, Jeff 25.5
71 Lennon, Kathleen 20.9
72 Lindeman, Nancy 20.9
73 Madsen, Cheryl 20.4
74 Young, Michael 16.2
75 Johnson, Rosemary 14.0