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China Camp State Park

Date: (Sun.) Jul. 10, 2005
Location: San Rafael, CA
Event Director: - 415.479.4262
Course Setter: Rex Winterbottom
Type: B; Standard White through Blue courses

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Event Write-Up

By Bill Papendick

We had a wonderful turn out with warm weather and clear skies for orienteering at China Camp State Park on Sunday, July 10, 2005. There were 238 participants, with 158 entries, on eight standard-length courses. Yellow had the most entries with 29, but surprisingly, Red had the second most with 25 entries, followed by Blue and Orange with 22. Rex Winterbottom set some very runnable courses that were similar to a long sprint. Many runners said they enjoyed their courses and the different format. No one missed the punishing climb in the upper reaches of the park.

Jimmy and Mai Chung won the 1.8 kilometer White course with a time 29:33, but less than a minute away was Don and Liam Bartling with a time of 30:07.

The Yellow course of 2.8 km provided a tight finish with Jukka Karras (29:39) edging out Greg Barber (30:30) by just under a minute.

The two top orienteerers on Orange completed the 3.7 km and 225m-climb course in less than 60 minutes. Jaakko Karras burned up the course in 52:30, and Jon Bonwick navigated it in 56:39.

Long Orange had only 6 participants. Adam Citarella had the fastest time of 86:34 for the 6.1 km course.

Brown had some fast times, with five runners breaking the one-hour mark on the 3.2 km course. Gary Kraght had a great run at 48:49, which was more than 4 minutes faster than Todd Paulsen.

The top four individuals on the 4.2 km Green course finished within 5 minutes of each other. Malcolm Wyatt-Mair won with a time of 56:39, and George Minarik was just a few minutes behind. Evan Custer and Bob Cooley were just a couple minutes behind George.

Three men completed the popular Red course of 5.6 km and 275 m climb within three minutes of each other. Matthias Kohler successfully avoided downed trees and completed the course in 1:05:33. Second place was very close with Tapio Karras three seconds ahead of Bruce Wolfe.

Mikkel Conradi did the long Blue course of 6.6 km and 375 m climb in a rapid time of 1:10:34, which is less than 11 minutes per kilometer.

I would like to thank all of the people who helped put on this successful event. First, Rosemary Johnson painstakingly received the necessary insurance endorsements to allow us permission to use the State Park. These forms were finally received the Wednesday before the meet.

Rex Winterbottom set all of the courses, field checked, and hung the controls. He also worked at advanced starts, sitting in the hot sun all day.

Steve Gregg helped Rex with the difficult job of inputting the courses on the computer, reviewing them, and submitting them to Bob Cooley to print. He also vetted the courses, and during the day of the event single handedly set up the e-punch unit and ran the e-punch download station until Evan Custer took over.

Thanks also are extended to Evan Custer for manning the download station and posting the advance results shortly after the end of meet.

Scott Aster was an invaluable consultant on the beginning courses. He vetted the beginning courses and made a few suggestions. He greeted people as they arrived and assisted in managing the flow of people to registration and the starts. He also helped with finishes.

Bob Cooley printed the maps under a rather short time frame. We all appreciate his time and effort of providing the club with the indispensable job of map printing.

The registration crew was headed by Gary Kraght and assisted by first-timers Dan Dwyer and Jackie Wong. Dan also did a beginners clinic when the need arose. Thank you so much for the excellent job with registration.

On the morning of the event, Bud Laird helped me with set up. He helped with beginner starts until his relief came at 11:00.

Anne Gorby's delightful laugh was heard at finishes, where she recorded the finishing time and calculated the time spent on the course.

Joan Roos took some time greeting people before her run, and afterwards she left for Canada.

Judy Koehler was a big help with greeting and directing everyone in the right direction. Judy conducted the beginner's clinics, introducing all the newcomers to the sport of orienteering. She also assisted in tracking down and verifying the one group whose control card was missing. Judy also contacted various newspapers to provide publicity for the BAOC.

Pick up crew was finished in record time by: Harold and Penny DeMoss, Mark Blair, Leslie and George Minarik, Nancy Lindeman, and Peter Graube.

Mark Rice was one of the first runners and then helped replace a control that was missing on White.

Ian volunteered to present an Adventure Racers clinic, but it was not needed with the low turnout of adventure racers.

I extend my apologies to anyone that I have not recognized for volunteering.

Two items of clothing were left behind. If you have misplaced a T-shirt or long-sleeve shirt, let me know.


