By Scott Aster
What a turnout! A great crowd of orienteers came, saw, and conquered the courses this past Sunday at our first Summer Series event.
This event had a shaky start, as surprisingly, no club member volunteered ahead of time to be the Event Director. However, this club doesn't let such details stop us from going out and cruising through the incredible scenic and varied terrain. Multitudes of club members stepped up and took on rolls, all of which allowed for a fun day by the Golden Gate.
First time course setter Brian Ritchken, designed courses with challenging route choices, through much of the "wilderness" part of the park, as well as visiting some of the historic built up areas. At the finish I heard many participants comment how fun the courses were, and many commented on the great views they had, while trying to locate the next control on their course. I'm sure we'll all be looking forward to the next time Brian creates courses for us! I did notice that some people either missed or ignored his Course Setter Note about the advisability of wearing long pants due to the thick vegetation in places. Several of these folks came in with blood running down their legs, but nary a complaint was to be heard from them. Orienteers are tough, or thick headed, perhaps a bit of both!
The conditions were perfect for running, with fog, and occasional mist, keeping everyone cool, and with a bonus that the usual wind was almost non-existent!
Really about the only issue we had was that, near the end of the day, we ran out of maps for all three courses! This was due to my failure to check the on-line registration figures, which would have told me we needed to print more maps! Fortunately, we were off by only a few on each course, and by re-cycling maps of early finishers, I believe every one who wanted to go out on a course was able to.
As I mentioned above, this event wouldn't have occurred without club members stepping up and taking on the many roles.
- Deron Von Hoff obtained the permit and insurance for the event. He also set up the spreadsheet for people to sign themselves up for day-of rolls.
- Brian was critical to the success of the event as the course setter.
- Jeff Lanam, Tac Sugiyama, and several others (whose names unfortunately escape me) ran e-punch, while the erstwhile trio of Sarah Williams, Steve Haas, and Chuck Spalding handled registration.
- Graham Brew helped with early setup, and took the first start shift, relieved by Vicki Woolworth, and then Josh Zhanson.
- Kat Lan was everywhere, with early setup, directing people to registration and answering countless questions from newcomers. She was also part of the control-pick-up crew, and helped break down the event center at the end of the day.
- Sheila Cotter ran numerous beginners clinics, including one where I think I saw at least 20 people following her every word!
- Control pick up was quickly handled by the aforementioned Kat Lan and Josh Zhanson, as well as Olga Kraght, Drew Taplin, Tac Sugiyama, and course setter Brian Ritchken.
Thanks to everyone for coming out and making the even a success!
Scott Aster
North Bay Event Coordinator
Course Results
Beginner Course (2.0 km, 70 m climb, 9 controls)
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind
1 Kaz Montijo 19:32
2 Kento Montijo 19:39 0:07
3 Aaron Michaels 25:37 6:05
3 Ryan Michaels 25:37 6:05
5 No Opinion Running 26:24 6:52
6 Grant Birkinbine 27:53 8:21
7 Eleana Chiang 29:41 10:09
8 Robinson Kuo 29:44 10:12
9 Team Leah & Audra 31:05 11:33
10 Kevin Blomseth 31:45 12:13
11 Rucha Bedarkar BAOC 32:02 12:30
12 Yana Konovalenko BAOC 32:52 13:20
