2023 Summer Series
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Hi Folks! It has been great to see everyone at BAOC events over the last several months. A big thanks to all the volunteers and participants that have made these events successful.
As usual, over the late spring and summer, BAOC will be switching to predominantly shorter format events on typically more urban maps. This is the 2023 BAOC Summer Series!
Each Summer Series event will typically have a beginner (White) course, a "Short" intermediate course, and a "Long" intermediate course. (The "Short" and "Long" courses will have a difficulty of about a regular Orange course, or whatever technical level the map can support.) Currently six Summer Series events are planned, as listed below. And the whole Series will run as an overall competition. In actual fact, there will be two separate competitions at each event—a "Short" and a "Long"—just like last year. (Athletes can score points on only the first of either the "Short" or the "Long" course they run at each event.)
The exact scoring will be explained in detail later, but basically participants' results are weighted by age and gender (see the explanation from last year below, which is subject to change for this year). And the best four scores from the six events for each participant will be considered for the final standings. In this fashion, all participants have a chance at the top spot—and missing an event or two will not spoil your chances. Points are also awarded for the Course Setter and Event Director of each event (since they cannot participate).
Note that, like last year, a special "Series Discount Package" will be offered, providing a discount for registering in advance for the entire series (excluding the Cal Poly event)—see below.
As ever, these events are run entirely thanks to the efforts of volunteers. So please reach out to the individual Event Directors, or your Regional Event Coordinators, for volunteer opportunities at these events. And a huge thank-you to everyone who has already volunteered!
Looking forward to seeing you out there! Your BAOC Regional Event Coordinators:
- East Bay REC: Jeff Goodwin (jeff.goodwin@baoc.org)
- North Bay REC: Scott Aster (scott.aster@baoc.org)
- Peninsula REC: Graham Brew (graham.brew@baoc.org)
- South Bay REC: Graham Brew (graham.brew@baoc.org)
- San Fran. REC: Deron van Hoff (deron.van.hoff@baoc.org)
[The information above was posted to the BayONet (https://groups.io/g/BAOC/) April 17, 2023]
The Schedule
The Summer Series schedule is below. Click on an "Event" link to go to the event webpage; click on the results links to see the event results.
- Event #1 – Sunday, May 28 – California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo (SLO)(*) (Summer Series standings)
- Event #2 – Sunday, June 11 – Mills College, Oakland (results page, Summer Series: event points, standings)
- Event #3 – Sunday, June 18 – Vasona Lake County Park, Los Gatos (results page, Summer Series: event points, standings)
- Event #4 – Sunday, July 9 – UC Berkeley (results page, Summer Series: event points, standings)
- Event #5 – Saturday, August 12 – Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill (results page, Summer Series: event points, standings)
- Event #6 – Sunday, August 27 – Bedwell Bayfront Park, Menlo Park (results page, Summer Series: event points, final standings)
- (*) For the San Luis Obispo event, the scoring will be different—see below. Also, that event is not included in the "Summer Series Discount Package".
Note to Beginners
BAOC welcomes beginners at events, with (free) "clinics" that introduce orienteering, and with "beginner" courses. We hope you will come to one or more of the Summer Series events (there is no requirement to attend all the events), and/or to our "regular" events listed in the Schedule.
Summer Series Discount Package
This year, we again offer a package deal (but only for BAOC members) that will cover the last five events in the Summer Series (i.e., not including the Cal Poly event).
- Summer Series event #1 is not part of this discount package. That event is part of the SLO Go! (https://go-terraloco.blogspot.com/2023/01/0527-29-slo-go.html) Sprint Festival, which has its own entry fees.
The package price is $50 for adults, $20 for juniors (ages 8–20), for all five (or fewer) events—thus presenting a great discount, even if you don't attend all of the events.
Here is the "fine print" for the Summer Series Discount Package:
- This fabulous deal is for club members running the Short or Long courses at the Summer Series events. (Click here to join BAOC or renew your membership. The least expensive membership is $15/year [$16 if paid online].)
- Beginner courses are available at all of the events, but there is no package price for them. Beginners will register for each event separately (i.e., either online or at the event).
