By Steve Gregg
Thanks to Deron van Hoff’s yeoman's effort to obtain the park permit, the Golden Gate Park summer series event was able to take place this year. And it featured quite the international lineup. Among the names at the top of the results list were a current member of the Israeli national team, a former member of the Canadian national team, and a Swede participating in his very first orienteering event in the U.S. However, since none of these folks are members of BAOC or likely to become so, the winner in the age-graded Summer Series results was François Léonard, followed closely by Dennis Wildfogel, and Takashi Sugiyama. With three events still to come, Takashi is the current leader in the Summer Series competition.
Everyone seemed to enjoy the event, in spite of the strange saga of Control #28 on the Orange course. Here is the timeline of events that transpired, to the best of my knowledge:
- The control was originally positioned at approximately 8:45 AM. I did this myself, and I am 100% certain it was in the correct location.
- After all the controls were in place, Petr HorÄiÄka (the Course Setter) unofficially ran the Orange course.
- Not long after the first few runners had officially started, Petr returned to the Start to inform us that control #28 was not there. Jay Hann hastily programed a replacement control.
- Petr went out in the field to replace the control. However, due to some suspicious characters hanging out near the somewhat secluded control location, Petr decided to replace the control about 20 meters from the correct location, in a much more open area, which all the runners would pass by on their way to the center of the circle on the map. My apologies to the confident navigators who ignored that bag because they knew it was in the wrong spot, only to find no bag at the correct location.
- After finishing his course, François went out to look for the missing control unit. Surprisingly enough, he found it upright, on its stand, in a location not far removed from the correct location. Did the thief have second thoughts, and put the unit back? Or was it just a random act of vandalism? Who knows?
- François replaced the original unit at the correct location, and for the rest of the event there were two #28 controls in the field. Runners got credit for punching either one.
I agreed to direct this event at the last minute, but it ran quite smoothly, due to the usual fine efforts of our volunteer corps. Bob Cooley printed the maps. Petr, Scott Aster, Trevor Pering, and I placed all the controls in the field early Sunday morning. Gary Kraght ran registration, with help from Vicki Woolworth at the end of the day. George Minarik ran beginner's clinics. Jay Hann took care of E-punch and results (with emergency help from Jeff Lanam—ask Jeff for the details!). Tapio Karras, Steve Haas, and Diyang Tang helped with control pickup. Finally, my apologies to anyone else who helped out at the event in any capacity, and whom I have failed to mention.
White Course (2.1 km, 9 controls)
Time
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind Lost
1 Ida Toernqvist BAOC 23:51 4:58
2 Elias Samuelsson OK Vivill 24:19 +0:28 4:54
3 Garrett Elise 28:41 +4:50 5:38
4 Maeghan (2) Pack 453 28:43 +4:52 2:40
5 Emily Tornqvist BAOC 33:38 +9:47 5:16
