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President's Note
What an exciting spring season of orienteering we have had! Starting with COW (California Orienteering Week) and ending with the Westchester County Challenge, featuring the National Team Trials, it ended up being quite a busy few months. This fall offers the much-anticipated Rocky Mountain 6-Day O-Fest on Aug. 31–Sept. 3, which includes the Annual General Meeting.
Rumor has it that there might still be a Masters Championships and the Individual Championships this fall, but we’re still working on nailing those events, so I make no promises. There are still many obstacles that could get in the way.
As I was talking to various club leaders about holding the Individual Championships, a common theme I heard was the difficulty in finding and securing permission for sprint events since these generally occur in more public venues, like college campuses and small city centers, where logistics are much more difficult. We saw that happen with the recent national Team Trials. Luckily the organizers were able to overcome many of the issues, but they still had to limit participation to non-juniors due to insurance requirements of the venue.
I know that OUSA and our member clubs have worked hard over the past many years to build up a sprint program, but I wonder if we should follow the new model of the World Orienteering Championships, and separate the sprint championships into its own event weekend, and hold only the middle and long individual championships together. This would make it easier for clubs to organize such events, remove the need for participants to take off more days from work or school to fit in three events in one weekend, and perhaps bring even more focus to sprints. One idea is to add the sprint championships to one of the existing sprint training camps, if the host club agrees. Or, again following the WOC model, holding other sprint-type events that weekend like a sprint relay. Please give that some thought and let me know if you have any suggestions.
Also, as you might have seen on a recent AttackPoint thread, OUSA is now registered with AmazonSmile. What does this mean to you? It means that every time you shop at Amazon, you can make an automatic donation to OUSA. The only difference is that you need to go to AmazonSmile instead of amazon.com.
On your first visit to AmazonSmile, you need to select OUSA as your preferred non-profit to receive donations from eligible purchases. Just do a search for “United States Orienteering Federation” (our official name) and select it as your charitable organization. After that, every eligible purchase you make at smile.amazon.com will result in a donation. So easy!
And finally, good luck to all of our teams who are getting ready to travel overseas to compete this summer. The Junior World Championships are in Hungary (July 9–14), World University Orienteering Championships in Finland (July 17–21), World Orienteering Championships in Latvia (Aug. 3–11), and the North American Championships in Canada (Aug. 18–21).
I hope everyone has fun orienteering this summer, whether it’s in your local woods or at an international event!
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OUSA Website Update
The front page of the Orienteering USA website has received a facelift. The page now makes it easier to find upcoming events around the country and orienteering clubs near you. Please check out the new www.orienteeringUSA.org!
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World Orienteering Day Recap
 World Orienteering Day (WOD) was celebrated during the final week of May. According to the WOD website, over 300,000 participants took part in the nearly 2,000 WOD events around the world during that week, including over 40 registered WOD events in the U.S. Here, Orienteering USA's WOD coordinator Mary Jo Childs (GMOC) tells the story of her club's WOD event.
At our school event on World Orienteering Day, the gym teacher providing a rousing introduction about WOD stumbled on Day vs. Week. She was really into pointing out to her students that they were a part of something huge, something worldwide, something growing each day, and that after today they would be counted as part of that number. And if they were to go to the WOD website, they would see Williston Central School listed as a site and marked on a map of locations around the world. She drew all over a white board and included the statistics from the WOD website (address provided) showing participation around the world, increasing overnight from 30,000+ to 70,000, and saying that by tomorrow it might be over 200,000! The kids seemed impressed. We had 5 gym classes of 18-22 each, total 108 kids, with 40-45 minutes of available class time.
We did a sprint-style event on the school grounds around the athletic fields and the playground. Most controls were visible from the start. 15 controls, 3 courses with 5-7 controls each. In order to activate the large dead space inside the track, I placed 3 controls that had some proximity to other features so that the kids would have to figure out which of the 3 controls (cones, man-made object) was theirs. Worked great.
Kids could do 1, 2 or 3 courses, or repeat a previous course to better their time.
We provided a 8-10 minute intro and instruction. Did not use compasses. Did use e-punching, which was a big hit. Also kept track of top three times on each course on a whiteboard labeled "Leader Board". Students helped keep this current. In retrospect, I should have kept track of the top time on each course from each class instead of wiping it clean for each class. Kids wanted to know how their times compared to others'. They loved this and it gave them incentive to go out again and something to gather around when they finished.
