Bay Team reports about Scottsdale 2009
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Bay Team USDAA achievements for details on placements.
Videos
- Rob Michalski and Wings Steeplechase finals 1st place run
- Early weekend runs for Erika Maurer with Trek, Dave Grubel with Killy, and Channan Fosty with Apollo
Wednesday report summarized from USDAA results pages
Results from Wednesday's preliminary fun round ("European Standard") are posted here:
http://www.usdaa.com/article.cfm?newsID=1319
For those who aren't familiar with many Bay Teamers, here's a list of a few who did well (and I might have missed some because I don't know all the dogs names--and I'm hoping that these are the Bay Team dogs because they don't list handlers' names):
12" Championship: Debbie Ogg and Porsche, 3rd (Greg Louganis and Dobby took 2nd) 16" Ch Ashley Deacon and Luka, 1st 22" Ch Nancy Gyes and Ace, 5th Mo Strenfel and Kyna, 6th 26" Ch Jim Aitken (friend of Bay Team) and Brody, 4th Lisa Williams and Carson? 8th Jean Danver and Chaps 11th 8" Performance: Raymond Jang and Tater, 5th 16" Pf: Sandy Zajkowski and Sis?, 8th Sarah Johnson and Rav, 12th 22" Pf: Nancy Ross (former Bay Teamer) and Spotty?, 3rd Candy Gaiser and Kyna, 4th
Thursday report summarized from complete USDAA results pages
[Same note as yesterday: I'm going by dogs' names & hoping that they're the Bay Team dogs]
Performance Grand Prix Quarterfinals: This determines who gets into the semifinal round. The only ones participating in this round are those who didn't earn a bye into the semifinals at a Regional event. And it's not hard to miss that--even if all the dogs at a Regional run clean, they give byes only to the top 50%, and the differences in time can be fractions of a second. So many of the dogs in quarterfinals are great dogs who maybe took a few extra steps or knocked a bar.
Performance 22": Bay Teamers Brenn and Carlene Chandler, Hobbes and Rob Michalski, and Apollo and Channan Fosty are going to the semis. Also Kyna and Candy Gaiser. Perf 16" Other locals: Bodee and Marti Fuquay Perf 12" Bay Teamers Gryphon and Kathie Leggett
Championship Steeplechase Quarterfinals: I believe it's the same story as above, except you can compete if you want to even if you already got a bye for semis? (The rules change so much I can't keep track--) Moving on to the semis:
Championship 16" Bay Teamers: 1st, Luka and Ashley Deacon 4th, Manja and Anne Kajava Ch 22" Bay Teamers: 3rd Kindle & Mo Strenfel 5th Kyna & Mo strenfel also Qed Heath and Terry LeClair Killy and Dave Grubel Trek and Erika Maurer Jammer and Mo Strenfel Quas and Donna Sprouse Thyme and Sharon Freilich Willie and Kathy Wheelock Other locals: Kiwi and Linda Greene Ch 26" Bay Teamers: Kidd and Tania Chadwick Ana and Leslie Bickel Kep and Laura Jones Other locals: Stuie and Rachel Sanders Maiya and Tracey Sorbillo
TEAM: There are THREE divisions for Team: Championship, Performance, and Veterans, which is dogs who've previously been in the nationals and are at least 8 year of age (Or some similar criteria--that's changed over time, too). TEAM consists of four individual events--there are 3 dogs on each Ch team and 2 on each Perf & Vet team--and the individual scores are combined to determine which top teams go on to the final Relay. So one dog could do poorly in one event but if everyone on the team does reasonably well in all the other events, they could still be in the finals.
