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Indian Valley Open Space Preserve

Date: (Sun.) Jun. 12, 2011
Location: Novato, CA
Event Director: - 415.895.6039
Course Setter: Deron van Hoff
Type: C; White and Yellow beginner courses, Orange intermediate course, Brown advanced course, and a Sprint course

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Event Write-Up

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This year we held our annual event at Indian Valley a little later than normal, in mid-June. But the weather was delightful, not too hot, and early summer wildflowers were still blooming. Construction at Indian Valley College had been completed and school was out, so there were no surprises waiting. (Just to refresh people's memories: in 2010 a major part of the campus was closed for construction after the courses were designed, in 2009 a motorcycle clinic was held on the way to White control #1, in 2008 there was a mammoth swim meet with loudspeakers.)

Deron van Hoff set wonderful courses through the hills and meadows surrounding the campus, featuring not only White through Green courses but also a Sprint course.

The White course was won by junior Gian Coolen, running under 9 minutes per kilometer. Ray and Kai Rosenbaum led the Yellow course, narrowly nosing out junior Rory Maclean. Orange was won by Adam Doti, Brown by Dan Greene, and Green by Francois Leonard. And bragging rights for the Sprint course go to Francois Leonard, again, having finished over three minutes in front of his closest competitor. Fastest women on the advanced courses were Trinka Gillis (Brown), Penny DeMoss (Green) and Marie-Josee Parayre (Sprint).

As is always the case, many volunteers helped to make the event successful. I'd especially like to thank the course setter, Deron van Hoff, who was determined to provide a wider range of excellent courses than we have had in past years. Thank you, Deron!

People who helped at the event included Scott Aster, Mark Blair, Bob Cooley, Evan Custer, Greg Ehrensing, Jim Fish, Peter Graube, Dan Greene, Rosemary Johnson, Marina Keating, Judy Koehler, Matthias Kohler, Olga Kraght, Joe Maffei, Robi Mulford, and Damian Swift. Thank you, everyone!

See you next year!



Results

Indian Valley Open Space Preserve

Novato, CA
Sunday, June 12, 2011

Also see control-by-control timing in the WinSplits results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=17564).

You can see the event map with the actual routes traveled by participants, and draw your own route for comparison, in RouteGadget (introduction; this event (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=261)).


  Pl  Name(s)                            Time

White Course   (2.1 km, 60 m climb, 11 controls)

   1  Gian Coolen                        17:07
   2  Christine Brew                     19:06  (after Orange)
   3  Mario, Lea, Xavier, & Michele
         Leboeuf                         21:37
   4  Ian Swift                          32:26
   5  Michele, Christine, & Naomi
        Beshand                          33:41
   6  Drew, Griffin, & Celeste Levy      38:47
   7  Danya Karpelevitch                 43:21
   8  Kundan Kakaria                     54:49
   9  Bill & Brigid Finzer             1:02:23
  10  Juan De la O, Ed Bowers          1:32:07

      Mary McCall                        DNF


Yellow Course  (2.0 km, 100 m climb, 13 controls)

   1  Ray & Kai Rosenbaum                39:07
   2  Rory Maclean                       40:01
   3  Greg Panero, Andrew Singleton,
        Mike Rostkowski                  45:17
   4  Chris Gori                         46:32
   5  Trisha McMahon, Julia McIlroy      50:56
   6  Natalie Kim                      1:00:07
   7  Bo Curry, Mary DeNike            1:01:27
   8  Andrew Kim                       1:04:11
   9  George Aster                     1:04:22  (estimated Start)
  10  Mario, Lea, Xavier, & Michele
        Leboeuf                        1:06:56  (after White)
  11  Vijay Radhakrishnan              1:22:16
  12  Jimmy Chung                      1:23:53
  13  Mitch, Josh, & Jack Haydon       1:35:26

      Kundan Kakaria                     DNF    (after White)


Orange Course  (4.0 km, 230 m climb, 11 controls)

