By Rex Winterbottom (Regional Event Coordinator — Sierra Nevada)
Good people, good courses, good campus, good weather, good vibe, good Summer Series event.
Thanks everybody.
Both courses were fun and engaging for participants. Good route choice throughout. Good use of the limited space on campus. An excellent course setting debut from Wayne Staats.
Perhaps we should make an ISSOM map instructional board, and have it posted at the Start at all events that use ISSOM maps. Many had a challenge following the rules.
I saw people running through olive green "flowerbed", and also reaching over thick-black-line uncrossable fences to punch checkpoints.
- If you approached Advanced checkpoint #3 from the wrong direction, the opposite side of the fence, you could reach over and punch, and then get a massive head start to #4.
- If you did the right thing and followed the mapped entrances to the checkpoint, and backtracked out, you could lose a lot of time compared to those who reached over.
- For sure, many people punched #3 by reaching over the fence. Otherwise, MeOS would not have told me I lost time on that leg, compared to how I ran my other legs! If you're curious, check out WinSplits and compare results on leg #4 to results on other legs.
Course setting adjustments can help avoid some of the problems, but following the rules is important, too. Sometimes a good leg design deserves some rule following. Perhaps placing Advanced #3 far enough inside the fence so that people couldn't reach over would have been a good adjustment. But then, what if people climb over?? That doesn't look good. For some legs, one has to decide whether the design cleverness is worth the participant risk—given a large sample size, some will either wittingly or unwittingly exploit the vulnerability.
How lucky we are to orienteer in places like this. It's a special privilege. We must all be mindful—organizers and participants—of how we conduct ourselves at our events,
People are watching and evaluating our choices. And if we're "keeping time," fairness is nice too.
Editorial note by the webmaster:
The transgressions are particularly disappointing considering that the Start workers explicitly told people about the restrictions, including olive green and uncrossable fences. Also, both the event announcement and the Course Setter's Notes described the restrictions.
Please remember that this is not just an issue of fair competition. We could be banned from a venue if we abuse it. That has actually happened in the past!
A special thanks to our volunteers! Did you have fun? These people made your fun possible, in Z–A order:
Sarah Williams – Registration
Deron Van Hoff – Setup, equipment procurement, event coordination, permit
Wayne Staats – Course setting, setup, takedown, control pickup
Chuck Spalding – Starts, takedown, website
Mark Schneider – Control pickup, takedown
Erin Schirm – Carrying signs
Zander Rosenzweig – Control pickup, takedown
Quincy Rosenzweig – Control pickup. takedown
Mrs. Rosenzweig – Takedown
Eric Rosenzweig – Control pickup, takedown
Jason Reed – Takedown
Marie-Josée Parayre – Permit
Jeff Lanam – E-punch, results, setup, takedown
Fyodor Konkov – Control pickup
Marina Keating – Insurance
Steve Haas – Registration
Werner Haag – Beginner's clinics
Steve Gregg – Assistant event director, setup, control pickup, takedown
Sheila Cotter – Starts
Gordon Bloom – Starts
Mark Blair – E-punch, setup, takedown
Did I miss anybody? Holla!
