1997 USOF Rankings - BAOC Excerpt

Compiled by Wyatt Riley, 7/7/98

The USOF rankings are out - and many BAOC members have received patches (medals)! Congratulations to all the winners, especially:

  • BAOC's two top-ranked orienteers:
    • Sarah Minarik, winner of F18A
    • Joe Scarborough, winner of M60A
  • BAOC leaders in the Elite classes:
    • James Scarborough at 3rd in M21A
    • Penny DeMoss at 8th in F21A
  • Other BAOC Top 5 finishers:
    • Kent Ohlund, 2nd in M40A
    • Rick Oliver, 3rd in M35A
    • Marsha Jacobs, 4th in F50A
    • Bruce Wolfe, 4th in M40A
    • Penny DeMoss, 5th in F45A
  • BAOC which:
    • Has twice as many men in the top 25 of M21A as any other club in the nation.
    • Ranks 5th among most active club with 54 people listed.
    • And has the highest average points (60) of the 5 most active clubs.

An excerpt from the rankings showing BAOC and class winners is shown below.

1997 OFFICIAL USOF RANKINGS

RANK  NAME                   CLUB    # OF    RANK   TIME   USOF
                                    RACES   POINTS  RANK  PATCH
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A-Categories
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      BLUE COURSE
M21A
  1   Mikell Platt           RMOC     5     104.3   67:05
  2   Andy Dale              CROC     4      99.9   70:03
  3   James Scarborough      BAOC     5      95.8   73:05  Gold
  15  Rick Oliver            BAOC     3      86.1   81:16
  18  Bruce Wolfe            BAOC     5      81.3   86:07
  23  Wyatt Riley            BAOC     9      77.8   89:57
  36  Thorsten Graeve        BAOC     6      73.4   95:20

      RED COURSE
F21A
  1   Peggy Dickison         OK       9      76.8   78:08
  2   Pavlina Brautigam      WCOC     13     76.1   78:48
  3   Sandy Stripp           A/L      6      69.8   86:00  Gold
  8   Penny DeMoss           BAOC     9      64.7   92:41
  13  Angelica Kisel         DVOA     8      57.8  103:43

M20A
  1   Pete Nelson            USMA     6      75.8   79:07
  6   Joshua Friederichs     BAOC     6      61.0   98:23 Silver
      Erik Ohlund            BAOC     2      80.9   74:08

M35A
  1   Mihai Veres            SVO      3     105.8   56:42
  4   Rick Oliver            BAOC     5      93.6   64:07
  9   Tapio Karras           BAOC     3      74.1   80:58
  19  Ian Tidswell           HVO      7      66.0   90:51
 
M40A
  1   John Campbell          DVOA     5      89.1   67:20
  2   Kent Ohlund            BAOC     4      88.2   68:03
  4   Bruce Wolfe            BAOC     5      87.1   68:51
  12  Tom Strat              QOC      11     74.5   80:34
  17  Steve Gregg            BAOC     6      68.3   87:50
  32  Dan Greene             BAOC     6      60.4   99:16
  34  Gavin Wyatt-Mair       BAOC     6      59.3  101:11
  46  Tony Pinkham           BAOC     6      44.4  135:11
      Greg Lennon            BAOC     3      50.3  119:15

M45A
  1   Svante Lennartsson     DVOA     15     78.9   76:02
  6   Mark Petersen          BAOC     5      70.6   85:00

      GREEN COURSE
F20A
  1   Janice Huebner         COO      13     59.3   84:16

F35A
  1   Peggy Dickison         OK       4      86.1   58:05
  10  Aileen Abernathy       BAOC     7      38.1  131:09
      Kathleen Lennon        BAOC     3      41.1  121:35

F40A
  1   Debbie Newell          COC      3      72.4   69:06
  9   Janet Petersen         BAOC     7      44.5  112:20

F45A
  1   Beatrice McBride       RMOC     3      75.3   66:22
  5   Penny DeMoss           BAOC     3      47.2  105:56
  14  Leslie Minarik         BAOC     8      36.4  137:15

