Lake Herman Recreation Area 2016

Date: Feb 21, 2016 (Sunday)

BAOC

Location: Lake Herman Recreation Area; Benicia, CA

Directors: Gavin Wyatt-Mair (925.934.6567)
Course Setters: Gavin Wyatt-Mair

Type: C; Low-key local. Offers a subset of courses of the regular local event

Regional event with seven point-to-point courses; COOL event #3

Past events:
2015

Event Write-Up

By Gavin Wyatt-Mair

Wow, a perfect day! We had about 110 folks participate on a sunny 68-degree day in a beautiful setting​—​a great day to be orienteering! This is only the second time we have orienteered in this beautiful venue, and both times have been just gorgeous.

Just to make sure we all remember: the map was originally drafted two years ago by Emily Radtke for her Girl Scout Silver Award project. We are still grateful to her​—​we are only using the park for orienteering because of her work. Thanks Emily!

Volunteers

As always, we had a wonderful set of volunteers helping to make the day run smoothly. Many thanks to all of you! Here's the list I have noted, please let me know if I left anyone out.

Gavin Wyatt-Mair: Permit, map corrections, set/vet courses, setup, start, take-down, control pickup, food

Jay Hann: Map corrections, maps, set/vet courses, setup, take-down, control pickup

Malcolm Wyatt-Mair: Set/vet courses

Bryan Gaston: Take-down, control pickup

Holly Gaston: Take-down, control pickup

Rex Winterbottom: Instruction

Nancy Lindeman: Setup, take-down, control pickup

Gary Kraght: Registration

Steve Haas: Registration

Rosemary Johnson: E-punch, results, take-down

Kevin Walker: E-punch setup, hanging club banner

Bob Cooley: Map corrections, maps

Wes Erck: Take-down, control pickup

Jeff Lanam: Take-down, search and rescue

Evan Custer: E-punch

Dennis Wildfogel: E-punch

Tapio Karras: Results

Chuck Spalding: Website, start

Marina Keating: Insurance

I'd like to especially recognize Jay Hann, for the huge amount of work he did mapping and field checking the northern third of the map, as well as assisting with course setting, vetting, equipment, and event-day. Thanks Jay!

Special thanks to the City of Benicia, notably Ann Dunleavy and Rick Knight, for the use of their property. It's a beautiful park, and we all appreciate it.

Lost and Found

I have an elastic, clue-sheet, arm band with a Blue clue sheet in it. Please let me know if it is yours and what to do with it.

Results

The complete results are below.

They are interesting to analyze. The courses were clearly quite fast! Generally in Orienteering, 10 minutes per kilometer is considered a very respectable pace. Here are the folks who were faster than that (first course only):

Matej Šebo           Blue    6.5 min/km!!!
Rex Winterbottom     Brown   7.2 min/km
Lubo Šebo            Blue    7.5 min/km
Dennis Wildfogel     Brown   7.7 min/km
Ann Marie Cody       Red     8.2 min/km 
Tac Sugiyama         Red     8.5 min/km
Tapio Karras         Red     8.5 min/km
Nikolay Chukanov     Red     9.0 min/km
Steve Harrison       Green   9.4 min/km
Graham Brew          Red     9.7 min/km
Anastasiya Gordeeva  Red     9.9 min/km
Gavin Williams       Red     9.9 min/km

The winner on White was Alison Weber​—​and she did it in 10.4 minutes per km. It looks like BAOC has another speedy up-and-coming Junior!!! And Alison garnered a ton of points for the COOL season.

Some folks took on second courses, and some even did three courses: Greg Mandler progressed really rapidly from White to Yellow to Brown! Wow, that's some fast improvement! And Greg Favor did Blue, Green and _Long Brown_​—​he's tough! If your name is Greg, do you have to do three courses?

Thanks for coming out folks​—​see you again soon!