Beginner Course (2.0 km, 58 m climb, 16 controls)
Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
Wayne Staats 12:36 1:17 (unofficial, course setter)
1 Taylor Pospisil 17:38 5:02 0:57
2 Jason Reed BAOC 20:50 8:14 1:56
3 Chun Jung, Chris Nixon BAOC 21:40 9:04 1:06
4 Erika Reed BAOC 22:26 9:50 2:33
5 Joe Marik 22:47 10:11 3:50
6 Eerik Hantsoo 23:53 11:17 2:23
7 Jay Roudebush 29:12 16:36 7:59
8 Eva, Becky, & Chris 33:55 21:19 4:38
9 Bull family 38:20 25:44 5:54
10 Philip Solomatnikov 47:23 34:47 8:43
11 George Solomatnikov 47:28 34:52 10:03
12 Nancy Lindeman BAOC 55:07 42:31 5:28
13 Team Poopypants BAOC 1:05:45 53:09 9:42
14 Barbara Robben BAOC 1:06:55 54:19 16:50
15 KISS 1:10:21 57:45 31:54
16 Matthias Schwab Troop 409 1:11:52 59:16 17:01
17 Tim Boone Troop 409 1:11:55 59:19 16:30
18 Jean van Hoff BAOC 1:14:18 61:42 7:32
19 Anna & Clara Staats BAOC 1:25:43 73:07 30:54
Jack Husband DNF
Rita Tidwell DNF
Advanced Course (5.5 km, 195 m climb, 28 controls)
Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 Erin Schirm BAOC 31:59 0:23
2 Yurii Konovalenko BAOC 34:37 2:38 0:00
3 Daniel Šebo BAOC 36:23 4:24 0:00
4 Tori Borish BAOC 37:55 5:56 0:00
Wayne Staats BAOC 38:24 6:25 0:00 (unofficial, course setter)
5 Rex Winterbottom BAOC 44:13 12:14 0:48
6 Carlo Giacometti BAOC 46:43 14:44 1:00
7 Steve Gregg BAOC 47:26 15:27 0:00
8 Dennis Wildfogel BAOC 47:38 15:39 0:28
9 Jan Cisar BAOC 48:53 16:54 1:33
10 Deron van Hoff BAOC 49:48 17:49 0:00
11 Eduard Nasybulin BAOC 50:53 18:54 10:58
12 Quincy Rosenzweig BAOC 51:25 19:26 3:47
13 Taylor Pospisil 53:30 21:31 6:08 (2nd course)
14 Eric Rosenzweig BAOC 53:33 21:34 2:30
15 Xiaofan Yu SDO 53:44 21:45 0:35
16 Werner Haag BAOC 55:32 23:33 2:54
17 Fyodor Konkov BAOC 55:42 23:43 2:13
18 Max Behrens BAOC 58:26 26:27 5:37
19 Theo Verhoeven BAOC 58:34 26:35 4:43
20 Steve Haas BAOC 58:50 26:51 4:02
21 Yana Konovalenko BAOC 59:03 27:04 5:16
22 Derek Maclean BAOC 59:04 27:05 7:28
23 Chuck Spalding BAOC 59:22 27:23 4:58
24 Erika Reed BAOC 1:01:13 29:14 8:39 (2nd course)
25 Michael Behrens BAOC 1:01:18 29:19 5:06
26 Sarah Minarik BAOC 1:02:32 30:33 2:38
27 Bob Strauss BAOC 1:03:03 31:04 6:32
28 Sheila Cotter BAOC 1:04:31 32:32 3:59
29 Grant Cutler 1:05:02 33:03 11:17
30 Jason Lee BAOC 1:05:44 33:45 11:16
31 Kai Douglas 1:07:05 35:06 15:10
32 Vin Noah BAOC 1:07:09 35:10 5:30
33 Peter Hsia BAOC 1:07:56 35:57 15:01
34 Jason Reed BAOC 1:08:09 36:10 1:31 (2nd course)
35 George Minarik BAOC 1:08:32 36:33 0:00
36 Deyu Fu 1:09:07 37:08 3:55
37 Irena & Nick Stefanova BAOC 1:10:36 38:37 3:34
38 Ray Rosenbaum BAOC 1:11:34 39:35 9:31
39 Barbora Studihradova 1:15:06 43:07 20:18
39 Stephanie Maclean BAOC 1:15:06 43:07 3:53
41 Penny DeMoss BAOC 1:15:58 43:59 17:04
42 Beiduo Rao BAOC 1:16:08 44:09 2:06
43 Madison Kiss 1:18:50 46:51 21:11
44 Zander Rosenzweig BAOC 1:19:52 47:53 13:13
45 Dan Greene BAOC 1:20:19 48:20 0:55
46 Mark Schneider BAOC 1:21:28 49:29 8:39
47 Gordon Bloom BAOC 1:22:43 50:44 12:29
48 Joe Tarnow, Areej Mussadi BAOC 1:25:03 53:04 10:26
49 Jia Li, Chun Wu 1:26:06 54:07 9:27
50 Brooke Staats BAOC 1:26:29 54:30 16:08
51 David Moore 1:26:37 54:38 8:56
52 Raymond Spore BAOC 1:37:13 65:14 18:42
53 Jeff Lanam BAOC 1:48:05 76:06 14:30
54 Tharu & Rishi BAOC 1:49:30 77:31 7:49
55 Rosemary Johnson BAOC 1:50:16 78:17 8:39
56 Hardcastle family BAOC 1:53:28 81:29 12:20
57 Julie, Amanda, & Anthony BAOC 2:05:31 93:32 16:36
Evan Custer BAOC DNF
Gary Carpenter BAOC DNF
Leslie Minarik BAOC 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].)