TEAM JUMPERS: Some results in the individual events for Bay Teamers who Didn't E (key in this class :-), although I don't see a lot of E's on this course -- it's actually Time plus Faults, so if you're really fast, you can make up for any course faults)
Perf 16": Rav and Sarah Johnson, clean Bump and Karey Krauter, 2-pt fault Styx and Karey Krauter, 10-pts faults Performance 22" Apollo and Channan Fosty, clean Cate E and Leslie Bickel, clean Other locals: Ashé and Ziji Scott, clean Brenn and Carlene Chandler, 5-pt fault Hobbes and Rob Michalski, 2-pt fault Championship 12" 2nd, Gryphon and Kathie Leggett Porsche and Debbie Ogg, 2-pt fault Ch 26" Bay teamers: 3rd, Icon and Channon Fosty 6th, Kep and Laura Jones 11th, Wings and Rob Michalski Maiya and Tracy S, also clean Kir and Katie Tolve, clean (not sure--there are a few Kirs out there) Kidd and Tania C., clean Kyna and Mo S., 5-pt fault Chaps and Jean Danver, 5-pt Quik and Carlene C, 15 pts other locals: Brody and Jim Aitkin, 10 pts Fable and Rachel Sanders, clean Ch 16": Bay Teamers: 2nd, Luka and Ashley D. 6th, Manja and Anne Kajava Other locals: wave and Marcy Mantell, 5-pt Ch 22" Bay Teamers: 13th, Ace and Nancy Gyes Kindle and Mo S., clean Heath and Terry LeClair, clean Sweep and Jim Basic, clean (uh-oh, there are 2 at least 2 sweeps, one not clean) Savanna and Gwen Tatsuno, clean Cassidy and Diana Wilson, 5-pt Willie and Kathy W, clean Jammer and Mo S, 2-pt Cirque and Sharon Freilich, 5-pt Thyme and Sharon F., 5-pt (I didn't go through them all--too many 22"s) OTher locals: Stuie and Rachel S., clean Aiko and Susan Cochran, clean
Team Snooker: Your total points are multiplied by a factor to make the points roughly equivalent to other classes, so higher points are good.
Perf 22" BTs: 4th, Apollo and channan F, 51 pts Cate-E and Leslie B, 44 pts Brenn and Carlene C, 43 pts Hobbes and Rob M, 38 pts Others: Ashé and Ziji S, 16 pts Kyna and Candy G, 50 pts 12" Perf 2nd Bodee and Marti F, 56 pts 16" Perf: Rav and Sarah J, 30 pts Styx & Karey k, 7 pts Bump & Karey K, 1 pt :-( Ch 26" Fable & Rachel Sanders, 54 pts Wings & Rob M 49 pts Chaps & Jean D, 49 pts Kidd & Tania C 47 pts Icon & channan F 41 pts Kyna & Mo S 31 pts Quik & Carlene C 7 pts Maiya & Tracey S 7 pts Ch 16"Luka, 44 pts wave 38pts Manja 17pts Ch 12" Porsche 42 pts Ch 22" 6th, Maja Silvina Bruera & 56 pts 7th, Kindle & Mo 56 pts Heath, 56 pts Stuie, 54 pts Svanna 52 pts Thyme 49 Sweep 42 Jammer 31 Cirque 29 Quas 14 Cassidy 7 Ace 7
(Sorry, I know I'm missing a lot of dogs--there are a lot entered & my brain is frying!)
Also Kathie notes: Gryphon & Kathie; Michele Reed & Piper, 8th over all in PVP team after Thurs's two events. </pre>
Friday results summarized from USDAA lists
Steeplechase advancements to final round Saturday night
Friday was the steeplechase semifinals (the performance steeplechase is called "performance speed jumping").
Placement in the semifinals determines running order (reverse order by placement) but doesn't affect the score in the finals; there's no cumulative scoring in Steeplechase.
Complete semifinals results in PDF here: http://usdaa.com/article.cfm?newsID=1332
You can buy live streaming of the Steeplechase, Performance Speed Jumping & Junior Handler Spotlight finals tonight --I believe for free! (or maybe $6)-- at 8:00 p.m. here: (and hopefully they won't have problems with the video feed again tonight)
Correction on tonight's live video: California time it all starts around 5:00 or 5:30. And the live video is FREE tonight because it was dead in the water for last night's show. So check in and watch! There will be some awesome fast runs and some familiar faces out in the ring.
