Stanford

Palo Alto
April 13, 2002

by Chuck Spalding, meet director

On a lovely Spring day, 200 participants accounted for 99 entries on the four courses provided by the Stanford Orienteering Club and designed by Syd Reader. Below are the complete results.

The White course was a bit more challenging than normal, requiring careful navigation through the maze of buildings in the central campus. However, everyone completed the course successfully, with Linda Wang and Albert Huntington finishing first in 23:22, fully 10 minutes ahead of the second team.

The Yellow course was similar, but its additional length took people a bit beyond the dense buildings. The field of more than 90 people was headed by Scott Aster with a swift 32:35 -- a fitting reward for his term as BAOC president. Scott was closely followed by three competitors with much less experience, including first-timer Caleb Kemere.

The Orange course combined fine orienteering among the buildings and open-field navigation. Gary Kraght led the way with a time of 39:01.

The Long Orange course provided a grand tour of the campus. It gave the more-experienced orienteers a chance to show their speed, with more than half the entries averaging faster than 9 min/km. Steve Gregg won in 45:22, closely followed by Dennis Wildfogel, Vadimas Masalkovas and Doug Stein.

As always, the event couldn't have been held without the efforts of many people. As mentioned previously, Syd Reader designed the courses. He also ran the gauntlet of Stanford bureaucracy to get the permit (with support from Alan LaVergne), made map corrections and prepared the maps for printing, set almost all the controls, and picked up several controls. Many thanks go to Bob Cooley for printing all the maps, including during the event (which had him walking to and from the parking lot -- a few days after surgery on both knees!). Rachel Freund (who is rumored to be campaigning to be president of the Stanford Orienteering Club) helped vet the courses, set controls, posted signs, recorded finishes and computed results (she certainly has my vote!).

The ever-present registration team of Ev and Jean Beuerman did their usual wonderful job (I apologize for not arranging relief for them to be able to run a course). Beginners clinics were held by Nancy Lindeman and Jeff Lanam, which surely contributed to the high level of success on White and Yellow. Starts were managed by Louise Madrid, Meg Gerstner and Alan Glendinning. In addition to Rachel F., finishes were recorded by Scott Aster and Dwight Freund. Results were processed by Rachel, Dwight, Alan LaVergne and David Takacs. Last but not least, the controls were picked up by Andrea Sheperd, Slava Akinin and Steve Haas (and Syd).

Thanks to all those folks, to Abby Wolfe for posting the announcement and results on the BAOC Web site, and to anyone that I've inadvertently overlooked.


Results

White         (2.7 km, 9 controls)

   1  Linda Wang, Albert Huntington                  23:22
   2  Maya, Emi & Murray Reed                        33:24
   3  Lind Su, E. & B. Strand, Annie Given           45:21
   4  Alanna Casey, Jan Wexner, Larry Fong           53:00
   5  Karras family                                  53:21
   6  Karen, Tara & Moira Saxena, Janelle Page,
        Allan Leung                                  53:47
   7  Chelsea Waite                                  59:13
   8  Bill & Colin Wright                          1:01:38
   9  Emilia Haya, Sarah Quincy, Lindsey Lehto     1:01:53
  10  Bevan Waite                                  1:02:11
  11  Amber Garcia, Allison Bray, Jennifer &
        Janet Angell (GS Troop 255)                1:03:14
  12  Joann Freund (GCO)                           1:07:57
  13  Kellison-Linn family                         1:11:40
  14  Napolitano family                            1:11:54
  15  Christopher Belisle                          1:19:30
  16  K, A & D Cendejas, C & K Kurtz, A DuQuite,
        G, N & C Sinha (GS Troop 167)              1:26:41
  17  Barbara Robben, Wilma Leonard                1:39:58
  18  Terese, Laura, Heather & Donna Blockhus      1:45:20


Yellow        (3.8 km, 12 controls)

