Calero Results

November 7, 1999

by Werner Haag, meet director

About 218 people came out and ran 138 courses at the first Calero event in over 1.5 years. Because of the hard ground, the advanced courses were kept on the short side, but the winning times were not far below the recommended range. It was a good opportunity to move up one level. Below are the complete results. The weather was cool but the first rainstorm of the season held off until everyone had finished. Unfortunately most of the Start-O results were lost in the rain, which also soaked the control pickup crew.

The event ran smoothly with the exception of one boy who was separated from his group almost at the finish, refused help, and eventually retraced his steps all the way back to the parking lot. One vetting streamer was left on the Blue/Green courses on an incorrect, unused boulder, which caused confusion for some; I apologize for not removing it before the start. One Blue control bag fell and was flat on the ground until Steve Gregg fixed it (thanks); I hope this didn't affect too many people.

Newcomer Parag Gupta won the White course and followed with a third place on the Yellow. The Perichetty family edged out two groups from Scout Pack 484 for second on White. Chapman McPherson won Yellow with a fast time of 40:24, followed by Pat & Joe Donovan, still 10 minutes ahead of the rest of the competition. David Bunsey took Orange with a 10-minute lead over the Donohue group and Erin Kruger, followed by the course-setter's visiting brother 9 minutes later.

Bjorn Widerstrom edged out Chuck Spalding by just a few minutes on Brown, well ahead of the rest of the pack. Penny DeMoss blazed through Green to win 7 minutes ahead of Dennis Wildfogel, followed by a close race for third with Hanu Harma edging George Minarik by 56 seconds. Kelly Wells excelled on Red, winning over visitor Faye Pinker and Mark Blair. Faye's husband Marc Pinker took Blue in an amazing 66:60, followed by Dan Stoll and Neeme Loorits.

One of the untold benefits of course-setting that I re-discovered was all the wildlife that can be seen when one is off-trail alone mornings and evenings. I saw numerous deer, turkeys, owls, and, I believe, a small mountain lion!

Thanks to the many helpers: Dan Greene and Dean French for assistance in course design, vetting & hanging controls, and starts & finishes; Dao Le for clue sheets and results; Jean & Ev Beuerman for vetting control numbers, running registration and giving my brother a hard time; Bob Cooley for printing maps before and at the meet; Jeff Lanam for beginners clinics; Olivia Graeve for running the Start-O; Thorsten Graeve for pre-running Blue and helping with starts; Van Boughner, Tapio Karras, Kelly Wells, Peter Graube & Hanu Haarma for running starts and finishes; and Gerry Goss, Kelly Wells, Mark Blair, George Minarik, Dennis Wildfogel and others for stepping in to calculate the results. Finally, a big THANKS goes to the control pickup crew who finished in the rain: Chuck Spalding, Harold & Penny DeMoss, and Dave Barr. One last recognition goes to some unknown horseback riders for following the detached boy down to safety.


Results

START-O    0.6 km   5 m   10 Controls

 5 finishers; results washed away in the rain


WHITE      2.5 km   165 m   10 Controls

 1.  Parag Gupta                           34:24
 2.  Mike, Jake & Molly Persichetty        37:28
 3.  L Keller, Brian , Brandon, Pack 484   43:14
 4.  Gary/Tom/Matthew, Pack 484            43:57
 5.  Katie Anthony                         44:12
 6.  Becky & Julie Wells                   45:00
 7.  David & Ethan Hoewisch                45:31
 8.  A & E Yetso, B Lester &
        T Terrebrood, Pack 484             48:15
 9.  T Kirk, B McMahon & K Cleveland       48:53
10.  D, N & A van Hoff                     50:19
11.  Tom & Janet Pocus                     51:10
12.  C Minor, B Rolf & A Moore             53:57
13.  W, J & N Stanlay, & M Malory          68:33
14.  Andreas, Sasha, D Haag; Dao Le        72:33
15.  Alexandra Magana & Alice Boyd         72:45
16.  Mike, Nick & Alyssa Dorn              81:30
     Mel's Girls Troop 159                 Unknown
     K Wood & M Hunter                      DNF
     M Tijiboy, C & M Owens, Pack 484       DNF