Perf 16": Only the top 10 dogs go on to the finals. Times for those dogs were between 24.39 and 26.19 seconds, very fast! I don't see any Bay Teamers in the top group.
Perf 12": Only the top 8 go on. Times from 26.04 to 28.20. No bay teamers in the top group. Bodee and Marti F. placed 10th; Gryphon and Kathy Leggett had trouble with the weaves, she reports, so lost time--they must have been fast on the rest of the course because their time was still 31.45.
Perf 22": No bay teamers that I see, but dang we were so close! Top 8 dogs went, times from 25.24 to 28.14. Brenn and Carlene Chandler, Hobbes and Rob Michalski, and Apollo and channan Fosty all finished in the top 20 out of a whole lot of dogs.
Championship 26" 12 dogs advanced, times from 25.12 to 27.32. Icon and Channon Fosty are in 2nd place going into the finals, Wings and Rob Michalski are in 5th. Kidd and Tania Chadwick in a real heartbreaker were 13th at 27.58 and were told yesterday that they were in but apparently are not. If that's Lisa Williams' Carson in the list at 14th, they also just missed the cutoff. Kep and Laura Jones had a good enough time but faults, same with Fable & Rachel Sanders.; Rachel's Stuie also had faults.
In 22" Ch, 20 dogs advanced, from 23.64 to 25.53 times. Diana Wilson's Cassidy in first place going into the finals--I think it's diana's. Maja and Silvina Bruera are in 5th (just ahead of last year's champion Juice). Sweep and Ace (whom I assume are Jim Basic's and Nancy Gyes' dogs) are in 16th and 17th going in. Others who had great clean runs but just not quite fast enough (in the 26 second range) included Beck and Linda Green, Kiwi and Linda Green, Thyme and Sharon Freilich.
In 16" Ch, 12 dogs advanced with times between 23.39 and 25.85. Luka and Ashley Deacon are in 2nd place going in with a time of 23.60, beating the fastest 22" dogs. Wave and Marcy Mantell are in 6th. Clean but not making time were Manja and Anne Kajava --- oops, they apparently DID make time, as they ran in the finals.
In 12" Ch, I don't see any bay teamers in, and another painful miss: 8 dogs advanced with times between 24.25 and 28.09; Quill and Sandy Rogers finished in 9th at 28.13, only .04 seconds away from making it to the finals. Porsche and Debbie Ogg were right behind them in 13th place with a time of 28.88. Times are SO close in steeplechase!
Team Standings after three rounds
Complete Standard results in PDF here: http://usdaa.com/article.cfm?newsID=1332
(this afternoon you can watch some of the Grand Prix semifinalists in the main ring, for free, here--
if they're not already done.)
TEAM STANDARD NOTES
(Sorry, I'm not going to dig very far for names--missed too many yesterday and there are so many dogs!)
In Team Standard, the mantra is "Don't E". If you E, your team loses 150 points (or so); a clean fast run is worth probably 110 points, so that's a huge loss.
16" championship, Luka and Ashley Deacon finished 3rd, Wave and Marcy Mantell 4th, both with clean runs. 12" championship, Porsche and Debbie Ogg had a decent time and 5 faults. 26" championship, Icon and Channan Fosty finished 6th with a clan run; Kir (if that's Katie Tolve) clean and 11th. Also running clean, Brody and Jim Aitkin, Kidd and Tania Chadwick, Chaps and Jean Danver. Several Bay Team dogs had a few faults but are still in the running. 22" champion, Cassidy finished 1st again (would be cool if that is Diana Wilson), Gina (probably my Boost's sister) came in 4th (just had to throw that in). Also clean is Heath and Terry LeClair, Killy and Dave Grubel, Cirque and Sharon Freilich, Kiwi and Linda Greene, Ace and Nancy Gyes [uh oh there are a couple of Aces], Beck and Robert Greene.
