Buckeye Hills: Long-O, Score-O, Adventure Race
Results
Saturday, January 9, 2021


Links

Maps Tracks Photos
Score-O
Long-O
Livelox Video
Photos


Writeup

Less than 24 hours before our Buckeye Hills events, we discovered that our efforts to obtain insurance for the navigation-by-bicycle part of our events were not yet finished. With no insurance, we were forced to cancel the bicycle part of our events. Instead, with maps already created, we offered a "Long-O" option that took participants through a slightly expanded area surrounding Buckeye Hills. We're happy to say that we recovered from the last minute change without too much impact on our particpants.

For the adventure race, we typically send partipants out on a bicycle course then follow with a foot orienteering course. This time, we gave partipants both maps and allowed them to find as many destination markers, in any order, in the 5-hour time limit. The controls on both maps were actually in the same general area so it was probably more efficient to visit all the destinations on foot. Andy Wentzel and Cameron Ferguson were the only two to visit all destinations on both maps. Our friends from Flagstaff (Amber Tinstman, Bella Naughton, and Kevin Adams) also traveled to most of the destinations. Special recognition for "Most Improved" goes out to Team PIP. Last month, for their first ever attempt at one of our events, they were able to find one of the destination markers. At Buckeye Hills, they visited 22 destinations. We hope with a little practice they'll become contenders at any navigation event.

Mike Zampino was the only participant to visit all 27 of the controls in our 4-hour Score-O event. Coming in close behind was Hollon Kinney who visited 23 destinations. Hollon made an age-related excuse and suggested we have some type of handicap system for future events. We had a tight finish for 3rd place with Jaclyn Taylor, Steve Willman, and Peg Davis visiting a similar number of controls. In our 2-hour event, Erik Ringnes edged out Brian Durrell for the top spot. Fehmi Eren and Gary Hickey were close behind. Gary actually visited the same number of destination markers as Erik, but Erik's route took him to higher point-value destinations.

We had a total of 38 particpants in our Score-O events. Everyone enjoyed the mild January weather (~68F) and interesting desert terrain around the Buckeye Hills Regional Park. We thank park officials for allowing us to stage our event in the park. We also thank everyone who attended our Buckeye Hills events. Our biggest payoff for the work we put into staging orienteering events is your participation. Thanks to Dan Yamashiro for all he did to set the courses, to Jeff Brucker and his family who drove 3 hours just to help with control retrieval, to Shane Lacanienta for his help advertising and documenting our events, to Glenn Haselfeld who helped with control retrieval in spite of a bad tendinitis in his foot, and to all our other volunteers. We hope to see everyone at a future event.


Volunteers

Course Setters: Dan Yamashiro, Ron Birks
Meet Directors: Dan Yamashiro, Ron Birks
Bag Hangers: Dan Yamashiro
Water Station Setup: None
Equipment Hauling: Ron Birks, Kathi Douglas
Setup/Tear-down: Ron Birks, Dan Yamashiro, Kevin Adams
Registration Table: Dan Yamashiro, Ron Birks
Timing Table: Dan Yamashiro, Ron Birks
Beginners Clinic: None
Control Retrieval: Jeff Brucker, Irene Fabig, Gary Hickey, Glenn Haselfeld, Andy Wentzel, Erik Ringnes, Dan Yamashiro
Tabulating Results: Ron Birks

Adventure Race Summary

Course Statistics  
Score-O  
Number of Controls 27
Straight-Line Distance (km) 14.8
Climb (m) 360
Long-O  
Number of Controls 10
Straight-Line Distance (km) 23.2
Climb (m) 220
Event Info  
Total Participants 12
Number of Minutes 300
Penalty Per 5 Minutes 1

