Point Pinole Regional Shoreline
Date: (Sun.) Jan. 26, 2020
Location: Richmond, CA
Event Director: 
- 925.862.2978
Course Setter: Steve Gregg
Type: C; Our annual visit to this fun, fast park. White, Yellow, and Orange courses for beginner through intermediate. In addition, we will offer a “One-Man Relay†for advanced orienteers.
Related Event Information
Event Announcement W/Y/O WinSplits Results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=67897) RouteGadget – Introduction RouteGadget – W/Y/O (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=463)
Event Write-Up
By , Event Director
Rain, Goats, Software Problems and 11th-hour Solutions
Rain
Steve Gregg and I have teamed up for the annual Point Pinole Orienteering event for many years. Now that this event is scheduled in January, one of our major concerns is weather. We both remember past events in January, February, and even March when the weather was less than ideal. Winter storms can move in off San Francisco Bay quickly, with heavy rain and high winds making orienteering miserable if not impossible.
For last year’s event we jokingly asked BAOC Events Coordinator Graham Brew to coordinate the weather. Graham did an excellent job last year, and so we assigned him the same task this year. The week prior to the event, the weather forecast was looking marginal at best. It was still raining when I drove to the park at 6:30 on Sunday. Then, as we began setting up tents and other equipment, the rain stopped, the sun came out and we had beautiful weather for the remainder of the day. Thanks, Graham ... but next time, please don’t wait until the last minute.
Goats
This time of year, the park has a large herd of goats on site to help manage vegetation. The goats are contained by an electric fence that is moved to a fresh grazing area daily. When Steve and I were setting out controls on Saturday afternoon, the fence was moved, and one of the key controls was inside the fence. Steve removed the control from the goat enclosure, selected a new control feature and had to make a last-minute change to each of the Relay loop maps.
Software Problems and 11th-hour Solutions
The eleventh-hour map changes encountered a problem with the software. Resolution of the issue and printing the revised maps ran into the wee hours of the morning for both Steve and Jay.
That’s the event preparation “back-storyâ€. So, for participants (particularly those new to the sport) who enjoyed the sunny mild weather and a smooth-running orienteering event, you have a better idea the amount of time (and a bit of luck) that went into making the event possible. This event was certainly not unique; orienteering by its very nature requires thoughtful, time-consuming work by the Course Setter to design a variety of challenging courses, and a large number of volunteers to make things run smoothly on the day of the event. My thanks to our Course Setter and all the volunteers—you did a great job!
This year, at East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) request, our event center returned to the Palms Picnic Area site, a short walk from the Giant Highway Parking Lot. For the first time, we obtained a vehicle permit, and were allowed to drive Jay’s pickup and equipment trailer to the Palms Picnic site. This greatly facilitated hauling all the equipment needed at the event center.
The Courses
This year’s event consisted of Beginner (White and Yellow) and Intermediate (Orange) courses, and a “One-Man†Relay.
The Beginner and Intermediate courses were standard point-to-point courses.
The Relay had a remote Start and Finish about one kilometer from the event center, and a mass start at 11:30. Each runner had to complete three short loops through relatively flat, forested terrain. The Course Setter billed the Relay as a “Forest Sprintâ€. There were several “forked†controls on each loop to keep it interesting. One unique aspect of this race was that a separate E-stick was required for each loop (due to software constraints), so runners had to manage three E-sticks in addition to a map of each Relay loop.
We had a good turnout, with about 125 participants on the White/Yellow/Orange courses, and 44 competing in the “One-Man†Relay.
The Results
White course (2.6 km, 45 m climb, 11 controls): Winner Team Remarkable Fishes with a time of 34:37
Yellow course (2.8 km, 70 m climb, 12 controls): Winner Piotr Pisarchyk with a time of 24:36
Orange course (4.2 km, 75 m climb, 10 controls): Winner Michael Behrens with a time of 36.49
“One-Man†Relay (3 loops totaling 4.5 km, 100 m climb, 24 controls):
- Winner Siargey Pisarchyk, time 22:35
- Second Place Michael Crone, time 23:32
- Third Place François Léonard, time 25:32
- Course Setter Steve Gregg had this additional comment about the Relay:
- “Siargey, Erin, and A.J. took part in an all-out sprint to the Finish punch, and finished the Relay within seconds of each other. Unfortunately, Erin and A.J. both mis-punched—not sure if they were ‘real’ mis-punches, or SI Air+ issues. Many runners ran the race with SI Air+ punches, and as someone who is not used to being a spectator at modern orienteering events, it was a bit disconcerting to me to see the runners fly by the controls without even slowing down.â€
The complete results can be found below.
The Volunteers
Volunteers are critical to holding an orienteering event. Thank you all so much for pitching in and making this event a success.
