Indian Valley Open Space Preserve 2010

By Gary Kraght

About 100 people enjoyed our annual orienteering event at Indian Valley College and surrounding hills. BAOC has been organizing events at Indian Valley for over 15 years, and I believe this is the lowest attendance ever at an Indian Valley event, and one of the least attended BAOC events with standard courses in many years. Contrast this with Sunol, which had over 300 attendees just a couple of weeks earlier. Nonetheless, for those stalwarts who came, the courses were delightful and spring wildflowers were still out to greet us. Many people ran two courses, and the comments from finishers afterward were superlative. A bouquet of Indian Valley wildflowers goes to Heidi Whalen, the course setter.

The White and Yellow courses were won by Angela Hunter and Daniel Kim, respectively, with Daniel having a 10-second lead over Sofi Chavez. Fastest time on the Orange course was posted by Tobias Tornqvist, and Francois Leonard blazed through the Brown course in 31 minutes. Marie-Jose Parayre and Penny DeMoss were the top women on Orange and Brown, respectively.

Events need volunteers! Heidi Whalen set courses, assisted by Scott Aster, who also handled Registration duties. Judy Koehler conducted Beginners Clinics. Jay Hann spent all day at the e-punch results table, and did not even get out on a course. Map corrections and map production was handled by Bob Cooley. Olga Seredenko helped with equipment setup and takedown. And all controls and water were picked up by Jim Fish, Misha Lipatov, Luc Poppe, Vicki Woolworth, Steve Haas, and Greg Ehrensing. Thank you, everyone!

Pl  Name(s)                           Time

White Course   (1.8 km, 45 m climb, 9 controls)

   1  Angela Hunter                     26:01
   2  Marie-Alizee & Xavier Schott      29:03
   3  Adam & Barbara Doti               39:20
   4  Mason Adayan, Justin Jones        40:27
   5  Benjamin Samuels                1:00:42

Yellow Course  (3.0 km, 125 m climb, 9 controls)

   1  Daniel Kim                        37:04
   2  Ana Sofia Chavez                  37:17
   3  Harold DeMoss                     40:37
   4  Ray & Kai Rosenbaum               43:54
   5  Anna-Sofie & Bill Whalen          45:03
   6  Alex van Hoff                     46:26
   7  Pat Collins                       46:52
   8  Olga Seredenko                    49:57
   9  Natalie Kim                       51:22
  10  Glenn Kulm, Heidi Andersen        54:07
  11  Casey Geyer, Julian David       1:00:03
  12  Neil Peterson                   1:03:38
  13  Eric & Jason Burris             1:19:07
  14  Sara & Joe Danielson            1:20:23
  15  Mikhail, Natalie,
        & Sasha Kourjanski            1:25:41
  16  George Aster                    1:28:31
  17  Mark Burchill, Mel Konrad       1:30:33
  18  Jeanette & Carl McKinley,
        John, Barb, & Jack Taylor     1:32:56

      Jack Taylor                       DNF

  Second Course

      Marie-Alizee & Xavier Schott      44:26
      Mason Adayan, Justin Jones      1:15:54
      Benjamin Samuels                1:42:42

Orange Course  (4.4 km, 220 m climb, 13 controls)

   1  Tobias Tornqvist                  42:29
   2  Steve Haas                        48:05
   3  Adam Doti                         49:52
   4  Misha Lipatov                     57:45
   5  Marie-Jose Parayre              1:14:04
   6  Brent & Matthew Adams           1:32:18
   7  Deron & Alex van Hoff           1:39:31
   8  Fred & Raider Loebl             1:41:30
   9  Paul & Kathy Li                 1:43:06
  10  Laurens Fein                    1:44:04
  11  Darren Don                      1:54:35
  12  Emily Crawford, Paul Rosenberg  1:56:04
  13  David Strong, Bryan Pon         2:05:57
  14  Tracy Sanders, Ellen Hughes     3:13:02

      Barbara Hemstreet, Kevin Clark    DNF

  Second Course

      Shura Kretchetov                  55:25
      Luc Poppe                         56:43
      Joe Maffei                      1:01:17
      Mark Blair                      1:03:00
      Marina Keating                  1:13:13
      Jim Fish                        1:49:13

      Jeanette & Carl McKinley,
        John, Barb, & Jack Taylor       DNF

Brown Course   (3.4 km, 205 m climb, 10 controls)

   1  Francois Leonard                  31:12
   2  James Scarborough                 34:50
   3  Deron van Hoff                    37:37
   4  Rex Winterbottom                  41:03
   5  Matthias Kohler                   41:38
   6  George Minarik                    44:41
   7  Shura Kretchetov                  45:17
   8  Joe Maffei                        49:38
   9  Penny DeMoss                      51:51
  10  Dan Greene                        53:29
  11  Mark Blair                        54:14
  12  Greg Ehrensing                    54:18
  13  Chuck Spalding                    55:08
  14  Dennis Wildfogel                  55:25
  15  Luc Poppe                         58:06
  16  Lou Lederer                     1:02:37
  17  Ken Warren                      1:03:25
  18  Gavin Wyatt-Mair                1:03:43
  19  Johanna Merriss                 1:06:06
  20  Marina Keating                  1:09:15
  21  Joe Scarborough                 1:13:53
  22  Vicki Woolworth                 1:21:31
  23  Leif Kirschenbaum               1:25:41
  24  Alan Kren, Margaret Longstreth  1:36:56
  25  Jeff Lanam                      1:38:42
  26  Jennifer Kerr (GCO)             1:41:03
  27  Jim Fish                        1:41:18
  28  Terry Gleason                   2:03:50
  29  Won Rhee, Nigel Gulstone,
        Mary Low                      2:05:08
  30  John Quintrell                  2:07:51
  31  Nancy Lindeman                  2:42:26

      Melissa Wilkinson                 DNF
      Lena Eydelberg                    DNF
      Judy Koehler                      DNF
      Rosemary Johnson                  DNF
      Lauren MacMullan                  DNF
      Bronwen Caplinger (COOL)          DNF

  Second Course

      Tobias Tornqvist                  36:04
      Misha Lipatov                     46:43
      Steve Haas                        55:45

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