Golden Gate Park
Date: (Sun.) May. 31, 2015
Location: San Francisco, CA
Event Director: 
- 415.456.8118
Course Setter: Ralf Burgart
Type: C; Multiple courses, including beginner courses, starting from Marx Meadow
Related Event Information
Event Announcement WinSplits Results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=36761)
Event Write-Up
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More than 125 people came out on a cool, foggy morning to explore the park gem of San Francisco, and enjoy a treasure hunt for controls!
The treasure hunt part of the sport really came into play, as the controls were somewhat harder to find than usual. This was for the most part intentional, as the course setter, Ralf Burgart, and I both feared the loss of some of our valuable control units to urban vandalism. To counteract this, most controls were set in less visible locations, not the obvious beacons they usually are when we use this park. We also used plastic cable locks to affix the controls to objects unlikely to be mobile.
These actions proved effective, as we did not lose a single control unit, though one did go missing for part of the day due to an overly efficient maintenance worker, pulling a control, though fortunately returning it to us when he found out what it was.
Ralf set seven courses, which led participants through some very scenic and unexpected locations. One of our favorites, which elicited much comment afterwards, was the control placed in a Bamboo thicket on the backside of the Japanese Tea Garden. The control near the fly casting pools also elicited comments, more for the curiosity of the waders in the middle of the pool casting their lines—not a sight you expect to see in San Francisco!
This was Ralf's first effort at course setting, and I think he did an admirable job! We were partly handicapped by the Park and Recreation Department changing some requirements close to the event, and for not finally signing off on the event until three days before the 31st! That said, I think Ralf made the courses both scenic and challenging, with lots of route-choice options for participants to puzzle over.
Urban parks are great places for first-time course setters to get some experience. If you think you might want to try course setting, but are a bit intimidated, volunteer for one our urban events—a great way to get your feet wet!
I am always a bit amazed at the degree of volunteerism in our club. Lots of members came out and pitched in, several of whom came early and helped even though I had not asked them beforehand (thank you Gavin Wyatt-Mair and Jay Hann!). Gary Kraght adroitly handled the registration chores, while Jeff Lanam and George Minarik ran a flawless E-punch. Others who helped included Nick Corsano, Deron van Hoff, Rex Winterbottom, Judy Koehler, Leslie Minarik, Olga Kraght, Elaine Schoenhals, Greg Ehrensing, and Nancy Lindeman. Please forgive me if I've forgotten anyone.
Thanks to everyone who participated in this event. I had a great time directing the event, and am looking forward to the next time we are at Golden Gate Park.
Results
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA
Sunday, May 31, 2015
White Course Yellow Course Orange Course "Brown" Course "Green" Course "Red" Course "Blue" Course
Also see control-by-control timing in the WinSplits results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=36761).
White Course (2.0 km, 40 m climb, 7 controls)
Pl Name(s) Time After
1 Thomas Leonard 27:47
2 Lucas Leonard 28:08 +0:21
3 Linus Tornqvist 33:08 +5:21
4 Barbara Robben 44:45 +16:58
5 David & Emily Ventimiglia 46:00 +18:13
6 Ratcliffe family 50:16 +22:29
7 Elsa & Ida Voegele (Truckee) 50:52 +23:05
8 Sujay Bhatt 54:36 +26:49
9 Franziaska Daumberger 55:44 +27:57
10 Marian Davidson 57:23 +29:36
11 Kaloi team 58:24 +30:37
12 Gael Higgins, Olivia &
Elliot Doyle 58:33 +30:46
Miranda Team No download
Yellow Course (2.8 km, 45 m climb, 8 controls)
Pl Name(s) Time After
1 Franziska Daumberger 24:19 (2nd course)
