Hi everyone--
Here are the long-anticipated 2003 Pacific Region Rankings.  As always, let me know if there are any discrepancies anywhere.  People with asterisks after their number of events received credit days for course setting and/or meet directing.  Congratulations to everyone who made the list, and many thanks to credit day people-- without you, we would not have these numbers.  Also, gnarliness values will follow soon.

Nik Weber, PacReg rankings coordinator

Technical note for those who care:  I have adjusted the results (scores) so that the top 3 finishers scores average 100, but astute mathmaticians will notice that the times on blue and green do not come out exactly correct-- that is because I did not correct those.  Blue times are about 55 seconds long and green times are about 3:45 short.

Additional note for revised red and green rankings:  I added Joel Thomson to red (credit days for course setting), Arwen Wyatt-Mair to brown (who got lost in the shuffle-- sorry, Arwen!), renamed Jukka Karras and recalculated the green scores-- sorry, Chuck.  :>)  Statistically speaking, the green scores are a bit skewed because Ron Hudson had such a high score on just 2 runs plus credit days so I ended up having to subtract 11 points from everyone's scores to get the top 3 to average 100.  So take them with a grain of salt-- the order of finish is not changed, though.  The times are still off and I'm no good at adding/subtracting times.

BLUE

Rank    Name                   Class   Result   Time    Events
1       Bruce Wolfe BAOC        BLMA   112.4    67:11   5
2       Dan Stoll-Hadayia BAOC  BLMA    92.9    81:27   2*
3       Greg Walker LAOC        BLMA    89.6    84:25   4
4       Mark Prior BAOC         BLMA    86.4    87:39   5
5       Nik Weber GCO           BLMA    80.3    94:23   4
6       Vadimas Masalkovas BAOC BLMA    79.9    94:46   4
7       Francois Leonard BAOC   BLMA    74.2   102:09   5
8       Mutsumi Sugizaki BAOC   BLMA    72.3   104:56   5
9       Mike Prindiville BAOC   BLMA    69.3   109:34   5
10      Doug Bass SDO           BLMA    68.8   110:30   4
11      Rex Winterbottom BAOC   BLMA    63.5   119:43   4
12      Todd Webb SDO           BLMA    58.1   130:50   4
RED
Rank    Name                   Class   Result   Time    Events
1       Thorsten Graeve BAOC    RMA    101.9    58:53   4
2       Steve Gregg BAOC        RMA    101.1    59:22   4
3       Kent Ohlund BAOC        RMA     97.0    61:51   8
4       Matthias Kohler BAOC    RMA     93.5    64:12   8
5       Tapio Karras BAOC       RMA     93.0    64:30   6
6       Dan Greene BAOC         RMA     90.4    66:22   8
7       Jeff Lewis BAOC         RMA     88.0    68:09   4
8       Derek MacLean LAOC      RMA     85.9    69:51   6
9       Ken Vomaske LAOC        RMA     84.2    71:15   6
10      Jan Urban SDO           RMA     82.9    72:22   7
11      Alex Krasnov BAOC       RMA     77.5    77:25   5
12      Joel Thomson LAOC       RMA     76.8    78:05   2*
13      Jim Waite BAOC          RMA     76.2    78:45   5
14      Mike Chin LAOC          RMA     74.8    80:12   4
15      Ludwig Hill TSN         RMA     74.7    80:18   4
16      Gavin Wyatt-Mair BAOC   RMA     74.6    80:24   8
17      Andrejus Masalkovas BAOC RMA    68.6    87:26   4
18      Steve Churchill LAOC    RMA     64.5    93:00   4
19      Deron VanHoff BAOC      RMA     64.1    93:34   7
20      Eugene Kiperman LAOC    RMA     59.2   101:22   9
21      Allan Pincus LAOC       RMA     52.3   114:43   6
22      Bruce Corning LAOC      RMA     49.1   122:15   5
1       Annabel Valledor SDO    RFA     89.2    67:17   9
2       Bridget Thomson LAOC    RFA     58.0   103:29   4
3       Vivian Lee BAOC         RFA     55.5   108:04   4
4       Cristina Luis TSN       RFA     47.8   125:28   5
5       Kimberly Wright LAOC    RFA     46.8   128:07   6
6       Peg Davis TSN           RFA     39.9   150:18   4