We also had an exciting chute set up using colorful pennant-style streamers (triangular flags on a continuous tape).
We had four adults: Carl Childs on electronics, MJ Childs on instruction and management of flow, teachers helping at start and finish.
The teachers were thrilled and hope to do more orienteering. Teacher provided info on our club for those kids who were excited about doing it again. It was a very successful day.
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AGM/Convention
Image courtesy of CLARO orienteering, UK
OUSA's 2018 Annual General Meeting will take place at the Rocky Mountain 1000 Day in Laramie, Wyoming on September 1 at 3pm. The location is Gryphon Theater at Laramie Plains Civic Center, 710 E. Garfield St., Laramie, WY.
All OUSA members are encouraged to attend!
An OUSA convention, also to be held during the Rocky Mountain 1000 Day, is currently in the planning stages. Stay tuned for more information.
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North American Orienteering Championships
The biennial highlight of our continent's orienteering calendar is coming soon! The 2018 North American Orienteering Championships will take place in Whitehorse, Yukon from August 17–21. Combine the trip with the Canadian Orienteering Championships on August 23 and 24 for a full week of orienteering in the Great North.
As usual, the USA and Canada will battle for the Björn Kjellström trophy for the seniors and the Future Champions Cup for the juniors to determine who gets to be called North America's best orienteering nation for the next two years. We need all the best American juniors and seniors to attend, so make sure to include Yukon in your travel plans this summer.
For more information, click the picture below.
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Junior National Team International Training/Competition
Many members of OUSA's Junior National Program are heading to Europe this summer for intense training and competition. Here is their program:
Jukola, Finland: June 13–18
JWOC 2019 Training, Denmark: June 18–26
EYOC or EYOC Tour, Bulgaria: June 26–July 3*
JWOC 2018 (includes training), Hungary: June 30*–July 15
The National Junior Program's 2018 Europe trip is already starting for some on June 12, leaving the USA for Finland to compete in the Venla and Jukola races under the guidance of coach Greg Ahlswede. Of the 5 juniors, it is a new experience for 4 of them: Diana Aleksieva, Peter Zakrevski, Turner Leigh and Kai Mihata, and the 3rd time to race for Thomas. Former NJP junior Anton Salmenkyla and his mom Tuulikki are again lending a lot of support to our young team.
JDT Coach Greg Ahlswede going over courses with NJP members; photo by Petya Aleksieva
The juniors then continue on to Denmark for training in the JWOC 2019 terrain. There they will be joined by juniors Julia Doubson, Sarah Petersen, and Aidan Minto, and chaperones Brenda Blacklock and Rob Minto. Junior David Runde's mom Aileen, a member of the JTESC, is taking care of many of the Denmark logistics. After this entirely new experience, Kai is returning to the USA, and the rest of the team is continuing to Bulgaria, first meeting up with teammates David, Keegan Harkavy, and coach Samantha Glowacki while still in Copenhagen, and with Brigitte Bordelon, Caroline Sandbo, Siri and Tyra Christopherson in Sofia.
In Bulgaria they are competing in the European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) races if 18 or under, and in the EYOC Tour if older. They are looking forward to practicing the relay format, which will come in handy for JWOC as well as for those traveling to the North American Orienteering Championships in the Yukon, CA. The team is grateful to have teammate Diana's dad Vido, a native of Bulgaria, help with all the arrangements as well as with fun things to do on the rest day before traveling to Hungary. Turner will be returning to the USA, and Keegan is continuing with the team to Hungary, where he will meet up with his father.
The training in Hungary continues for a few days, with full focus on the JWOC team, led by coaches Erin Schirm, Greg, Sam and Anton. Juniors Oriana Riley and Keegan will also be present in Hungary, able to travel to the team's training sites, as well as lend their support to the team along with all other family and friends cheering for the team. The official Europe 2018 NJP trip ends there, with the relay and the JWOC banquet, where some juniors are already brain-storming about banquet outfits - after all, some of the athletes have only one week to get theirs before heading out.
