Griffith Park Navigation Challenge

Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA

Sunday, March 27, 2022

Griffith Park decided that they did not want us putting out our usual controls, so for the first time we tried using the MapRun app as the punching system for an in-person event. Most things went pretty smoothly, but we also learned along the way. We tried having pin flags with codes as a backup manual system, but we lost about a third of them, so it didn't work very well. It was important that people could download the course in advance. This could be a problem if the assembly area doesn't have service or a place close by to get service. It is likely that next year, we will do this event entirely with the app and not put out anything physical. We'd love to hear feedback on how you liked using the app at this event.

The course had a total of 36 controls with a total of 2,360 points available and four hours to get what you could. Alex Kiperman achieved the high score of the day visiting 27 controls for a score of 1,820 points. La Habra NJROTC Team 2 with 960 points was the top score for any entry that included a female. Mikhail and Sergey Biryukov amassed 1,360 points to be the top entry that included a Junior member.

Candy bar awards were distributed to the top scorers in the categories shown in the results below.

The MapRun app creates its own results file which also links to a routegadget where you can see everyone's route. Some official results do not match the MapRun results due to score adjustments made by the organizers.

Thanks to all the volunteers who made this event possible:

Course Design - Clare Durand

Pin Flag setting and Pickup - Rich Hoesly, Chris Cassone, Clare Durand, Karen Murphy

Preregistration - Allan Pincus

Start/Finish - Harvey Woo

Instruction - Gary Dolgin, Chris Cassone

Event Announcement

Place

Overall in Name Club Course Score

Class

1 1 Alexander Kiperman LAOC Male open 1820

2 2 Searching for Catan LAOC Male open 1660

3 3 Lorenzo Rossi LAOC Male open 1630

4 1 Ron Sandvick SDO Male masters 1390

5 1 Mikhail and Sergey LAOC Mixed age team 1360

6 2 Eugene Kiperman LAOC Male masters 1300

7 3 Richard Dekany LAOC Male masters 1230

8 4 Wayne Cottrell LAOC Male masters 1140

9 5 John","Kuechle LAOC Male masters 1090

10 4 sage thompson LAOC Male open 1050

11 6 Joseph He LAOC Male masters 980

12 1 LaHabra NJROTC 2 None Coed Juniors 960

13 5 Adam Reilly None Male open 960

14 2 Jennifer and Jeremy None Mixed age team 950

15 3 The Harnettis None Mixed age team 940

16 7 Alan Van Drie None Male Masters 930

17 1 Laun Gone LAOC Coed Team 900

18 6 Sergei Vinnichenko None Male open 880

19 1 Marten Malelu None Female Open 850

20 2 La Habra NJROTC 1 None Coed Juniors 810

21 2 CPA None","Coed Team 800

22 7 The Lost Boys None Male open 770

23 2 Clownfishin' None Female Open 710

24 3 Team Hart None Coed Team 700

25 3 Bikegirlz LAOC Female Open 620

26 4 Brown Fox LAOC Coed Team 500

27 4 Intrepid None Mixed age team 280

28 4 Elena Vinnichenko None Female Open 250

29 8 Orientears None Male open 220

30 5 Kroger / W. Reilly None Coed Team 160

31 Heuer-Jones None Mixed age team DNF

32 John Grieshaber LAOC Male open OT

33 MARS None Coed Team OT

34 Team Lauper LAOC Mixed age team OT