Course Setter: Steve Gregg
Registration: Sarah Williams, Gary & Olga Kraght, Scott Aster, Steve Haas
Beginner Clinics: Jeff Lanam
Beginner/Intermediate Starts: Ruth Kadel (both shifts!), Jitka Hiscox, Steve Haas
Timing/E-Punch: Jay Hann
Setup, Control Retrieval, Equipment Packing, and Cleanup: Wayne Staats and family, Vicki Woolworth, Gavin Wyatt-Mair, Michael Crone, Jay Hann, George Minarik, Jeff Lanam, Steve Gregg, Ruth Kadel
Maps: Jay Hann and Bob Cooley
Website Updates: Chuck Spalding
Insurance Coordinator: Marina Keating
Finances: Sharon Evans
EBRPD: Park Supervisor Britt Thorsnes, Rangers Brett Witmer and Sushawn Robb
Events and Weather Coordinator: Graham Brew
Lost & Found
Lost
A.J. Riley thinks he left his control description holder at the remote Relay Start. I scoured the area carefully after everyone finished the Relay, but found nothing. So, if you happened to pick this up by mistake, please let A.J. know.
Found
- A blue Ecovessel water bottle
- A wooden walking stick with a hand-carved flower design near the handle.
If either of these items belongs to you, let know, and we'll figure out how to get it to you.
Results
Point Pinole Regional Shoreline
Richmond, CA
Sunday, January 26, 2020
White Course Yellow Course Orange Course Relay Course
Also see control-by-control timing in the White/Yellow/Orange WinSplits results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=67897).
You can see the event map with the actual routes traveled by participants, and draw your own route for comparison, in RouteGadget for W/Y/O (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=463). (Use of RouteGadget is explained here.)
White Course (2.6 km, 45 m climb, 11 controls)
Time
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind Lost
1 Team Remarkable Fishes Troop 30838 34:37 1:01
2 Benjamin Wong 35:44 1:07 1:07
3 Team Killeen 38:42 4:05 3:29
4 Maventuras BAOC 44:51 10:14 4:00
5 Team Deez Knots Troop 247 47:20 12:43 6:10
6 Eve Zhang BAOC 48:00 13:23 9:42
7 Barbara Robben BAOC 48:01 13:24 8:52
8 Dady 48:46 14:09 5:40
9 Clara Staats BAOC 51:03 16:26 6:36
10 Gianna Caviness BAOC 1:00:05 25:28 14:22
10 Miren Massey BAOC 1:00:05 25:28 14:15
12 Rifflark 1:03:29 28:52 11:29
13 Joulerie BAOC 1:09:23 34:46 11:30
14 Turtle Patrol Troop 247 1:09:37 35:00 9:16
15 Jill Custer,
Sabine McCarthy,
Margaret Phillips BAOC 1:11:35 36:58 6:50
16 Julian Conradi CSU 1:20:23 45:46 17:48
17 Tree Huggers 1:22:38 48:01 16:52
18 Mark Puccinelli 1:23:46 49:09 17:06
19 Walnut Tree 1:36:46 62:09 39:35
John Graves DNF
Tony Edwards DNF
Yellow Course (2.8 km, 70 m climb, 12 controls)
Time
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind Lost
1 Piotr Pisarchyk BAOC 24:36 3:04
2 Erika Reed BAOC 25:11 0:35 3:02 (2nd Course)
3 Ada Krechetov BAOC 39:26 14:50 5:30
4 Benjamin Wong 43:12 18:36 6:41 (2nd course)
5 Dady 44:53 20:17 8:17 (2nd course)
6 Tarletskya 45:24 20:48 12:39
7 Nigel Killeen BAOC 48:02 23:26 7:02
8 Team Remarkable Fishes Troop 30838 52:29 27:53 10:54 (2nd course)
9 Kristina Davtyan 58:08 33:32 10:54
10 Timur Sidorov 1:11:04 46:28 12:46