With a quick glance at the top dogs, in
22" Performance, Hobbes and Rob M. were 10th and clean, Cate E and Leslie Bickel were clean, Brenn and Carlene had a couple of faults, Apollo and Channan F had a couple of faults. 12" Perf Gryphon and Kathie Leggett came in 3rd.
TEAM STANDINGS AFTER 3 ROUNDS (Jumpers, Snooker, Standard)
Performance ("Versatility") teams: The top 12 teams will go the the relay finals, but today's gambler's course could shake things up a lot. There are 116 Performance teams competing.
- 3rd place: "Twins", Gryphon & Kathie Leggett with teammate Piper
- 11th: "Bodacious Storm", Bodee & Marti Fuquay & Typhoon with Sandy Schneider.
- 18th: "That's One Mad Sis", Maddie & Katie Parkinson & Sis with Sandy Zajkowski --only 6 points out of the running (457 current points versus current 12th place at 463).
- 23rd: "Caboo", Callie and Celeste Dwyer and Boo with Laurie Leach-- but still only 17 points out of 12th with 446.
- 27th: "Houla Bugles" Cate E with Leslie Bickel and Kyna with Candy Gaiser, at 441 points only 22 points out.
- 30th: "Shadow Boxing", Apollo/Channan F with Shadow/Debbie Chun, 435 points, 28 points out and we're really getting down to where it's tough to make up the points but not impossible--everyone's doing really well with points this close.
Championship teams: 30 teams go to the relay finals of 175 teams competing.
(1st place team currently has 757 points)
- 9th: Stuie/Rachel Sanders with teammates Taser, Toast with 711 points
- 13th: "Thyme Sweeps with an Ace", Thyme/sharon freilich, ace/nancy gyes, sweep/jim basic with 690 pts
- 27th: "2 Mares & Mr. Grant", Maja/Silvina Bruera, Wave/Marcy Mantell, Heath/Terry Leclair with 654 pts
- 28th: "The ABC's of Agility", Aiko/Susan Chochrane, Brody/Jim Aitkin, Cirque/Sharon Freilich, 653 pts
- 44th, "Seeking Alpine Outlaws", Killy/Dave Grubel, Kidd/Tania Chadwick, Seeker/T. Reynolds, 629 pts
- 45th: "Jib Luka Icon", Luka/Ashley Deacon, Icon/Channan Fosty and Jib/S. Cope 629 pts
- 46th [I'm seeing a trend here]: "Steamers and Brew", Manja/Silvina Bruera, Savanna/Gwen Tatsuno, Steamer/Lisa Williams, 627 pts
- 60th: "Scandalous Six", Scandal/Sharon Freilich, Kep/Laura Jones, Bam/Tracey Golden, 600 pts
Saturday results from USDAA posted lists and live video
Team Gamblers
Again, just taking a quick look:
- 26" championship, katie tolve and kir in 8th with 40 pts
- Brody /Jim aitkin 10th with 39
- Kep/Laura Jones 11th with 39
16" ch
- Luka/Ashley 3rd with 41 pts
22" ch
- Gina (boost's sister again--I live vicariously) 5th with 49 pts
22" performance, Ashé/Ziji scott friend of bay team 7th with 36 pts
- Apollo/Channon with 34 pts
12" perf
- Kathie Leggett and Gryphon 5th with 37 pts
- Boo and Laurie Leach with 35 pts
DAM Team Standings
After 4 rounds, the Bay Team & friends teams in the finals include:
- Rachel Sanders/Fable's team in 4th place going into the relay; finished 4th overall.
- Rachel/Stuie's team in 10th place going into the relay and finished 10th overall.
- Thyme Sweeps with an Ace Sharon F/Thyme, Nancy/Ace, Jim B/Sweep 11th going into the relay; WON the final relay! finished 9th overall.
- Aiko/Susan C., Brody/Jim A, Cirque/Sharon F 23rd going into the final; finished 24th overall.
Saturday Steeplechase finals
For those who didn't get a chance to see the incredible handling and super speed of the dogs in the Championship and Performance [aka "speed jumping"] Steeplechase World Championship Finals in Scottsdale, Bay Teamers made a great showing.
