Bayfront Park
Date: (Sun.) Aug. 19, 2007
Location: Menlo Park, CA
Event Director: 
- 650.281.5280
Course Setter: Frank Markowitz
Type: C; White and Yellow courses, Motala (1-3 loops, with some wrinkles)
Event Write-Up
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Well over 100 people came out to one of our smaller, but more conveniently located parks, to enjoy gorgeous weather and fast orienteering. First-time course setter Frank Markowitz laid out White, Yellow, and Motala courses.
The Motala consisted of three loops, with competitors having the option of running 1, 2, or 3 loops. Those doing more than one loop got a new map (showing the entire park but with different controls) for each loop. This format allows us to generate courses of moderate length in a small park that would otherwise support only shorter courses. To make things a little more challenging, the park’s extensive trail network was left off the maps for the second and third loops. The majority of the Motala participants chose to complete all three loops.
The relatively flat, open terrain combined with the good weather resulted in some fast times on all of the courses. On White, the team of Adele Ho, Suhl Chiu, and Karen Kressenberg finished first with a time of 25:07, edging out Bronwen Caplinger by 31 seconds. On Yellow, Alex Finch finished in a quick 18:37, a margin of more than 3 minutes over second-place finisher Daniel Kopisch. On the 3-loop Motala, the first three finishers were separated by just one minute and three seconds, with Francois Leonard edging out Dag Ainsoo and Martin Kunz. Francois covered the 7.7 km in 38:01.
Other highlights of the event:
- A large number of participating families, running together or separately.
- One of those families—the Wailes—having a spirited competition between the parents team and the sons team—twice.
- A visiting Israeli (Daniel Szoke, who is a regular orienteer at home) teaming up with his brother Noam.
- Many people choosing to run second courses.
- Hearing only positive comments on Frank’s courses.
As usual, volunteers were critical to a successful event. Course-setter Markowitz had lots of help from Brian Kirshner, both in creating the courses and in setting out controls early Sunday morning. Bob Cooley did his usual fine job with the maps, Gary Kraght and Martin Kunz handled registration, and Chuck Spalding gave beginners’ clinics. The team of helpers who willingly pitched in on starts, finishes, results, set-up and tear-down, and control pick-up included Gela Siganevich and her sons, Jim Fish, Nancy Lindeman, Kelly Wells, Alan Glendinning, Martin Kunz, Bill and Teruko Follette, Werner Haag, Galena Shakhnovsky, and Ido Green. A big "Thank you" to all of them.
Results
Bayfront Park
Menlo Park, CA
Sunday, August 19, 2007
(Running one course did not provide a significant benefit toward running a second course, so people who did that are simply noted in the results, instead of being listed separately.)
Pl Name(s) Time
White Course (2.3 km, 25 m climb, 13 controls)
1 Adele Ho, Suhl Chiu, Karen Kressenberg 25:07
2 Bronwen Caplinger 25:38
3 Sarah Brug 26:30
4 Andrew & Peter Wailes 26:58
5 Ginny & George Wailes 27:17
6 Julia Doubson 28:54
7 Marianne Moore, Lori Oleson 32:50
8 Kathy & Ernesto Duque 41:13
9 Andrea, Steve, Samantha, Danielle,
& Nicholas Blonstein 42:43
10 Liam Peake 44:40
11 Jon & Jessica Hazard 47:33
12 Meghann McLinden, Megan Madsen,
Christoper Thode 48:16
13 Teruko Follette 48:40
14 Ashley Hayton, Evan Custer 51:32
15 Jamie Maclean 61:06
16 Rory Maclean 63:06
17 Hannah Kopisch 66:36
18 Julian & Adela Eccli, Chungming Lee 75:20
19 Larry, Crystal, Megan, Rachel, &
Thomas Steinke 82:23
20 Danya Karpelevitch 91:08
Gabija & Karina Masalkovaite MSP
Chris Finch DNF
Yellow Course (2.7 km, 45 m climb, 12 controls)
1 Alex Finch 18:37
2 Daniel Kopisch 22:04
3 Philipp Kopisch 25:01
4 Alex & Marina Solomatnikov 25:16
5 Peter & Andrew Wailes 25:33 (2nd course)
6 Ginny & George Wailes 25:42 (2nd course)
7 Jeff Miller, Abby Burns 28:05
8 Kendra Hershey 30:34
9 Liam Peake 32:38 (2nd course)
10 Natasha Doubson 36:06
11 Marianne Moore, Lori Oleson 41:20 (2nd course)
12 Peter Skorokhodov 41:51
13 Jim & Nora Brug 43:34
14 Mike, Langley, Nolan, & Galen Topper 44:16
15 Arten Skorokhodov 45:13
16 Katz, Katz, Spell 45:24
17 Troop 33: John, Aubrey, Kevin, Darcy 46:40
18 Troop 33: Dean, Matthew, Brian, Chas 48:52
19 Paul, Kathy, & Jeanne Li 49:44
20 Cuong Nguyen 50:34
21 Debbie Wetmore 52:27
22 Chris Finch 53:46 (2nd course)
23 Sarah & Julia Brug 56:08
24 Mai Chung, Werner Haag 59:33
25 Scott, Sarah, & Ellen Singer 73:52
Motala - 1 Loop (2.7 km, 45 m climb, 11 controls)
1 Gary Kraght 21:31
Motala - 2 Loops (5.4 km, 95 m climb, 23 controls)
1 Kent Ohlund 39:04
2 Alan Glendinning 46:22
3 Steph Maclean 50:54
4 Fedor Karpelevitch 57:12
5 Judy & Tom Cronin 73:29
6 Egluke Martiscite 82:21
Motala - 3 Loops (7.7 km, 155 m climb, 32 controls)
1 Francois Leonard 38:01
2 Dag Ainsoo 38:45
3 Martin Kunz 39:04
4 Rex Winterbottom 40:50
5 Steve Gregg 43:40
6 Greg Khanlarov 45:33
7 Ben Legg 46:43
8 Andrejus Masalkovas 49:21
9 Brad Wetmore 49:54
10 Derek Maclean 50:29
11 Jeff Miller, Abby Burns 51:06 (2nd course)
12 Noam & Daniel Szoke 53:15
13 Mitsumi Sugizaki 54:07
14 Manfred Kopisch 54:15
15 Chuck Spalding 56:24
16 Marie-Josee Parayre 56:42
17 Tomar Maxmon 56:56
18 Theo Verhoven 58:21
19 Werner Haag 58:29 (2nd course)
20 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 59:32
21 Cameron Ferguson 61:55
22 Alex Finch 63:17 (2nd course)
23 Tony Pinkham 63:28
24 Mark Blair 63:32
25 Bob Strauss 68:22
26 Margaret Longstreth 71.42
27 Karen Cook 72:44
28 William Follette 74:49
29 Kevin McCarty 75:15
30 Phillip Hoare, Janet Stein 78:22
31 Jeff Lanam 84:30
32 Oleg Shakhnovsky 85:27
33 Jim Fish 95:55
34 Frederick Lee 102:47
35 Michael Chan, Chi Hoang 106:48
36 Alexander Krechetov, Borodianskiy 108:59
37 Jonathan Seder 113:40
38 Long Dam, Hoang Dam, Jimmy Chung 157:09
Heather Stark DNF (Lost card)
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DNF = Did not finish (missed one or more controls)
MSP = Mispunched (one or more controls wrong)