- If you own an E-stick that you will use for the whole Series, you will be able to go directly to the Start at each event. You will not need to visit Registration or E-Punch first (except go to E-Punch if you need to change your course selection).
- E-stick rental is not available through the Discount Package entry form, despite what the entry form appears to offer (i.e., ignore everything related to a rental E-stick). You will be able to rent an E-stick at each event by visiting the Registration table.
- There will be no refunds if you can't make it to all the events (but you will have the satisfaction of donating to your favorite O' club).
- The Discount Package must be purchased through the link below. It cannot be purchased at an event.
- Registering for the Discount Package automatically enters you in all the remaining 2023 Summer Series events. Thus, you should not register for individual events, and nothing needs to be done if you do not attend an event.
- You must register for the Discount Package at least two days before the next event.
- When you go to an event, you can go directly to the Start if you do not need to change your course selection or E-punch number.
You can sign up for the Summer Series Discount Package here (https://eventreg.orienteeringusa.org/eventregister/a40/register/start/23sspackage).
- You can see who has already signed up here (https://eventreg.orienteeringusa.org/eventregister/a40/reglist/home/23sspackage).
Note: If you do not want to register for the Discount Package, each event will also have its own entry form. To sign up for a single event, use the entry form linked on that event's webpage or register at the event.
Important Note to All Participants
Everyone must observe out-of-bounds areas indicated on the maps. Please note, in particular, that olive-green areas are out of bounds.
Failure to stay out of out-of-bounds areas could jeopardize our ability to get permission to hold future events at the venue, as well as being unfair to those participants who go around the areas.
Some of the events will use maps with ISSprOM (International Standard for Sprint Orienteering Maps) symbols, which indicate impassible features like buildings, fences, vegetation, and walls. Note that the rules forbid crossing (including reaching over or through) any feature shown on the map as "impassible", even if it's physically possible to cross (or reach over or through).
- A sheet showing all the symbols used on Sprint Orienteering maps is available as this file (1MB PDF).
- The latest edition of the International Specification for Sprint Orienteering Maps (ISSprOM 2019-2) is in this document (930KB PDF). (The identical file on the IOF website is much larger.)
- These related IOF documents are available: ISSprOM - Guidelines For Complex Urban Structures (2.6MB PDF) and What Has Changed In ISSprOM 2019 (764KB PDF).
- Some of the event venues include multilevel situations, which can be hard to interpret from a two-dimensional map. ISSprOM includes special symbols for that purpose, which can be seen in this explanation.
The Series Competition
The BAOC Summer Series will be split into two competitions, a series of Short courses and a series Long courses, both of which will be "handicapped" by age and gender—that is, using the same system we used in 2017–2019 and 2022.
The six planned Summer Series events (see above) will be set on some of our best "urban" maps—campuses, parks, etc.—which make for better events during the summer. There will, in fact, be effectively two Summer Series—a Short-distance version, and a Long-distance version. We have made this decision acknowledging the diversity of the athletes we have at BAOC events, and hopefully everyone will find a distance they are comfortable with. Both Short and Long will be basically "the most technically challenging courses the map will support". The Short courses will not be "easier", they are simply shorter.
- Important Note: Points earned in one Summer Series (e.g., Short) are not valid in the other series (e.g., Long). And each competitor will ultimately be ranked based on the points from their best four of the six events. Thus the intention is that each athlete will choose to compete in either the Short or the Long competition, and (mostly) stick to that length throughout the summer. Of course, everyone is welcome to run any course they wish at each event, but to maximize your chance of a higher overall position, you should try to stick to one length or the other throughout the summer. Furthermore, while you are always welcome to run two (or three!) courses at any event, you will be eligible to earn points only on the first course you run at an event (which means no points if you run a ranking course after the Beginner [White] course).
- Note Regarding the San Luis Obispo event: The scoring will be a little different. The result for the Short event will be the athlete's time from the campus event on the morning of May 28th. The result for the Long event will be the combined times from the morning campus event plus the time from the "architectural graveyard" event in the early afternoon.
Note that, in addition to the Ranking-Short course and the Ranking-Long course, each event will have a non-ranking White course, and perhaps a second non-ranking course. Further details for each event will be released closer to the date (i.e., on the webpage for the event).