For 3 juniors, Brigitte, Julia and Thomas, the trip continues back to Finland, where they will join the WUOC team under the guidance of team manager Anton. And the team can really be excited about 2 current juniors Julia and Tyra continuing their summer racing at WOC, along with former junior teammates Amanda, Anton and Michael.
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National Junior Program Control Challenge
This summer National Junior Program (NJP) athletes will be hard at work training and competing in the US, at Jukola in Finland, in Denmark, at the European Youth Orienteering Championships in Bulgaria, at JWOC in Hungary, and at NAOC in the Yukon. Support the National Junior Program by challenging athletes to punch as many controls as possible between now and Aug. 21! You can see the list of NJP members here.
Challenges:
1. You may challenge an individual NJP member by pledging any whole dollar amount you choose per control, with a minimum of $1 each. You are encouraged to set a dollar limit at whatever amount you are comfortable with. This year’s NJP members are named here.
2. Multiple challengers may challenge the same athlete. Each control will be worth the combined total of the pledges from challengers.
3. You may challenge a certain group of athletes to reach a combined total with the minimum pledge per control at $1, and you may set any limit to the amount donated. For instance, challenge all the NJP members who belong to your local O-club at a given amount per control, with all those members’ controls adding up to your chosen limit.
4. Challenges are made via email to control.challenge@orienteeringusa.org. Please include your real name and preferred contact method — email (preferred), phone, Attackpoint message — along with the athlete(s) you wish to challenge, the dollar amount per control, and your total donation limit. Challenges can also be made on Attackpoint. You may challenge anonymously, if you wish; we’ll do our best to keep your identity known only to those needed to administer the pledge. Just let us know in your email.
5. The Challenge ends Aug. 21, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. We expect to provide a tally of your pledges met by the end of August.
6. Please fulfill your pledge via Orienteering USA’s website: http://orienteeringusa.org/support Click the Donate button to use a credit card (preferred), or see the instructions below the button for mailing a check. On the credit card page, check the box for “Team USA: Junior Team” and in the text box below, type “Control Challenge.”
NJP Photos by Brenda Blacklock
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European Orienteering Championships
The European Orienteering Championships took place in Ticino, Switzerland at the beginning of May. This event is also Round 1 of the Orienteering World Cup*, which means non-European countries can also compete. Team USA was represented by a youthful contingent of Giacomo Barbone (27), Morten Jorgensen (23), and Anton Salmenkyla (21).
 The highlight of the week for Team USA was Anton Salmenkyla's race in the middle distance qualifying race. Anton qualified for the finals by finishing in a tie for 16th place in his heat, less than five minutes behind heat winner Daniel Hubmann (SUI). Full results are here.
This is the first time a U.S. male has qualified for a middle distance final at a major senior championship since Brian May in 2003. In the final, Anton finished in 48th place.
Anton Salmenkyla; Photo by Dave Yee
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Here is a great video showing the highlights from the EOC long distance race!
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*The World Cup in 2018 consists of 11 competitions in four countries. The Cup starts at European Championships in Switzerland, continuing at the World Orienteering Championships in Latvia, followed by 2 competitions in Norway and ending with the final competitions in Czech Republic 4–7 October. After competition 11, the sum of the best 8 scores out of the first 9 competitions plus the scores from competitions 10 and 11 defines the World Cup winner for 2018, the best orienteer for the season! Reigning Champs are Tove Alexandersson (SWE) and Matthias Kyburz (SUI).
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noname Uniforms
noname is a genuine Scandinavian sports  brand specializing in the design, production, and sale of custom-made sport textiles for clubs and companies for Nordic Skiing, Orienteering, Track and Field, and Cycling. In addition, noname offers an expanding retail collection with delivery from stock.
The noname head office and warehouse is located in Vaasa, Finland, while national offices are situated in Borlänge, Sweden; Halden, Norway; Moscow, Russia; and Tartu, Estonia. During 2009, noname opened its first brand store in central Tampere, Finland.
 At noname, we live and breathe running, skiing, and orienteering. It’s in our veins and it’s built into our textiles. noname sports gear lives up to the highest standards of every aspect in sports textiles. The excellent function and style is designed by people who love their sport. No matter if you are a world-class athlete or just exercise for fun, we have the products that will help you go all the way. The rest is up to you. Blood, sweat, and tears—that’s all it takes. |
Orienteering
noname offers a complete collection of orienteering textiles. Our collection includes several training and warm-up suits, four different racing shirts, and a huge selection of trousers and pants for every level of orienteering. For many pieces, we use digital printing techniques since it is a superior technology for profiling the club with a great design and high quality sponsor logos.