Results

China Camp State Park

San Rafael, CA
Sunday, July 10, 2005



  Pl  Name(s)                             Time


White Course    (1.8 km, 25 m climb, 7 controls)

   1  Jimmy & Mai Chung                   29:33
   2  Don & Liam Bartling                 30:07
   3  Troop 888 family (Los Altos)        30:54
   4  Sarah Liu                           34:23
   5  Jeralyn Coursey, Doug Brown         35:04
   6  Peter, Alan, & PJ Winder            39:11
   7  Susan Chang                         39:58
   8  Shakib Ghassemieh                   40:14
   9  Brad & Lisa Melton                  40:30
  10  Tavor Baharav &d Kerrie             43:34
  11  Jen & Charlie O'Neil                45:44
  12  Barbara Ziegenhals, Sally Morgan    46:03
  13  Sue Mace Tish Souza                 46:06
  14  Troop 888 boys (Los Altos)          51:40
  15  Eileen Dorsey                       51:31
  16  BSA 333: Tim & Tom Mansell,
        Jacob Mason, Steven Lee,
        Mike & Nathan Baeyens             53:34
  17  Steve Turgeon, Boyd Potts,
        Max Zerrudo-Turgeon               56:04


Yellow Course   (2.8 km, 100 m climb, 10 controls)

   1  Jukka Karras                        29:39
   2  Greg Barber                         30:30
   3  Alex Kiperman                       44:24
   4  Dinesh Moorjani                     48:43
   5  Beth Dameron                        53:58
   6  Brian & Rick Seegers (Troop 24)     59:45
   7  Ellie Li, Michael Chan              63:01
   8  Sam & Erin Larsen                   66:06
   9  George & Pat Aster                  66:15
  10  Idalia Larsen                       68:04
  11  Carol Levin, Wayne Riddle           68:39
  12  David & Joshua Murphy               69:02
  13  Janet Kan, Kelvin Ng                73:52
  14  David Springer                      75:19
  15  Janet Stein                         76:10
  16  Bryce & Kevin Killingsworth         77:10
  17  Team Run DMC (Duncan Matthews)      77:39
  18  Galena Shakhnovsky                  78:40
  19  Quess & Gus Liu                     81:41
  20  Eileen Candelaria, Scott & Jeremy
        Curtis                            83:29
  21  Anna Griffin                        85:54
  22  Gary Larsen                         87:02
  23  Jayne, Ted Josh, Pam Krawiec,
        Nick & Will Kluger, Kayla LaBuda  89:53
  24  McKeay Family                       99:19
  25  Dolores Shotton, Barbara O'Grady   107:09
  26  Silva & Kaia Garrity, John
        Sheppard, Robin & Lia Vanderale  109:22
  27  Troop 74: Mark & Jordan Padgett,
        Keith & Garrett Winters          174:47

      Brian McDonald, Claire Sebahar,
        Kevin Whitclaw, James & Sam Reilly  DNF (Card Missing)

  Second Course

      Shakib Ghassemieh                   83:19


Orange Course   (3.7 km, 225 m climb, 9 controls)

   1  Jaakko Karras                       52:30
   2  Jon Bonwick                         56:39
   3  John Turner                         71:59
   4  Greg Ehrensing                      88:06
   5  Marcus Ryan, Noah Winters           96:35
   6  Adam Ruskin, Eric Wilkinson        102:04
   7  Patricia Ross, Rhea & Bob Yauch,
        Don Lillin                       102:59
   8  Steve O'Keefe                      104:45
   9  Erin Magers, Chris Ryalls          105:52
  10  Anne Gorby                         107:51
  11  Jeff Hanson                        108:49
  12  Rick Boyer                         113:23
  13  Web Jordan, Linda Koziol           122:04
  14  John Juarez, Robert Schlaffer,
        Kurt Wolf, Mark Bott,
        John Gelert, Maurizio Lezama     125:41
  15  Ray Jannson, Ted Whiton            132:46
  16  Jeff Levin, Patrick Lane           133:59
  17  Jane Ferguson, Mary Linkin         162:36

      Thoms O'Donnell, Wassim Ghannoum     DNF
      Kevin Walker                         DNF
      Boyd Potts                           DNF
      Peter Williams, Elaine Ireland,
        Bethlamy                           DNF

  Second Course

      David & Joshua Murphy                DNF


Long Orange Course  (6.1 km, 300 m climb, 18 controls)

