Vicki Woolworth (Regional Event Coordinator — East Bay), Event Director
Despite the early morning frost, our day at Point Pinole was sunny and reasonably warm, especially if you stayed out of the shade. It wasn’t exactly dry, at least on the intermediate courses, but course setter Steve Gregg gave us plenty of warning about the soggy conditions. Over 150 orienteers showed up to participate, including members of the Berkeley High Orienteering Club and Carson City NJROTC, and some groups of coworkers.
Notable results included these:
- Greg Khanlarov edged out Wayne Staats on the 8.7 km Combo Orange course.
- Paul Roome of South Ribble OC was a clear win on the Long Orange course.
- Mikkel Conradi took first on the Sprint Orange course.
- Ashley and Keira Graham took the top two spots on the White course.
- On the Yellow course, many teams competed, with Team Claudeanos coming out on top.
- Mark Sasaki started with Yellow, and then did both the Sprint Orange and Long Orange courses — three courses in one day.
Even with a smaller-scale event, it takes more than a few people to put it on. In addition to Steve Gregg’s efforts in course setting, map printing, and other useful stuff, we had other very helpful volunteers. Graham Brew came early to set up, and also did the first start shift. Josh Zhanson not only shopped for and brought refreshments, he also helped set up and clean up. The registration team was Sarah Williams, Steve Haas, Chuck Spalding, and Dennis Wildfogel. Chuck Spalding also maintained the web site and provided timely reminders when updates were needed. The cleanup crew also included Neville Fernandes, Beverly Freeman, and Stephanie MacLean. The control-pickup team consisted of Werner Haag, Gavin Wyatt-Mair, John Richardson, Rex Winterbottom, and Tapio Karras.
Julia Doubson organized an Intermediate Training session that was attended by one lucky orienteer. I guess folks were hurrying home to their Super Bowl parties. Thanks, Julia, for trying.
We are very grateful to the East Bay Regional Park District, to Park Supervisor Rob Diekman, as well as Claudia and Saul and the rest of the staff, for granting us permission to use this park and for excellent maintenance.
Lost and found
These items were found at the event:
- A pair of sunglasses
- A Suunto A-30 compass (found by control 63 [Yellow #1])
- A hat ("Artifact Logistics")
- A red water bottle ("BHS Health Services")
Contact me (email), and I’ll try to find a way to get your item to you.
Course Setter's Inquiry
By Steve Gregg (email) [posted to the BayONet 2/9/25]
Given that at today's event:
- We only had five entries on the White course, all of whom were adults I believe.
- We had two White-course control units stolen, apparently as the event was in progress.
- Designing a White course involves setting out at least six controls that are shared by no other course.
Does it make sense to stop setting a White course at all at this particular venue?
I can quite easily set legitimate Yellow-level courses at Point Pinole for which every single control bag is visible from a trail, and for which going off-trail for a few dozen meters to reach each bag is physically simple. Why not just do this, and label this course "Beginner"? It would simplify the control-setting process by quite a bit, and hopefully deter the control thieves. Yes, if a person with a physical disability happened to show up, who could not leave the trails at all, we could not accommodate them, but I frankly don't think we need to worry about this scenario ever occurring.
What do people think about this idea? Any downsides that I have not considered?
Note: Response messages on the BayONet (the BAOC online mailing list) can be seen here.
