By Gavin Wyatt-Mair
We had overcast, unseasonably cool weather, a great turnout, and plenty of fun at this year's Briones event and 14th Bay Area Scout Orienteering Championships.
There were 637 pre-registered scouts from 60 troops, over 50 adult advisors, and 115 BAOC participants, for a total of over 800 runners. Maybe a record?
There was a controlled burn that took place on the Friday before the meet, and it did encroach on the courses. However, it did not affect the event negatively, so it was no problem.
Thank you!
We would like to thank the East Bay Regional Park District and the Briones Park rangers for their support. The Park Rangers were particularly helpful with parking, access, and advice, and we are very grateful to them. The scouts would like to thank BAOC for sponsoring the Scout-O event and helping scouting out. Thanks also to all the parents and scout leaders who took the time to bring their scouts to a day of orienteering.
Some Special Thanks
This year, Alan Houser took up the task of designing the Scout courses. This takes a lot of time, especially in Briones where options are limited, and Alan did a fine job. Thanks Alan — it looks like you are ready for the big time!
As has now become customary, e-punch on all courses provides a level of automation that is indispensable for such a big event. Jay Hann's fancy software was able to calculate the scores in short order again, based on the e-punch output (thanks E-punch team!), so we had minimal delays in getting results.
The start for many troops was delayed by as much as 35 minutes, probably because some troops jumped the queue. So the afternoon score-o only started at 2:14 pm, and finished at 3:24 pm. Despite the delay, the awards ceremony took place soon after 4 pm, earlier than most prior years, and this is a tribute to the efficiency of e-punch and Jay Hann's results calculator. Thanks, e-punch team, and thanks, Jay!
Penny and Harold DeMoss were again awesome: They planned the start area, erected it, ran it, dismantled it, and worked so hard they did not get to run a course. Then they picked up controls on Monday. Many thanks!
To All Our Helpers
Thank you very much. With such a large attendance, help was the most essential element of the meet, and you all did a wonderful job! To those whom I have left out (and I'm sure I have, since there were so many ad-hoc volunteers), please accept my thanks, too. And of course, thanks to my family (Nina, Kelsey, Wendy) for all their help and patience — typing, stuffing packets, telephone calls, mailings, recruiting, results, and putting up with the disruption.
Once again, BAOC members excelled and showed the club's true colors with all their help and encouragement. Here is this year's list of helpers with caveat: I simply couldn't record all the helpers and help that was given, so please, if your name is omitted, we are still very very grateful and I apologize for the omission.
Alan Houser Course design (WYO), vetting, safety, pre-start, bag set, awards ceremony
Jay Hann Results, bag set, water, photos, bag pickup, search and rescue
Nina Tyksinski Pre-registration, 'phone calls, e-mail, packet stuffing
Bob Cooley 1100 Maps
Troop 200 Parking
Judy Koehler Scout packet stuffing and distribution, questions, instruction
Nancy Scout packet distribution, finish, questions
James Wilson Registration
Mark Blair Bag pickup, cleanup, results
