Gold Rush Summer Challenge 2010 : Results

Team Synergy/Sno-Air won the Gold Rush Summer Challenge in 5:33. The long wet spring had filled foothill reservoirs and swollen the rivers. The Tuolumne river, the usual water section for the race was flowing with 2300 cfs, 5 times our usual race day flow. After pre- race reconnaissance the river was deemed too dangerous and the course re-routed to Don Pedro Lake which provided a beautiful paddling section. The dry dirt banks 50 or 100 ft in height for the past few years are covered with sparkling water and it made a great paddling venue. The bike course also had to change and was adjusted to be a little shorter, more varied, a little more technical and by general concensus, more entertaining.

Teams began with an orienteering section of almost 9 miles miles on the rocky terrain of Red Hills where 'Calico Racing’ emerged first but having not reached all checkpoints. First out with a full slate of checkpoints was Synergy.

As usual, after coming off the orienteering course several teams quit looking at their maps and cycled off down La Grange road instead of taking Old Don Pedro road; this added several miles to their bike ride. While the heat was not as bad as we have had on the Summer Challenge, this was close to the first hot weekend of the year and everyone found staying hydrated was a constant chore. Synergy stuck to the right route, reached all the cycling checkpoints and was first to the lake where they maintained their position to finish with a clear lead.

Second was the all women team Lucky and third was ‘Two Old Fat Guys’ consisting of Jerry McDaniel and his two sons who put in a great performance against a large field of 24 teams to finish 3^rd.

Thanks are due to the volunteers who make an event like this possible; Greg Stahl, Mike Gallas, Johnathan Crane, Leslie Antonis.

The Gold Rush Team.

Results:

Team	#	Members	Age	Time	Adjustments	Total Time	Place
Synergy/Sho-Air	25	Garrett Bean Calvin Lefebvre	M27 M29	5:33	0	5:33	1^st
Lucky	13	Mila Olson Michelle Bender	F30 F38	7:23	0	7:23	2^nd
Two Old fat Guys	14	Jerry McDaniel Jesse McDaniel Ben McDaniel	M52 M16 M26	7:29	0	7:29	3^rd
Got 2 Stretch	21	Ervin Ruhe Lily Safly	M36 F40	6:40	1:45	8:25	4^th
Calico Racing	15	Afsheen Mostofi Pete Barba	M41 M35	6:47	1:45	8:32	5^th
Racing with Giants	17	Joe McGinley Cindy Choi	M35 F31	7:41	1:00	8”41	6^th
Do The Dome	7	Matt Hanko Steve Cooper	M46 M56	6:58	2:00	8:58	7^th
Old Crow and Cute Chick	6	Andy Schlenker Anita Schlenker	M46 F45	7:01	2:00	9:01	8th
BS	12	Brandon Gillespie Shannon Gillespie	M33 F34	7:02	2:00	9:02	9^th
P.I.M.A.	23	Scott Nelson Jennifer Swann	M32 F37	7:06	2:00	9:06	10^th
Half Broke	11	Rodolfe Jourdan Stephanie Jourdan	M41 F38	8:07	1::00	9:07	11^th
Weeping Blisters	4	Kevin Schenk Keith Terpsma	M30 M34	7”09	2:30	9:39	12^th
Wild at Heart	16	John DeDonatis Kristen Weller	M50 F48	6:57	2:45	9:42	13^th
Snap Fitness	18	Jason Smith Thomas Solomon	M36 M24	8:09	1:45	9:54	14^th
Superfly	8	James Mulhearn Bryan Turner	M29 M34	8:58	!:00	9:58	15^th
Team Crowell	10	Adam Crowell Vickie Crowell Nichole Cunningham	M41 F40 F31	7:55	2:30	10:25	16^th
Mad Cow	26	Jake Townend Justin Barnes	M33 M31	6:15	4:45	10:30	17^th
Beef Jerky Boys	3	Ryan VanDerVeen Paul VanDerVeen	M34 M34	7:16	3:15	10:31	18^th
Team Crisp	19	Rob crisp Sean Crisp	M46 M41	7:12	3:45	10:57	19^th
Beauty and the Beast	22	Greg Refner Chris Maberto	M22 F43	7:18	3:45	11:03	20^th
Team Orange	20	Nicole Fradrie Donna Noeller	F28 F55	7:13	4:45	11:58	21^st
Nightengales	5	Misty Polto Selene McDaniel	F35 F54	8:32	5:15	13:47	22^nd
Interogative Approach	1	Carey Gregg Dusty Hobbs	M58 M51	7:19			Dnf
Kosak/Valgos	9	Joe Kosakiewicz Steve Valgos	M39 M39	7:53			Dnf