As in previous years, the Summer Series results are weighted ("handicapped") by age and gender, to create something closer to a level playing field for all athletes. The participants' age and gender information will be obtained from past BAOC events where this information was used. Failing that, the OSUA rankings website (https://rankings.orienteeringusa.org/find.php) will be referenced. (If we do not have access to the information, you will need to tell us your birth year [just the year, not the date] and gender, so we can give each athlete a fair representation in the points.)
If you are a relative newcomer to BAOC events, and you know you are not listed on that OUSA website, you can help us out by sending your gender and year of birth (please do not send your complete date of birth—we have no interest in that). You can send the information to
Graham Brew (
), or give it to Registration at your first event. If we don't have your information, we will try to reach you to get the information. If we ultimately fail to determine an athlete's age and gender, they will be assumed to be a 21-year-old male. Hence, it is in each athlete's best interest to give us accurate information.
The Series rankings will be released (to the BayONet (https://groups.io/g/BAOC) and on the BAOC website) as quickly as possible after each event, although please allow a few days for the various processing to take place.
As in previous years, credit will be given for Course Setting and Event Directing (so contact us now if you would like to earn some "free" points this way!).
If there are any questions or comments on any of the above, you can contact Graham Brew (). However, questions about specific events, locations, etc. are best addressed to the Event Director for each event.
Very best of luck to all competitors, and we look forward to seeing you out there!
– Graham Brew, BAOC Event Coordinator, and the entire BAOC Summer Series Team
Scoring and Awards
- Note: It's not likely to happen, but these details are subject to change.
To make things a little more interesting, participants can accumulate points throughout the Series based on their results. Some of the best minds in the world's greatest database companies, and in the nation's finest research labs have deliberated carefully, and arrived at a scoring system for the Summer Series. (It's the same system that was used in 2017–2019 and 2022, crafted by François and Dennis.)
The scoring system for the Summer Series will combine all participants into two categories by making adjustments, based on age and gender, to each person's performance. The person with the best adjusted performance in a given race will be awarded 1000 points. Everyone else will be awarded points in proportion to how their own adjusted performance compares to that of the person given 1000 points.
At each event in the Series there will be two identified ranking courses, which will be used for scoring. The other course(s) offered at the event will have no affect on the Series scoring.
Here are the details.
- We will use tables developed by USA Track and Field that make adjustments to 10 km road-race times based on age and gender.
- Each participant in the Summer Series has a fixed reference time based on those tables.
- For a given race, each person's adjusted performance ratio is calculated as their actual time for that race divided by their reference time.
- The person with the best adjusted performance ratio for the day is the leader and is awarded 1000 points.
- For anyone else, their point score is the leader's adjusted performance ratio divided by their own adjusted performance ratio, then multiplied by 1000, and rounded off to the nearest whole number.
This means it is possible for someone who finishes with the slowest legal time in a race to still have the highest point score for the day. So, don't give up!
Now that you've studied the methodology for scoring in minute detail, perhaps an example is in order.
- Suppose there is an event with just three people: a 45-year-old male who we'll call "F"; a 70-year-old male called "D", and a 25-year-old female called "T". (Amazingly, their ages haven't changed since the first Summer Series in 2017! 😉) Suppose their times on the course are as follows:
- F 45:51
- T 49:30
- D 57:20
- Given their ages and genders, their reference times are as follows.
- (The USATF tables that we are using for reference times [and related documentation] can be found here (http://runscore.com/Alan/AgeGrade.html). We're using the files MaleRoadStd2020.xlsx (https://github.com/AlanLyttonJones/Age-Grade-Tables/raw/master/2020%20Files/MaleRoadStd2020.xlsx) and FemaleRoadStd2020.xlsx (https://github.com/AlanLyttonJones/Age-Grade-Tables/raw/master/2020%20Files/FemaleRoadStd2020.xlsx) in the "2020 Files (https://github.com/AlanLyttonJones/Age-Grade-Tables/tree/master/2020%20Files)" folder. In those files, we're using the "10 km" column on the "AgeStdHMS" tab.)
