By Gary Kraght
BAOC has been celebrating National Orienteering Day (now National Orienteering Week) at the Presidio for many years, and we always get one of our best turnouts of the year. This year, we had a weekend of fun San Francisco orienteering, with the TrailCross and Golden Goat on Saturday at Golden Gate Park and the Presidio event on Sunday. We also introduced a new twist—the final event of the 2013 Scramble Series, along with traditional White and Yellow courses.
For the Scramble, there were 71 participants. Some went out solo, with others in teams of two or more. Because the Presidio is not a large park, there was a map exchange. This introduced an additional strategic element for the 90-minute participants, and many of the 3-hour participants. When was the optimum time to exchange maps for a new set of controls? Some chose to exchange early, some chose not to exchange at all. Some exchanged maps shortly before the time limit, just to see if there were any close-by controls on the new map that could be punched quickly to enhance their point total.
There were 960 total points between the two maps, and three people reached them all. Dennis Wilkinson achieved this feat in the incredible time of just over 2 hours. Andrew Peterson and Vladimir Gusiatnikov also achieved the maximum point total before their 3-hour time limit. For the 90-minute Scramble, Roman Zoller was the overall winner with 640 points, with Lori Huberman as top woman and David Harrison as top junior.
The White and Yellow courses were well attended, with 156 participants. The White course was won by Jaime Maclean in 27 minutes. On the Yellow course, we had a competition between six San Francisco high schools and Berkeley High School from across the bay. The runaway winner was Galileo High School, which snagged the first three places on Yellow. Congratulations to Galileo—who will win the high school competition next year?
It would not have been possible to put on this very successful National Orienteering Week event without a number of volunteers, many of whom did not do a course and just came to work. The course setters were Graham and Christine Brew, who set out all of the controls (with cables) on Sunday morning before the event. Bob Cooley not only printed, but also bagged the maps, and did a second printing run when the original estimate proved to be too low. The day-of-event volunteer honor roll included: Scott Aster, Ev & Jean Beuerman, Ralf Burgert, Greg Ehrensing, Peter Graube, Steve Haas, Steve Harrison, Rosemary Johnson, Judy Koehler, Olga Kraght, Jeff Lanam, Nancy Lindeman, Gavin Wyatt-Mair, Rex Winterbottom, and Roman Zoller. Thank you, everyone, and lets do it again next year!
1 Galileo 934 points
2 George Washington 810 points
3 Lowell 797 points
4 Berkeley 571 points
5 Abraham Lincoln 499 points
6 Balboa 237 points
7 Burton 190 points
White Course
Pl Name(s) Time
1 Jamie Maclean 27:42
2 Sarah Mayo, Dalton McLaughlin 45:07
3 Mikayel, Artyom, & Arman Muradyan,
Gayane Mirzoyan 57:00
4 Seiya Adem, Carl Stott, Nick Sorell 1:08:30
Yellow Course
Pl Name(s) Time
1 Will Bunting, Phu Truong, Anthony Tran 32:31
2 Kevin Chow, Steve Ung, Herman Chiu 35:44
3 Stanley Ng, Jenny Wang, Jacky Chen 36:25
4 Gordon Chevry, Stacey Kling, Samuel Wu,
