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Shell Ridge Open Space

Date: (Sun.) Jan. 16, 2011
Location: Walnut Creek, CA
Event Director: - 510.407.1876
Course Setter: Jay Hann
Type: C; Everyone is welcome at the BAOC COOL (Junior) event

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Event Write-Up

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A misty morning added to the challenge of a contour-only (LIDAR) map; only one of the interesting choices for orienteering at Shell Ridge this January. In addition to being COOL meet #6 with beginning and intermediate courses, orienteers were treated to Radio-O, the contour-only course, and an intermediate contour training offered by Ben Legg.

The LIDAR map, more detailed than our standard map (60-cm contours instead of 5 m) was a collaboration (conspiracy?) between Jay Hann and Bob Cooley. Most folks were skeptical — "looks too hard" was an initial reaction — but after adjusting to it, most found it easier than usual because of the accuracy of the contours. 27 runners tried this course out, with James Scarborough completing it in less than 25 minutes, edging out Dennis Wilkinson.

The COOL league was represented on all the courses, with the Varsity Boys taking on the contour-only course, Matej Sebo coming in first. JV Girls team Terra and Heather edged out their competition, with William Morris earning the JV Boys top spot. Natalie Kim and Daniel Kim won their respective Middle School slots; and Sanar Samhouri and Gavin Smith were the Elementary School champs.

Ten people had the opportunity to try their hand at Radio-O.

Thanks go to Jay Hann for setting courses and generally doing almost all the event director stuff, except a few last-minute things. Bob Cooley was also a major contributor, not only helping create and print the maps, but also setting up and instructing folks in Radio-O. Thanks to Ben Legg for organizing and holding an intermediate clinic. Epunch was handled by Mark Blair, Jim Fish, and Greg Ehrensing. Registration was again managed single-handedly by James Wilson, with Dan Greene offering beginners’ clinics. Jim Fish also helped with setup, control pick-up, and cleanup. Control pick-up was coordinated by Harold and Penny DeMoss, who were assisted by George Minarik, Steve Gregg, and Kelly Wells. Also putting the rest of the stuff away at the end of the day were Tapio Karras and Greg Ehrensing. Apologies to anyone I missed in the usual hustle and bustle.

Thanks are due to Rangers Dan Bylin and Art Janke, as well as United Site Services for getting the necessary item in the right place.




Results

Shell Ridge Open Space

Walnut Creek, CA
Sunday, January 16, 2011

Also see control-by-control timing in the WinSplits results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=16061).

You can see the event map with the actual routes traveled by participants, and draw your own route for comparison, in RouteGadget (introduction; Courses 1-3 (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=243); Course 4 (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=244)).


  Pl  Name(s)                           Time

Course 1       (1.6 km, 55 m climb, 9 controls)

   1  Lanette, Evan, & Rayna Stanziano  13:19
   2  Bill, Jack, & Edward Barnes       15:20  (est. Start)
   3  Nigel Killeen                     15:32
   4  Susan & Simon Chang-Huang         20:04
   5  Gavin Smith (COOL)                21:18
   6  Preston Vana                      24:42
   7  Sophia Knapp                      27:51
   8  Sanar Samhouri (COOL)             34:50


Course 2       (2.7 km, 135 m climb, 14 controls)

   1  Daniel Kim (COOL)                 23:32
   2  Natalie Kim (COOL)                24:32
   3  Samuel Morris (COOL)              29:55
   4  Sofi Chavez                       31:05
   5  Sasha Iakovlev (COOL)             33:06
   6  Olga Kraght                       34:31
   7  David Jorgensen                   34:56
   8  Bill, Jack, & Edward Barnes       36:22
   9  Ray & Kai Rosenbaum               37:09
  10  Susan Kim                         39:47
  11  Emily Radtke (COOL)               43:33
  12  Daniel Sebo (COOL)                49:19
  13  Emily Hann (COOL)                 50:20
  14  The Klugers                       50:32
  15  Evan Stanziano                    51:30
  16  Garrett Vana                      56:27
  17  Austin & Scott Spears             59:54
  18  Hamzeh Samhouri (COOL)          1:02:13
  19  Kevin Walker                    1:04:58
  20  Laura Fenisey                   1:11:16
  21  Judy Koehler                    1:12:04
  22  Johanna Karras (COOL)           1:14:23
  23  Troop 241                       1:19:18

      Rayna Stanziano                   DNF

  Second Course

      Steve Gregg                       18:31
      Greg Ehrensing                    26:11


Course 3       (3.9 km, 230 m climb, 12 controls)

   1  Lubomir Sebo                      34:47
   2  Joe Knapp                         39:20
   3  Randy Thomas                      41:05
   4  William Morris (COOL)             45:21
   5  Gary Kraght                       48:26
   6  Brent & Matthew Adams             52:54
   7  Nick Corsano                      55:28
   8  Joe Scarborough                   55:35
   9  Ben Hallsted (COOL)               58:35
  10  Jeff Samuels                    1:08:16
  11  Mike Miller, Cindy Nguyen       1:11:28
  12  Harold DeMoss                   1:13:46
  13  Jim Fish                        1:15:07
  14  Laura, Rob, Christine           1:18:26
  15  Bryan Pon                       1:18:51
  16  Crossfit Adventure              1:19:57
  17  Lena Eydelberg                  1:22:40
  18  Lost & Found                    1:26:34
  19  Judy & Tom Cronin               1:28:10
  20  Terra and Heather (COOL)        1:41:16
  21  Talia Peterson (COOL)           1:41:52
  22  Amanda Radtke (COOL)            1:42:27
  23  Mike Meagher, Paula Zurowski    1:45:09
  24  Vic Revenko                     1:51:37
  25  Tyler Chen                      2:08:18

      David Strong                      DNF
      Robin Leadbetter, Lori Hinckley
        Maggie Fishbaugh                DNF
      McGlynn                           DNF

  Second Course

      Deron van Hoff                    36:24
      Joe Maffei                        49:39
      Mark Blair                        50:01


Course 4       (3.3 km, 225 m climb, 19 controls)

   1  James Scarborough                 24:58
   2  Dennis Wilkinson                  25:10
   3  Francois Leonard                  25:53
   4  Tapio Karras                      29:03
   5  Mark Prior                        29:22
   6  Matej Sebo (COOL)                 29:36
   7  Steve Gregg                       29:37
   8  Deron van Hoff                    32:33
   9  Andy Staatz                       34:33
  10  Wayne Caplinger                   34:39
  11  James Wilson                      35:02
  12  Penny DeMoss                      36:06
  13  George Minarik                    37:25
  14  Erika Kikuchi                     39:44
  15  Mark Blair                        40:19
  16  Shura Kretchetov                  40:26
  17  Dan Greene                        41:14
  18  Jason Reed                        41:53
  19  Jonathan Hallsted (COOL)          42:11
  20  Joe Maffei                        42:53
  21  Greg Ehrensing                    42:54
  22  Gavin Wyatt-Mair                  44:14
  23  Evan Custer                       45:25
  24  Julian Early (COOL)               49:53
  25  Jack Van Ryswyck                  50:02
  26  Bjorn Widerstrom                  50:10
  27  Chris Hann-Soden                  52:33
  28  Marina Keating                    57:21
  29  Jeff Lanam                        59:38
  30  Trinka Gillis                   1:03:13
  31  Kevin Staatz                    1:03:21

  Second Course

      Lubomir Sebo                      37:25

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