White Course (2.4 km, 50 m climb, 10 controls)
Time
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind Lost
1 Ashley Graham 18:32 1:56
2 Keira Graham 18:56 0:24 1:29
3 Cecilia Roome 22:53 4:21 4:08
4 Jen Chester, Heather Latham 46:08 27:36 14:07
5 Beverly Freeman 47:37 29:05 10:49
Yellow Course (2.8 km, 50 m climb, 12 controls)
Time
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind Lost
1 Team Claudeanos 26:42 1:01
2 Mark & Anja Allen 27:38 0:56 2:24
3 Winnie the Pooks Berkeley High 29:53 3:11 3:53
4 Evan Mogulof Berkeley High 33:52 7:10 10:02
5 Beatrice Schreibstein OCIN 39:00 12:18 6:35
6 Mark Sasaki 39:38 12:56 14:23
7 Team PAC BAOC 40:42 14:00 6:25
8 Michael & Fangshu 41:13 14:31 7:59
9 Bjorn & Linnea Widerstrom BAOC 44:16 17:34 6:13
10 Nils & Trinka Widerstrom BAOC 44:27 17:45 12:03
11 Aspara Guess 46:56 20:14 11:31
12 John Clifford 46:59 20:17 8:14
13 Desi Boyz 49:51 23:09 10:38
14 Fire-Breathing Rubber Duckies 50:50 24:08 8:50
15 Amani & Nitai Berkeley High 54:12 27:30 15:36
16 Bendres Berkeley High 55:21 28:39 14:52
17 Ada Krechetov BAOC 56:01 29:19 21:23
18 Marnie 56:25 29:43 6:39
19 Clara Staats, Keira Lewis BAOC 1:00:54 34:12 20:24
20 The Boys 1:01:08 34:26 10:47
21 Team Ryly & The Jobars 1:03:10 36:28 10:00
22 Team Afanzar 1:05:02 38:20 10:01
23 Rachel Street 1:06:23 39:41 7:57
24 Oliver Conradi BAOC 1:25:06 58:24 30:09
25 Abigail & Lee 1:26:35 59:53 12:48
26 Nancy Lindeman BAOC 1:57:27 90:45 21:05
27 SPT2 1:59:47 93:05 28:17
Aswin Manoj DNF
Kai Kort Berkeley High DNF
Team Bagel DNF
The Jackets Berkeley High DNF
Ryder Thompson DNS
Sprint Orange Course (3.4 km, 65 m climb, 14 controls)
Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 Mikkel Conradi BAOC 25:56 1:24
2 Rex Winterbottom BAOC 28:36 2:40 1:15
3 Andrej Masalkov BAOC 32:08 6:12 0:57
4 Dennis Wildfogel BAOC 36:34 10:38 2:19
5 Stephanie Maclean BAOC 37:37 11:41 2:29
6 Toby Street 39:21 13:25 3:56
7 Derek Maclean BAOC 41:32 15:36 2:40
8 Fire-Breathing Rubber Duckies 47:39 21:43 9:47 (2nd course)
8 Sue Roome South Ribble OC 47:39 21:43 5:12
10 Gavin Wyatt-Mair BAOC 48:30 22:34 3:59
10 Johanna Merriss BAOC 48:30 22:34 7:37
12 Mark Sasaki 49:57 24:01 12:14 (2nd course)
13 Randy Snook BAOC 56:29 30:33 17:44
14 Sarah Williams BAOC 56:50 30:54 9:31
15 Anna Staats BAOC 1:02:49 36:53 16:57
16 Desi Boyz 1:06:17 40:21 22:16 (2nd course)
17 Evan Custer BAOC 1:07:23 41:27 5:45
18 Neville Fernandes BAOC 1:16:45 50:49 24:27
19 Jeff Lanam BAOC 1:20:49 54:53 9:59
20 Lacroute family BAOC 1:23:32 57:36 8:01
21 Puppy Leopard Ice Cream BAOC 1:28:24 62:28 28:07
22 Team O 1:29:19 63:23 20:33
23 RJMR 1:46:25 80:29 30:28