Ashley Deacon and Luka won the 16" Steeplechase for I believe the 4th time!
In 22", Nancy Gyes/Ace and Jim Basic/Sweep were 1st and 2nd for the longest time but got barely edged out and ended up 3rd and 5th, pretty fine work for the hundreds of 22" dogs entered! It *was* Diana Wilson and Cassidy who won the semifinals! Woot! But they had bobbles in the final round, although you could still see the speed of that team. Silvina Bruera and Maja also had bobbles but looked pretty darned good.
And in 26", an all-border-collie-except-one-terv group, Rob Michalski and Wings the Tervuren WON! And Channan Fosty with Icon had a lovely smooth run to just get edged out and into 3rd place! TWO bay teamers on the podium!
Sunday Grand Prix finals
Bay Teamers in teh finals include:
16" Ashley Deacon and Luka Anne Kajava and Manja 22: Kyna and Maureen Strenfel Motion and Anne Kajava Ace and Nancy Gyes also local Rider and Susan Chochran 26" Icon and CHannan Fosty Kir and Katie Tolve
Another exciting finals round!
In 16", Ashley Deacon and Luka were seeded 4th after semifinals) but as usual pushed the limits of possibility with a time of 30.35, much faster than any prior 16"er. Anne Kajava with Manja ran after him and put on a real show but couldn't quite catch him at 30.79, and then the top seed went in 30.56, so Anne finished in 3rd place but Ashley won again! Two Bay Teamers on the podium again.
In 22", there were an amazing number of contact faults called, mostly on the dogwalk. To be different, Maureen and Kyna were called on the down contact to the Aframe, dropping them out of placements. Anne Kajava and Motion had one of the fastest runs at 29.75 but were called I believe--also to be different--on the teeter contact. After her, an amazing THREE dogs were tied briefly for first place with 30.26 seconds, then. Nancy Gyes and Ace put in an amazing time of 29.43. Juice and Marcus Topps (who have won GP previously 3 times), running right after her, really pushed it out to 29.07! Then Susan Chochran with Rider (and sometime student of Nancy Gyes) blew everyone away, becoming the first and only to break 29, with an amazing run at 28.61.
With only one dog left to run, Nancy was in third--and the top-seeded dog tied her time, also! Unbelievable! So they had a runoff for 3rd. The other dog, Slick, ran first and missed a contact, but pushed hard and came in with a time of 29.08. Nancy just needed to run smoothly and get her contacts, but it wasn't to be--most of the way through the run, they were also called on a contact, and they couldn't make up the difference in time, ending at 29.55 for 4th place for Nancy, leaving Susan Cochran also as 1st.
I'm stunned--ties in time do happen from time to time, but I've never seen a 3-way tie before, and I doubt that any of us have ever seen a 3-way and a 2-way tie in the top 6 dogs ever, let alone in the national championships! True, one of the 30.26 second runs had 5 faults, but still, pretty interesting.
In the 26", you could see everyone trying to be conservative with their contacts. Icon and Channon Fosty, seeded 12th in the finals, ran very well and came in with a time of 30.63, putting them in first for the next 4 dogs until one came in at 30.54. No one else was close until the 4th seeded dog came in at 30.65, so not quite matching Icon's time, leaving her in 2nd. Three dogs to go-- The 3rd seed had a beautiful time of 30.41 but were called on the dogwalk down. The 2nd seed came in finally breaking 30 at 29.87, dropping Icon to 3rd. The 1st seeded dog barely edged Icon by 2 hundredths of a second with a time of 30.61. So Icon finishes 4th with a beautiful fast clean run in a really tough, tight field.
Katie Tolve and Kir, in I believe their first-ever appearance in the national championship finals, seeded 9th, had a nice smooth run and a time of 31.42 but were called on the dogwalk contact. (They had a lot of first-class company on that!)
(Jim Basic notes: Slick is a littermate to Diana Wilson's Cassidy [see yesterday's steeplechase finals] and Channan's Icon. A lot of speed and talent in that litter!)