- F 28:30
- T 29:43
- D 35:45
- Dividing the actual course times by the reference times gives these adjusted performance ratios for the course:
- F 1.60877
- T 1.66573
- D 1.60373
- So, with the lowest adjusted performance ratio, D is the leader (despite having the slowest time) and gets 1000 points. To get the points for the others, divide their ratios into D's and multiply by 1000, and you get F with 997 points and T with 963.
Conclusion: If you want to win in the Summer Series, either (a) get fast, or (b) get old fast.
By popular demand, final standings will be based on each person's four best scores in the six-event Series.
For the record, note that Graham Brew is the Official Scorer, so all queries and compliments should go to him. Complaints should be sent to DeptOfComplaints@whitehouse.gov (Good luck with that!).
We need to know everyone's age in order to make these calculations. As usual, your orienteering age is your age at the end of the calendar year. So what we really want is your year of birth, not your actual birth date. There will be sign-up sheets at either Registration or the E-punch download table at each event. Please write down your name and year of birth if we don't already have them.
Some "fine print":
- Everyone who has a valid finish for that day's full ranking course will be awarded points (except group entries will not earn points). However, to be eligible for the cumulative awards, you must be a BAOC member in good standing as of the date of the final event of the Series.
- If you don't tell us your year of birth, we will assume you are a 21-year-old male. If you like that idea better than you like getting more points, well, that's up to you.
- If we find out your age after some of the point calculations have been made, we will try to go back and recalculate your point scores for the earlier events. In no case, though, will such retroactive point adjustments exceed 1000 points for a given race. (In other words, if you don't tell us your year of birth in time, and you should have been the leader that day, you won't quite get all the credit you might have gotten.)
- Course Setters for events in the Series will be given points for their own event equal to their best other point score in the Series. Event Directors (some of whom may be able to run in their own event) will be given the higher of (a) their actual score in the event or (b) their best other point score in the Series.
Final Series Results
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the events. We hope you had fun.
Thanks to everyone who helped at the events. The events would not have been successful without you.
- The methodology of determining Summer Series points is explained above. In particular, note that group/team entries do not earn points, and 21-year-old male is assumed if we don't have a person's birth year ("M21" below).
- As noted above, Event Directors and Course Setters receive credit for their service. Points earned by those credits are annotated below with "ed" or "cs", respectively.
- Event Abbreviations:
- SLO = San Luis Obispo; Mills = Mills College; VLP = Vasona Lake County Park; UCB = U.C. Berkeley; DVC = Diablo Valley College; BBP = Bedwell Bayfront Park
- You can click on a column heading below to go to the results page for the event.
