Lake Herman Recreation Area
Date: (Sun.) Sep. 15, 2024
Location: Benicia, CA
Event Director: 
- 415.456.8118
Course Setter: Matej Šebo
Type: B; Event for beginners through advanced; free, brief, beginner instruction will be available
Related Event Information
WinSplits Results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=100376) Attackpoint Results (https://www.attackpoint.org/eventdetail.jsp/event_58672) RouteGadget – Introduction RouteGadget – This Event (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=546) Event Announcement
Event Write-Up
By , Event Director
More than 100 people came out to the Lake Herman event, many intrigued by course setter Matej Šebo’s Memory-O courses, others intimidated by them! Even with the short notice of the event occurring, we had a good turnout and nice cool weather to boot!
The Memory-O consisted of having a fragment of the map, showing just the next leg on it, tied to the control. One had to memorize the necessary information and then go out and try to find the marker. As Matej stated in his Course Setter’s Notes, this required people to simplify the map, and remember only the truly-necessary parts needed to make it to the next control. Sometimes we can get mentally overloaded with all the details on the map, and this is a good reminder for us all to concentrate on only what we need to navigate with.
For those not interested/willing to try the Memory-O, Matej designed an excellent Yellow course for beginners, and fun Orange and Brown courses as well.
While the grass was tall, and some areas had star thistles, the vast majority successfully completed their courses. Next year’s schedule places this event in the Spring, when the grass will be short and green, easier perhaps, but without this year’s elephant tracks to help the later starters.
This event would not have happened at all without the support of many people. First, Matej agreed to course set the event, less than a month before it happened! Despite the short notice, he managed to design a great set of courses for us, and updated the map to boot!
Registration ran smoothly as ever, thanks to the crew of Sarah Williams, Chuck Spalding, Matthias Kohler, Steve Haas, and Dennis Wildfogel. A big "Thank you" as well to the entire Carson City JROTC team for helping carry the registration gear all the way to the rather remote event site.
Jeff Lanam struggled at times with bright sun on the laptop screens, but succeeded in handling the E-punch duties with the help of Gary Kraght and Rosemary Johnson.
Newcomer Jade and (veteran) Graham Brew worked the starts throughout the morning, occasionally helped by the Event Director and the Course Setter.
For control pick-up, Daniel Šebo, Werner Haag, Graham Brew, Matej Šebo, and Lubo Šebo collected the gear so quickly we were able to leave the park by 3 PM.
If I’ve missed any helpers, I apologize! This club is wonderful in the way so many members see a need and step up without being asked at events like this.
Now I’m looking forward to the redwoods of Huddart Park on September 29th!
Lost Item
Someone left a jacket at the event. It is hooded, with a stripe design. Please contact me () if it is yours, and we’ll figure a way to get it back to you.
Results
Lake Herman Recreation Area
Benicia, CA
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Thanks to event director Scott Aster and course setter Matej Šebo for a memorable event! Many thanks also to all the volunteers, especially Gary Kraght and Rosemary Johnson, who helped me with E-punch. The youth from Carson High School helped carry all the equipment from the parking lot to our fairly-remote assembly area.
The results below are preliminary, and I have not merged the handful of Sketch-O participants with the other Memory-O participants. However, you can see the merged splits at Attackpoint (https://www.attackpoint.org/eventdetail.jsp/event_58672).
– Jeff Lanam, E-punch
Yellow Course Orange Course Brown Course Short Memory Course Short Sketch Course Long Memory Course
You can see the event map with the actual routes traveled by participants, and draw your own route for comparison, in RouteGadget for this event (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=546). (Use of RouteGadget is explained here.)
- In RouteGadget, you can enter your route manually or upload a GPS recording and adjust to fit our map. The following tips apply to the GPS method.
- RouteGadget Tip #1: After selecting your GPX file, make sure to adjust the time offset between starting your watch at the Start line and leaving the Start Triangle. The offset can have a significant impact on your route accuracy. For most local events, the offset should be set to 0 as we start from the triangle (assuming you started your watch exactly when you started).
- RouteGadget Tip #2: After uploading your GPS track to RouteGadget, you can create additional blue adjustment points by right-clicking your track. You can use these points to better align your route with the map, for example, along trails. You can delete extra adjustment points by right-clicking them.
Please tell Jeff Lanam () and the webmasters () if anything needs to be changed.