   1  Adam Doti                          42:36
   2  Ralf Burgert                       48:09
   3  Matthew Adams                      52:46
   4  Damon Ward                         57:45
   5  Geoff Sears                      1:05:42
   6  Fedor Karpelevitch               1:07:25
   7  Emily Dean, Matt Agard           1:23:47
   8  Christine & Graham Brew          1:24:43
   9  Donato Polignone                 1:28:47
  10  Stacy & Jerry Goss, Maura Moody  1:30:06
  11  Terry Gleason                    1:40:57
  12  Kara Adams, Donovan Gruggett     1:42:04
  13  Paula Zurowski, Mike Meagher     1:50:28
  14  Steve O'Keefe                    1:51:33
  15  Richard & Ty Gampell, Irene Kim  2:19:34
  16  Team BS, Bob & Sue               2:25:07
  17  Kevin Walker                     2:40:07

      Stephen Eales                      DNF
      Paul & Kathy Li                    DNF
      Derrick Leung, Brian Li,
        Vivian Chin                      DNF
      Neil Peterson                      DNF
      Daniel Kim                         DNF


Brown Course   (3.2 km, 190 m climb, 9 controls)

   1  Dan Greene                         49:22
   2  Greg Ehrensing                     51:41
   3  Bjorn Widerstrom                   54:22
   4  Evan Custer                        58:28
   5  Chuck Spalding                     59:08
   6  Trinka Gillis                    1:13:31
   7  Cornelia Coolen                  1:16:31
   8  Randy Franklin                   1:22:25
   9  Joe Scarborough                  1:27:36
  10  Jennifer Kerr (GCO)              1:42:08
  11  Jim Fish                         1:58:00
  12  Rosemary Johnson                 1:58:12
  13  Fueled by Outrage                2:06:05
  14  Holmberg and Erickson            2:06:34
  15  Ellen Hughes, Kate Haugen        2:11:31

      Brent Adams                        DNF
      Joanna & Francis Tao               DNF
      Paula Zurowski, Mike Meagher       DNF    (after Orange)


Green Course   (5.1 km, 300 m climb, 16 controls)

   1  Francois Leonard                   47:53  (after Sprint)
   2  Tapio Karras                     1:04:01  (after Sprint)
   3  Tobias Tornqvist                 1:04:52
   4  Matthias Kohler                  1:10:56
   5  Mark Prior                       1:13:27
   6  Eric Rosenzweig                  1:17:28
   7  Nikolay Chukanov                 1:18:10
   8  Penny DeMoss                     1:21:02
   9  Damian Swift                     1:29:43
  10  Werner Haag                      1:27:41  (after Sprint)
  11  Peter Graube                     1:28:58  (after Sprint)
  12  Robi Mulford                     1:48:06
  13  Mark Blair                       1:48:58
  14  Joe Maffei                       1:50:00  (after Sprint)
  15  Johanna Merriss                  2:14:50
  16  Joe Inkenbrandt                  2:40:05
  17  Phillip Hoare                    3:08:50

      Marina Keating                     DNF
      Derek Maclean                      DNF
      Stephanie Maclean                  DNF
      Ryan Madison                       DNF
      Gavin Wyatt-Mair                   DNF
      Frederick Lee                      DNF
      Marie-Josee Parayre,
        Michele Leboeuf                  DNF    (after Sprint)


Sprint Course  (2.6 km, 90 m climb, 13 controls)

   1  Francois Leonard                   18:09
   2  Tapio Karras                       21:35
   3  Werner Haag                        24:05
   4  Damon Ward                         29:19  (after Orange)
   5  Joe Maffei                         30:43
   6  Dan Greene                         32:54  (after Brown)
   7  Peter Graube                       35:27
   8  Marie-Josee Parayre                40:16
   9  Greg Ehrensing                     41:35  (after Brown)
  10  Jennifer Kerr (GCO)              1:04:27  (after Brown)
  11  Joan Roos                        1:25:32

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