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QualityNordic
QualityNordic is a Park City, Utah-based clothing distributor that sells noname sport textiles in USA and Canada. All of our products are made with the highest quality materials and available for the lowest prices possible. Shop online (no minimum) or contact us for custom made design for your team/club.
noname is the proud partner of Team OUSA since 2014.
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WOC Team Announcement
Here is the team that will represent the U.S. at the World Orienteering Championships in Latvia in August 2018, as selected by the Review Panel (RP) of Peggy Dickison, Tori Campbell, Kristin Hall, Will Hawkins, and Glen Tryson. They will head to Latvia August 4–11.
Men
- Greg Ahlswede, DVOA
- Giacomo Barbone, CSU
- Eric Bone, COC
- Michael Laraia, MNOC
- Anton Salmenkyla, CSU / Helsingin Suunnistajat (Finland)
- Alternate: Will Enger, COC
Women
- Tori Borish, BAOC / COC
- Tyra Chrisotpherson, COC
- Alison Crocker, CROC
- Julia Doubson, BAOC
- Amanda Johansson, OK Orion (Sweden)
- Alternate: Sydney Fisher, WPOC
Congratulations to Team USA members and good luck with training for WOC!
Full article is here.
U.S. Team member bios are available here.
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WUOC Team Announcement
The following have been selected to represent the U.S. at the 2018 World University Orienteering Championships!
The top 3 finishers in the Intercollegiate Varsity Championships held April 28–29, 2018 at Mount Tom, Holyoke, MA, were automatically selected.
Men
- Michael Laraia - MNOC
- George "Trey" Grindley - USMAOC
- Peter Zakrevski - HVO
- Morten Jorgensen (by petition, based on performance and previous M-21+ results)
- Thomas Laraia - MNOC (by petition, based upon performance in M-Red at Junior Nationals, and previous M-20 results. )
- Alternate: Kevin Wolgast - USMAOC
Women
- Amanda Johansson - OK Orion, Sweden
- Tyra Christopherson - COC
- Brigitte Bordelon - USMAOC
- Evalin Brautigaum - WCOC (by petition, based upon performance in Day 2 Intercollegiate results, and previous F-21+ results).
- Julia Doubson - BAOC (by petition, based upon performance in ISVF at Junior Nationals, and previous F-21+ and F-20 results)
Follow the team on Facebook and AttackPoint as they prepare for their trip to Kuortane, Finland, July 17–21!
Additional information about WUOC can be found here: https://www.wuoc2018.com/bulletins.html
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WTOC Team Announcement
The following athletes have been selected to represent the USA at the World Trail Orienteering Championships taking place in Daugavpils, Latvia from August 5 to 11, 2018.
Paralympic Class
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Daniel Heimgartner (QOC)
Christ Rasmussen (CRNA)
Julius Schram (CRNA)
Open Class
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Sharon Crawford (RMOC)
Mika Latva-Kokko (NEOC)
Mike Poulsen (CROC)
Accompanying Team Officials
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Russ Myer
1st Sgt Peter Tiller
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US Club Teams at Jukola in Finland
 The legendary Jukola relay race in Finland takes place near the town of Lahti June 16–17. Jukola consists of seven legs and runs all through the night, finishing in the morning. The women's relay, Venla, consists of four legs and runs during the day. At the moment, there are 3501 teams registered for the two relays, totaling nearly 20,000 competitors!
 Teams from the U.S. have participated in Jukola and Venla in past years, but this year we have three whole teams signed up for Jukola and one for Venla!
There will be U.S. junior teams racing, composed of juniors preparing for the European Youth Orienteering Championships and JWOC. There will also be two club teams, representing Delaware Valley Orienteering Association (DVOA) and Click on the map for a larger image
Up North Orienteering (UNO).
Here are the U.S. club team lineups:
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DVOA (Team 1331)
1. Sergei Ryzhkov
2. Greg Ahlswede
3. Wyatt Riley
4. Vadim Masalkov
5. Clem McGrath
6. Sergei Fedorov
7. Sergei Zhyk
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UNO (Team 1023)
1. Jim Arsenault
2. J-J Cote
3. Jeff Saeger
4. Steve Tarry
5. Steve Olafsen
6. Alar Ruutopold
7. Ernst Linder
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You can follow the races live on WebTV. Good luck to all U.S. athletes competing!
