A beautiful day greeted all who attended the second meet at Joseph Grant County Park this year. The wildflowers were in bloom, the weather was sunny but cool, the little pigs were running around, and the poison oak was full and lush - all signs that spring was in the air.
We attempted to run the advanced courses through an area which hadn't been used in several years, with somewhat mixed results. On the positive side, there was some new terrain and some pretty views. On the negative side, the courses were long and steep, especially Brown and Green, there was a lot opportunity for trail running, some controls were technically less difficult than in the past, and a bunch of you found an awesome patch of poison oak near the end. Everyone seemed to have a good time, however.
All of the courses were long this time, which resulted in long finishing times. Panu Haaramo blazed around the 8.1 km Blue course in 84:32, finishing almost five minutes ahead of Magnus Wallenborg in second. The 7.2 km Red was won by Matthais Kohler in 85:48, less than a minute ahead of Kent Ohlund. Rolf Wuestenhagen was a ringer on the 6.3 km Green course, finishing in 64:52, more than 16 minutes ahead of George Minarik. Bob Cooley edged out Dennis Wildfogel on the 5.1 km Brown by 2 seconds, finishing in 70:28.
The Orange and Yellow courses were set a bit tough this time, which probably accounted for the larger-than-usual number of DNFs on these courses. Patsy White took the honors on Orange, finishing in 84:04, more than 5 minutes ahead of Stephanie MacLean. Chris Fernandez easily won Yellow with a time of 47:34, almost 22 minutes ahead of his closest competition. On White, the team of Byron Hann and Alex Whitfield raced around the 3.1 km course, finishing first in 34:29, 3 minutes ahead of second place.
As is true with most meets, we couldn't have pulled this off with out the help of many people. Thank you very much to Joan Roos, Gary Carpenter, Joe Scarborough, Syd Reader, and Mark Rice for running the advanced courses early; to Van Boughner and Jeff Lanam for covering the White, Yellow, Orange Starts, to Doug Stein for covering the remote starts; to Michael Young, Syd Reader and David Meredith for helping with the finish; to George Minarik for helping with results; to Ev and Jean Beuerman for registration and for pulling the Yellow course; to Kenandra Wood and Dean French for helping with registration; and to Chuck Spaulding for pulling the Orange course. A special thanks to Mark Blair, Jeff, and Syd for standing around looking dumb. These three were so successful at this task, that we were not called upon to do this even once.
On a last note, for those of you on the advanced courses who thought you saw a mountain lion before the first water stop, you weren't imagining it. Peter saw the lion being chased by a boar when he was pulling controls in that area.
1) Panu Haaramo 84:32 2) Magnus Wallenborg 89:38 3) Doug Stein 93:47 4) Neeme Loorits 93:53 5) Syd Reader 94:53 6) Dan Stoll-Hadayia 104:25 7) Thorston Graeve 105:07 8) Van A Boughner 111:22 9) Mark Peter 125:28 10) David Dreyfuss 164:33 11) Dorsey Moore 167:04
Red Course (7.2 km/310 m)