   1  Scott Aster                                    32:35
   2  Craig Mar                                      34:57
   3  Caleb Kemere                                   35:43
   4  Irina Zaks                                     36:30
   5  Elizabeth Grewal                               54:15
   6  John Tseng, Wendy Kang                         59:09
   7  Beth Dixon                                     59:49
   8  Sundeep Abraham                              1:01:27
   9  Dan & Jordy Rose                             1:04:28
  10  Rajesh & Stella Kulkarni                     1:04:36
  11  Rita Law, Helen & Jacky Liem,
        Mansun Chan, Elaine Tong                   1:05:15
  12  Ken, Wendy, Vincent, George                  1:05:48
  13  Julia, Michael, Anna & Alex Rotakhina        1:07:00
  14  Andrea, Adreanna & Roland Shepherd,
        E. Hill, Christian Haldan                  1:13:30
  15  Rachel Care                                  1:13:40
  16  Annice & Jay Weinstein, Janelle Page         1:13:51
  17  Curtis & Craig Murphy, Scott & Eric Pierson  1:19:12
  18  Crystal Wang, Douglas Chang                  1:22:31
  19  Tim Morton                                   1:22:53
  20  Cathy Bunting, Pat Lea, Micki Guntren        1:23:32
  21  David Takacs                                 1:30:14
  22  Jack & Philip Myers, Paul Mazaika, Sue Rho   1:32:14
  23  Stephanie Bunting, Michelle Lea,
        Kelsey Guntren                             1:35:42
  24  Chris, Maya & Lena Lozinski                  1:37:40
  25  Chris Twiggs, Stephanie, Brian, Joan, Bob    1:39:15
  26  Melissa Spencer, Brenda Peņa,
        Megan Xenas, Katie Moreau                  1:41:08
  27  Anita & Ramana Yerneni                       1:44:38
  28  Shannon & Carole Prior, Annalise Kiaski,
        Mary Moreau                                1:49:50
  29  Lindsay Fink, Laura Smith, Rebecca Mestas,
        Ashley Brechtfeldt, Holly Pryor            1:55:06
  30  Chelsea Hummel, Caroline McKusick,
        Cheryl & Taryne Nannetti                   2:03:00

      Jen Brown, Jill Murphy, Melanie Maxwell        DNF   (Missed #8 & 11)
      Samantha Samuels, Aubrey Grauman,
        Jennifer Nguyen, Jennae Ashby                DNF

  Second course

      Alanna Casey, Emilia Haya                    1:01:55
      Sarah Quincy, Lindsey Lehto                  1:27:20
      Christopher Belisle                          1:28:51
      Amber Garcia, Allison Bray, Jennifer &
        Janet Angell (GS Troop 255)                  DNF


Orange        (4.8 km, 12 controls)

   1  Gary Kraght                                    39:01
   2  Dwight Harbaugh, Slava Akinin                  41:29
   3  Patty Clemo                                    45:56
   4  Elizabeth Miller                               48:10
   5  Hardev Grewal                                  49:43
   6  Trevor Pering                                  50:23
   7  Jeff Lanam                                     51:34
   8  Dwight Freund (GCO)                            52:49
   9  Marsha Jacobs                                  54:13
  10  Julia Zaks                                     57:01
  11  Diane Reese, Charles Perkins                 1:05:31
  12  Don Gee                                      1:15:44
  13  Fred Ciaramaglia                             1:16:09
  14  Nancy Lindeman                               1:20:46
  15  Ved & Parag Gupta                            1:22:04
  16  Shirley Parlan                               1:22:16
  17  Audrie Faist                                 1:25:45
  18  Judy Koehler                                 1:26:28
  19  Lily Kuo, Julian Leong, Evan, Jae, Bill      1:30:10
  20  Cindy & Chris Rodemich                       1:41:09
  21  Caroline Kao                                 2:10:15

      Johanna Merriss                                MSP   (Wrong #11)
      Jennifer Schultz, Eric Rosenzweig              DNF


Long Orange   (7.6 km, 20 controls)

   1  Steve Gregg                                    45:22
   2  Dennis Wildfogel                               46:46
   3  Vadimas Masalkovas                             47:22
   4  Doug Stein                                     47:47
   5  Hannu Haarma                                   52:15
   6  Andrejus Masalkovas                            54:46
   7  Rod Jaehn                                      58:53
   8  Marcello Napolitano                            59:47
   9  Michael, Laura & Katherine Brill             1:01:49
  10  Meg Gerstner, Alan Glendinning               1:01:56
  11  Mike Fleishman                               1:10:03
  12  Louise Madrid                                1:22:16
  13  Cathy Bolger                                 1:31:29
  14  Alan LaVergne                                1:41:08
  15  Steve Beuerman                               1:47:00
  16  Terry Szucsko, Amy Barton                    2:20:28

      Cheryl Madson                                  DNF
      Rhona Mahony                                   DNF

  Second course

      Fred Ciaramaglia                             1:36:34