F50A
  1   Sharon Crawford        RMOC     2      94.3   53:00
  4   Marsha Jacobs          BAOC     9      42.9  116:27

F55A
  1   Allmuth Perzel         NEOC     10     54.4   91:59
      Joan Roos              BAOC     2      27.9  179:00

M18A
  1   Greg Walker            QOC      9      71.9   69:31
      Erik Ohlund            BAOC     2      91.1   54:54

M50A
  1   Peter Gagarin          NEOC     7     108.0   46:18
  10  Dennis Wildfogel       BAOC     11     71.9   69:33
  14  Gary Carpenter         BAOC     7      66.0   75:45
  16  Steve Smith            BAOC     5      62.2   80:21
  17  George Minarik         BAOC     12     61.5   81:17

M55A
  1   Tony Federer           UNO      6      82.1   60:55
  7   Evan Custer            BAOC     20     65.1   76:50
  8   Bob Cooley             BAOC     9      62.7   79:44 Silver
      Matti Lainema          BAOC     2      52.3   95:37
      Michael Fleishman      BAOC     2      40.5  123:25

M60A
  1   Joe Scarborough        BAOC     10     65.3   76:36
  9   Harold DeMoss          BAOC     13     49.7  100:34

      BROWN COURSE
F18A
  1   Sarah Minarik          BAOC     7      95.0   47:21

F60A
  1   Marit Davis            QOC      4      80.0   56:17

F65A
  1   Ruth Johnson           NEOC     9      88.5   50:52

M65A
  1   Al Smith               SLOC     9     107.5   41:52


      ORANGE COURSE
F16A
  1   Samantha Saeger        NEOC     8      84.6   59:07

M16A
  1   Christopher Gross      DVOA     6     118.0   42:21
  10  Tom Carpenter          BAOC     4      64.1   77:58

      YELLOW COURSE
F14A
  1   Kelly Lamb             VOC      11     65.0   61:29
  12  Hillary Wolfe          BAOC     3      28.7  139:32

M14A
  1   William Hertel         OCIN     2     118.3   33:49

      WHITE COURSE
 F12A
  1   Emma Larsson           CAOC     3      66.4   45:11

M12A
  1   Kyle Tarry             UNO      4     102.1   29:22
  2   Andy Strat             QOC      6     100.7   29:46


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B & Open Categories
-------------------


      GREEN COURSE

F21B
  1   Priska Curiger         NTOA     5      66.9   74:45
      Stephanie MacLean      BAOC     2      45.9  108:52
      Stacy Robinson         BAOC     2      31.4  159:00

M35B
  1   Paul Regan             HVO      4      60.0   83:19
  5   Michael Poulsen        BAOC     6      50.5   99:03
  10  Steve Beuerman         BAOC     8      33.0  151:20
      Kelly Wells            BAOC     2      46.3  107:57

M40B
  1   Guy Olsen              HVO      4      58.3   85:48
  7   Robert Lewis           BAOC     7      38.2  130:56
  11  Jeff Lanam             BAOC     2      28.3  176:54

M45B
  1   Rob Wilkison           DVOA     6      57.1   87:36
  4   Mark Petersen          BAOC     2      39.3  127:22
      Phillip Hoare          BAOC     3      34.3  145:37

      BROWN COURSE
M50B
  1   Evan Custer            BAOC     2      92.8   48:30
      Maroth De Marothy      BAOC     2      52.6   85:30

MOPBr
  1   Gary Kraght            BAOC     7     109.9   40:57
  2   Wyatt Riley            BAOC     2     104.0   43:15
  5   Jeff Lanam             BAOC     5      43.1  104:31

      YELLOW COURSE
FOPY
  1   Karen Graffman         DVOA     6      42.8   93:24
  2   Trish Strat            QOC      3      37.2  107:38
  3   Jill Custer            BAOC     2      31.6  126:30
  
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