6 Orien Toldyaso 36:16 +12:25 4:44
7 Stephen & Susan Gould 37:38 +13:47 10:41
8 Eric Honer 44:38 +20:47 6:11
9 Michael Dubois 45:50 +21:59 11:06
10 Dagan Bar-on 49:13 +25:22 6:29
11 Maya & Heber 58:30 +34:39 17:24
Yellow Course (2.9 km, 13 controls)
Time
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind Lost
1 Jason Reed BAOC 22:18 1:39
2 Emily & Sean 25:11 +2:53 4:32
3 Joe Sophia & Julien 27:42 +5:24 2:50
4 Ellen Ahlstrand OK Vivill 34:13 +11:55 2:07
5 Johanna Merriss BAOC 35:09 +12:51 1:47
6 Ola Samuelsson OK Vivill 36:10 +13:52 3:41
7 Camembert 44:03 +21:45 4:28
8 Maeghan Pack 453 47:37 +25:19 8:39
9 Roy Wainshal 47:58 +25:40 5:55
10 Sarah Hoffman 51:59 +29:41 11:09
11 Maggie Chen 55:47 +33:29 11:10
12 Inbal Avner Galilee 1:03:01 +40:43 19:39
13 Digby Curtis 1:09:17 +46:59 15:01
14 Michael's Big Adventure 1:12:01 +49:43 15:26
15 Seema Lindskog 1:12:24 +50:06 9:00
16 Yuriko Chiaki-Robb BAOC 1:13:10 +50:52 13:06
17 William Abela Troop 92 1:19:41 +57:23 16:17
18 Blumer 1:27:30 +65:12 19:30
Orange Course (5.3 km, 31 controls)
Time
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind Lost
1 Asaf Avner Galilee 35:40 0:25
2 Frederik Persson Domnarvets 36:20 +0:40 1:54
3 Mike Waddington DontGetLost 39:15 +3:35 0:00
4 Alma Holmqvist-Johansson 40:20 +4:40 1:59
5 François Léonard BAOC 40:46 +5:06 2:27
6 Hakan Johansson IKHP 40:48 +5:08 1:31
7 Frieda Brogen BAOC 41:41 +6:01 2:38
8 Andrew Petersen BAOC 47:36 +11:56 5:56
9 Marie-Josée Parayre BAOC 52:31 +16:51 1:11
10 Clara Samualsson OK Vivill 53:30 +17:50 8:24
11 Tapio Karras BAOC 54:31 +18:51 9:28
12 Takashi Sugiyama BAOC 54:33 +18:53 2:44
13 Dennis Wildfogel BAOC 54:50 +19:10 3:48
14 Uzi Avner Galilee 57:49 +22:09 10:29
15 Werner Haag BAOC 1:01:12 +25:32 8:08
16 Matthew Blain BAOC 1:02:40 +27:00 5:05
17 Albin Samualsson OK Vivill 1:04:27 +28:47 14:24
18 Steve Haas BAOC 1:05:02 +29:22 8:13
19 Matthias Kohler BAOC 1:06:49 +31:09 1:54
20 Colin Casler 1:07:06 +31:26 12:16
21 Gavin Wyatt-Mair BAOC 1:07:37 +31:57 43:12
22 Chuck Spalding BAOC 1:08:11 +32:31 7:34
23 Siqing, Ruxin, & Xuqi BAOC 1:10:06 +34:26 8:39
24 Gary Kraght BAOC 1:13:28 +37:48 6:30
25 Vicki Woolworth BAOC 1:19:13 +43:33 10:04
26 Rich Parker BAOC 1:20:10 +44:30 7:44
27 Daniel Tarnnow 1:22:08 +46:28 5:55
28 Peter Hsia 1:24:15 +48:35 18:44
29 Laurel Larsen BAOC 1:25:15 +49:35 16:43
30 Roy Want BAOC 1:26:50 +51:10 13:37
31 Evan Custer BAOC 1:27:38 +51:58 5:44
32 Scott Aster BAOC 1:27:54 +52:14 4:24
33 Nicholas Corsano BAOC 1:28:00 +52:20 15:48
34 George Minarik BAOC 1:32:06 +56:26 4:35
35 Olga Kraght BAOC 1:34:04 +58:24 26:00
36 Diyang Tang BAOC 1:48:52 +73:12 24:21
37 Emily English, Joe Tarnow BAOC 1:52:05 +76:25 14:21
38 Erika Reed BAOC 2:08:16 +92:36 52:59
39 Spartan family 2:22:04 +106:24 40:55
40 Nancy Lindeman BAOC 3:15:48 +160:08 32:30
Brian Ho BAOC DNF
Hilda Holmqvist-Johansson IKHP DNF
Jeff Goodwin BAOC DNF
Linda HorÄiÄkova SOB DNF
Summer Series Points
The methodology of determining Summer Series points is explained here. In particular, note that group/team entries do not earn points, and 21-year-old male is assumed if we don't have your birth year ("M21" below). (Also keep in mind that BAOC membership is required [by the final event] for the Series cumulative awards [but not to earn points].)