YELLOW     3.4 km   175 m   12 Controls

 1.  Chapman McPherson                     40:24
 2.  Patrick & Joe Donovan                 45:48
     Parag Gupta                           55:05 (2nd course)
 3.  Scott Jr. & Scott Sr. Brown           55:46
 4.  Cathy Bolger                          55:31
 5.  May Poon                              60:34
 6.  Rachel Care & Louise Madrid           60:53
 7.  J & A Myers                           61:49
 8.  Justin & Chris                        63:44
 9.  Harry Taylor & Diane Ehelebe          65:00
10.  Alex, Garrett, Gordon Trudells        65:24
11.  Leighton                              66:05
12.  R & C Campbell, R & S Fox             68:15
13.  R Kavert, A Jansen, M Ferraresi       71:45
14.  Bill & Helen Madsen                   72:03
15.  David Dippon                          72:54
16.  Melanie & Gary Jonas                  73:15
17.  Galena Shakhnovsky                    74:00
18.  Cilker Group                          76:55
19.  Pack 213, Den 3                       77:11
20.  Jen, Dana, Katie, Sarah, Mrs. T & W   79:19
21.  K Holland, B Lockwood, Mr. Stults     79:36
22.  Dox Doxiadis & Sarah Edwards          82:01
23.  Cleveland, Fay Hall & Diane R.        82:59
24.  Audrie Faist                          84:29
25.  H & M Sato, T & C Yemm, D Zhou        88:03
26.  Dudley Kenvronthy                     82:31
27.  Mark & Julian Weisler                101:00
28.  Tim & Will Cook                      104:57
29.  M, F & P Bosch & Greg                123:23
     S Bailey & C Hutchison                 MSP
     Daniel & Kevin                         MSP
     Philippe Pepin                         MSP


ORANGE     3.5 km   210 m   11 Controls

 1.  David Bunsey                         58:03
 2.  B Donohue, N Finder & D Grey         67:53
 3.  Erin Kruger                          68:55
 4.  Peter Haag                           77:01
 5.  Jen Schultz                          92:09
 6.  Sheehan                              93:28
 7.  Edward & Jeff Boenig                 96:25
 8.  David Brush & Vince Rolph            96:45
 9.  Matt & Pat Roberts                  106:02
10.  Julia  Zaks                         131:26
11.  Larry Kavert & Kathy Rohr           133:55
12.  Larry Pagendarm                     134:04
13.  Trinka Gillis                       142:06
14.  Andrew McGogan                      142:50
15.  Barbara Straka                      151:00
16.  Bill Rassieur & Freda Xu            162:53
     Kevin Walker                          OT  (247:13)
     Danielle Sheehan & Danny Aden         MSP
     Harry Taylor                          DNF
     Jeff Peterson & Lance Bailey          DNF


BROWN     3.2 km   170 m   11 Controls

 1.  Bjorn Widerstrom                     68:38
 2.  Chuck Spalding                       72:46
 3.  Oleg Shakhnovsky                     84:25
 4.  Michael Young                        86:44
     B Donohue, N Finder & D Grey         92:10 (2nd course)
 5.  Chris Shirley                        95:59
 6.  Vivian Lee                           98:28
 7.  Joan Roos                           117:23
 8.  Leif Kirschenbaum                   123:10
 9.  Dianne & Boyd Potts                 140:07
10.  George Dean                         147:12
     M Stults, A Hutchinson, M Sheehan     DNF


GREEN     3.8 km   230 m   10 Controls

 1.  Penny DeMoss                         61:17
 2.  Dennis Wildfogel                     68:59
 3.  Hanu Haarma                          74:03
 4.  George Minarik                       74:59
 5.  Nik Weber                            82:03
 6.  Joe Scarborough                      90:55
 7.  Harold DeMoss                        91:29
 8.  Jascha Lee                           94:35
 9.  Stephanie Maclean                   106:37
10.  Theo Verhoeven                      113:05
11.  Sean Coady                          116:19
12.  Robert Lewis                        117:54
13.  Patty Clemo                         124:15
14.  Jeff Lanam                          126:23
15.  David Barr                          126:31
16.  Bill Straka                         133:19
     Stacy Goss                            DNF
     Rosemary Johnson                      DNF


RED     4.7 km   260 m   14 Controls

 1.  Kelly Wells                          87:14
 2.  Faye Pinker                          90:47
 3.  Mark Blair                           92:38
 4.  Ros Jaehn                            99:18
 5.  Dorsey Moore                        101:29
 6.  Bob Cooley                          102:18
 7.  Eric Rosenzweig                     104:25
 8.  Kevin Schoenfeld & Leon Berzina     120:42
 9.  Mark Rice                           128:10
10.  Aileen Abernathy                    131:56
11.  Russel Green                        136:42
12.  Shawn Larsen                        145:28


BLUE     6.0 km   360 m   19 Controls

 1.  Marcu Pinker                         66:50
 2.  Dan Stoll-Hadayia                    74:25
 3.  Neeme Loorits                        78:57
 4.  Doug Stein                           83:03
 5.  Kent Ohlund                          86:10
 6.  Derek Maclean                        88:24
 7.  Tapio Karras                         90:26
 8.  Gary Carpenter                       91:10
 9.  Thorsten Graeve                      91:49
10.  Mark Prior                           92:02
11.  Rex Winterbottom                     94:28
12.  Steve Gregg                         100:20
13.  Ian Ramsey                          107:31
14.  Matthias Kohler                     110:02
15.  Mike Springer                       117:30
16.  Peter Graube                        119:38
17.  Tony Pinkham                        130:19
18.  David Dreyfuss                      144:25
     Van Boughner                          MSP  (109:52)