2007 SPRINT SERIES FINALS SUMMARY

Standings | Photo links | Looking ahead to 2008 | Update

Wrapping up 2007, the final standings are here:
http://www.petergagarin.org/2007ss/standings.htm

The results of the Sprint final, where the top 6 battled it out in a head-to-head sprint, were:

Women
1. Samantha Saeger, NEOC
2. Hillary Saeger, NEOC
3. Pavlina Brautigam, WCOC
4. Kathy Bullard, CAOC
5. Angelica Riley, DVOA
6. Pia Webb, CSU

Men
1. Jon Torrance, OOC
2. Eric Bone, COC
3. John Fredrickson, HVO
4. Wyatt Riley, DVOA
5. Ross Smith, CSU
6. Mikell Conradi, CSU

Here are links to a few cool photos—

Start of the women's Sprint final

Start of the men's Sprint final

Samantha Saeger on the go, smiling perhaps because I was doing a very short interview with her (some might call it heckling...)

Ross Smith (left) and Jon Torrance coming to the spectator control in the
lead, Wyatt Riley just behind (the faster the top sprinters run, the better
they have to be at putting on the brakes in order to punch)

John Fredrickson, total concentration

Photos by Vadim Masalkov; many more at:
http://www.bears-on-speed.info/album/SprintFinals2007/

And finally, if anyone is interested in more of the details of the operation
of the 2007 Sprint Series, and maybe interested in helping out in 2008, I
wrote up a review of the year here —
http://www.petergagarin.org/misc/sprint%20series%20organization.doc

For the future:

1. There will be a 2008 Sprint Series.

2. It will start on Saturday, October 20, with the sprint that is part of the Chicago A meet, the Big Blues Ramble. Also on the schedule is the US Sprint Champs, Friday, November 2, just south of Washington DC.

3. With the season opener set for October 20, the schedule is open for any additions. Notice needs to be sent at least 20 days prior to the sprint. For now, send the info (what, where, when, contact person, web address for more info) to me at pg[at]crocker[dot]com. I'm lining up some help to administer the series, but details here are still being worked out.

4. There will be some relatively minor changes to the point system, still to be finalized.

5. And there will be a few other changes, including, I hope, an All-Star Sprint in mid-season. The other major sports have their All-Star events, and all my fellow Commissioners have been telling me we should be doing the same.

Stay tuned....

Peter Gagarin
Commissioner, Sprint Series

An update—

I've posted the rules for 2008 for the Regular season:
http://www.petergagarin.org/2008ss/rules.html

Still working on the 2008 Finals....

Note the main changes from the 2007 Sprint Series:

• Team fundraisers are given a bonus 10 points (up from 5 in 2007). These fundraisers are important for our teams and it seems worthwhile to make them a little more attractive.
• There are 2-point gaps for the first 10 finishers in 50- and 40-point sprints, and for the first 5 finishers in 30-point sprints. This increases the value of winning (or taking one of the top few places).
• To add a sprint to the schedule, send the following information to Kris Beecroft (krisbeecroft[at]msn[dot]com) at least 20 days prior to the event:
  • Date
  • Location, preferably map name as well
  • Any course info that you care to provide
  • If it is a team fundraiser
  • Contact person's name and e-mail address
  • Web address for more information

We'll get the schedule up and running shortly. It may be at a different web page; we'll let you know. And there will always be a link to it from the existing web page for the series:
http://www.petergagarin.org/index.html

This is actually quite amazing progress in the last 2 weeks, going from wondering if there would be a 2008 series at all to having something up and running and the first event scheduled in 2 weeks. Thanks to many of you for suggestions and a special few of you for stepping up to help big time.

And a final acknowledgment to Boris Granovskiy for all his work the past three years.

Local news article about the weekend

More photos by Barb Bryant

Attackpoint discussion thread

Standings | Photo links | Looking ahead to 2008 | Update

October 8 , 2007

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