Carmen Lule 36:32
5 Jacob Hagen, Anita Chen, Andrew Kan 37:28
6 Jim & Carolyn Scacchetti 38:00
7 Bethany Chan, Alexander Zhu, Drew Min 40:14
8 Jeffrey Chen, Claudia Chen, John Bonifacio 41:37
9 Alex Liu, Claire Ma, Richard Liu 42:03
10 Mark, Victoria, Jonah & Adam Nassi 43:17
11 Hope Fa-Kaji 44:10
12 Andrew Chen, Jana Quan, Steven Lam 44:50
13 Justin Lucas, Manny San Andreas, Kelly Huang 45:59
14 Jihao Chen, Gina Ni, Cyril Fong 46:23
15 Serena Tsui, Floyd Santiago, Arthur Wong 47:08
16 Ian Rose, Alexandra Gunn, Daniel Yang 48:12
17 Anthony Fang, Alexander Wong, Salomon Cazares 50:05
18 Kelly Tran, Victor Cen, Prashansa Gurung 50:43
19 Susan Chang, Simon Chang-Huang 55:36
20 Kenneth Perez, Maureen Moreno, Gordon Chong 56:26
21 Melissa, Dennis Jr, Watt, & Molly Wilkinson 57:20
22 Sherman Cai, Carmen Chen, James Lee 57:55
23 Antonia Loh, Kennedy Lee, Swain Wong 57:59
24 Jared Chu, Cynthia Van, Roy Kunisaki 1:02:19
25 Kolsoum Hoertkorn 1:03:09
26 Troy Kaji 1:03:20
27 Pat & Stacy Collins 1:05:50
28 Evelyn Malamut 1:07:25
29 Preston Chu, Ezra Quianzon, Steven Lau 1:10:26
30 Amira Goble, Sylvia Freifeld 1:12:12
31 Manny & Leo Nascimento 1:13:15
32 Mike Frederick, Teresa, Isabel, & Aires Souto 1:13:27
33 Anton, Sasha, & Maria Kourakin 1:14:29
34 Cliff Sorrell, Ramon Calhoun, Sara McBarnette,
Clayton Anderson 1:25:15
35 Christopher Tan, Victor Lui, Jason Pang 1:26:31
36 Stanley Tam, John Lau, Benny Liu 1:26:56
37 Lillian Fleer, Zoe Polk, Carla Crutcher 1:27:15
38 Brad & Alex Wetmore 1:28:00
39 Danielle Chen, Xinru Luan, Chris O'Neil 1:29:34
40 Irene Cen, Elizabeth Chen, Haley Feng 1:35:02
41 Zoe 1:39:07
42 Joshua Jue 1:39:10
43 Cindia Cole 1:39:59
44 Miles Iwanchuk 1:40:02
45 Timothy Jue 1:40:10
46 Graham Ivanchuck 1:42:00
47 Tyson Jue 1:43:05
48 Audrey Whitney 1:44:05
49 Jason & Braydon Rollins 1:46:00
50 Russ Iwanchuk 1:46:55
51 Cameron Wong, Rachel Sweeney, Michael Chen 1:48:42
52 Sabrina Chu, Jonathan Chu, Benson Wu 1:50:47
53 Sal & Matteo Russo, Nick Brink 2:06:10
54 Scott, Conner & Chad Edwards 2:08:10
55 James, Christina & Benji Hazard 2:09:50
DNF – Missing #9
Garsin Yu, Joseph Hsia
Catharine Chiu, Farheen Rehman, Chloe Lee
Henderson Lu, Jason Bolano, Pauline Shieh
Stephen Walsh
DNF
Roy Adam
Scramble Results by Class
Pl Name(s) Points Time Penalty Score
Open Men 90 (90 min limit, 970 points max.)
1 Roman Zoller 660 1:29:05 660
2 Stephen Harrison 470 1:28:05 470
3 Rex Winterbottom 440 1:23:34 440
4 Jason Reed 410 1:28:03 410
5 Stephen Granger-Bevan 440 1:32:10 -60 380
6 John Moellering 250 1:30:02 -20 230
7 Scott Sampson 240 0 (no Finish punch)
Open Women 90 (90 min limit, 970 points max.)
1 Lori Huberman 410 1:32:55 -60 350
Open Mixed 90 (90 min limit, 970 points max.)
1 Travelong Tortoises:
Mikkel & Lauren 450 1:26:51 450
2 T24-4 Melissa, Yingtsu & Mark 270 1:29:56 270
3 Ooba Looba: Samantha & Paul 350 1:33:49 -80 270
Masters Men 90 (90 min limit, 970 points max.)
1 Greg Ehrensing 390 1:21:32 390
Masters Women (90 min limit, 970 points max.)
1 Nancy Lindeman 180 1:28:38 180
Family 90 (4) (90 min limit, 970 points max.)
1 Team Hiyai: Ray & Kai Rosenbaum 220 1:20:39 220
2 Andrew, Natalie & Susan Kim 220 1:20:56 220
3 William Barnes 210 1:18:40 210
4 Schreibstein & Shupte 30 1:07:27 30
Junior Boys 90 (90 min limit, 970 points max.)
