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Indian Valley Open Space Preserve

Date: (Sun.) Jan. 30, 2005
Location: Novato, CA
Event Director: - 415.895.6039
Course Setter: Ian Tidswell
Type: B; White, Yellow, Orange, & Brown courses; longer advanced course by reservation only

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Write-up by Gary Kraght

A bright sunny day greeted 170 orienteers at Indian Valley in Novato, after a week of rain and a two-year hiatus from the park. The management of Indian Valley Open Space Preserve had previously denied a use permit, but we were able to return by limiting most courses to Indian Valley College land, with one advanced course roaming into Indian Valley Open Space Preserve, and into Ignacio Valley Open Space Preserve, just over the ridge from the college.

Not only was the weather perfect, we had no injuries, no late finishers, (almost) no complaints, and not too many DNFs. There was an early mixup of Brown and Orange control numbers that affected two Brown runners (whose results have been corrected), and several early Orange starters (whose results have not been corrected). Note to future course-setters: when two controls are in close proximity, be very careful about how the control numbers are printed on the master map.

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Except on Yellow, there were no close contests on any course. Each course was dominated by a truly superior performance. On Red, Eric Bone showed why he is a stalwart of the U.S. Team in running 10 min/km over very steep and often brushy terrain, with a lead over Vladimir Gusiatnikov of over 9 minutes. Brown was aced by Mikkel Conradi in 41 minutes, also close to 10 min/km, who led his closest competitors by over 10 minutes. Mikkel needed more exercise, so he completed Orange as a second course. The Orange course winner was Heidi Whalen, with a 9 minute lead over Freya Ritter from Germany. The first four finishers on Orange were women. On Yellow, the team of Michael Hall, Chris Pinney, and Mark Haw nipped ahead of Mieke Bloomfield and the team of Elissa Wiebalk and Trevor Meeks, less than a minute behind. And John Turner showed his sprinting form on White, finishing in under 20 minutes, with a 6 minute lead over David Kovar.

Many volunteers combined their efforts to produce a very good orienteering event. I'd especially like to thank Rich Gibson and Chris Bramhall of the Marin County Open Space District for working with the club to bring orienteering back to Indian Valley. Ian Tidswell set interesting and challenging courses, with Mark Prior providing vetting services. The volunteer honor roll includes Bill Papendick, Matthias Kohler, Shirley Pierce, Joe Maffei, George & Leslie Minarik, Harold & Penny DeMoss, Judy Koehler, Evan Custer, Trinka Gillis, Thorsten Graeve, Scott Aster, Heidi Whalen, Jay & Aaron Frantz, Jim Hayes, Eric Bone, Terry Farrah, Deron van Hoff, Mattias Vangbo, and Alak Ghosh. Thank you, everyone! And see you at Indian Valley next year.


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Results


Indian Valley Open Space Preserve

Novato, CA
Sunday, January 30, 2005


  Pl  Name                                   Time

White Course   (1.7 km, 75 m climb, 9 controls)

   1  John Turner                            19:45
   2  David Kovar                            26:12
   3  Chauncey Krail                         28:55
   4  April de la Cruz, Alex Ramirez         38:54
   5  Ana Nunez                              39:25
   6  Gina Christopher                       40:06
   7  Thomas, Anna-Sofie, & Bill Whalen      41:35
   8  Chris Vallindras                       43:22
   9  Jim, Nancy, Clayton, & Mae Puckett     45:25
  10  Silva Garrity, Kaia, Robin, & Lia
        Vanderahe                            51:40
  11  Asher Wolf                             56:30
  12  Xena Wolf                              57:50
  13  Lars, Chance, & Seth Crail             73:56
  14  Faith & Ron Gillis                    100:24

      John Resngit, Anthony Valera            DNF  (lost card)


Yellow Course  (2.5 km, 80 m climb, 7 controls)

   1  Michael Hall, Chris Pinney, Mark Haw   45:55
   2  Mieke Bloomfield                       46:23
   3  Elissa Wiebalk, Trevor Meeks           46:46
   4  Fadi Mouallem, Andres Solomonoff       56:04
   5  Mike & Jesse Boss                      63:13
   6  Bill & Dayna Wiebalk                   66:36
   7  Galena Shakhnovsky                     69:13
   8  Jim Hayes                              70:33
   9  William, Mary, & Tim Shea              71:41
  10  Colin Carroll, Corrie Broge            71:44
  11  Jay & Aaron Frantz                     74:00
  12  Jacob Simonds, Yei-Fang Fang           79:15
  13  Sean Conner, Melissa Farley            90:21
  14  Diane & Harry Hall                     92:13
  15  Nathan & Julie Bills, Wayne Pardi      93:25
  16  Mark Spiller, May Cheng               104:34
  17  N. Landau, K. Mackenzie               108:00

      Eileen Candelaria                       DNF  (lost card)

  Second Course

      Bill Whalen                            27:00
      Jim Puckett                            32:16
      John Turner                            33:34
      Gina Christopher                       50:20
      David Kovar                            52:55
      Ana Nunez                              80:01