   1  Adam Citarella                      86:34
   2  Debbie Wojtowicz                    96:08
   3  Craig A Benson                     101:56
   4  Christopher Moore                  102:48
   5  Karen Cook                         114:10
   6  Eric Burris                        157:41


Brown Course    (3.2 km, 125 m climb, 12 controls)

   1  Gary Kraght                         48:49
   2  Todd Paulsen                        53:04
   3  Jackie Wong                         54:21
   4  Zachi Baharav                       56:53
   5  Oleg Shakhnosky                     59:38
   6  Terry Gleason                     1:02:08
   7  Leslie Minarik                    1:05:15
   8  Chris Roper                       1:06:49
   9  Michael Behrens                   1:14:03
  10  Lauren Knight                     1:16:57
  11  Jeff Lanam                        1:23:41
  12  Vic Revenko                       1:26:19
  13  Tom Cronin                        1:29:04
  14  Alan Houser                       1:32:46
  15  Judy Koehler                      1:46:31
  16  Philippe Tapon                    1:47:24
  17  Dean French                       1:57:46
  18  Nancy Lindeman                    2:01:50

      Hongchi Liu                         DNF


Green Course    (4.2 km, 200 m climb, 16 controls)

   1  Malcolm Wyatt-Mair                  56:39
   2  George Minarik                      59:29
   3  Evan Custer                       1:01:24
   4  Bob Cooley                        1:01:31
   5  Alex Saltman                      1:06:12
   6  Gavin Wyatt-Mair                  1:10:44
   7  Theo Verhoeven                    1:15:50
   8  Chad Davis                        1:25:07
   9  Joan Roos                         1:41:04
  10  Mark Rice                         1:43:14
  11  Dave Ingram                       1:44:17
  12  Jennifer Kerr                     1:47:26
  13  Luc Poppe                         1:57:02
  14  Frederick Lee                     2:11:02
  15  Rosemary Johnson                  2:12:23

      Jennifer Ratay                      DNF
      Philip Hoare                        DNF
      Leif Kirschenbaum                   DNF


Red Course      (5.6 km, 275 m climb, 23 controls)

   1  Matthias Kohler                   1:05:33
   2  Tapio Karras                      1:07:44
   3  Bruce Wolfe                       1:07:47
   4  Ian Tidswell                      1:11:32
   5  Kent Ohlund                       1:12:10
   6  Derek MacLean                     1:15:05
   7  Dan Dwyer                         1:19:02
   8  Mark Blair                        1:20:44
   9  Deron van Hoff                    1:21:21
  10  Donatas Zigmantos                 1:24:02
  11  Werner Haag                       1:25:06
  12  Chuck Spalding                    1:29:51
  13  Brad Wetmore                      1:33:20
  14  Russell Neilson                   1:35:20
  15  Tony Pinkham                      1:36:38
  16  Eric Rosebzweig                   1:38:03
  17  Eugene Kiperman                   1:40:32
  18  Joe Knapp                         1:48:16
  19  Paul Kotturi, Toby Ferguson       1:48:40
  20  Bud Laird                         1:53:51
  21  Gery Swallow                      1:57:43
  22  Leon Berzins                      1:59:00
  23  Kevin Schoenfeld                  2:05:58
  24  Trevor Swallow                    2:19:06


Blue Course     (6.6 km, 375 m climb, 26 controls)

   1  Mikkel Conradi                    1:10:34
   2  Mattias Vangbo                    1:17:20
   3  Sergey Grushin                    1:20:19
   4  Vlad Gusiatnikov                  1:21:24
   5  Syd Reader                        1:22:18
   6  Ian Marsden                       1:28:30
   7  Mattias Eriksson                  1:32:06
   8  Piers Newbery                     1:39:14
   9  Attila Nagy                       1:39:59
  10  Pascal Corpet                     1:40:28
  11  Mutsumi Sugizaki                  1:41:30
  12  Penny DeMoss                      1:43:13
  13  Gregory Khanlarov                 1:51:04
  14  Jeffrey Schapiro                  1:57:24
  15  Scott Porter                      2:05:13
  16  Brian Hart                        2:08:59
  17  Artem Stemkovski                  2:10:05
  18  Peter Graube                      2:17:43

      Frederick Lee                       DSQ
      Todd Paulsen                        DNF
      Hanna Falk                          DNF
      Andrejus Masalkovas                 DNF

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DNF = Did not finish (missed one or more controls)
DSQ = Disqualified