11 Lucas Robleto 1:11:14 46:38 12:35
12 Mark Puccinelli 1:16:00 51:24 14:33 (2nd course)
13 Anna Staats BAOC 1:23:39 59:03 32:22
14 Nancy Lindeman,
Kathie Wiegant BAOC 1:34:24 69:48 9:48
15 Rory Deniro 1:46:31 81:55 28:40
Audrey Harker DNF
Team Jecca Crew 514 DNF
Orange Course (4.2 km, 75 m climb, 10 controls)
Time
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind Lost
1 Michael Behrens BAOC 36:49 0:49
2 Shura Krechetov BAOC 41:45 4:56 3:14
3 Team Derwent BAOC 41:56 5:07 1:11
4 Gary Kraght BAOC 42:59 6:10 3:45
5 Ken & Ben Considine BAOC 43:15 6:26 3:00
6 Jason Reed BAOC 45:40 8:51 3:04 (2nd Course)
7 Erika Reed BAOC 46:19 9:30 5:41
8 Peter Hsia BAOC 48:01 11:12 9:18
9 Olga Kraght BAOC 49:01 12:12 3:39
10 Sara Tomas BAOC 49:23 12:34 3:09
11 Sara Clark 50:40 13:51 5:46
12 Louise Madrid BAOC 54:53 18:04 2:19
13 Crystal & Sanjoy BAOC 55:12 18:23 6:24
14 Johanna Merriss BAOC 55:39 18:50 6:36
15 Felix Mehne 56:36 19:47 15:07
16 Alison Weber GCO 59:55 23:06 3:51
17 Irena Stefanova BAOC 1:02:22 25:33 6:21
18 Scott Aster BAOC 1:08:11 31:22 3:16
19 Seth Benkle BAOC 1:13:25 36:36 4:09
20 Savitri Khalsa NEOC 1:16:18 39:29 9:00
21 Brooke Staats BAOC 1:16:33 39:44 26:17
22 Sarah Williams BAOC 1:17:48 40:59 5:22
23 Katy Robinson BAOC 1:22:04 45:15 5:06
24 Leta Krechetov BAOC 1:22:19 45:30 4:05
25 Jennifer Kerr GCO 1:22:52 46:03 5:59
26 Team Luna 1:23:09 46:20 6:21
27 R Cubed 1:23:31 46:42 3:20
28 Kristen Weber & Nate GCO 1:23:42 46:53 10:34
29 Diyang Tang BAOC 1:23:44 46:55 17:32
30 Lauren Wemmer GCO 1:28:44 51:55 6:27
31 Gal BAOC 1:31:48 54:59 15:52
32 Sean Robinson BAOC 1:36:33 59:44 25:42
33 Samuel Krechetov BAOC 1:40:21 63:32 12:33
34 Team Mac & Cheese Crew 514 1:47:41 70:52 23:42
35 Siddharth, Anusha, & Vatsa 1:47:42 70:53 35:04
36 Imogen Robinson BAOC 2:16:59 100:10 13:20
37 Michael Robinson BAOC 2:17:02 100:13 11:04
Donald Orr MSP
Josiah Wagoner MSP
Scott Porter BAOC MSP
Mass-Start Relay (4.5 km, 100 m climb, 24 controls)
Please tell your name if you have a “Day Of Meet†placeholder name.
The software isn't displaying results exactly correctly. Jay will follow up with the developer.
Pl "Team" Legs Total
1 Entry 24 22:35
Siargey Pisarchyk 1 7:10
Siargey Pisarchyk 2 7:50
Siargey Pisarchyk 3 7:35
2 Entry 5 23:32
Michael Crone 1 9:33
Michael Crone 2 6:57
Michael Crone 3 7:02
3 Entry 18 25:18
François Léonard 1 8:45
François Léonard 2 7:50
François Léonard 3 8:43
4 Entry 29 27:04
Daniel Å ebo 1 8:34
Daniel Å ebo 2 9:20
Daniel Å ebo 3 9:10
5 Entry 14 27:27
Yurii Konovalenko 1 9:13
Yurii Konovalenko 2 9:07
Yurii Konovalenko 3 9:07
6 Entry 41 28:47
Matej Å ebo 1 9:21
Matej Å ebo 2 9:15
Matej Å ebo 3 10:11
7 Entry 4 29:51
Mikkel Conradi 1 8:38
Mikkel Conradi 2 11:29
Mikkel Conradi 3 9:44
8 Entry 49 31:34
Day Of Meet #9 1 11:09
Day Of Meet #9 2 11:01
Day Of Meet #9 3 9:24
9 Entry 39 33:02
Anastasiya Gordeeva 1 9:46
Anastasiya Gordeeva 2 11:49
Anastasiya Gordeeva 3 11:27
10 Entry 15 33:21
Manfred Kopisch 1 11:30
Manfred Kopisch 2 11:13
Manfred Kopisch 3 10:38
11 Entry 30 34:47
Wayne Staats 1 11:44
Wayne Staats 2 12:30
Wayne Staats 3 10:33