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Sharon Crawford (RMOC), a living legend of US orienteering, was recently profiled on ESPN's website.
This is a great story about one of the truly phenomenal athletes in our OUSA community. Check it out here!
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Highlight Your Club/Event!
Every club is unique and can contribute to the growth and health of orienteering in the U.S. Whether your club had an extraordinarily successful event, is planning something unique or special, or simply wants to advertise quality events that it puts on, we want to highlight it here!
Please contact the editors at newsletter@orienteeringusa.org to add content to the next newsletter!
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Notes:
* = OUSA Board of Directors Meeting. All members are welcome.
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Recap: Troll Cup/Junior Nationals
The 2018 Junior Nationals were organized by the New England Orienteering Club in conjunction with its Troll Cup National Ranking Event at the end of April at Mount Tom Reservation in Massachusetts.
Here are your 2018 Junior Nationals Champions:
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Interscholastic Primary School
M: Lukas Webb (CSU/Deerfield Elementary)
Interscholastic Intermediate School
F: Zoriah Zosel (COC/Tahoma Girls)
M: Alex Rosenberg (NEOC/Cambridge Rindge and Latin)
Interscholastic High School Varsity
F: Julia Doubson (BAOC)
M: Anthony Riley (DVOA/Conestoga HS)
Intercollegiate Varsity
F: Amanda Johansson (Chalmers Institute, Sweden)
M: Michael Laraia (University of Minnesota)
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High School Varsity Team
Cambridge Rindge and Latin (MA)
High School Junior Varsity Team
Henry County Varsity Gold (GA)
Intermediate School Team
Cambridge Rindge and Latin (MA)
Intercollegiate Team
United States Military Academy (NY)
Club High School Varsity Team
Bay Area Orienteering Club (CA)
Club High School Junior Varsity Team
Delaware Valley Orienteering Association (PA-NJ-DE)
Club Intermediate
Quantico Orienteering Club
(DC-MD-VA)
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DVOA Club Team, Junior Varsity winners; Photo by Angelica Riley
Henry County Warhawks, Varsity Silver medalists; Photo by Dave Yee
Michael Laraia, Intercollegiate Champion; Photo by Dave Yee
You can see full results here and maps here: day 1 and day 2.
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Recap: Billygoat
This year's Billygoat winner, Greg Ahlswede, provides his thoughts on the race:
As soon as we started I could tell my legs didn't have any sort of spark in them to run fast. But I knew my base could carry me through to a win so long as I had a clean race.
I started off pretty far back, focusing on reading the first loop and seeing any potential skips there. Didn't see any I liked in the first loop. Once I saw that there was a "break" from 10 to partway past 12, I decided to examine the rest of the race there.
Going into 1, I had Jordan and Tomas right in front of me. I passed them at 2 as they swung too far left on the entrance. Held in front of them until 4 when I crossed over the trail and never saw it. Jordan wanted to keep climbing, but I stopped to read the map and realized we were on the right shelf.
Jordan passed me at 5 when I started reading rocks that were too high as the rocks in the reentrant. He held onto this lead until 9. I just couldn't push physically to catch him. But I stuck with my goal of a stable, clean race. 
I lost sight of Jordan on the way to 10, but it took so long when I punched that I realized I had woken up the control. 10 didn't seem like a smart skip to me, so I assumed Jordan had made a mistake. Waking up the controls after that confirmed that assumption.
On the way to 13, which I had a crap route for, I decided to skip 20 because "it looked like the biggest pain in the ass" out of what was left on the course. Not very scientific, but it worked for me.
Leaving 17, my body reminded me that I had pushed my limits at a training camp only a few days prior. I shot back that there wasn't anything wrong with going to the well.
I continued navigating and enjoying the woods immensely until 22 when I heard some thrashing in the woods. Jordan came over the spur and punched 22 while I left towards the southern 23. He had better speed than me at this point and quickly caught and passed me. I picked up the pace but wasn't able to close the gap until 23 when I saw him leaving the control.