Note: Some more corrections have been made on 8/15/19. The updated Summer Series Standings are below.
Points For This Event
Pl Name Points
1 Erin Schirm 1000
2 Tori Borish 952
3 Dennis Wildfogel 929
3 Yurii Konovalenko 929
5 Daniel Šebo 894
6 Steve Gregg 843
7 Rex Winterbottom 777
8 Chuck Spalding 767
9 Steve Haas 753
10 Deron van Hoff 739
10 Sheila Cotter 739
12 Werner Haag 730
13 Fyodor Konkov 708
14 Penny DeMoss 695
15 Eric Rosenzweig 691
16 Carlo Giacometti 683
17 Theo Verhoeven 676
18 Jan Cisar 653 (M21)
19 George Minarik 646
20 Eduard Nasybulin 636
21 Quincy Rosenzweig 632
22 Bob Strauss 626
23 Derek Maclean 623
24 Erika Reed 613
25 Michael Behrens 604
26 Taylor Pospisil 595
27 Xiaofan Yu 592 (M21)
28 Sarah Minarik 589
29 Peter Hsia 569
30 Stephanie Maclean 558
31 Max Behrens 556
32 Yana Konovalenko 538 (M21)
33 Jason Lee 536
34 Ray Rosenbaum 521
35 Dan Greene 506
36 Grant Cutler 489 (M21)
37 Kai Douglas 479
38 Madison Kiss 477
39 Vin Noah 474
40 Rosemary Johnson 470
41 Jason Reed 466 (M21)
42 Deyu Fu 461 (M21)
43 Barbora Studihradova 423 (M21)
44 Brooke Staats 420
45 Beiduo Rao 419 (M21)
46 Zander Rosenzweig 399 (M21)
47 Mark Schneider 391 (M21)
48 Gordon Bloom 385 (M21)
49 Jeff Lanam 371
50 David Moore 367 (M21)
51 Raymond Spore 327 (M21)
Summer Series Standings
Abbreviations used below:
UCB = U.C. Berkeley; OBP = Oyster Bay Park; SFP = San Francisco Presidio; MCO = Mills College, Oakland; DVC = Diablo Valley College; BBP = Bedwell Bayfront Park; cr = Credit for Event Director or Course Setter; ED = Event Director; CS = Course Setter
Note: A few corrections have been made to the points for the Berkeley, Oyster Bay, Presidio, and Mills College events.
Num. Best
Pl Name UCB OBP SFP MCO DCV BBP Total Runs Four
1 Rex Winterbottom 860 886 894 894cr 3534 4 3534
2 Wayne Staats 700 804 824 824cr 3152 4 3152
3 Steve Haas 709 721 783 753 ED 2966 4 2966
4 Fyodor Konkov 583 718 747 708 2756 4 2756
5 Yurii Konovalenko 826 1000 929 2755 3 2755
6 Daniel Šebo 801 894cr 894 2589 3 2589
7 Bob Strauss 644 651 587 626 2508 4 2508
8 Chuck Spalding 833 769 767 2369 3 2369
9 Eduard Nasybulin 512 486 658 636 2292 4 2292
10 Sheila Cotter 695 808 739 2242 3 2242
11 Deron van Hoff 704 739cr 739 2182 3 2182
12 Jason Lee 614 393 579 536 2122 4 2122
13 Jan Cisar 704 736 653 2093 3 2093
14 François Léonard 1000 1000 CS 2000 2 2000
15 Werner Haag 701 566 730 1997 3 1997
16 Michael Behrens 564 762 604 1930 3 1930
17 Dennis Wildfogel 826 929 1755 2 1755
18 Peter Hsia 564 609 569 1742 3 1742
19 Jeff Goodwin 789 913 1702 2 1702
20 Steve Gregg 852 843 1695 2 1695
21 Tapio Karras 750 940 1690 2 1690
22 Jason Reed 427 675 466 1568 3 1568
23 Lori Huberman 743cr 743 1486 2 1486
24 Greg Favor 632 791 1423 2 1423
25 Theo Verhoeven 714 676 1390 2 1390