Kelly Wells Bag pickup, cleanup
Anne Gorby Finish, results, awards ceremony, cleanup
Shirley Pierce Results, finish, cleanup
Terry Gleason Instruction, scout packet stuffing
Dean French Scout packet stuffing, questions
Penny deMoss Start, search and rescue, bag pickup
Harold deMoss Start, bag pickup
Roberta Pitsenbarger Finish
Grace Tang Finish
Trinka Gillis E-punch
Terry Farrah E-punch, parking
Rosemary Johnson E-punch, permit
Jeff Lanam E-punch
Jim Fish E-punch
Mark Rice E-punch
Evan Custer E-punch, equipment
Ben Legg Instruction
Peter Graube Start, search and rescue
Nick Corsano Certificates, bag set
Joe Scarborough Medals
Pl Team Time
Course 1 (3.7 km, 140 m, 10 controls)
1 Pack 800 Team 3 58:07
2 Pack 294 Team 1 1:01:38
3 Troop 236.803 Team 5 1:03:54
4 Pack 800 Team 5 1:06:41
5 Troop 200 Team 1 1:10:32
6 GS Troop 1883 Team 2 1:10:52
7 Troop 465 Team 5 1:13:26
8 Pack 200 Team 6 1:15:00
9 Pack 403 Team 1 1:16:18
10 Pack 403 Team 3 1:17:09
11 Pack 800 Team 1 1:18:14
12 J GS Troop 304 Team 4 1:19:27
13 GS Troop 1053 Team 1 1:20:31
14 Troop 14 Team 5 1:22:07
15 Pack 200 Team 7 1:24:59
16 Pack 200 Team 8 1:25:06
17 Troop 241 Team 3 1:25:14
18 Troop 186 Team 2 1:25:37
19 GS Troop 352 Team 1 1:26:15
20 Pack 52 Team 2 1:28:00
21 Troop 948 Team 1 1:28:07
22 Troop 236.803 Team 3 1:28:42
23 Pack 800 Team 6 1:28:45
24 Pack 52 Team 1 1:28:46
25 Pack 403 Team 6 1:29:37
26 Pack 210 Team 6 1:30:06
27 Troop 236.803 Team 1 1:31:11
28 Pack 444 Team 1 1:31:31
29 Pack 403 Team 2 1:31:47
30 Troop 186 Team 1 1:32:49
31 Pack 800 Team 2 1:33:44
32 GS Troop 352 Team 3 1:33:45
33 GS Troop 1053 Team 2 1:34:14
34 Troop 66 Team 1 1:34:35
35 GS Troop 530 Team 1 1:35:45
36 GS Troop 530 Team 2 1:36:39
37 Pack 3 Team 1 1:37:04
38 GS Troop 352 Team 2 1:38:37
39 GS Troop 427 Team 1 1:38:40
40 Pack 444 Team 3 1:38:43
41 Pack 52 Team 4 1:39:00
42 Pack 444 Team 5 1:39:44
43 J GS Troop 304 Team 1 1:40:41
44 GS Troop 885 1:40:57
45 Pack 232 Team 1 1:41:02
46 Troop 948 Team 2 1:41:14
47 Pack 444 Team 2 1:41:17
48 Pack 210 Team 2 1:42:15
49 Troop 234 Team 2 1:42:42
50 Troop 234 Team 1 1:42:44
51 Pack 464 Team 3 1:43:01
52 Pack 210 Team 4 1:43:27
53 Pack 8 Team 1 1:45:08
54 Pack 232 Team 3 1:45:56
55 GS Troop 444 Team 1 1:46:17
56 Pack 200 Team 9 1:46:27
57 Pack 444 Team 4 1:47:36
58 Pack 403 Team 4 1:48:33
59 Pack 800 Team 4 1:48:46
60 GS Troop 1038 Team 2 1:49:02
61 J GS Troop 193 Team 1 1:50:26
62 Pack 841 Team 2 1:50:41
63 Troop 465 Team 1 1:50:53
64 Pack 210 Team 1 1:50:56
65 Pack 841 Team 1 1:52:48
66 Pack 52 Team 5 1:54:15
67 Pack 294 Team 3 1:54:23
68 GS Troop 1038 Team 1 1:54:33
69 J GS Troop 254 Team 2 2:02:25
70 J GS Troop 907 Team 2 2:04:36
71 GS Troop 1883 Team 3 2:09:32
72 Pack 52 Team 3 2:09:35
72 Pack 232 Team 2 2:09:35
74 GS Troop 1883 Team 1 2:10:35
75 Pack 403 Team 5 2:13:30
76 J GS Troop 1155 Team 1 2:13:37
77 J GS Troop 1155 Team 2 2:13:47
78 Troop 66 Team 6 2:14:54
79 Pack 52 Team 6 2:17:04
80 Pack 232 Team 4 2:17:28
81 J GS Troop 304 Team 2 2:22:42
82 GS Troop 304 Team 4 2:26:46
83 GS Troop 304 Team 3 2:28:17
84 GS Troop 304 Team 1 2:30:00
85 J GS Troop 254 Team 1 2:36:46
86 Pack 549 Team 1 2:38:43
87 Troop 221 Team 1 2:41:05
GS Troop 304 Team 2 MSP
J GS Troop 304 Team 3 MSP
Pack 815 Team 1 MSP
J GS Troop 1839 MSP
Pack 210 Team 3 DNF
Pack 294 Team 2 DNF
Pack 800 Team 7 DNF
GS Troop 440 Team 1 DNS
GS Troop 793 Team 14 DNS