Results

White Course       (2.3 km, 105 m climb, 12 controls)
Pl  Name(s)                          Club     Time    After
 1  Alison Weber                     GCO      23:56           
 2  Thomas Leonard                            27:41   +3:45
 3  Greg Mandler                              28:16   +4:20
 4  Josie Wallen                              28:58   +5:02
 5  Nathan & Annabelle Kelso                  32:13   +8:17  (2nd course)
 6  Donna Tiano                             1:02:40  +38:44
Yellow Course      (2.9 km, 140 m climb, 14 controls)
Pl  Name(s)                          Club     Time    After
 1  Rex Winterbottom                 BAOC     20:51          (2nd course)  
 2  Jake Wallin                               29:19   +8:28
 3  Greg Mandler                              36:11  +15:20  (2nd course)
 4  Lucas Leonard                             41:25  +20:34
 5  Noah Bell                   Navy JROTC    46:49  +25:58
 6  Brett Carl                  Navy JROTC    48:34  +27:43
 7  Nathan & Annabelle Kelso                  52:18  +31:27
 8  Marcello & Andre Montanez        BAOC     56:43  +35:52
 9  Cindy Gaona                               59:02  +38:11
10  Lauren Weber                     GCO    1:00:56  +40:05
11  Kalya Aschwanden            Navy JROTC  1:07:00  +46:09
12  Possum 4                                1:17:34  +56:43
13  Meg Gerstner                     BAOC   1:18:57  +58:06
14  Michael & Sean Robinson          BAOC   1:20:05  +59:14
15  Donna Tiano                             1:26:31  +65:40  (2nd course)
    Andrew Mau                                MSP            
    Jean Loz                                  MSP
    August Melo                 Navy JROTC    DNF
    Ernesto Duque                             DNF
    Joshua Versace                            DNF
    Ryan Cook                   Navy JROTC    DNF
Orange Course      (4.8 km, 225 m climb, 13 controls)
Pl  Name(s)                          Club     Time    After
 1  Dorian MacIntosh            Navy JROTC    56:30          
 2  Kristen Weber                    GCO    1:10:51  +14:21
 3  Sanjoy & Crystal                 BAOC   1:12:57  +16:27
 4  Bill Murphy                      BAOC   1:15:06  +18:36
 5  Ramandeep Singh             Navy JROTC  1:15:17  +18:47
 6  Erin Magers                      GCO    1:19:17  +22:47
 7  Gabriel Galster             Navy JROTC  1:24:31  +28:01
 8  Kira Riley                  Navy JROTC  1:25:56  +29:26
 9  Shane Carl                  Navy JROTC  1:30:23  +33:53
10  Chad Thomas                 Navy JROTC  1:36:34  +40:04
11  Maekinzie Mauck             Navy JROTC  1:42:44  +46:14
12  Jason Lee                        BAOC   1:43:11  +46:41
13  Denny, Jes, & Sarah                     1:43:19  +46:49
14  Kevin Walker                     BAOC   2:22:58  +86:28
15  Judy Koehler                     BAOC   2:46:22 +109:52
16  Ikenaga family                          3:00:10 +123:40
    Max Behrens                      BAOC     DNF            
    Nicholas McKeon                           DNF
Brown Course       (3.3 km, 160 m climb, 13 controls)
Pl  Name(s)                          Club     Time    After
 1  Rex Winterbottom                 BAOC     23:48           
 2  Dennis Wildfogel                 BAOC     25:20   +1:32
 3  Irena Stefanova                  BAOC     41:26  +17:38
 4  Johanna Karras                   BAOC     42:00  +18:12
 5  Evan Custer                      BAOC     49:35  +25:47
 6  Johanna Merriss                  BAOC     49:46  +25:58
 7  Nigel Killeen             Rand O Club     51:17  +27:29
 8  Sarah Williams                   BAOC     55:06  +31:18
 9  Jeff Lanam                       BAOC   1:09:55  +46:07
10  Greg Mandler                            1:10:21  +46:33  (3rd course)
11  Susan Kim                        BAOC   1:10:42  +46:54
