Mississippi Bar

May 7, 2005

 

By Jennifer Kerr

     Rain the day before, rain the day after, but we had a beautiful sunny spring day for our meet at Mississippi Bar. About 111 people came, including ROTC teens, Scouts, newcomers and GCO and Bay Area Orienteering Club vets.

     Dave Ingram set some fun and challenging courses that visited the park’s varied attractions. The orange, brown and red courses spent considerable time atop the rock piles and furrows. The wildflowers and butterflies just added to the pleasant day.

     Lou and Ellen Nishimura won the white course in 36:20. Tops on yellow were Katrina Alaimo, Brendyn Sullivan and Ryon Miller of Rio Linda JROTC, their second course of the day. Winners on orange were Web Jordan, Linda Koziol and Rachel Hansen of BAOC in 74:20. BAOC’s Steve Gregg took brown in 51:25. Martin Kunz of BAOC was victorious on red in 55:35.

     The volunteers made the meet run quite smoothly and I thank them for stepping forward. Besides coursesetter Dave, there were Stew Hintz, who made maps and clue sheets and ran starts; Art Livingston and Ed Quartemont, who handled registration; Dave Takacs who took care of finishes; and Dwight Freund and Pete Olsen who helped with control pickups.

     The results (*=second course):

 

White 3.4k

1. Lou, Ellen Nishimura                                                 36:30

2. Roy, Bridget Malone                                                  44:55

3. Geoff Dinger                                                         48:10

4. Nicholas Spiegel, Brendyn Sullivan, Ryon Miller Rio    Linda JROTC   52:24

5. Katrina Alaimo, Wesly Peterson Rio Linda JROTC                       57:48

6. Gwen Greer, Tyler Curl, Rio Linda JROTC                              65:55

7. Carolann Higginson, Kris McLendon Rio Linda JROTC                    70:39

8. Alex, Andy Darrow                                                    71:48

9. Glen, Becki, Daniel, Grant, David Maxson Boy Scout Troop 52          78:35

10. Barry, Brady Haycock                                                78:40

11. Nicole Howe   Enterprise JROTC                                      79:29

12. Timothy Smith, Lynette Okoroike Rio Linda JROTC                     81:10

13. Barbara McKee  Enterprise JROTC                                     85:35

14. Sarah Howe  Enterprise JROTC                                        89:35

15. Andrew McGaffie                                                     92:15

16. Bill Manos, Pat, Austin, John, Bill, Robert Cub Scout Pack 149, Den 5

                                                                        98:53

17. Landy, Matthew Darrow                                               102:10

18. David Swearingen, Kevin, Andy Richardson Boy Scout Troop 38         116:10

19. Dawn Casasola                                                       153:36

    Joe Nardella                                                        DNF

    Tom, Jacob Privett; Robert Feuillant, Jeff  Boy Scout Troop 149      DNF

 

 

Yellow 4.2k

*1. Katrina Alaimo, Brendyn Sullivan, Ryon Miller Rio Linda JROTC       78:52

2. Chuck, Jarrett, Evan Clark; Rylie Silva                              83:30

*3. Gwen Greer, Nick Spiegel, Wes Peterson, Tyler Curl Rio Linda JROTC      90:40

4. Gary Cook                                                            117:25

5. Penelope Trueblood, Brian Lagomarsino                                139:35

6. Cyndi, Justin Jensen; Chase Cardwell, Michael Gonzales; Jacob,

Phillip Dye Capital Christian Center Royal Rangers                      153:30

7. Kyle Grashoff   Enterprise JROTC                                     186:15

8. Ken, Daria Roe  GCO                                                  195:05

   John Tyler                                                           DNF

   Cassie DeHaan, Eric Chappell                                         DNF

   Michael DeNera, William Hay Fairfield AFJROTC                        DNF

   Joshua Talley, Jonathan Saplan Fairfield AFJROTC                     DNF

   Jane Bordalo, Mike Beaver                                            DNF

   *Sara Howe Enterprise JROTC                                          DNF

   *Nicole Howe Enterprise JROTC                                        DNF

   *Barbara McKee  Enterprise JROTC                                     DNF

 

 

 

Orange 4.2k

1. Web Jordan, Linda Koziol, Rachel Hansen BAOC                         74:20

2. Peter Pensotti                                                       84:26

3. Mike Werner   GCO                                                    117:12

4. Anne Barrington, Sandra Rosas                                        157:40

5. Carol Stryker                                                        168:40

6. Linda Eckhart, Scott Clark                                           176:30

7. Tom, Corinne, Tyler Esser                                            177:04

   Kevin Walker  BAOC                                                   DNF

   David Springer BAOC                                                  DNF

   Steiner Uss                                                          DNF

   Tim Fish BAOC

 

 

Brown 4.4k

1. Steve Gregg BAOC                                                     51:25

*2. Peter Pensotti                                                      68:16

3. Richard Wood, Michael Chastaine                                      72:04

4. Brian Peterson GCO                                                   83:32

5. Dwight Freund GCO                                                    83:50

6. Jennifer Kerr GCO                                                    85:15

7. Marsha Jacobs GCO                                                    98:22

8. Art Livingston GCO                                                   119:25

9. Carol Schick BAOC                                                    139:59

10. Trinka Gillis BAOC                                                  144:26

    Rosemary Johnson BAOC                                               DNF

 

Red 6.4k

1. Martin Kunz BAOC                                                     55:35

2. Pete Olsten GCO                                                      84:45

3. Nad Nubthar                                                          89:55

4. Rex Winterbottom BAOC                                                91:12

5. Chuck Lyda BAOC                                                      95:22

6. Peter Graham BAOC                                                    113:30

7. Jeremy, Mike Olson  Team Lucky                                       126:22

8. Derek Daun                                                           213:30

   Roy Malone                                                           DNF

   Charles Locke                                                        DNF

   Gary Kraght BAOC                                                     DNF

   *Richard Wood, Michael Chastaine                                     DNF

   Kent Hoxsey                                                          DNF

 

Participants (not counting second courses):

White: 46

Yellow: 24

Orange: 17

Brown: 11

Red: 13

Total: 111