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July 13, 2003
by Deron van Hoff, meet director

I enjoyed my first attempt at setting courses, and I hope that you all enjoyed the orienteering. Due to my heavy workload so far this year, I wasn't able to plan very far ahead. Nevertheless, with some very hard work by a few in the couple of weeks before the event, the event went well. Special thanks to Bob Cooley who took on the challenge to re-map areas of the park that changed significantly through reforestation and construction projects. I suppose that is one of the challenges for having an orienteering map in an urban park - the vegetation and trail system is very active from one year to the next. Also, special thanks to Johannes and Jean van Hoff, my parents, who worked outside their comfort zone and vetted many of the controls.

One of the more fun parts of course setting is the many hours of time spent outside. I really enjoyed setting controls on the mountain bike on Saturday. You tend to find trails you never would think of riding on. I also wouldn't have missed spending the early hours of the 4th of July in the eastern end of Golden Gate Park. It's a world all to its own, and only in San Francisco. Controls that were planned never made it on the final map, since the locations were occupied by interesting characters. I don't know if anyone on Long Orange took enough time around control number 16 to notice the animal shrine. When I was there, it was filled with birds and squirrels and other critters, all attracted by the man-made shrine.

Also, it is always nice to see the dedication of many BAOC regulars. The group that helped were not hard to find, and many volunteered unsolicited. Without these individuals, there would be no orienteering in the Bay Area, and so I am appreciative when I coordinate an event and when I compete.

Others that helped enormously with the effort were: Leif Kirschenbaum helped with the maps and control cards before the event, as well as worked starts; Julie van Hoff set controls, helped with setup and worked starts and finishes; Jean van Hoff helped with setup, did the shopping, worked starts and finishes, and picked up controls; Nik Weber pre-ran the Long Orange and Orange courses and discovered the missing controls before anyone's run, helped with finishes, and picked up controls; Lauren Wemmer and Kiki Weber helped with setup, finishes and results; Ev and Jean Beuerman did their usual beautiful job at registration; Frank Chu, a new orienteer, arrived early and jumped right in to help out; Ben Wahlstrand helped with starts; Ed Ow pre-ran the White course, and then helped with finishes for most of the rest of the day; Barbara Straka pre-ran the Yellow course; Gary Kraght, Scott Aster and Bill Straka organized the large numbers of beginners and provided clinics; and Steve Haas picked up controls.

Tomas Herbertson won the White course in 26:43, and looks like he could be one of our future BAOC stars. Aaron Shreve and Shelley and Zachary Hicks finished in second and third, respectively. On Yellow, Chris Buchner won the day with a time of 26:49. It looks like he enjoyed the orienteering, as he teamed up with Yellow third-place finishers Justin Anderson and Nicole Heynneman to try the Long Orange. Scott Aster finished in second place on Yellow.

Once again demonstrating the superiority of European orienteers, Claire Warner from CUOC in the U.K. and Sara Timner from Sweden finished first and third, respectively, on Orange. Claire had a winning time of 41:50 on the 5.4 kilometer course. The first male finisher was Doug Stein (in second) with a time of 44:01. Long Orange was also won by a visiting Swede, Tobias Eliasson from Sundsvalls OK. He finished the 8.4 kilometer course in 58:30. Mark Prior finished in second, and Sergey Grushin in third. Penny DeMoss and Yelena Krasnov finished first and second among the women.

A total of 271 individuals participated this year, up from 239 in 2002. The breakdown of entries and individuals for the various classes are as follows: White - 29 entries, 92 participants; Yellow - 31 entries, 73 participants; Orange - 45 entries, 59 participants; and Long Orange - 38 entries, 47 participants. Below are the preliminary results.

Preliminary Results

  Pl  Name                                   Time

White Course     (2.3 km, 10 controls)

   1  Tomas Herbertson                       26:43
   2  Aaron Shreve                           32:50
   3  Shelley & Zachary Hicks                33:10
   4  Brian Leier, Paul Barsanti,
        Aswin Siali                          36:24
   5  Greg Hicks, Doug Dippel,
        Matilde Rodriguez                    34:28
   6  Brian Koga, Tim Kakiuchi               36:40
   7  John Ludwig, Tom & Joe Soares,
        Jacob Togener                        38:53
   8  Cheryl Gould                           41:35
   9  Andrew Leung, Judy Vuong, Holly Lam    45:28
  10  Matthew & Nancy Bye                    48:47
  11  German & Angelica Tovar,
        Mercedes Garcia                      54:57
  12  Charles McCarthy, Karen Aizawa         56:34
  13  Girl Scouts Troop 1310                 59:50
  14  Angela, Joseph & Jordan Carmack        60:31
  15  Marina Jaehn                           60:54
  16  Adam, Danielle & William Strauss       62:46
  17  Matthew, Michele & Ben Conway          66:13
  18  Emily & David Sims                     70:00
  19  Zentler, Harm, & Lair families         73:34
  20  Dean Hodgins, Merlyn & Lili            74:33
  21  Ann, Grace & Loise Marquino            79:20
  22  James, Susan, Evelyn & Greg Lechner    80:16
  23  Jarren, Jason & Jeanne Quan            80:35
  24  Douglas O'Neal, Allie Sure O'Neal,
        Kathy Sure                           82:00
  25  Andrea Wuenschel                       86:45
  26  Frank Chu                              86:45
  27  Honda & MacParsons families            87:33

      Eric & Jason Burris                     DNF
      Geoffrey Sears, Hannah, Natalie
        & Lydia                               DNF


Yellow Course    (3.3 km, 11 controls)