12  Jan & Maria Jergus               BAOC   1:15:38  +51:50
13  Rosemary Johnson                 BAOC   1:22:26  +58:38
14  Greg Boone, Perri Franskoviak           1:27:43  +63:55
15  Nancy Lindeman                   BAOC   1:46:14  +82:26
Long Brown Course  (5.0 km, 290 m climb, 16 controls)
Pl  Name                             Club     Time    After
 1  Ann Elisabeth Gunnulfsen   Modum O-lag    54:25           
 2  Chuck Spalding                   BAOC     55:03   +0:38
 3  Greg Favor                       BAOC     58:59   +4:34  (3rd course)
 4  Natalie Kim                      BAOC   1:00:03   +5:38
 5  Alan Glendinning                 BAOC   1:23:44  +29:19
 6  Wes Erck                         BAOC   1:43:28  +49:03
    Dennis Mullane                   BAOC     DNF
Green Course       (5.9 km, 330 m climb, 21 controls)
Pl  Name(s)                          Club     Time    After
 1  Stephen Harrison                 BAOC     55:39           
 2  Greg Favor                       BAOC   1:01:22   +5:43  (2nd course)
 3  Daniel Šebo                      BAOC   1:02:54   +7:15
 4  Gary Carpenter                   BAOC   1:05:52  +10:13
 5  Steve Haas                       BAOC   1:05:58  +10:19
 6  Greg Ehrensing                   BAOC   1:08:39  +13:00
 7  Ray Rosenbaum                    BAOC   1:09:11  +13:32
 8  Furusawa                                1:13:28  +17:49
 9  Olga Kraght                      BAOC   1:15:04  +19:25
10  Michael Behrens                  BAOC   1:17:00  +21:21
11  Justin Singh                Navy JROTC  1:18:40  +23:01
12  Cody Jacobson               Navy JROTC  1:19:00  +23:21
13  Davy Williams                    BAOC   1:20:22  +24:43
14  Artem Borovinskih                       1:21:12  +25:33
15  Natalia Mamkina                         1:22:13  +26:34
16  Carl Williams                    BAOC   1:27:13  +31:34
17  Tommy Carl                  Navy JROTC  1:29:02  +33:23
18  Colby McCann                Navy JROTC  1:42:50  +47:11
19  Alak Ghosh                       BAOC   1:51:32  +55:53
20  Kevin Hinkley, Terri Hunt        BAOC   2:17:59  +82:20
    Giovan Ontiros              Navy JROTC    DNF
Red Course         (6.8 km, 360 m climb, 26 controls)
Pl  Name                             Club     Time    After
 1  Ann Marie Cody                   BAOC     55:37           
 2  Tac Sugiyama                     BAOC     57:49   +2:12
 3  Tapio Karras                     BAOC     58:02   +2:25
 4  Nikolay Chukanov                 BAOC   1:01:22   +5:45
 5  Graham Brew                      BAOC   1:06:00  +10:23
 6  Anastasiya Gordeeva              BAOC   1:07:30  +11:53
 7  Gavin Williams                   BAOC   1:07:39  +12:02
 8  Julia Doubson                    BAOC   1:20:13  +24:36
 9  Fyodor Konkov                    BAOC   1:38:13  +42:36
10  John Hawley                      BAOC   1:50:08  +54:31
11  Richard Chiburis                 BAOC   2:31:15  +95:38
Blue Course        (8.0 km, 390 m climb, 28 controls)
Pl  Name(s)                          Club     Time    After
 1  Matej Šebo                       BAOC     52:02           
 2  Lubo Šebo                        BAOC     59:52   +7:50
 3  Steve Gregg                      BAOC   1:17:56  +25:54
 4  Penny DeMoss                     BAOC   1:18:57  +26:55
 5  Greg Favor                       BAOC   1:21:41  +29:39
 6  Nik Weber                        GCO    1:29:15  +37:13
 7  Eric Rosenzweig                  BAOC   1:33:25  +41:23
 8  Stan Barrett                            1:38:24  +46:22
 9  Vladimir Gusiatnikov,
      Beatrice Schreibstein          OCIN   1:59:44  +67:42
10  Scott Sampson                    BAOC   2:12:39  +80:37
DNF = Did not finish (one or more controls missed)
DNS = Did not start
DSQ = Disqualified
MSP = Mispunched (one or more incorrect controls)
OVT = Overtime
Updated: Mar 9, 2026, 9:50 PM PDT Edit