As I crossed the swamp and hooked onto the trail I saw him cut north too early and knew he'd have a lot of extra distance and climb to make up. I took a few seconds to make sure I had read the final bit correctly and went after it.
I was still thinking that Jordan somehow could have held onto his lead and was looking for him at the finish as I came down to the line. But he wasn't there and I knew I had won.
It was great to win this Billygoat. The Billygoat is an amazing American tradition and Blue Mountain is such an extraordinary map/terrain that this event was really something special. A big thank you to HVO for organizing and to Joe [Brautigam, WCOC] for setting a really fun course.
Again, many people may not share this opinion with me, but it's certainly where I am at now: in general, Blue Mountain feels easy to me compared to a map like French Creek. It's so much easier to ignore features and only focus on what's visible than it is to try to see features that are hardly visible in thick woods. But Blue Mountain is certainly much more fun.
I made sure to do a loop around the Blue Mountain lodge to bring a younger Greg back into my memory. It's amazing how much things change over the years. That Greg certainly could have never envisioned himself ever being any good at this sport. Things can improve significantly for American orienteers. I hope to help my juniors down a road similar to the one I took. But my journey hasn't ended yet...
You can see full Billygoat results here.
And for a full history of the Billygoat Run, see billygoat.org.
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Recap: ROC One-Day National Ranking Event
 
On May 5, Rochester Orienteering Club held a one-day National Ranking Event at Letchworth State Park. The event attracted 107 starters, including members of 9 U.S. and 4 Canadian clubs. U.S. Team members Jordan Laughlin (CNYO) and Sydney Fisher (WPOC) won the men's and women's elite Photo by Mark Papke classes, respectively.
You can see the results here and the courses here.
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Recap: Westchester County Challenge/Team Trials
 Over Memorial Day Weekend, DVOA, with help from HVO, WCOC, and other clubs, organized the Westchester County Challenge National Ranking Event just North of New York City. Besides hosting the U.S. Team Trials to determine Team USA for the World Orienteering Championships, this event featured a club relay.
Relay mass start;
This was one of the largest relays in the U.S. in recent memory. The arena setup was conducive to great spectating and exciting battles played out in both the 3-point and 7-point categories. (Points were based on age and gender.) The relay winners in the 3-point category were NEOC Henry Street (Vilppu Viinikainen, Keegan Harkavy, Ethan Childs). The 7-point category was won by WCOC (Joe Brautigam, Tony Muffatti, Pavlina Brautigam). Full relay results here. Riley Culberg exchanging to Kevin Culberg on leg 1;
In the Women's Team Trials races, Alison Crocker (CROC), back on the U.S. Team after giving birth to baby Sylvia, showed good form in winning all three individual races. Tori Borish (BAOC/COC) put in a strong performance and claimed three silver medals. On the men's side, the three races had three different winners, showcasing the strength and depth of the U.S. men's team at the moment. Greg Ahlswede (DVOA, sprint), Michael Laraia (MNOC, middle), and Anton Salmenkyla (CSU, long) each won one of the races. Full splits here.
Team Trials scoring list here.
RouteGadget: Sprint, Middle, Relay, Long
 
Ali Crocker, W21 winner in sprint, middle, and long; Michael Laraia, M21 winner in the middle distance;
All photos by Ken Walker
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Preview: 2018 Rocky Mountain Orienteering Festival
Laramie Range Orienteering Club (LROC) and Rocky Mountain Orienteering Club (RMOC) invite you to join us at the Rocky Mountain Orienteering Festival for six days of orienteering in the Medicine Bow National Forest, just east of Laramie, Wyoming.
The events will take place from Wednesday, August 29th through Monday, September 3rd (Labor Day).
Four of the event days — Friday though Monday — will be designated as National Ranking Events. Eligible residents of western states can also compete for the Western States Championships, based on their best two out of three results on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
The events include a mass-start long distance (Goat-style) race, a one-man relay, a middle distance, and three classic races. The Festival will also include OUSA's Annual General Meeting on September 1st.
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Newsletter Contributions
If you would like to send content for the next edition of the newsletter, please email it to the editors by the 20th of the month.
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Newsletter Compiled and Edited by Allison Brown and Boris Granovskiy
Banner Photo credits: Cristina Luis, WCOC/HVO, Valerie Meyer, Facebook
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