Spring Lake
Santa Rosa
May 5, 2001
by Scott
Aster, meet director
Warm, sunny weather greeted participants at the BAOC National Orienteering Day event in Santa Rosa. Almost 50 people came out to try the sport in the fun, interesting surroundings of Spring Lake. The first-timers enjoyed the White and Yellow courses, which took them in and around the many rock features surrounding the Lake. Only three people decided to brave the memory-O, but they all reported having a good mind-challenging test, and every entrant found (eventually) all the controls. Below are the complete results.
This event couldn't have happened without the help of many club members. Idell Weydemeyer and George and Pat Aster handled the registration duties. George Minarik posted results, and he and Judy Koehler gave beginner clinics, Gary Kraght worked the finish line, and I did the starts. I especially want to thank Deron Van Hoff and Judy Koehler for sticking around and helping with control pickup at the end of the day. All of the above crew members also took the time to chat with the newcomers, and I think presented a very friendly, welcoming atmosphere for the participants. Hopefully we'll see them at one of our other events soon!
Results
White 2.3 km, 40 meters climb 1) Rich Israels 29:28 2) Martin Taylor 32:50 3) Barbara McAuliffe 44:41 4) Eric & Gabrial Zeller 54:56 5) B. Seagrove 60:11 6) Jim Stein, Suyen, Melody Alarik 66:14 7) Martin, Bret, Hollie, & Lauren Avonlea 79:01 8) Ben & Cory Ford, Judy & Leah Newton 83:11 Becky, John, & Brittany Lepori DNF Nancy Yates & Stephen Demergasso DNF Yellow 3.6 km, 140 meters climb 1) George Minarik 34:42 2) Judy Koehler 87:36 3) George & Pat Aster 87:44 4) James Binder 91:47 5) Pat Coyle 93:44 6) Sue Sullivan 93:51 7) Martin Taylor 94:57 8) Robert Bunce, Mark, Stanley & Sean Tolland 106:40 9) Jeff Lavin 119:59 10) Johanna Hoagland & group 138:18 11) Oly Wasem 148:30 12) Kris Karlson & Margareta Linde 150:05 Walter Schindler DNF Memory-O 15 controls (some shared with portions of White & Yellow) 1) Deron Van Hoff 58:29 (got 15) 2) Tom & Sandy Guldman 143:35 (got 15)