GREEN

Rank    Name                   Class   Result   Time    Events
1       Ron Hudson LAOC         GMV    110.8    40:54   2*
2       Hannu Haarma BAOC       GMV    105.3    42:50   6
3       Max Suter TSN           GMV     83.8    52:35   6
4       George Minarik BAOC     GMV     76.8    56:41   8
5       Dennis Wildfogel BAOC   GMV     76.6    56:49   5
6       Evan Custer BAOC        GMV     72.7    59:29   2*
7       Mark Petersen BAOC      GMV     67.5    63:23   4
8       Bill Papendick BAOC     GMV     66.9    63:49   6
9       Rich Parker SDO         GMV     66.3    64:20   7
10      Steve Smith SDO         GMV     65.5    65:01   8
11      Chuck Spalding BAOC     GMV     63.2    67:01   5
12      Jeff Brucker TSN        GMV     61.9    68:15   6
13      Mark Blair BAOC         GMV     60.7    69:22   7
14      Bob Cooley BAOC         GMV     66.2    69:56   6
15      David Koskenmaki LAOC   GMV     57.5    72:36   3*
16      Dave Kreider TSN        GMV     40.9    92:38   2*
17      Peter Eriksson SDO      GMV     38.5   100:08   4
18      David Ingram GCO        GMV     29.8   121:26   4
19      Dieter Elhardt LAOC     GMV     27.6   128:13   4
20      Ananda Ranasinghe LAOC  GMV     24.2   140:15   8
1       Mike Reason LAOC        GMA     62.4    67:43   4
2       Jeff Lanam BAOC         GMA     36.0   105:35   8
3       Steve Beuerman BAOC     GMA     24.6   139:05   11
                                        
1       Noah Elhardt LAOC       GMJ     50.0    81:29   4
                                        
1       Clare Durand LAOC       GFA     72.4    59:42   6
2       Yelena Krasnov BAOC     GFA     55.8    74:26   5
3       Vicki Woolworth BAOC    GFA     49.0    82:47   5
4       Bridget Thomson LAOC    GFA     43.3    91:48   4
5       Louise Madrid BAOC      GFA     42.6    92:38   5
6       Abby Wolfe BAOC         GFA     39.4    98:23   5
7       Janet Petersen BAOC     GFA     35.5   106:37   4


BROWN

Rank    Name                   Class   Result   Time    Events
1       Linda Moore LVOC        BRFV    84.8    53:05   7
2       Joan Roos BAOC          BRFV    79.1    56:53   7
3       Patty Clemo BAOC        BRFV    77.1    58:21   9
4       Marsha Jacobs BAOC      BRFV    73.7    61:01   7
5       Donna Gookin SDO        BRFV    65.7    68:31   8
6       Leslie Minarik BAOC     BRFV    64.0    70:16   9
7       Jennifer Kerr GCO       BRFV    63.2    71:14   7
8       Karen Dennis SDO        BRFV    55.5    81:06   4
9       Rosemary Johnson BAOC   BRFV    45.8    98:21   8
10      Nancy Lindeman BAOC     BRFV    36.3   123:54   8
11      Susan Swartz LAOC       BRFV    30.9   145:52   5
1       Lauren Wolfe BAOC       BRFJ    81.2    55:27   5
2       Arwen Wyatt-Mair        BRFJ    54.9    81:57   8
                                        
1       Beth Dixon BAOC         BRFA    50.7    88:45   5
2       Lauren Wemmer GCO       BRFA    47.0    95:50   5
3       Jan Wolfe BAOC          BRFA    27.5   163:38   5
                                        
1       Gary Kraght BAOC        BRMA   105.2    42:47   6
2       Stew Hintz GCO          BRMA    83.0    54:14   5
                                        
1       Edwin Gookin SDO        BRMV   110.0    40:54   10
2       Carl Moore LVOC         BRMV    81.7    55:05   7
3       Harold DeMoss BAOC      BRMV    71.6    62:50   4
ORANGE
Rank    Name                   Class   Result   Time    Events
1       Malcolm Wyatt-Mair BAOC OMJ    122.8    40:43   8
2       Vasya Volkov BAOC       OMJ     89.9    55:36   5
3       Dima Volkov BAOC        OMJ     87.3    57:18   5
4       Jaakko Karras BAOC      OMJ     71.6    69:52   5
5       Peter Elhardt LAOC      OMJ     57.0    87:39   4
1       Chelsea Waite BAOC      OFJ     55.8    89:33   5
2       Vivi Varon LAOC         OFJ     32.5   153:55   3
                                        
1       Marie-Josee Parayre BAOC OFA    66.3    75:23   5
2       Cheryl Madson BAOC      OFA     33.1   151:05   6
3       Jill Custer BAOC        OFA     32.7   153:01   5


YELLOW

Rank    Name                   Class   Result   Time    Events
1       Kelsey Wyatt-Mair BAOC  YFJ    122.0    28:42   8
2       Rachel Care BAOC        YFJ     99.4    35:12   4
3       Claire Kevitt LAOC      YFJ     78.6    44:31   4


WHITE

Rank    Name                   Class   Result   Time    Events
1       Jukka Karras BAOC       WMJ    121.9    20:31   5
2       Bevan Waite BAOC        WMJ    106.3    23:31   5
3       John Elhardt LAOC       WMJ     59.2    40:35   4
                                        
1       Joanne Leadbetter BAOC  WFJ     71.8    34:48   6
2       Audrey Davis none       WFJ     41.9    59:38   4
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