   1  Chris Buchner                          26:49
   2  Scott Aster                            29:06
   3  Justin Anderson, Nicole Heynneman      33:32
   4  Brett, Laura & Ryan Roby               36:10
   5  Saputra family                         42:37
   6  Janet McDonald, Fred Loebl (Troop 24)  43:22
   7  Don Gee                                46:58
   8  Barbara Robben                         47:32
   9  Grace Yang, Bill Rassieur              47:52
  10  Barbara Straka                         50:57
  11  Sergio & Clif Pierluissi               55:14
  12  Yerneni family                         57:02
  13  Mike McDonald, Robert Loebl (Troop 24) 57:56
  14  Martin & Lisa McKeay                   58:51
  15  Marilyn Axup, Benn Karne               58:57
  16  Ben Madrigali, Dylan Dougal            59:13
  17  Lei & Steven Yang                      61:22
  18  Brent Wong, Annie Ly                   62:37
  19  Nicole & Libby Cronin                  64:59
  20  Chris, Steph, Brian & Anna Twiggs      69:16
  21  Harrington & Garcia families           72:46
  22  Dana, Matt, Jessie & Sara Rubentein,
        Alex Farell                          75:56
  23  Anna Strauss                           76:49
  24  Charles & Virginia Rassieur            78:35
  25  Dave Palmer, Christel  Rilling         80:05
  26  Erin Keegan, Kirby Ung                 82:03
  27  The Troopers                          101:28
  28  Harry Gold                            109:15
  29  Madsen & Houtz families               115:16

      John Bailey, Giles Crelly-Byers
        (Troop 24)                            DNF

  Second Course

      John Ludwig                            60:27


Orange Course    (5.4 km, 17 controls)

   1  Claire Warner                          41:50
   2  Doug Stein                             44:01
   3  Sara Timner                            45:51
   4  Vicki Lee                              51:44
   5  Trevor Pering                          59:14
   6  Gary Kraght                            59:23
   7  Jeremy Giovannetti, Betsy Cory         62:38
   8  Vasya Volkov                           63:54
   9  Dana Porrat, Yonatan Bilu              64:56
  10  Byron Hart-Arnett                      69:33
  11  Bill Straka                            70:18
  12  Oleg Shakhnovsky                       73:20
  13  Jason Ortiz, Toby Zimmer               75:23
  14  Jeff Tait, Rich Larson                 76:58
  15  James Tait, Jeff Hamilton, Tim Switick 78:16
  16  Dave Ingram                            78:53
  17  Ken Giovannetti, Patty Crone           80:40
  18  Tom & Judy Cronin                      81:07
  19  Wes Erck                               81:42
  20  Joe Moore                              82:58
  21  Alan Houser (Troop 24)                 84:11
  22  Corrine & Matthew Smith                86:16
  23  Dan Clarke                             86:29
  24  Anne Gorby                             89:03
  25  Julia Zaks                            103:09
  26  Judy Koehler                          107:05
  27  Erin Smith, Donni O'Ryan,
        Simon Hebler                        114:29
  28  Leif Kirshenbaum                      119:23
  29  Eric Nichols, Ed Carpentier,
        Angela Stearns                      121:49
  30  Becky Hogan, Melissa Smith            127:36
  31  John & Virginia Kibre                 142:20
  32  Robbie Bentley, Janet Kleyn           180:16

      Michael & Trinh Beer                    MSP  #11
      Frank Markowitz                         DNF
      George Wilhelmsen, Mary Rose Cassa      DNF
      Nancy Lindeman                          DNF
      Gina Solomon, Annette Huddle            DNF
      Brandon Crone, Austin Keagy             DNF
      Sean Cox                                DNF

  Second Course

      William Strauss                        49:31
      Brian Koga                             77:19
      Brian Leier                            86:05
      Charles McCarthy                       91:52

      Tim Kakiuchi                            DNF
      Dave Palmer, Christel Rilling           DNF


Long Orange Course   (8.6 km, 23 controls)

   1  Tobias Eliasson                        58:30
   2  Mark Prior                             60:35
   3  Sergey Grushin                         63:34
   4  Rex Winterbottom                       66:10
   5  Steve Haas                             74:43
   6  Ian Tidswell                           77:05
   7  Penny DeMoss                           77:53
   8  Eric Rosenzweig                        79:52
   9  Nik Weber                              80:08
  10  Alex Krasnov                           80:29
  11  Chuck Spalding                         81:05
  12  Bob Cooley                             83:46
  13  John Moss                              84:18
  14  Yelena Krasnov                         85:43
  15  Rod Jaehn                              88:08
  16  Evan Custer                            91:57
  17  Peter Olsten                           94:13
  18  John Herron                            97:34
  19  Bjorn Widerstrom                       99:00
  20  David Alyea                           100:14
  21  Patty Clemo                           105:47
  22  Jeffrey Rose, Kristin Daley           122:15
  23  Trinka Gillis                         130:41
  24  Rick Garcia, Sara Shafiabady          132:38
  25  Terry Gleason                         140:01
  26  Jeff Lanam                            142:12
  27  Philippe Tapon                        166:09
  28  Vic Revenko                           168:32
  29  Fred Ciaramaglia                      175:33
  30  Andrew Lobo, Warren Ng, Tiffany Lee
        (Washington High)                   183:09
  31  Keith Hering                          184:17
  32  Jim Fish                              191:12
  33  Henley Ng, Jannie Li, Jason Boke
        (Washington High)                   200:34
  34  Hernadi Budisantoso, Chuck Chan,
        Paul Ramos (Washington High)        202:24

      Lamarr Fuller, Charles Lee,
        Lawrence Tsai (Washington High)       MSP  #20, #23
      Dan Loflin                              DNF
      Thiago Ghilardi                         DNF

  Second Course

      Justin Anderson, Nicole Heynneman,
        Chris Buchner                         DNF

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DNF = Did Not Finish
MSP = Mispunched
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