24 Lucas 1:54:14 88:18 19:35 (2nd course)
George Minarik BAOC DNF
Rosemary Johnson BAOC DNF
Valerie Lacroute DNS
Long Orange Course (5.3 km, 65 m climb, 13 controls)
Time
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind Lost
1 Paul Roome South Ribble OC 36:14 0:30
2 Nikolay Chukanov BAOC 40:48 4:34 1:46
3 Vladimir Gusiatnikov OCIN 41:03 4:49 0:31
4 Matt Marlow BAOC 41:14 5:00 2:28
5 Martyn Roome South Ribble OC 45:02 8:48 2:02
6 Werner Haag BAOC 50:37 14:23 1:54
7 Stan Barrett BAOC 59:04 22:50 12:37
8 Vivi Mellow CHSOC 59:21 23:07 4:48
9 Chuck Spalding BAOC 1:03:00 26:46 6:58
10 Liam Reeder CHSOC 1:07:50 31:36 12:36
11 Austin O'Boyle BAOC 1:10:20 34:06 15:10
12 Olga Kraght BAOC 1:10:56 34:42 7:30
13 Neva Mellow CHSOC 1:12:33 36:19 10:56
14 Mark Sasaki 1:14:44 38:30 23:57 (3rd course)
15 Steve Haas BAOC 1:15:44 39:30 6:14
16 Gary Kraght BAOC 1:16:46 40:32 15:18
17 Lea Krechetov BAOC 1:18:00 41:46 6:43
18 Miroslav Trubelja BAOC 1:28:38 52:24 18:55
19 Rhonda Stieber BAOC 1:28:44 52:30 17:47
20 Ballek 1:30:56 54:42 14:18
21 Dillon Braud 1:33:50 57:36 9:53
22 Piper Jensick CHSOC 1:35:06 58:52 24:27
23 Adam & Oren 1:39:48 63:34 12:30
24 Chen & Tarnow BAOC 1:55:06 78:52 20:59
25 Katy Robinson BAOC 1:57:45 81:31 6:05
26 Napoleon BAOC 1:58:19 82:05 24:19
27 Amelya LaRocca CHSOC 1:59:42 83:28 25:21
28 Chloe Suitt-Payne CHSOC 2:03:34 87:20 34:01
29 Akira Ramirez CHSOC 2:04:22 88:08 36:12
30 Lordly Lunas 2:04:24 88:10 16:36
31 Harrisha Ampo CHSOC 2:06:56 90:42 51:04
32 En Fuego BAIC 2:29:21 113:07 23:33
Suitt-Payne Emily CHSOC DNF
Jeff Street BAOC DNS
Combo Orange Course (8.7 km, 130 m climb, 27 controls)
Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 Greg Khanlarov BAOC 1:06:03 2:25
2 Wayne Staats BAOC 1:09:45 3:42 1:52
3 John Richardson BAOC 1:13:48 7:45 5:46
4 Graham Brew BAOC 1:14:27 8:24 5:16
5 Josef Estrada-Ledesma CHSOC 1:19:32 13:29 3:25
6 Tapio Karras BAOC 1:20:07 14:04 2:08
7 Theo Verhoeven BAOC 1:30:31 24:28 5:22
8 Deron van Hoff BAOC 1:32:44 26:41 6:33
9 Ronald Ward CHSOC 1:36:26 30:23 13:34
10 Tac Sugiyama BAOC 1:37:39 31:36 5:10
11 Jake Niebaum BAOC 1:47:56 41:53 23:26
12 Joshua Zhanson BAOC 1:56:00 49:57 15:57
13 Anna Shane CHSOC 1:57:08 51:05 25:02
14 Gideon Feuling CHSOC 1:58:05 52:02 28:06
15 Jerry Skirvin BAOC 2:06:09 60:06 32:03
16 Peter Woodbury CHSOC 2:12:44 66:41 28:53
17 Geoffrey Sears BAOC 2:19:45 73:42 19:39
18 Team Howlers BAOC 3:11:18 125:15 35:43
Kathleen Lan BAOC DNS
Rita Freimuth BAOC DNS
DNF
= Did not finish (one or more controls
missed)
DNS
= Did not start
DSQ
= Disqualified
MSP
= Mispunched (one or more incorrect
controls)
OVT
= Overtime
RouteGadget
AttackPoint