2 Yuriko Chiaki-Robb 42:26 +18:07
3 Jafir Haidi 42:38 +18:19
3 Maggie Chen 42:38 +18:19
5 JACE group 47:31 +23:12
6 Jean Loz 49:19 +25:00
7 Adrienne Bowden & Su su 52:33 +28:14
8 John Quintrell 54:27 +30:08
9 Nancy Lindeman 55:36 +31:17 (2nd course)
10 Nassi group 1:02:56 +38:37
11 Katie Blumer 1:06:40 +42:21
12 Katie Robinson 1:40:46 +76:27
13 Ocondit team 1:41:30 +77:11
Jason Sutliff, Annette Margolis DNF
Orange Course (3.2 km, 100 m climb, 10 controls)
Pl Name(s) Time After
1 Jason O'Connell 41:23
2 Ray & Kai Rosenbaum 41:45 +0:22
3 Greg Takayama 42:43 +1:20
4 Fintan O'Sullivan 43:56 +2:33
5 Vincent Leonard 44:26 +3:03
6 Bill Voegele (Truckee) 45:43 +4:20
7 Jason Lee 49:03 +7:40
8 Jake Chang, Jason Chiu 57:41 +16:18
9 Josh Dull 58:25 +17:02
10 Alden & Tony Pinkham 1:07:15 +25:52
11 Maria & Jan Jergus 1:08:12 +26:49
12 Kaloi team 1:11:31 +30:08 (2nd course)
13 David Avery 1:19:17 +37:54
14 Breckenridge Group 1:36:19 +54:56
15 Lisa Paulson 2:21:16 +99:53
16 Delena Bratton,
Michael Leuchars 2:24:27 +103:04
"Brown" Course (3.9 km, 90 m climb, 11 controls)
Pl Name(s) Time After 1 Tori Borish 35:57 (2nd course) 2 Anna Voegele (Truckee) 37:59 +2:02 3 Dan Greene 46:55 +10:58 4 Evan Custer 50:37 +14:40 5 Carl & Sarah Williams 51:25 +15:28 6 Jason Lee 53:18 +17:21 (2nd course) 7 Sarah Petersen 54:41 +18:44 8 George Minarik 55:34 +19:37 9 Leslie Minarik 56:39 +20:42 10 Davy Williams 1:06:30 +30:33 11 Irena Stepanova 1:08:46 +32:49 12 Jeff Lanam 1:17:00 +41:03 13 Prashanth Kumar family 1:26:28 +50:31 14 Terry Gleason 1:33:46 +57:49 15 Vic Revenko 1:40:46 +64:49 16 Steve O'Keefe 2:02:06 +86:09 17 Nancy Lindeman 2:11:14 +95:17 18 Judy Koehler 2:15:28 +99:31 19 Neil Peterson 2:16:00 +100:03 20 Johanna Merriss, Bob Lasser 2:16:32 +100:35
"Green" Course (5.2 km, 110 m climb, 18 controls)
Pl Name(s) Time After
1 Dennis Wildfogel 46:25
2 Silje & Jone Reisted (Norway) 50:29 +4:04
3 Gian Coolen 51:29 +5:04
4 Cornelia Coolen 56:02 +9:37
5 Daniel Å ebo 59:39 +13:14
6 David Follette (TSN) 1:02:04 +15:39
7 Lauren Knight 1:04:27 +18:02
8 Rachel Care 1:04:53 +18:28
9 Leslie Rogers, Nathan Young 1:06:55 +20:30
10 Marie-Josée Parayre 1:07:04 +20:39
11 Michael Robinson 1:08:17 +21:52
12 William Follette 1:09:38 +23:13
13 Janet Petersen 1:09:46 +23:21
13 Vicki Woolworth 1:09:46 +23:21
15 Olga Kraght 1:14:38 +28:13
16 Nick Corsano 1:24:28 +38:03
17 Kate Follett (TSN) 1:27:39 +41:14
18 Jay Hann 1:40:39 +54:14
19 Jennifer Kerr (GCO) 2:08:29 +82:04
20 Haley Miller 2:18:11 +91:46
21 Brad, Alex, & Kylie Wetmore 3:02:10 +135:45
22 Barbara & Michelle Schafer 3:03:37 +137:12
23 Chan group 3:15:43 +149:18
Jeff Jackson DNF
Teija Lehmuskoski DNF
"Red" Course (6.5 km, 170 m climb, 19 controls)
Pl Name(s) Time After 1 Stephen Granger-Bevin 44:16 2 Tapio Karras 50:47 +6:31 3 Janne Peltola 52:41 +8:25 4 Gavin Williams 57:03 +12:47 5 Tobias Tornqvist 57:37 +13:21 6 Steve Haas 1:09:00 +24:44 7 Katie Petersen 1:10:58 +26:42 8 Greg Ehrensing 1:11:06 +26:50 9 Gary Kraght 1:16:15 +31:59 10 Mark Petersen 1:22:32 +38:16 11 Jason O'Neal 2:26:59 +102:43 12 David O'Neal 2:50:17 +126:01 13 Amanda O'Neal 3:03:39 +139:23
"Blue" Course (10.8 km, 275 m climb, 30 controls)
Pl Name(s) Time After
1 Mark Prior 1:12:17
2 Erin Schirm 1:16:08 +3:51
3 Mikkel Conradi 1:16:19 +4:02
4 Tori Borish 1:23:13 +10:56
5 Rex Winterbottom 1:23:37 +11:20
6 Deron van Hoff 1:35:42 +23:25
7 Steve Gregg 1:36:26 +24:09
8 Kim Van Berkel 1:37:31 +25:14
9 Brian Walkenhauer 1:38:10 +25:53
10 Lubomir Å ebo 1:40:42 +28:25
11 Anne-Marie Cody 1:42:15 +29:58
12 Julia Doubson 1:50:59 +38:42
13 Chuck Spalding 1:55:57 +43:40
14 Nikolay Chukanov 1:58:02 +45:45
15 Kipley Fiebig 2:00:47 +48:30
16 Penny DeMoss 2:05:49 +53:32
17 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 2:20:40 +68:23
18 Loren Rodgers 3:13:08 +120:51
19 Team Awesome 3:34:55 +142:38
20 Gavrilenko group 4:32:33 +200:16
Fyodor Konkov DNF
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DNF = Did not finish (missed one or more controls)