13 The Dancing Gorillas 35:19 15:47
14 Team Hendo 36:31 16:59
15 The Pirates 36:32 17:00
16 Isabella Pantoja CHSOC 37:32 18:00
17 Team Cheese 38:03 18:31
18 Yonbergs 42:28 22:56
19 Marnie 43:47 24:15
20 Anne Brinkman BAOC 44:55 25:23
21 Viaceslav Romanovskij 47:00 27:28
22 Brooke Staats BAOC 47:12 27:40
23 Amelia Schneider BAOC 50:05 30:33
24 Team Saucy 54:44 35:12
25 Grace & Ronald 55:03 35:31
26 Team Grace & Rachel 56:26 36:54
27 Daria Titkina BAOC 57:55 38:23
28 Hill family 59:47 40:15
29 Bombardil Crocodilo 1:07:34 48:02
Atle Sundstrom BAOC DNF
Liv Sundstrom BAOC DNF
Nicole Campos DNF
Team Mousers DNF
Short Course (2.8 km, 185 m climb, 7 controls)
Pl Name(s) Club Time Behind
1 James Arthurton BAOC 29:03 (2nd course)
2 Ouri Karni BAOC 30:03 1:00 (2nd course)
3 Greg Khanlarov BAOC 31:05 2:02 (2nd course)
4 Weichun Fong BAOC 32:53 3:50 (2nd course)
5 Jonah Marne 33:13 4:10
6 Steve Gregg BAOC 35:29 6:26
7 The Grumps 37:20 8:17
8 Thor Sundstrom BAOC 38:03 9:00
9 Werner Haag BAOC 40:20 11:17
10 Kento Montijo 40:21 11:18 (2nd course)
11 Grant Birkinbime 40:29 11:26 (2nd course)
12 Kaz Montijo 40:37 11:34 (2nd course)
13 Dennis Wildfogel BAOC 42:40 13:37
14 Ronald Yeung 45:11 16:08
15 Mark Schneider BAOC 49:38 20:35
16 Vicki Woolworth NAVX 50:40 21:37
17 Sheila Cotter BAOC 51:40 22:37
18 Leah & Audra 51:50 22:47 (2nd course)
19 Irena Stefanova BAOC 52:05 23:02
20 No Opinion Running 53:56 24:53 (2nd course)
21 Anna Shane 55:27 26:24 (2nd course)
22 William Nguyen BAOC 56:41 27:38
23 Gary Kraght BAOC 57:42 28:39 (2nd course)
24 Team Yogurt 58:01 28:58
25 Team Cocoa 59:00 29:57
26 Neville Fernandes BAOC 1:00:56 31:53
27 The Dancing Gorillas 1:03:23 34:20 (2nd course)
28 Kevin Blomseth 1:03:31 34:28 (2nd course)
29 George Minarik BAOC 1:04:22 35:19
30 Nick Corsano BAOC 1:05:00 35:57
31 QAQ 1:06:44 37:41
32 Shawn Huang OUTAH 1:06:47 37:44
33 Sarah Williams BAOC 1:08:11 39:08
34 Team Mousers 1:08:31 39:28 (2nd course)
35 Randy Franklin & Ellie 1:18:01 48:58
36 Dan Greene BAOC 1:22:36 53:33
37 Jeff Lanam BAOC 1:22:46 53:43
38 Johanna Merriss BAOC 1:27:36 58:33
39 Rosemary Johnson BAOC 1:32:40 63:37
40 Wei Zeng BAOC 1:33:17 64:14
41 John Blakkan BAOC 1:34:27 65:24
42 Isabella Pantoja CHSOC 1:40:08 71:05 (2nd course)
43 Team MAP 1:42:03 73:00
44 Jennifer, Heather, & Carin 2:09:16 100:13
Clara Staats DNF
Evan Custer BAOC DNS
Steve Beuerman BAOC DNS
Long Course (4.9 km, 245 m climb, 12 controls)
Pl Name Club Time Behind
1 Yurii Konovalenko BAOC 39:28
2 Evgeny Kachanovsky BAOC 41:42 2:14
3 Paul Roome 43:03 3:35
4 François Léonard BAOC 43:45 4:17
5 Greg Khanlarov BAOC 44:17 4:49
6 Tyler Williams BAOC 45:09 5:41
7 Andrew Peterson NAVX 45:28 6:00
8 Petra Sundstrom BAOC 45:48 6:20
9 Wayne Staats BAOC 48:55 9:27
10 Ouri Karni BAOC 49:02 9:34
11 Drew Taplin BAOC 49:30 10:02
12 Quincy Rosenzweig BAOC 50:38 11:10
13 Graham Brew BAOC 50:42 11:14
14 Rex Winterbottom BAOC 51:59 12:31
15 James Arthurton BAOC 54:39 15:11
16 Ambrose Liu BAOC 55:35 16:07
17 John Richardson BAOC 55:46 16:18
18 Matteo Guareschi BAOC 56:32 17:04
19 Eric Rosenzweig BAOC 56:53 17:25
20 Tapio Karras BAOC 58:00 18:32
21 Kat Lan BAOC 58:52 19:24
22 Theo Verhoeven BAOC 58:58 19:30
23 Weichun Fong BAOC 59:01 19:33
24 Tom De Vre BAOC 59:30 20:02
25 Jan Cisar BAOC 59:39 20:11
26 Josh Munic BAOC 1:01:03 21:35
27 Olof Sundstrom BAOC 1:02:15 22:47
28 Chris Haney 1:05:01 25:33
29 David Colman BAOC 1:06:51 27:23
30 Marte Hoff Hagen NTNUI 1:08:24 28:56
31 Marie-Josée Parayre BAOC 1:09:01 29:33
32 Anna Shane CHSOC 1:10:19 30:51
33 Derek Maclean BAOC 1:10:48 31:20
34 Christopher Wray 1:11:13 31:45
35 Jason Lee BAOC 1:12:55 33:27