Pack 232 Team 5 DNS
Pack 232 Team 6 DNS
Pack 841 Team 3 DNS
Course 2 (4.4 km, 155 m, 11 controls)
1 Troop 465 Team 4 52:14
2 Troop 95 Team 2 58:46
3 GS Troop 793 Team 6 1:07:17
4 GS Troop 793 Team 13 1:09:54
5 GS Troop 793 Team 7 1:11:56
6 Troop 95 Team 1 1:12:04
7 Troop 200 Team 2 1:14:12
8 Troop 14 Team 2 1:17:45
9 Troop 14 Team 3 1:18:02
10 Troop 200 Team 5 1:18:44
11 Troop 905 Team 3 1:19:38
12 Troop 237 Team 1 1:20:38
13 Troop 200 Team 3 1:22:36
14 Troop 14 Team 4 1:24:13
15 Troop 494 Team 5 1:25:00
16 Troop 948 Team 3 1:26:21
17 Troop 186 Team 3 1:27:40
18 Pack 464 Team 1 1:28:23
19 Pack 200 Team 3 1:30:48
20 Troop 494 Team 1 1:35:05
21 Troop 273 Team 2 1:35:29
22 Pack 200 Team 5 1:38:08
23 Troop 494 Team 4 1:41:12
24 Troop 30 Team 1 1:41:15
25 Troop 273 Team 1 1:42:16
26 GS Troop 793 Team 12 1:43:12
27 GS Troop 793 Team 11 1:43:19
28 Troop 66 Team 3 1:44:49
29 Troop 494 Team 3 1:45:02
30 Pack 200 Team 4 1:49:19
31 GS Troop 793 Team 10 1:55:01
32 GS Troop 793 Team 9 1:55:35
33 Pack 200 Team 1 1:56:49
34 Troop 444 Team 1 1:57:13
35 Troop 241 Team 2 1:58:06
36 Troop 494 Team 9 2:02:13
37 Pack 200 Team 2 2:03:09
38 GS Troop 2304 Team 1 2:05:19
39 Troop 494 Team 8 2:13:03
40 Troop 465 Team 2 2:14:18
41 Troop 494 Team 7 2:24:20
42 Troop 948 Team 4 2:24:30
43 Troop 494 Team 11 2:24:42
44 GS Troop 2379 Team 1 2:25:01
45 Troop 254 Team 1 2:25:25
46 Troop 1811 Team 1 2:26:08
47 GS Troop 63 Team 2 2:27:27
48 Pack 464 Team 4 2:28:17
49 Troop 405 Team 1 2:35:59
50 GS Troop 63 Team 1 2:44:01
51 Troop 8 Team 1 4:00:31
52 Troop 8 Team 2 4:01:10
GS Troop 2304 Team 2 MSP
Pack 464 Team 2 MSP
Troop 444 Team 2 MSP
Troop 444 Team 3 MSP
Troop 444 Team 4 MSP
Troop 66 Team 2 DNF
Troop 254 Team 2 DNF
GS Troop 793 Team 8 DNS
Pack 200 Team 10 DNS
Troop 236.803 Team 2 DNS
Troop 236.803 Team 4 DNS
Troop 236.803 Team 6 DNS
Troop 237 Team 2 DNS
Troop 237 Team 3 DNS
Troop 237 Team 4 DNS
Troop 254 Team 3 DNS
Troop 494 Team 6 DNS
Troop 494 Team 10 DNS
Troop 494 Team 19 DNS
Troop 1811 Team 2 DNS
Course 3 (5.1 km, 190 m, 12 controls)
1 Troop 66 Team 5 1:12:59
2 GS Troop 793 Team 4 1:36:15
3 GS Troop 793 Team 2 1:37:19
4 Troop 237 Team 6 1:44:15
5 Troop 24 Team 4 1:53:34
6 Troop 24 Team 3 1:54:28
7 Troop 237 Team 5 2:03:05
8 Troop 494 Team 14 2:10:31
9 GS Troop 793 Team 5 2:12:42
10 Troop 905 Team 2 2:15:22
11 Pack 210 Team 5 2:24:23
12 Troop 465 Team 3 2:25:35
13 Troop 905 Team 4 2:28:38
14 Troop 241 Team 1 2:29:20
15 Troop 494 Team 15 2:36:49
16 GS Troop 793 Team 1 2:40:22
17 Troop 444 Team 5 2:40:23
18 Troop 494 Team 18 3:00:21
19 Troop 494 Team 13 3:01:19
20 Troop 494 Team 12 3:10:29
21 Troop 62 3:18:09
22 Troop 494 Team 2 3:18:10
Troop 815 Team 1 DNF
Troop 66 Team 4 DNF
Troop 200 Team 6 DNF
Troop 494 Team 16 DNF
Troop 494 Team 17 DNF
GS Troop 793 Team 3 DNS
Troop 224 Team 1 DNS
Troop 237 Team 7 DNS
Troop 237 Team 8 DNS
Course 4 (5.5 km, 270 m, 13 controls)
1 Troop 24 Team 2 1:24:00
2 Troop 905 Team 1 1:27:01
3 Troop 24 Team 1 1:43:30
4 Troop 227 Team 2 2:17:31
5 Troop 227 Team 1 2:19:48
Adult (5.3 km, 180 m, 12 controls)
1 Troop 1811 Team 3 1:03:20
2 Troop 24 Team 5 1:27:35
3 Troop 14 Team 1 1:37:57
4 Troop 30 Team 2 1:52:09
5 Troop 95 Team 3 1:58:37
6 Troop 95 Team 5 2:44:18
7 Troop 95 Team 4 3:23:10
Troop 224 Team 2 DNS
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Afternoon Score-O Event
Score O (70-min limit, 28 controls, 406 points max.)