Points for This Event
Pl Name Points
1 François Léonard 1000
2 Dennis Wildfogel 939
3 Takashi Sugiyama 869
4 Marie-Josée Parayre 858
5 Tapio Karras 823
6 Petr HorÄiÄka 790 Course Setter credit
6 Steve Haas 790
8 Werner Haag 773
8 Chuck Spalding 773
10 Rich Parker 714
11 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 707
12 Matthias Kohler 703
13 Vicky Woolworth 679
14 Gary Kraght 651
15 Evan Custer 645
16 Nick Corsano 576
17 George Minarik 557
18 Olga Kraght 530
19 Laurel Larsen 503
20 Scott Aster 500
21 Nancy Lindeman 360
22 Erika Reed 341
23 Jeff Goodwin 0
23 Linda HorÄiÄkova 0
Summer Series Standings
Event abbreviations:
DVC = Diablo Valley College, SFP = San Francisco Presidio, GGP = Golden Gate Park, JMP = Joaquin Miller Park, UCB = U.C. Berkeley, BBP = Bedwell Bayfront Park, cr = Credit for Event Director or Course Setter
Pl Name DVC SFP GGP JMP UCB BBP Total
1 Takashi Sugiyama 891 943 869 2703
2 Tapio Karras 900 971 823 2694
3 Dennis Wildfogel 891 852 939 2682
4 Chuck Spalding 908 852 773 2533
5 Steve Haas 707 866 790 2363
6 Petr HorÄiÄka 651 790 790cr 2231
7 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 682 790 707 2179
8 Tori Borish 1000 995 1995
9 Riley Culberg 970 1000 1970
10 François Léonard 0 951 1000 1951
11 George Minarik 655 638 557 1850
12 Rex Winterbottom 876 856 1732
13 Anastasiya Gordeeva 806 921 1727
14 Daniel Šebo 818 899 1717
15 Marie-Josée Parayre 838 0 858 1696
16 Julia Doubson 792 749 1541
17 Werner Haag 754 773 1527
18 Wayne Staats 707 798 1505
19 Scott Aster 458 500cr 500 1458
20 Carlo Giacometti 750 633 1383
21 Olga Kraght 480 358 530 1368
22 Gary Kraght 678 651 1329
23 Matthias Kohler 580 703 1283
24 Natalie Kim 540 737 1277
25 Mark Blair 441 540 981
26 Stephen Harrison 899 899
27 Erika Reed 546 341 887
28 Laurel Larsen 378 503 881
29 Ann Marie Cody 877 877
30 Huon Wilson 847 847
31 Jeff Goodwin 841 0 841
32 Graham Brew 818 818
33 Lori Huberman 774 774
34 Derek Maclean 772 772
35 Susan Kim 761 761
36 Joanna Merriss 760 760
37 Eric Rosenzweig 755 755
38 Deron van Hoff 738 738
39 Nancy Lindeman 371 360 731
40 Zach Lyons 723 723
41 Christine Brew 719 719
42 Bob Cooley 717 717
42 Sam Coradetti 717 717
44 Rich Parker 714 714
45 Vicky Woolworth 679 679
46 Amalie Eartman 649 649 ("M21")
47 Evan Custer 645 645
48 Abdullah Mourad 634 634
49 Stephanie Maclean 602 602
50 Dan Greene 589 589
51 Quincy Rosenzweig 578 578
52 Nick Corsano 576 576
53 Leslie Minarik 558 558
54 Carl Williams 556 556
55 Davy Williams 543 543
56 Zach Elian 529 529
57 Rosemary Johnson 493 493
58 Denis Kourakin 480 480
59 Laura McKeegan 471 471
60 Emmett Howard 447 447
61 Linda HorÄiÄkova 432 0 432 ("M21")
62 Steve Beuerman 385 385
63 Lisa Davis 372 372
64 Aviad Fuchs 348 348
65 Konkov Fyodor 0 0 0
65 Favor Greg 0 0
DNF
= Did not finish (one or more controls
missed)
DNS
= Did not start
DSQ
= Disqualified
MSP
= Mispunched (one or more incorrect
controls)
OVT
= Overtime
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