Preliminary Results
Yellow Course (2.9 km, 110 m climb, 12 controls)
Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind
1 Sarah Williams BAOC 41:20
2 Jerry Skirvin BAOC 42:17 0:57
3 Maeve Bayer-Boss CHSOC 49:23 8:03
4 Isai Vazquez & group CHSOC 54:12 12:52
5 Jasmine Slater & group CHSOC 1:01:49 20:29
6 Harrisha Ampo CHSOC 1:03:54 22:34
7 Schirm family BAOC 1:11:40 30:20
8 Imagine Swifts 1:14:36 33:16
9 Rachel Street 1:18:41 37:21
10 Ethan Veuve 1:22:56 41:36
11 Randy's group BAOC 1:23:31 42:11
12 Gabriel Crounk CHSOC 1:27:39 46:19
13 Golden Turtles 1:34:07 52:47
14 Hao Wu 1:43:45 62:25
15 Chris Southwick 1:43:56 62:36
16 Nancy Lindeman BAOC 2:24:58 103:38
Jodi Azulai MSP
Brady Baker BAOC DNF
Chloe Suitt-Payne CHSOC DNF
Jade DNF
MAP DNF
Orange Course (3.7 km, 125 m climb, 16 controls)
Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind
1 Gary Kraght BAOC 54:39
2 Isai Vazquez CHSOC 57:05 2:26 (2nd course after Yellow)
3 Alexander Wells CHSOC 1:11:24 16:45
4 Phillip Hoare NAVX 1:13:58 19:19
5 Vivi Mellew CHSOC 1:14:17 19:38
6 Amelya LaRocca CHSOC 1:26:24 31:45
7 Peters BAOC 1:30:22 35:43
8 Bay Chang BAOC 1:34:30 39:51
9 Marie De Vre BAOC 1:40:22 45:43
10 Lliam Reeder CHSOC 1:50:14 55:35
11 Josef Estrada CHSOC 1:50:17 55:38
12 Christine Neyman 1:55:17 60:38
13 Olesya Zinkova 1:55:20 60:41
14 Annie Halliday BAOC 1:58:19 63:40
15 Junka 2:10:52 76:13
16 Neva Mellow & group CHSOC 2:21:46 87:07
Jeff Street BAOC MSP
Ellen Fulton DNS
Brown Course (3.1 km, 110 m climb, 15 controls)
Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind
1 Kyle Halliday BAOC 30:50 (2nd course after Short Memory)
2 Steve Gregg BAOC 33:35 2:45
3 Randy's group BAOC 38:35 7:45 (2nd course after Yellow)
4 Werner Haag BAOC 38:40 7:50
5 Rex Vokey BAOC 44:59 14:09
6 Matthias Kohler BAOC 46:29 15:39 (2nd course after Short Sketch)
7 Chris Haney BAOC 46:45 15:55
8 Jerry Skirvin BAOC 48:37 17:47 (2nd course after Yellow)
9 Stephanie Maclean BAOC 49:04 18:14
10 Dennis Wildfogel BAOC 52:43 21:53
11 Matthew Blain 59:32 28:42
12 Johanna Merriss BAOC 1:05:49 34:59
13 Roopa McNealis BAOC 1:09:03 38:13
14 Miroslav Trubelja BAOC 1:09:05 38:15
15 Evan Custer BAOC 1:18:58 48:08
16 Kevin Hinkley, Terri Hunt BAOC 1:26:42 55:52
17 Jay Hann BAOC 1:37:48 66:58
18 Shengye Wang BAOC 1:38:04 67:14
19 Neville Fernandes BAOC 1:41:11 70:21
20 Meghan Henry BAOC 1:41:38 70:48
21 Katy Robinson BAOC 1:41:46 70:56
22 WAK BAOC 1:56:19 85:29
23 Cardiff Crushers SWOC 2:14:19 103:29 (South Wales)
Rosemary Johnson BAOC DNF
Mirjana Spasojevic DNS
Short Memory Course (3.0 km, 115 m climb, 13 controls)
Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind
1 Daniel Šebo BAOC 27:14 (2nd course after Long Memory)
2 Kyle Halliday BAOC 31:57 4:43
3 Jeffrey Kabel BAOC 44:45 17:31 (2nd course after Long Memory)
4 Lubomir Šebo BAOC 49:12 21:58 (2nd course after Long Memory)
5 Steve Haas BAOC 53:41 26:27
6 Emily Ellsworth BAOC 59:48 32:34 (2nd course after Long Memory)
7 Sean Robinson BAOC 1:03:45 36:31
8 Chuck Spalding BAOC 1:14:26 47:12
9 Nazar 1:19:15 52:01
10 Jasmine Slater & group CHSOC 1:24:12 56:58 (2nd course after Yellow)
11 Hui Shi 1:50:25 83:11
Nick Kyte BAOC DNF
Rex Vokey DNF (2nd course after Brown)
Tharu & Paul BAOC DNF
Short Sketch Course (3.0 km, 115 m climb, 13 controls)
Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind
1 Matthias Kohler BAOC 44:41
Jeff Lanam BAOC DNF
Long Memory Course (4.8 km, 190 m climb, 19 controls)
Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind
1 Daniel Šebo BAOC 45:20
2 Graham Brew BAOC 47:36 2:16
3 Ouri Karni BAOC 48:02 2:42
4 Brian Ritchken BAOC 48:33 3:13
5 Carl Hoel BAOC 49:34 4:14
6 François Léonard BAOC 49:49 4:29
7 Lubomir Šebo BAOC 52:46 7:26
8 Tom De Vre BAOC 53:48 8:28
9 John Richardson BAOC 59:06 13:46
10 James Roney BAOC 59:40 14:20
11 Tapio Karras BAOC 1:02:59 17:39
12 Jeffrey Kabel BAOC 1:05:09 19:49
13 Tac Sugiyama BAOC 1:07:43 22:23
14 Weichun Fong BAOC 1:12:52 27:32
15 Josh Munic BAOC 1:18:19 32:59
16 Kathleen Lan BAOC 1:20:42 35:22
17 Derek Maclean BAOC 1:25:57 40:37
18 Emily Ellsworth BAOC 1:34:53 49:33
Marie-Josée Parayre BAOC MSP
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DNF = Did not finish (one or more controls missed)
DNS = Did not start
MSP = Mispunched (one or more incorrect controls)