12 Entry 9 35:18
Jitka Hiscox 1 11:53
Jitka Hiscox 2 12:36
Jitka Hiscox 3 10:49
13 Entry 43 35:40
Day Of Meet #3 1 11:50
Day Of Meet #3 2 12:28
Day Of Meet #3 3 11:22
14 Entry 28 35:41
Quincy Rosenzweig 1 13:23
Quincy Rosenzweig 2 11:40
Quincy Rosenzweig 3 10:38
15 Entry 50 36:44
Day Of Meet #10 1 13:07
Day Of Meet #10 2 11:20
Day Of Meet #10 3 12:17
16 Entry 47 37:40
Day Of Meet #7 1 13:12
Day Of Meet #7 2 13:10
Day Of Meet #7 3 11:18
17 Entry 25 37:54
Taylor Pospisil 1 12:17
Taylor Pospisil 2 13:27
Taylor Pospisil 3 12:10
18 Entry 27 38:01
Eric Rosenzweig 1 12:57
Eric Rosenzweig 2 13:20
Eric Rosenzweig 3 11:44
19 Entry 23 38:07
Marie-Josée Parayre 1 13:13
Marie-Josée Parayre 2 11:41
Marie-Josée Parayre 3 13:13
20 Entry 6 38:11
John Crowther 1 12:35
John Crowther 2 11:38
John Crowther 3 13:58
21 Entry 19 40:23
Derek Maclean 1 10:36
Derek Maclean 2 14:50
Derek Maclean 3 14:57
22 Entry 37 40:45
Gavin Wyatt-Mair 1 13:44
Gavin Wyatt-Mair 2 12:42
Gavin Wyatt-Mair 3 14:19
23 Entry 13 41:43
Fyodor Konkov 1 12:53
Fyodor Konkov 2 13:06
Fyodor Konkov 3 15:44
24 Entry 31 45:51
Deron van Hoff 1 11:29
Deron van Hoff 2 22:17
Deron van Hoff 3 12:05
25 Entry 32 45:53
Nik Weber 1 14:04
Nik Weber 2 18:16
Nik Weber 3 13:33
26 Entry 20 51:20
Stephanie Maclean 1 16:41
Stephanie Maclean 2 17:23
Stephanie Maclean 3 17:16
27 Entry 3 55:11
Stephanie Briggs 1 19:28
Stephanie Briggs 2 19:11
Stephanie Briggs 3 16:32
28 Entry 38 1:00:50
Siqing Yi 1 18:12
Siqing Yi 2 24:14
Siqing Yi 3 18:24
29 Entry 36 1:03:16
Vicki Woolworth 1 24:02
Vicki Woolworth 2 19:03
Vicki Woolworth 3 20:11
30 Entry 40 1:13:54
Rutwik Patel 1 26:38
Rutwik Patel 2 25:48
Rutwik Patel 3 21:28
31 Entry 1 1:31:44
Julie van Hoff 1 43:41
Julie van Hoff 2 25:36
Julie van Hoff 3 22:27
32 Entry 2 1:43:14
Steve Beuerman 1 39:37
Steve Beuerman 2 30:25
Steve Beuerman 3 33:12
Entry 26 MSP
Anthony Riley 1 7:48
Anthony Riley 2 MSP
Anthony Riley 3 6:54
Entry 46 MSP
Day Of Meet #6 1 MSP
Day Of Meet #6 2 12:22
Day Of Meet #6 3 12:20
Entry 48 MSP
Day Of Meet #8 1 16:05
Day Of Meet #8 2 25:47
Day Of Meet #8 3 MSP
Entry 22 MSP
George Minarik 1 55:44
George Minarik 2 MSP
George Minarik 3 MSP
Entry 34 MSP
Amy Winston 1 22:37
Amy Winston 2 MSP
Amy Winston 3 MSP
Entry 33 MSP
Dennis Wildfogel 1 12:47
Dennis Wildfogel 2 29:47
Dennis Wildfogel 3 MSP
Entry 42 MSP
Day Of Meet #2 1 7:56
Day Of Meet #2 2 7:39
Day Of Meet #2 3 MSP
Entry 10 MSP
Bradley Jacobs 1 20:56
Bradley Jacobs 2 40:03
Bradley Jacobs 3 MSP
Entry 16 MSP
Jeff Lanam 1 23:28
Jeff Lanam 2 MSP
Jeff Lanam 3 24:11
Early Relay Runners (4.5 km, 100 m climb, 24 controls)
Pl "Team" Legs Total
1 Entry 35 37:50
Rex Winterbottom 1 12:49
Rex Winterbottom 2 12:09
Rex Winterbottom 3 12:52
2 Entry 21 52:30
Joseph Maffei 1 19:10
Joseph Maffei 2 15:47
Joseph Maffei 3 17:33
Late Relay Runner (4.5 km, 100 m climb, 24 controls)
Pl "Team" Legs Total
1 Entry 11 40:28
Tapio Karras 1 16:38
Tapio Karras 2 13:28
Tapio Karras 3 10:22
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DNF = Did not finish (missed one or more controls)
MSP = Mispunched (one or more controls wrong)