Willow Glen Holiday Lights "Light-O" & Potluck Social
Date: (Sat.) Dec. 20, 2025
Location: San Jose, CA
Event Director: 
- 408.910.0139
Course Setters: Brad Wetmore, Jeff Lanam
Type: C; Evening Score-O course to enjoy the neighborhood holiday lights, followed by a potluck social
Event Write-Up
By , Event Director
Instead of the rain we were expecting, about a hundred of us were able to enjoy the festive decorations in unseasonably warm weather.
To close out the last BAOC event of the year, we held a potluck with much socializing, course comparisons, and sharing of food and drink.
Congratulations go out to our top finishers.
- In the 60-minute category, the top two were separated by only 10 points and 39 seconds, with third place behind by only 20 points! Tapio & Johanna Karras take the top spot, Rex Winterbottom with second, and team Flying Kytes rounds out third.
- In the 90-minute category, the top two managed to hold onto their spots despite some penalties. Jason Reed in first place, Yurii Konovalenko takes second place, and Matias Koskela takes third.
My heartfelt thanks goes to those who helped make this event and potluck happen.
- Brad Wetmore and Jeff Lanam – Course setters, course vetters, scoring
- Brad Wetmore – Map printing
- Sarah Williams – Online registration
- Steve Hass and Sarah Williams – In-person registration
- Jeff Lanam – Insurance, dinnerware and cool glowing bracelets
- Rex Winterbottom, Anne Brinkman, and Kaeden Brinkman – Cleanup crew
- Chuck Spalding – Website
- Jorge – Setup and teardown of tables, custodial duties
- Nancy Lindeman, Graham Brew, Brad Wetmore, and Sarah Williams – Consultation and advice on helping this first-time event director
Thanks to all who came out and joined us for our 15th annual event. Hope to see you next year!
The full results are below.
Results
Willow Glen Holiday Lights "Light-O"
San Jose, CA
Saturday, December 20, 2025
60-Minute Category 90-Minute Category
Comments from one of the Course Setters:
- Thanks to all those who came out to the 15th Annual Holiday Light Score-O.
- If you stayed away because of the potential stormy weather...well, Saturday's mostly beautiful weather held throughout the event! There was no rain at the event center, and the temps were absolutely perfect.
- Congrats to our winners:
- 60 minutes: Tapio & Johanna Karras finished with 360 points, followed closely by Rex Winterbottom with 350, and the Flying Kytes with 330.
- 90 minutes: Jason Reed finished with 510, Yurii Konovalenko with 420, and Matias Koskela with 410
- (I apologize in advance for any name misspellings below — some of the handwriting was hard to decipher.)
- Our Event Director, Will Nguyen, will be posting the event write-up later, but the scores are below.
- – Brad Wetmore
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Preliminary Results
60-Minute Category
Late Error Error
Pl Name(s) Score Time Points Penalty Penalty Control #
1 Tapio & Johanna Karras 360 59:10 360
2 Rex Winterbottom 350 59:49 350
3 Flying Kytes 330 53:56 330
4 Dancing Queens: 260 59:57 260
Werner Haag, Valencia Lie
5 Vladimir & Beatriz 210 59:58 210
6 Team Wedig 200 59:21 200
7 Lacroute family: Phil & Valerie 200 62:20 230 -30
8 Will Nguyen 190 47:12 190
9 Steve Haas 180 59:25 180
10 Vytautas Valancius, 110 62:47 140 -30
Leonija Valanciene,
Liutacai Rex Ren
11 Sarah Williams 100 63:44 140 -40
12 Team Conway 90 60:20 100 -10
90-Minute Category
Late Error Error
Pl Name(s) Score Time Points Penalty Penalty Control #
1 Jason Reed 510 90:38 520 -10
2 Yurii Konovalenko 420 92:31 480 -30 -30 29
3 Matias Koskela 410 88:04 410
4 Here to Sleigh: 390 86:13 390
Michael Robinson
5 Racoon: Weichun Fong, 370 87:39 370
Yunying Chin
6 Disoriented Runners 340 81:24 340
7 Erica Reed 330 91:00 370 -10 -30 34
8 Bail Trazers: Jeff Pittman,
Kiana Ariyama 320 87:40 320
9 Team Holidays: 290 86:53 290
Krushna Parthate,
Sarueeta Sheshachalp
10 Space Santa: Sean Robinson 280 83:56 280
11 Stephanie, Jeff, Corinne, & 270 85:09 270
Jacob Jeandheur
12 Team Crew 479 260 86:53 260
13 Christmas Elves: Anne & 260 89:59 260
Kaeden Brinkman
14 NO NAME LISTED 240 85:10 240
15 Iron Mike Schiff and the 240 91:54 260 -20
Ramble of Doom
16 Tiffany Twinkles: 220 87:26 220
Katy & Oliver Robinson
17 Staats Family 210 76:38 210
18 The Taytos 200 89:08 200
19 Cozy Club 180 88:43 180
20 Nick Corsano, Esther Heller 150 83:20 150
21 Siddhant Swaminattar, 130 87:24 130
Samnita Swaminathan,
Swathi Shankar,
Swaminathan Ramesh
22 Team Kitty Bunn 120 89:42 120
23 Aarnar Rastagi 100 88:23 100
24 DiamondBacks Dooley 100 90:52 110 -10
25 Nancy Lindeman, 90 90:32 100 -10
Susan Lindeman,
Everly Berg
26 Gavin Stevens 40 74:30 40