"Short Series" Standings After All Events
Pl Name SLO Mills VLP UCB DVC BBP Total # Best 4 1 Dennis Wildfogel 958 1000 976 1000 931 4865 5 3934 2 Steve Gregg 940 976 558 1000 1000 4474 5 3916 3 Chuck Spalding 827 850 845 883 990 4395 5 3568 4 Tapio Karras 888 908 695 947 3438 4 3438 5 Sheila Cotter 939 1000 512 801 3252 4 3252 6 George Minarik 588 663cs 663 640 2554 4 2554 7 Sarah Williams 544 624 602 501 654 560 3485 6 2440 8 Stephanie Maclean 715 797 901 2413 3 2413 9 Leslie Minarik 609 609 516 552 2286 4 2286 10 Derek Maclean 696 710 820 2226 3 2226 11 Gary Kraght 526 662 801 1989 3 1989 12 Jeff Lanam 508 459 450 362 498 514 2791 6 1979 13 Evan Custer 505 421 514 523 1963 4 1963 14 Bernth Gustavsson 889 852 1741 2 1741 15 Alfredo Fernandez 871 688 1559 2 1559 16 Matias Koskela 830 683 1513 2 1513 17 Werner Haag 561 750 1311 2 1311 18 Katy Robinson 392 547 365 1304 3 1304 19 Nick Corsano 588 714 1302 2 1302 20 Haoming Yu 765 522 1287 2 1287 21 James Roney 606 606cs 1212 2 1212 22 Steve Beuerman 378 303 447 1128 3 1128 23 Scott Aster 489 629 1118 2 1118 24 Timon Sloane 522 507 1029 2 1029 25 Takashi Sugiyama 1000 1000 1 1000 26 Rosemary Johnson 531 468 999 2 999 27 Imogen Robinson 350 350 226 926 3 926 28 Siqing Yi 539 377 916 2 916 29 Eric Rosenzweig 894 894 1 894 30 Marie-Josée Parayre 875 875 1 875 31 Astrid Sansor 840 840 1 840 32 Emily Ellsworth 829 829 1 829 33 Jay Hann 445 382 827 2 827 34 Mikhail Biryukov 826 826 1 826 35 Roland Hansson 798 798 1 798 36 Stella Dai 424 347 771 2 771 37 Anna Staats 436 327 763 2 763 38 Annika Mihata 736 736 1 736 39 Zander Rosenzweig 715 715 1 715 40 Kathleen Lan 702 702 1 702 41 Nikita Phillips 667 667 1 667 42 Hana Olhava 663 663 1 663 43 Fillan Swift 636 636 1 636 44 Olga Kraght 591 591 1 591 45 Kai Douglas 581 581 1 581 46 Terry Gleason 576 576 1 576 47 James Arthurton 553 553 1 553 48 Christian Whitmyre 550 550 1 550 48 Le Shed 550 550 1 550 50 Andrew Mau 236 311 547 2 547 51 Cooper Lindberg 542 542 1 542 52 Ken Herman 523 523 1 523 53 Damian Swift 508 508 1 508 54 Bruce Corning 486 486 1 486 55 Kevin Mihata 477 477 1 477 56 Eugene Kipermann 453 453 1 453 57 Jason Reed 449 449 1 449 58 Bruce Garbaccio 441 441 1 441 59 Jackie Carozza 258 171 429 2 429 60 Harry Shen 428 428 1 428 61 Brooke Staats 417 417 1 417 62 Neville Fernandes 416 416 1 416 63 Sarah Naughten 414 414 1 414 64 Brian Ritchken 397 397 1 397 65 Susan Hann 396 396 1 396 66 Madme Johansen 387 387 1 387 67 John Phillips 370 370 1 370 68 J Y 361 361 1 361 69 Mande Keita 355 355 1 355 70 Scott Drumm 341 341 1 341 71 Nathan Curtis 338 338 1 338 72 Aloise Hann 336 336 1 336 73 Zara Stewart 327 327 1 327 74 Patrick Ye 319 319 1 319 75 Cindy Qian 284 284 1 284 76 Kriz Martinez 283 283 1 283 77 Rosalid Grace 279 279 1 279 78 Scott Lemons 273 273 1 273 79 Natalie Pulido 265 265 1 265 80 James Qian 252 252 1 252 80 Yutong Cai 252 252 1 252 80 Ruizi Tang 252 252 1 252 83 Emily Mendoza 249 249 1 249 84 Andre Montenez 245 245 1 245 85 Teddy Buchanan 244 244 1 244 85 Deb Glazer 244 244 1 244 87 Irene Lin 228 228 1 228 88 Edward Torres 215 215 1 215 89 Manuricio Madrigal 210 210 1 210 90 Stephanie Rojas 209 209 1 209 91 Sri Rao 155 155 1 155 92 Ezrael Marquez 151 151 1 151 93 Mark Jennings 140 140 1 140
"Long Series" Standings After All Events