Orange Course  (3.8 km, 220 m climb, 11 controls)

   1  Heidi Whalen                           52:31
   2  Freya Ritter                         1:01:30
   3  Marie-Josee Parayre                  1:02:40
   4  Sharon Evans                         1:16:35
   5  Liam McAllister                      1:29:45
   6  Karen Cook                           1:29:50
   7  Craig Benson                         1:30:56
   8  Marina Keating                       1:31:14
   9  Susan Ryan                           1:34:09
  10  Trinka Gillis                        1:37:11
  11  Greg Ehrensing                       1:40:20
  12  Jackie Wong                          1:49:26
  13  Igor Ruderman                        1:49:55
  14  Julia Pushkar                        2:06:23
  15  Asimina Arvanitaki                   2:06:44
  16  Alak Ghosh                           2:12:11
  17  Denise & Kevin Harrington,
        Joel & Linda Ebright               2:13:36
  18  Terry Englehart                      2:13:58
  19  Laura Slattery                       2:15:27
  20  Michelle Rhee                        2:45:56
  21  Nicole, Bob, Travis, & Trevor Wager,
        Virginia, Mary, Susan, & Conner
        Hood, Michelle & Zander Dragony    3:03:21

      Chris Valindras, Steve O'Keefe         DNF
      Frank Markowitz                        DNF
      Brian Kirshner                         DNF
      Abigail Freeman                        DNF
      Suresh Yanamadala                      DNF
      Jason Umhoefer                         DNF
      Karen & Brad Rehder                    DNF

  Second Course

      Mikkel Conradi                         45:48


Brown Course   (3.8 km, 220 m climb, 10 controls)

   1  Mikkel Conradi                         41:11
   2  Dan Rathbun                            52:49
   3  Peter Graham                           55:51
   4  Dan Dwyer                              57:25
   5  Jim Waite                              57:55
   6  George Minarik                         59:00
   7  Michael Behrens                      1:05:35
   8  Gary Kraght                          1:08:11
   9  Joe Scarborough                      1:08:29
  10  Yelena Krasnov                       1:10:15
  11  Bjorn Widerstrom                     1:10:30
  12  Matt Strother                        1:13:51
  13  Anneliese Steuben                    1:14:59
  14  Laurence Paik                        1:18:05
  15  Andrew Barrows                       1:18:36
  16  Alex Saltman                         1:19:55
  17  Efren Alba                           1:20:05
  18  Joe Maffei                           1:21:31
  19  Misha Lipatov                        1:21:32
  20  Doug Masiel                          1:26:16
  21  Hugh Magen                           1:27:01
  22  Alan Glendinning                     1:27:17
  23  Sigrun Ritter                        1:29:11
  24  Anke Ritter                          1:29:13
  25  Russell Neilson                      1:30:27
  26  Vladislav Skvortsov                  1:35:37
  27  Oleg Shakhnovsky                     1:38:13
  28  Harold DeMoss                        1:39:11
  29  Bill Wright                          1:40:44
  30  Mark Spiller                         1:41:27
  31  Ilya Katsnelson, Alex Solomotnicov   1:45:18
  32  Phillip Hoare                        1:55:41
  33  Theo Verhoeven, Luc Poppe            1:56:51
  34  Sean Campbell                        2:03:28
  35  David Egbert                         2:04:18
  36  Chad Davis                           2:05:25
  37  Laura McKeegan, Rob Clima            2:05:48
  38  Alan Houser                          2:18:09
  39  Jim Fish                             2:19:15
  40  Terry Gleason                        2:28:05
  41  Judy Koehler                         2:33:35

      Terry Farrah                           DNF
      Leslie Minarik                         DNF
      Meg Gerstner                           DNF
      Yulia Yukina                           DNF
      James Wilson                           DNF
      Shea group (4 adults)                  DNF
      Jay & Scott Hann                       DNF
      Stephanie Maclean                      DNF


Red Course     (5.4 km, 420 m climb, 16 controls)

   1  Eric Bone                              54:59
   2  Vladimir Gusiatnikov                 1:04:04
   3  Francois Leonard                     1:04:07
   4  Mattias Eriksson                     1:07:56
   5  Tapio Karras                         1:09:33
   6  Mattias Vangbo                       1:09:50
   7  Steve Gregg                          1:10:45
   8  Matthias Kohler                      1:12:47
   9  Thorsten Graeve                      1:14:21
  10  Siegfried Ritter                     1:16:59
  11  Kent Ohlund                          1:18:37
  12  Rex Winterbottom                     1:19:07
  13  Penny DeMoss                         1:25:52
  14  Derek Maclean                        1:26:37
  15  Chuck Spalding                       1:36:47
  16  Gary Carpenter                       1:38:39
  17  Evan Custer                          1:40:55
  18  Mark Blair                           1:44:12
  19  Bob Cooley                           1:45:00
  20  Gavin Wyatt-Mair                     1:48:11
  21  Bill Papendick                       1:52:51
  22  Deron van Hoff                       1:55:43
  23  Joan Roos                            3:01:58
  24  Jennifer Kerr                        3:12:40

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