1 David Harrison 470 1:28:07 470
2 Fillan Swift 400 1:24:24 400
3 Jack Barnes 380 1:26:52 380
4 Clifton Sorrell & Alfred Yoon 240 1:29:21 240
5 T24-2 Jordan & Colte 230 1:22:16 230
6 Alec Thilmony & Gabe Walden 210 1:21:37 210
7 Aaron Trego & Kieran Halloran 210 1:28:13 210
Open Men 180 (3 hr limit 38 C 970 Pts
1 Dennis Wilkinson 970 2:11:13 970
2 Andrew Peterson 970 2:38:23 970
3 Vladimir Gusiatnikov 970 2:43:49 970
4 Mark Prior 960 2:29:28 960
5 Mladen Kolar 880 3:02:31 -60 820
6 Damian Swift 730 2:59:14 730
7 Denis Kourakin 690 2:53:36 690
8 Ralf Burgert 690 2:55:58 690
Open Mixed 180 (3 hr limit 38 C 970 Pts
1 Derek & Stephanie MacLean 700 3:03:29 -80 620
2 Team Heisenberg: Susan & Lai 470 2:41:19 470
3 Jessica Nguyen, Michael Hard 270 2:55:52 270
Masters Men 180 (3 hr limit 38 C 970 Pts
1 Greg Favor 870 2:58:20 870
2 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 640 2:52:24 640
3 Geoffrey Sears 640 2:56:28 640
4 Bruce Moore 790 3:07:45 -160 630
5 Steve Haas, Bill Follette 570 2:58:59 570
6 Steve Beuerman 380 2:40:06 380
7 Steve O'Keefe 370 2:50:43 370
Masters Mixed 180 (3 hr limit 38 C 970 Pts
1 Judy & Tom Cronin 480 2:46:10 480
Family 180 (3 hr limit 38 C 970 Pts
1 Quincy & Eric Rosensweig 780 2:56:14 780
2 Joanne Quieroz, Julia & Victor
Gavrilenko 250 2:56:16 250
3 Geoffry & Sam Brown 180 1:58:31 180
Juniors Mixed 180 (3 hr limit 38 C 970 Pts
1 Patrick Queiroz, Dennis & Emily
Gavrilenko 400 2:54:57 400
Scramble Results by Score
Scramble (38 controls, 970 points maximum)
Pl Name(s) Class Points Time Penalty Score
1 Dennis Wilkinson OM-180 970 2:11:13 970
2 Andrew Peterson OM-180 970 2:38:23 970
3 Vladimir Gusiatnikov OM-180 970 2:43:49 970
4 Mark Prior OM-180 960 2:29:28 960
5 Greg Favor MM-180 870 2:58:20 870
6 Mladen Kolar OM-180 880 3:02:31 -60 820
7 Quincy & Eric Rosensweig Fam-180 780 2:56:14 780
8 Damian Swift OM-180 730 2:59:14 730
9 Denis Kourakin OM-180 690 2:53:36 690
10 Ralf Burgert OM-180 690 2:55:58 690
11 Roman Zoller OM-90 660 1:29:05 660
12 Gavin Wyatt-Mair MM-180 640 2:52:24 640
13 Geoffrey Sears MM-180 640 2:56:28 640
14 Bruce Moore MM-180 790 3:07:45 -160 630
15 Derek & Stephanie MacLean OX-180 700 3:03:29 -80 620
16 Steve Haas, Bill Follette MM-180 570 2:58:59 570
17 Judy & Tom Cronin MX-180 480 2:46:10 480
18 Stephen Harrison OM-90 470 1:28:05 470
19 David Harrison JB-90 470 1:28:07 470
20 Team Heisenberg: Susan & Lai OX-180 470 2:41:19 470
21 Travelong Tortoises:
Mikkel & Lauren OX-90 450 1:26:51 450
22 Rex Winterbottom OM-90 440 1:23:34 440
23 Jason Reed OM-90 410 1:28:03 410
24 Fillan Swift JB-90 400 1:24:24 400
25 Patrick Queiroz, Dennis & Emily
Gavrilenko JX-180 400 2:54:57 400
26 Greg Ehrensing MM-90 390 1:21:32 390
27 Jack Barnes JB-90 380 1:26:52 380
28 Stephen Granger-Bevan OM-90 440 1:32:10 -60 380
29 Steve Beuerman MM-180 380 2:40:06 380
30 Steve O'Keefe MM-180 370 2:50:43 370
31 Lori Huberman OW-90 410 1:32:55 -60 350
32 T24-4 Melissa, Yingtsu, & Mark OX-90 270 1:29:56 270
33 Ooba Looba: Samantha & Paul OX-90 350 1:33:49 -80 270
34 Jessica Nguyen, Michael Hard OX-180 270 2:55:52 270
35 Joanne Quieroz, Julia & Victor
Gavrilenko Fam-180 250 2:56:16 250
36 Clifton Sorrell, Alfred Yoon JB-90 240 1:29:21 240
37 T24-2 Jordan & Colte JB-90 230 1:22:16 230
38 John Moellering OM-90 250 1:30:02 -20 230
39 Team Hiyai: Ray & Kai Rosenbaum Fam-90 220 1:20:39 220
40 Andrew, Natalie & Susan Kim Fam-90 220 1:20:56 220
41 William Barnes Fam-90 210 1:18:40 210
42 Alec Thilmony, Gabe Walden JB-90 210 1:21:37 210
43 Aaron Trego, Kieran Halloran JB-90 210 1:28:13 210
44 Nancy Lindeman MW-90 180 1:28:38 180
45 Geoffry & Sam Brown Fam-180 180 1:58:31 180
46 Schreibstein & Shupte Fam-90 30 1:07:27 30
47 Scott Sampson OM-90 240 0 (no Finish punch)
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