26 Tommy Ingulfsen 682 658 1340 2 1340
27 Carlo Giacometti 621 683 1304 2 1304
28 Evan Custer 606 637 1243 2 1243
29 Matthias Kohler 509 721 CS 1230 2 1230
30 Erika Reed 616 613 1229 2 1229
31 Ray Rosenbaum 651 521 1172 2 1172
32 Jeff Lanam 344 394 371 1109 3 1109
33 Max Behrens 472 556 1028 2 1028
34 Erin Schirm 1000 1000 1 1000
35 Kai Douglas 503 479 982 2 982
36 Rosemary Johnson 486 470 956 2 956
37 Tori Borish 952 952 1 952
38 Jenny Casanova 925 925 1 925
39 Riley Culberg 860 860 1 860
40 Julia Doubson 853 853 1 853
41 Mark Prior 852 852 1 852
42 Michael Ertmann 833 833 1 833
43 Graham Brew 819 819 1 819
44 Anastasiya Gordeeva 807 807 1 807
45 Kevin Culberg 795 795 1 795
46 Brooke Staats 371 420 791 2 791
47 Johanna Merriss 783 783 1 783
47 Marie-Josée Parayre 783 ED 783 1 783
49 Takashi Sugiyama 777 777 1 777
50 Marcy Beard 755 755 1 755
51 Amalie Ertmann 744 744 1 744
51 Stephen Harrison 744 744 1 744
53 Mikkel Conradi 732 732 1 732
54 Andrej Masalkov 709 709 1 709
55 Michael Lyons 701 701 1 701
56 Penny DeMoss 695 695 1 695
57 Clifton Lyles 336 357 693 2 693
58 Eric Rosenzweig 691 691 1 691
59 Sam Coradetti 666 666 1 666
60 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 656 656 1 656
61 Florine Tailleur 652 652 1 652
62 George Minarik 646 646 1 646
63 Zach Lyons 635 635 1 635
64 Gavin Williams 632 632 1 632
64 Quincy Rosenzweig 632 632 1 632
66 Derek Maclean 623 623 1 623
67 Gary Kraght 621 621 1 621
68 Samuel Kretchetov 381 238 619 2 619
69 Taylor Pospisil 595 595 1 595
70 Tom de Vre 592 592 1 592
70 Xiaofan Yu 592 592 1 592
72 Sarah Minarik 589 589 1 589
73 Nick Corsano 562 562 1 562
74 Stephanie Maclean 558 558 1 558
75 Yana Konovalenko 538 538 1 538
76 Olga Kraght 519 519 1 519
77 Jennifer Kerr 507 507 1 507
78 Dan Greene 506 506 1 506
79 Phillip Hoare 503 503 1 503
80 Grant Cutler 489 489 1 489
81 Shura Kretchetov 479 479 1 479
82 Madison Kiss 477 477 1 477
83 Vin Noah 474 474 1 474
84 Deyu Fu 461 461 1 461
84 Steve Keg 461 461 1 461
86 John Beard 458 458 1 458
87 Chun Wu 443 443 1 443
88 Jay Hann 440 440 1 440
89 John Richardson 433 433 1 433
90 Barbora Studihradova 423 423 1 423
91 Laurel Larsen 420 420 1 420
92 Beiduo Rao 419 419 1 419
93 Zander Rosenzweig 399 399 1 399
94 Mark Schneider 391 391 1 391
95 Trevor Pering 389 389 1 389
96 Seth Benkle 386 386 1 386
97 Gordon Bloom 385 385 1 385
98 David Moore 367 367 1 367
99 Alexander van Hoff 352 352 1 352
100 Steve Beuerman 336 336 1 336
101 Raymond Spore 327 327 1 327
102 Gary Carpenter 293 293 1 293
103 Hani Juha 247 247 1 247
104 Adrian Gonzales 238 238 1 238
105 James Carpenter 210 210 1 210
106 Scott Aster ED 0 0 0
106 Troy Kaji ED 0 0 0
106 Vicki Woolworth ED 0 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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