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Golden Gate Park

Date: (Sat.) Apr. 7, 2007
Location: San Francisco, CA
Event Director: - 510.681.6181
Course Setter: Vladimir Gusiatnikov
Type: C; White, Yellow, Orange, Long Orange, and USOF Sprint courses

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Event Write-Up

By Rex Winterbottom

I'm glad I had plenty of experience directing and course setting events, because I could have had a heart attack scrambling to get things running. Thanks to the early helpers, we got the event going okay, but there were many challenges to be faced this day. A combination of complications left the ED-CS team doing many things at the last minute. The rain didn't help either!

On the positive side, what great, helpful people we have in the club, like Steve Gregg and Ben Legg, who stepped up in the beginning to help us put out the White, Yellow, and Orange pie-plate controls, and then helped with starts later, and also helped with setup. There was a great spirit of cooperation amongst the seasoned club members to get the event going and running for the attendees.

The rain couldn't dampen the spirits of all the participants who enjoyed Vladimir's interesting courses. The Sprint brought out some fast navigating, led by James Scarborough, Martin Kunz, and Vadim Masalkov. The course kept you thinking and map-reading the whole way through—a nice challenge for the experienced crowd. On Long Orange, the trio of Donato Polignone, Adam Doti, and Adam Armijo bested the rest. Jennifer Klafin won Orange over Greg Ehrensing and junior Valeria Fedyk. Vladimir did a nice job of creating interesting Orange legs, many with optimal off-trail route choices, not an easy thing to execute at Golden Gate Park. Brad and Lisa Melton led Richard Frankland, and Bill and Dayna Wiebalk, on Yellow. And top honors on the White course go to Fedor and Galina Karpelevitch, and the Eureka scout troop 2661 teams.

Thanks to the many helpers!

Course Setter's Comment on Maps

I must apologize for running out of White, Yellow, and Long Orange maps. I had planned for about 80 participants, and about 130 showed up despite the pouring rain and a Saturday on a holiday weekend.

If your map was taken for reuse, and you would like one, send me an and it will be brought to the Sunol and/or Stanford events.

Vladimir


Results

Golden Gate Park

San Francisco, CA
Saturday, April 7, 2007


  Pl  Name(s)                           Time


White Course       (1.7 km, 15 m climb, 8 controls)

   1  Fedor & Galina Karpelevitch       17:21
   2  Troop 2661 Team 1                 28:24
   3  Troop 2661 Team 2                 31:45
   4  Charlotte, Katherine, Sydney,
        Aaron                           32:29
   5  Jerry & Carol McLaggan            47:00
   6  Lauren Couderc, Lindsay McLaggan  49:00
   7  Emily & Jay Hann                  49:21
   8  Jessica Cruz, Rebecca Wintermute  51:00
   9  Ali McCarthy, Martha Partida      52:30
  10  Judy Mayne, Sue Mace, Tish Souza  58:25


Yellow Course      (1.9 km, 35 m climb, 9 controls)

   1  Brad & Lisa Melton                35:44
   2  Richard Frankland                 36:17
   3  Bill & Dayna Wiebalk              37:18
   4  A. Shepherd                       37:23
   5  Diane R. Hall, Silvia Partida     57:45
   6  Burchill Konrad                   57:48
   7  Julia Gee, Jeff Ide               61:48
   8  Mike, Eliza, & Juliet Ellis,
        Kamala DeValois                 64:43
   9  Scott & Kathy Ellis               64:44

      Naomi Cahn, Austin McLaggan        DNF


Orange Course      (3.7 km, 65 m climb, 9 controls)

   1  Jennifer Klafin                   31:30
   2  Greg Ehrensing                    47:11
   3  Valeria Fedyk                     49:30
   4  Brian Hart, Michelle Gong         50:02
   5  Steve O'Keefe                     50:28
   6  Tatiana Fedyk                     55:30
   7  Heather & Shawn-Patrick Stark,
        Joe & Karen Keyser              56:33
   8  Dan Gee                           71:03
   9  Jay & Beatrice                    72:10
  10  Vic Revenko                       76:15

      Galen Pewtherer                    MSP
      Margaret Longstreth                MSP
      Craig Pierce                       MSP
      Karen & Samantha Jaber             MSP
      Lisa Knowles                       DNF
      Audrey Roadarev                    DNF

  Second Course

      Brad Wetmore                      28:15
      Jim Fish                          59:33


Long Orange Course (5.0 km, 85 m climb, 12 controls)

   1  Donato Polignone                  40:07
   2  Adam Doti                         40:07
   3  Adam Armijo                       40:07
   4  Oren Rigbi                        42:49
   5  Steve Haas                        46:48
   6  Deron Van Hoff                    48:50
   7  Lou Lederer, Vinemoni Dachs       58:33
   8  Phil Lovahenti                    63:34
   9  Neal Lischner                     74:55
  10  Steve Jaber                       85:05
  11  Julie Hollien, Kael Fischer       89:26
  12  Parag Gupta                      147:12
  13  Harold Lischner                  160:55

      Chris Brookhoff                    MSP
      Joshua Cyphers, Darrin Smith,
        Daniel Russell, Kirk Lathrop     MSP
      Shura Helene, Kreg Messov,
        Mila Kirillova                   MSP

  Second Course

      Chuck Spalding                    49:14


Sprint Course      (2.6 km, 45 m climb, 14 controls)

  Pl  Name                    Time

   1  James Scarborough       15:15
   2  Martin Kunz             15:49
   3  Vadim Masalkov          15:50
   4  Dag Ainsoo              16:36
   5  Mikkel Conradi          16:38
   6  Benjamin Legg           16:53
   7  Rex Winterbottom        16:55
   8  Tapio Karras            19:11
   9  Andrejus Masalkovas     19:22
  10  Dennis Wildfogel        20:27
  11  Russell Neilson         20:51
  12  Brad Wetmore            21:01
  13  Steve Gregg             21:10
  14  Peter Graham            23:12
  15  Manfred Kopisch         24:27
  16  Robin Gustafsson        25:23
  17  Chuck Spalding          29:10
  18  Joe Maffei              30:17
  19  Joe Scarborough         30:35
  20  Terry Farrah            36:30
  21  Marsha Jacobs           38:43
  22  Daniel Kopisch          39:35
  23  Frederick Lee           41:55
  24  Anja Kahampaeae         44:27
  25  Jim Fish                47:22
  26  Trinka Gillis           50:43
  27  Rosemary Johnson        55:08
  28  Terri Hunt            1:00:15
  29  Terry Gleason         1:03:36
  30  Julia Doubson         1:08:35

      George Minarik          DNF

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