36 Logan Sternberg Truckee 1:14:28 35:00
37 Stephanie Maclean BAOC 1:14:53 35:25
38 Gavin Wyatt-Mair BAOC 1:15:24 35:56
39 Catherine Olsson BAOC 1:19:25 39:57
40 Gary Kraght BAOC 1:20:00 40:32
41 Michael Robinson BAOC 1:20:02 40:34
42 Alex Dubinchyk 1:20:30 41:02
43 Joshua Zhanson BAOC 1:21:10 41:42
44 Olga Kraght BAOC 1:22:36 43:08
45 Geoffrey Sears BAOC 1:24:30 45:02
46 Liam Reeder CHSOC 1:29:02 49:34
47 Jerry Skirvin BAOC 1:29:22 49:54
48 Enxun Wei BAOC 1:31:27 51:59
49 Chuck Spalding BAOC 1:32:24 52:56
50 Duck 1:33:12 53:44
51 Anders Oedlund 1:33:34 54:06
52 Claudia Montijo 1:33:37 54:09
53 Marie De Vre BAOC 1:36:24 56:56
54 Tiger SDO 1:37:11 57:43
55 Steve Haas BAOC 1:40:41 61:13
56 Anna Staats BAOC 1:48:19 68:51
57 Phillip Hoare NAVX 1:48:53 69:25
58 Olga Boiarynova 1:55:56 76:28
59 Jacob Deandheur 1:56:05 76:37
60 Sean Robinson BAOC 1:56:09 76:41
61 Roopa McNealis BAOC 2:03:10 83:42
62 Ellen Mouchawar BAOC 2:03:15 83:47
63 Miroslav Trubelja BAOC 2:03:17 83:49
64 Rhonda Stieber BAOC 2:03:22 83:54
65 Piper Jensick CHSOC 2:05:37 86:09
66 Shengye Wang BAOC 2:08:52 89:24
67 Akira Ramirez CHSOC 2:11:21 91:53
68 Emily Suitt-Payne CHSOC 2:12:40 93:12
69 Cash McIntyre CHSOC 2:17:02 97:34
70 Luyuan Lin BAOC 2:20:06 100:38
71 Team Bunnies BAOC 2:29:18 109:50
72 Steve O'Keefe 3:26:33 167:05
BBQ DNF
Matt Marlow BAOC DNF
Mirjana Spasojevic DNF
Tac Sugiyama BAOC DNF
Zander Rosenzweig BAOC DNF
2025 Summer Series Results
Short Competition: Event #1 Points and Standings
Pl Name Points
1 Steve Gregg 1000
2 Dennis Wildfogel 953
3 Werner Haag 897
4 Jonah Marne 804
5 Sheila Cotter 801
6 Vicki Woolworth 795
7 Irena Stefanova 714
8 Thor Sundstrom 702
9 George Minarik 632
10 Nick Corsano 614
11 Ronald Yeung 592
12 Mark Schneider 538
13 Sarah Williams 532
14 William Nguyen 526
15 Johanna Merriss 524
16 Rosemary Johnson 488
17 Neville Fernandes 446
18 Dan Greene 438
19 Jeff Lanam 432
20 Shawn Huang 400
21 John Blakkan 368
22 Wei Zeng 288
Scott Aster ED
Long Competition: Event #1 Points and Standings
Pl Name Points
1 François Léonard 1000
2 Yurii Konovalenko 996
3 Greg Khanlarov 963
3 Petra Sundstrom 963
5 Evgeny Kachanovsky 950
6 Andrew Peterson 907
7 Paul Roome 906
8 Graham Brew 848
9 Theo Verhoeven 844
10 Tyler Williams 839
11 Tapio Karras 833
12 Rex Winterbottom 827
13 Eric Rosenzweig 818
14 Wayne Staats 816
15 Ouri Karni 808
16 James Arthurton 807
17 Drew Taplin 765
18 Quincy Rosenzweig 748
19 Tom De Vre 710
20 Kathleen Lan 709
21 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 687
22 Stephanie Maclean 686
23 John Richardson 685
23 Marie-Josée Parayre 685
25 Ambrose Liu 681
26 Matteo Guareschi 670
27 Weichun Fong 666
28 Jan Cisar 659
29 Olof Sundstrom 657
30 Derek Maclean 651
31 Chuck Spalding 650
32 Gary Kraght 647
33 Olga Kraght 638
34 Josh Munic 620
35 Chris Haney 619
36 Anna Shane 616
37 Jason Lee 605
38 Marte Hoff Hagen 604
39 Geoffrey Sears 577
40 Steve Haas 572
41 David Colman 566
42 Michael Robinson 561
43 Christopher Wray 532
44 Catherine Olsson 527
45 Logan Sternberg 508
46 Phillip Hoare 502
47 Jerry Skirvin 493
48 Alex Dubinchyk 479
49 Joshua Zhanson 466
50 Liam Reeder 446
51 Marie De Vre 442
52 Claudia Montijo 441
53 Olga Boiarynova 438
54 Ellen Mouchawar 427
55 Roopa McNealis 422
56 Enxun Wei 418
57 Anna Staats 414
58 Anders Oedlund 404
59 Miroslav Trubelja 370
60 Piper Jensick 345
61 Jacob Deandheur 342
61 Sean Robinson 342
63 Rhonda Stieber 334
64 Akira Ramirez 330
65 Emily Suitt-Payne 326
66 Luyuan Lin 298
67 Cash McIntyre 296
68 Shengye Wang 295
69 Steve O'Keefe 284
Brian Ritchken CS
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