By Gary Kraght
This year we held our annual event at Indian Valley a little later than normal, in mid-June. But the weather was delightful, not too hot, and early summer wildflowers were still blooming. Construction at Indian Valley College had been completed and school was out, so there were no surprises waiting. (Just to refresh people's memories: in 2010 a major part of the campus was closed for construction after the courses were designed, in 2009 a motorcycle clinic was held on the way to White control #1, in 2008 there was a mammoth swim meet with loudspeakers.)
Deron van Hoff set wonderful courses through the hills and meadows surrounding the campus, featuring not only White through Green courses but also a Sprint course.
The White course was won by junior Gian Coolen, running under 9 minutes per kilometer. Ray and Kai Rosenbaum led the Yellow course, narrowly nosing out junior Rory Maclean. Orange was won by Adam Doti, Brown by Dan Greene, and Green by Francois Leonard. And bragging rights for the Sprint course go to Francois Leonard, again, having finished over three minutes in front of his closest competitor. Fastest women on the advanced courses were Trinka Gillis (Brown), Penny DeMoss (Green) and Marie-Josee Parayre (Sprint).
As is always the case, many volunteers helped to make the event successful. I'd especially like to thank the course setter, Deron van Hoff, who was determined to provide a wider range of excellent courses than we have had in past years. Thank you, Deron!
People who helped at the event included Scott Aster, Mark Blair, Bob Cooley, Evan Custer, Greg Ehrensing, Jim Fish, Peter Graube, Dan Greene, Rosemary Johnson, Marina Keating, Judy Koehler, Matthias Kohler, Olga Kraght, Joe Maffei, Robi Mulford, and Damian Swift. Thank you, everyone!
See you next year!
Pl Name(s) Time
White Course (2.1 km, 60 m climb, 11 controls)
1 Gian Coolen 17:07
2 Christine Brew 19:06 (after Orange)
3 Mario, Lea, Xavier, & Michele
Leboeuf 21:37
4 Ian Swift 32:26
5 Michele, Christine, & Naomi
Beshand 33:41
6 Drew, Griffin, & Celeste Levy 38:47
7 Danya Karpelevitch 43:21
8 Kundan Kakaria 54:49
9 Bill & Brigid Finzer 1:02:23
10 Juan De la O, Ed Bowers 1:32:07
Mary McCall DNF
Yellow Course (2.0 km, 100 m climb, 13 controls)
1 Ray & Kai Rosenbaum 39:07
2 Rory Maclean 40:01
3 Greg Panero, Andrew Singleton,
Mike Rostkowski 45:17
4 Chris Gori 46:32
5 Trisha McMahon, Julia McIlroy 50:56
6 Natalie Kim 1:00:07
7 Bo Curry, Mary DeNike 1:01:27
8 Andrew Kim 1:04:11
9 George Aster 1:04:22 (estimated Start)
10 Mario, Lea, Xavier, & Michele
Leboeuf 1:06:56 (after White)
11 Vijay Radhakrishnan 1:22:16
12 Jimmy Chung 1:23:53
13 Mitch, Josh, & Jack Haydon 1:35:26
Kundan Kakaria DNF (after White)
Orange Course (4.0 km, 230 m climb, 11 controls)
1 Adam Doti 42:36
2 Ralf Burgert 48:09
3 Matthew Adams 52:46
4 Damon Ward 57:45
5 Geoff Sears 1:05:42
6 Fedor Karpelevitch 1:07:25
7 Emily Dean, Matt Agard 1:23:47
8 Christine & Graham Brew 1:24:43
9 Donato Polignone 1:28:47
10 Stacy & Jerry Goss, Maura Moody 1:30:06
11 Terry Gleason 1:40:57
12 Kara Adams, Donovan Gruggett 1:42:04
13 Paula Zurowski, Mike Meagher 1:50:28
14 Steve O'Keefe 1:51:33
15 Richard & Ty Gampell, Irene Kim 2:19:34
16 Team BS, Bob & Sue 2:25:07
17 Kevin Walker 2:40:07
Stephen Eales DNF
Paul & Kathy Li DNF
Derrick Leung, Brian Li,
Vivian Chin DNF
Neil Peterson DNF
Daniel Kim DNF
Brown Course (3.2 km, 190 m climb, 9 controls)
1 Dan Greene 49:22
2 Greg Ehrensing 51:41
3 Bjorn Widerstrom 54:22
4 Evan Custer 58:28
5 Chuck Spalding 59:08
6 Trinka Gillis 1:13:31
7 Cornelia Coolen 1:16:31
8 Randy Franklin 1:22:25
9 Joe Scarborough 1:27:36
10 Jennifer Kerr (GCO) 1:42:08
11 Jim Fish 1:58:00
12 Rosemary Johnson 1:58:12
13 Fueled by Outrage 2:06:05
14 Holmberg and Erickson 2:06:34
15 Ellen Hughes, Kate Haugen 2:11:31
Brent Adams DNF
Joanna & Francis Tao DNF
Paula Zurowski, Mike Meagher DNF (after Orange)
Green Course (5.1 km, 300 m climb, 16 controls)
1 Francois Leonard 47:53 (after Sprint)
2 Tapio Karras 1:04:01 (after Sprint)
3 Tobias Tornqvist 1:04:52
4 Matthias Kohler 1:10:56
5 Mark Prior 1:13:27
6 Eric Rosenzweig 1:17:28
7 Nikolay Chukanov 1:18:10
8 Penny DeMoss 1:21:02
9 Damian Swift 1:29:43
10 Werner Haag 1:27:41 (after Sprint)
11 Peter Graube 1:28:58 (after Sprint)
12 Robi Mulford 1:48:06
13 Mark Blair 1:48:58
14 Joe Maffei 1:50:00 (after Sprint)
15 Johanna Merriss 2:14:50
16 Joe Inkenbrandt 2:40:05
17 Phillip Hoare 3:08:50
Marina Keating DNF
Derek Maclean DNF
Stephanie Maclean DNF
Ryan Madison DNF
Gavin Wyatt-Mair DNF
Frederick Lee DNF
Marie-Josee Parayre,
Michele Leboeuf DNF (after Sprint)
Sprint Course (2.6 km, 90 m climb, 13 controls)
1 Francois Leonard 18:09
2 Tapio Karras 21:35
3 Werner Haag 24:05
4 Damon Ward 29:19 (after Orange)
5 Joe Maffei 30:43
6 Dan Greene 32:54 (after Brown)
7 Peter Graube 35:27
8 Marie-Josee Parayre 40:16
9 Greg Ehrensing 41:35 (after Brown)
10 Jennifer Kerr (GCO) 1:04:27 (after Brown)
11 Joan Roos 1:25:32
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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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