1) Matthias Kohler 85:48 2) Kent Ohlund 86:39 3) Dan Greene 89:20 4) Mark Petersen 95:16 5) Tapio Karras 95:28 6) Werner Haag 96:53 7) Gary Carpenter 97:18 8) Ralf Willcoke 107:33 9) Alan Glendinning 108:03 10) Tony Pinkham 115:51 11) Kelly Wells 119:40 12) Mike Poulsen 127:54 13) Eric Rosenzweig 146:28 14) Mark Blair 165:09
Green Course (6.3 km/260 m)
1) Rolf Wuestenhagen 64:52
2) George Minarik 81:30
3) Joe Scarborough 86:24
4) Ken Vomaske 88:24
5) Chris Sherwood 93:53
6) Derek MacLean 97:26
7) Ian Ramsey 102:00
8) Russell Green 111:48
9) Aileen Abernathy 129:09
10) Theo Verhoeven 134:08
11) George Chau 136:41
12) David Barr 140:47
13) Michael Young 154:28
14) Steve Beuerman 164:23
15) Dana Chaney/Austin Teague 204:40
Joan Roos DNF
Phillip Hoare DNF
Brown Course (5.1 km/215 m)
1) Bob Cooley 70:28 2) Dennis Wildfogel 70:30 3) Chuck Spalding 74:00 4) Penny DeMoss 82:14 5) Harold DeMoss 83:55 6) Jascha Lee 87:11 7) Mark Rice 99:15 8) Vivian Lee 102:52 9) Leslie Minarick 107:46 10) Zanon Stephen 109:17 11) Jeff Lanam 116:30 12) Robert Lewis 119:41 13) Janet Petersen 131:26 14) Rosemary Johnson 139:15 15) Meg Gerstner 142:30 16) David Meredith 145:25 17) Nancy Lindeman 174:58
Orange Course (4.8 km/200 m)
1) Patsy White 84:04
2) Stephanie Maclean 89:32
3) Manfred Kopisch & Susan Tanner 100:56
4) Louise Madrid 107:38
5) Orlando & San Martin 116:46
6) Ciclie & Fernando Jimenez 117:58
7) Amy & Mike Conchrin 118:41
8) Don Gee 142:10
9) Dean French 148:14
10) Tom, Judy, Nocole & Libby Cronin 172:10
11) Jack Myers 176:31
12) Gordon Shing 183:15
13) Judy Koehler 200:46
Greg Morgan DNF
Harry & Diane Hall DNF
Scott, Brandon, & Scott Timpe DNF
Byron Hann & Alex Whitfield DNF
Alan Chaney & Sean Teague DNF
Pascal & Patorcle Vin DNF
Yellow Course (3.0 km/135 m)
1) Chris Fernandez 47:34
2) Wendy Yu, Sundeep Abraham, & Oleb Kibirev 69:13
3) Sam To 70:26
4) Randy & Sandi Fox 72:36
5) Group 2 92:38
6) Julie Wells 93:03
7) Will, Sage, Robbie, Phile Zylbermn, Michael, Josh 95:04
8) Mark & Pete 101:55
9) Eric & Carl Starney 122:15
10) Steffi Holtzapple, Jackie Laird, & Denise Hall 125:46
11) Alayna Costa & Jenna Steffens 128:15
12) Chris & Kyle Fernandez 129:43
13) Lee Lukehart & Jeanette McNicol 144:25
Chris Hann & Mike Decare DNF
Jonathan Davis & Kevin Clancy DNF
Roger King, Brad Kinne, Will Heid,
Billy McWood, Erik Johason DNF
Rebecca Fernandez & Group DNF
Steven King, Rocci Cetanig, Eric Wevers, David Johns MSP
White Course (3.1 km/35 m)
1) Byron Hann & Alex Whitfield 34:29
2) Group 2, Pack 815 37:38
3) James Chen, Sun-Den Chen 37:58
4) Christopher Hann & Michael Decaire 40:06
5) Jonathan Davis & Kevin Clancy 47:41
6) Ryan, Braden, Derek, Karl 48:35
7) Group 5/Den 5 Nic, Shaun, Justin, Curtis 48:58
8) Rachel Care 50:13
9) Gregory, Charlie, Jacqueline, Taylor, Tim,
Bonnie, Vicki 52:42
10) Shane, Drew, Joe, Matthew Jordan, Scott Ehrlich 54:57
11) Jana King, Alison Wan, Leanna King 55:12
12) Jerry Austin & Group 57:05
13) Group 4 57:40
14) Eric Buser 61:52
15) Cynthia Buser 61:54
16) Den 11 64:52
17) Kirstin & Tania Haag, Cayleigh Williamson 66:02
18) Rebecca Fernandez & Group 72:23
19) Alan, Iain & Miranda Axworthy 82:21
20) Kelli, PJ, Alyce 83:00
21) Carolyn & Virginia Fuji & Troop 1187 94:53
22) Brady & Gary Robertson 101:56
23) Troop 1383 102:38
24) Edward, Susan, Mellisa Kailey 114:13