Adventure Race Results

Overall
Place
Name Long-O
Points
Score-O
Points
Penalty Final
Score
Elapsed
Time
Total
Category M F TM TF TX Team Members, Club Data, etc.
1 Andy Wentzel 10 27 0 37 3:39:45 M 1
2 Cameron Ferguson 10 27 0 37 4:48:47 M 2
3 Flag Chicks 9 25 0 34 4:35:20 TF 1 Amber Tinstman, Bella Naughton
4 Kevin Adams 6 23 0 29 4:57:55 M 3
5 Glenn Haselfeld 10 12 0 22 4:48:20 M 4
6 PIP 7 15 0 22 4:52:06 TM 1 Adrian Barrios, Matt Greer, Nick Perna
7 AR-AZ 4 15 0 19 4:54:04 M 5 John Arana
8 The Flowers 1 16 0 17 4:31:05 TX 1 Chris Flowers, Heather Flowers

Score-O Summary

Course Statistics  
Total Points 770
Number of Controls 27
Straight-Line Distance (km) 14.8
Climb (m) 360
Total Participants 38
Number of Minutes 120/240
Penalty Per Minute 10

Score-O Results

Finish Name Total Points Penalty Final Points Num Controls Time Category M F TM TF TX Team Members
4-Hour
1 Mike Zampino 770 0 770 27 3:26:31 M 1
2 Hollon Kinney 680 0 680 23 3:50:40 M 2
3 Jaclyn Taylor 470 0 470 16 3:52:20 F 1
4 Steve Willman 470 0 470 17 3:58:55 M 3
5 Peg Davis 460 0 460 17 3:47:20 F 2
6 Betty DeThomasis 320 0 320 11 3:48:40 F 3
7 Highlanders 270 0 270 10 3:52:04 TF 1 Zena Basu, Susan Wenberg
2-Hour
1 Erik Ringnes 490 0 490 16 1:59:05 M 1
2 Brian Durrell 430 0 430 15 1:59:50 M 2
3 Fehmi Enes Eren 360 0 360 13 1:28:54 M 3
4 Gary Hickey 370 10 360 16 2:00:40 M 4
5 Heroes 280 0 280 10 1:26:48 TM 1 Irfan Batur, Vedat Teke
6 Team Maui 280 0 280 11 1:56:30 TX 1 Shane Lacanienta, Chantelle Lacanienta
7 Wayne Cottrell 310 30 280 11 2:02:15 M 5
8 John Flores 250 0 250 9 1:56:45 M 6
9 J&K 210 0 210 8 1:48:00 TX 2 Jared Lacanienta, Keiahna Lacanienta
10 Jon Ferlise 230 30 200 7 2:02:30 M 7
11 Team Payson 160 0 160 7 1:46:50 TF 1 Sarah Pirzada, Sierra Webber
12 T.J. Kuhn 160 0 160 9 1:54:35 M 8
13 Javalinas 150 0 150 8 1:59:29 TX 3 James Breyfogle, Nathan Breyfogle, Emilie Steinhoff
14 Eigen Monkeys 140 0 140 5 1:54:02 TM 2 Brent Nebeker, Ashton Nebeker
15 Heather McLean 120 0 120 7 1:55:02 F 1
16 Chatty Massy 110 0 110 5 1:30:45 TX 4 Janelle Warner, Philip Massy
17 Sophie Naughton 110 0 110 5 1:59:05 F 2
18 Adam Melle 70 0 70 5 1:02:40 M 9
19 Phase I 70 0 70 4 1:52:28 TF 2 Debbie Gallagher, Pam Griffin
20 Team 869 150 130 20 5 2:12:01 TX 5 Emilee Adatia, Nolan Adatia

Long-O Summary

Course Statistics  
Number of Controls 10
Straight-Line Distance (km) 23.2
Climb (m) 220
Total Participants 3
Number of Minutes 180
Penalty Per 5 Minutes 1

Long-O Results

Finish Name Total Points Penalty Final Points Num Controls Time Category M F TM TF TX Team Members
1 Irene Fabig 9 0 9 F 1
2 Roadrunners 8 0 8 TX 1 Telia Curtis, Justin St. Clair