Pl Name SLO Mills VLP UCB DVC BBP Total # Best 4 1 Jeff Goodwin 1000 851 1000ed 818 3669 4 3669 2 Takashi Sugiyama 933 933ed 924 830 3620 4 3620 3 Rex Winterbottom 942ed 942 941 770 3595 4 3595 4 Graham Brew 882 814 865 876 870 4307 5 3493 5 Wayne Staats 825 942 935 743 3445 4 3445 6 Daniel Šebo 1000ed 1000 797 2797 3 2797 7 John Richardson 694 746 685 584 2709 4 2709 8 Steve Haas 650 589 598 687 687ed 3211 5 2622 9 Lubomir Šebo 861 806 797 2464 3 2464 10 Marie-Josée Parayre 801 933 670 2404 3 2404 11 Andrej Masalkov 648 844 733 2225 3 2225 12 Michael Robinson 526 535 624 451 2136 4 2136 13 Sean Robinson 468 413 672 540 2093 4 2093 14 Jason Lee 684 658 679 2021 3 2021 15 Julia Doubson 1000 1000 2000 2 2000 15 François Léonard 1000cs 1000 2000 2 2000 17 Olga Boiarynova 676 582 697 1955 3 1955 18 Patrick Carvalho 736 632 500 1868 3 1868 19 Weichun Fong 595 733 529 1857 3 1857 20 Carl Hoel 879 899 1778 2 1778 21 Vicki Woolworth 633ed 633 510 1776 3 1776 22 Patrick Ye 641 650 464 1755 3 1755 23 Kai Douglas 597 635 482 1714 3 1714 24 Eric Rosenzweig 815 815 1630 2 1630 25 Chun Wu 615 461 510 1586 3 1586 26 Evgeny Kachanovsky 778 743 1521 2 1521 27 Taylor Pospisil 736 736cs 1472 2 1472 28 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 620 730 1350 2 1350 29 Deron van Hoff 831 467 1298 2 1298 30 Kian Gupta 533 454 274 1261 3 1261 31 Jan Wignall 618 618 1236 2 1236 32 Josh Munic 452 452 326 1230 3 1230 33 Zach Lyons 650 562 1212 2 1212 34 Kathleen Lan 492 608 1100 2 1100 34 Yuxuan Bao 467 633 1100 2 1100 36 Rastislav Olhava 1000 1000 1 1000 37 Brian Alford 448 511 959 2 959 38 Misha Kreslavsky 836 836 1 836 39 Jason Reed 369 453 822 2 822 40 Sergey Biryukov 795 795 1 795 41 Thomas Burt 786 786 1 786 42 Nicholas Goldowsky-Dill 778 778 1 778 43 Emily Ellsworth 772 772 1 772 44 Zander Rosenzweig 771 771 1 771 45 Brian Ritchken 767 767 1 767 45 Erika Reed 767 767 1 767 47 Matias Koskela 714 714 1 714 48 Ouri Karni 711 711 1 711 49 Petra Sundstrom 700 700 1 700 50 Davy Williams 696 696 1 696 50 Patrick Karion 696 696 1 696 52 Quincy Rosenzweig 674 674 1 674 53 Tom de Vre 653 653 1 653 54 Eva Hagwall 620 620 1 620 55 Miroslav Trubelja 335 277 612 2 612 56 Ellen Mouchawar 334 277 611 2 611 57 Nathan Curtis 308 285 593 2 593 58 Alan Glendinning 534 534 1 534 59 Jan Jergus 513 513 1 513 60 Olga Kraght 501 501 1 501 61 Brooke Staats 490 490 1 490 62 Edgar Rojas 486 486 1 486 63 Jamie Maclean 485 485 1 485 64 Fillan Swift 482 482 1 482 65 Parag Gupta 467 467 1 467 66 Damian Swift 449 449 1 449 67 Kaushik Komndur 426 426 1 426 68 Phillip Hoare 417 417 1 417 69 Shane White 392 392 1 392 70 Billy Bao 391 391 1 391 71 Scarlot Hanson 383 383 1 383 72 Randy Robinson 355 355 1 355 73 Sheila Baker 353 353 1 353 74 Tristan Millard 347 347 1 347 75 Reed Mouldz 341 341 1 341 76 Kaiyun Ding 338 338 1 338 77 Slow Racer 336 336 1 336 78 Brian Gumm 334 334 1 334 79 Luke Hanson 315 315 1 315 80 Sophia Higgins 311 311 1 311 81 Thanh Nguyen 302 302 1 302 82 Li Ding 287 287 1 287 83 John Barbegallo 283 283 1 283 84 Ian Millard 278 278 1 278 85 Joerg Rathenberg 277 277 1 277 85 Rhonda Stieber 277 277 1 277 87 Vin Noah 275 275 1 275 88 Rebecca Dun 263 263 1 263 89 Alexander van Hoff 243 243 1 243 90 Herb Fockler 186 186 1 186 91 Matej Šebo 0cs 0 1 0 91 Matthias Kohler 0cs 0 1 0