On a beautiful day at Montebello, we had a relatively good turnout of about 140, comfortably under the ranger- imposed limit of 200. The map defies setting White and Yellow courses, such that we reused last year's courses, in reverse. Probably because the distance and climb were virtually the same for White and Yellow, we had far more yellow runners than White. And for some reason, there were very few Orange runners. The advanced courses were steep and rugged, but seemed to be enjoyed, or at least written off as a good workout. Below are the complete results.
There were only two finishers on the White course that were under one hour, but they were both well under. Sierra Boyd finished in 35:09, while Denis, Claudia and Sarah (thatıs Sarah Minarik posing as a beginnerıs guide) were only a few minutes behind at 38:47. Gary Kraght cruised the Yellow course in 27:40, followed by Ed Nevill at 38:23. Lief Lingren had no real competition for first on the Orange Course, beating the other five runners by more than 35 minutes at 66:42.
Josh Friederichs edged out Dennis Wildfogel for the Brown honors, 59:55 to 62:20 respectively. Hannu Haarma was the leader on Green with a 74:00 minute finish. Joe Scarborough was second with a time of 80:00. Tapio Karras was first on the Red course at 82:48, followed by Kent Ohlund (85:35), and Dan Green (86:09). James Scarborough finished the Blue course in 103:48, beating out Michihiro Kamijima who finished at 111:55.
There were a number of advanced runners who did not punch their cards sufficiently at one or more controls to prove they were at the correct control. For example, in some cases only two or three pins out of a five or six pin configuration were punched. In this case, all were given the benefit of the doubt. The configurations actually punched (plus, in some cases, some very faint indentations viewed through a magnifying glass) were compatible with the actual punch layout. However, Iım not sure that they would count at an A Meet.
We had a crew of outstanding volunteers for this meet. Many thanks to Ev and Jean Beuerman for their excellent work at the registration table and for their overall help in getting the meet rolling on Sunday. Thanks to Stephanie Maclean and Mike Poulsen for teaching beginner classes. Nancy Lindeman and Peter Rexer helped out by guiding cars in the parking lot. Aileen Abernathy, Hugh Wright, Allison Bennett, Greg Lee, and Matthias Kohler did a great job working the starts; and Stephanie Maclean, Jeff Lanam, and Dan Greene worked the finish. Thanks also to Penny Demoss for scoring and pinning up tags. Bags were picked up by Kelly Wells, Peter Graube, and Ev and Jean Beuerman, who worked so hard on the registration table they didnıt really have time to run a course, so they picked up the controls on their run instead of punching at them.
White 1.8km, 135m
1. Sierra Boyd 35:09
2. Denis, Claudia & Sarah 38:47
3. Troop 145: L. Poulos, L. Niemyer, M. Lund 60:00
4. Stephanie Fairleigh & Debby Smith 62:18
5. Eyal Opher 66:00
6. Rebecca Weber, Kenandra Wood & Gayu 71:00
7. Angela Pierce & Erica McConnell 74:13
8. Bob, Dorothy & Meg Gerstner 75:14
9. Yvonne & Terence Wilson 78:48
10. Matar Davis & Tal Porat 96:48
11. Katy Danielle & Carol Wright 114:37
Yellow 1.8km, 140m
1. Gary Kraght 27:40
2. Ed Nevill 38:23
3. Allison Bennett 45:32
4. Matt & Pat Rebuzzi 46:20
5. Max Wright 46:29
6. D. & J. Klaus 49:46
7. J. Koehler 50:20
8. Daniel Ohlund & Matt Graydon 55:25
9. Bill & Colin Buckner 56:31
10. Brian & Mark Cilker, Charles Hug 61:02
11. Martin Weiss 61:57
12. Mack Cuttitta 65:04
13. Julie Wells 69:15
14. Andrew McGogan & Margaret Keazler 75:42
15. Diane R. Hall 84:34
16. Ian Cole & Dan Moberly 85:00
17. Mario Hug, Denny Love & Jonathan Wagner 91:50
18. Carol Johnson & Laura Ackerman 95:14
19. Dale, Carole & Melissa Grace 96:02
20. GAlina Shakhnovsky 97:24
21. Tamara O'Kelly 99:21
22. Toni Burrough & Judy Lipp 100:16
23. Ben Morbu 100:55
24. Pack 213, Den 3 102:03
25. Mark & Sherrie Schatalow 112:20
26. William, Roberta, Kristin & Allison Beardsley 135:17
27. Reeves & Debbie Deckert 167:40
28. Dana Thorsrud, Elisha Brady, Melissa Dauth,
Jennifer Navala & Jessica Deckert 167:40
Orange 2.9km, 230m
1. Lief Lingren 66:42
2. Tina Lindkuist 101:45
3. Shawn Larsen 106:47
4. Jack Myers 125:38
Tom & Leslie Rogers, Janet Tomous OT [194:44]
Tim Dalbec & Jennifer Sahara DNF
Brown 3.2km, 240m
1. Josh Friederichs 59:55
2. Dennis Wildfogel 62:20
3. Harold Demoss 80:24
4. George Minarik 82:24
5. Ian G. Ramsey 93:05
6. Aileen Abernathy 96:23
7. Vivian Lee 126:41
8. Patty Clemo 149:54
9. Julian Nagy & Krista Csontos 152:37
Nancy Lindeman OT [208:49]
Phillip Hoare DNF
Jeff Lanam DNF
Michael Young DNF
Leslie Minarik DNF
Green 4.0km, 310m
1. Hannu Haarma 74:00
2. Joe Scarborough 80:00
3. Chris Taylor 86:15
4. Alan Glendinning 90:28
5. Russell Green 110:26
6. Greg Lee 110:38
7. Michael Poulsen 112:29
8. Oleg Shakhnovsky 117:27
9. Roy Want 117:44
10. Robert Lewis 131:27
11. Rod Jaehn 140:45
12. Julia Tussing 141:51
13. Steve Beuerman 153:34
14. Dave Modiano 155:59
Red 5.4 km, 420m
1. Tapio Karras 82:48
2. Kent Ohlund 85:35
3. Dan Green 86:09
4. Steve Jankowski 97:40
5. Rex Winterbottom 104:36
6. Bob Cooley 108:21
7. Kelly Wells 115:15
8. Mark Blair 167:38
Hugh Wright OT [187:27]
Blue 7.7 km, 600m
1. James Scarborough 103:48
2. Michihiro Kamijima 111:55
3. Gary Carpenter 131:54
4. Steve Gregg 144:15
5. Gavin Wyatt-Mair 172:32
Hugh MacMullan OT [183:22]
Matthias Kohler DNF
Peter Graube DNF