Pl Name Pts Time Pty Score
1 Troop 237, Ben Thomas 378 1:05:39 378
2 Troop 237, Trevor Langum 378 1:05:48 378
3 Troop 237, Tanner Cullen 378 1:05:51 378
4 Troop 465, Patrick Lucey 344 1:07:42 344
5 Troop 237, Matt Stewart 342 1:11:04 -10 332
6 Troop 465, Ryan Anderson 322 1:07:49 322
7 Troop 465, Jacob Broughton 322 1:07:56 322
8 Troop 793, Magda Holda 308 1:12:47 -15 293
9 Troop 793, Sara Puchalski 308 1:12:48 -15 293
10 Troop 793, Madria Fahri 308 1:12:49 -15 293
11 Troop 793, Conrad Holda 308 1:12:51 -15 293
12 Troop 793, Adrain Puchalski 308 1:12:52 -15 293
13 Troop 95, Ian Riley 289 1:01:08 289
14 Troop 24, Charles Mighetto 286 1:00:38 286
14 Troop 24, DaMarlynn Wright 286 1:00:38 286
16 Pack 210, Lauren Ackerman 283 1:09:20 283
17 Pack 210, Skyler Ackerman 283 1:09:40 283
18 Troop 95, Eric Houge 280 51:37 280
19 Troop 793, Patrick Kosinski 277 1:16:43 -35 242
20 Troop 793, David Puchalski 277 1:16:46 -35 242
21 Troop 793, Monica Kosinski 277 1:16:47 -35 242
22 Troop 793, Anais Sobcrale 277 1:16:48 -35 242
23 Troop 237, Serge Balian 242 1:12:53 -15 227
24 Troop 237, Alex. Jorgensen 237 1:12:26 -15 222
25 Troop 95, Carl Gardner 275 1:21:07 -60 215
26 Troop 30, Ronald Yeung 227 1:12:23 -15 212
27 Troop 30, Scott Johnson 227 1:12:50 -15 212
28 Troop 186, Kenneth Vasquez 254 1:18:10 -45 209
29 Troop 186, Zack Gillian 254 1:18:28 -45 209
30 Troop 186, Daniel Morgan 254 1:18:43 -45 209
31 Troop 95, Nowell W Petersn 189 1:05:36 189
32 Troop 465, Charlie Preisig 181 1:05:31 181
33 Troop 465, Steven Hasegawa 172 1:02:26 172
34 Troop 465, Chris Chin 172 1:02:28 172
35 Troop 30, Blake Pollitt 169 1:07:31 169
36 Troop 465, Devin McNally 164 1:02:35 164
37 Troop 793, V. Mataszewsski 153 56:56 153
38 Troop 186, Alex Morgan 144 1:08:20 144
39 Troop 186, Clayton Keleher 144 1:08:37 144
40 Troop 30, Steve Pollitt 114 1:07:09 114
41 Troop 465, Ryan McNally 98 49:07 98
42 Troop 465, Derek Weinmann 93 34:36 93
43 Troop 186, David Kautz 144 1:21:16 -60 84
44 Troop 186, Richard Grade 144 1:22:09 -65 79
Pack 210, Dante Monaldo DNS
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