Mike Robinson Friday, November 1, 2019 APU 44 hardy souls braved the cold and wet weather to participate in a night-O on the APU campus. Despiste the weather, people had a good time finding controls in the darkening woods that had halloween decorations, light sticks, and treats. Orienteers who wore costumes earned 40 bonus points! Thanks … Read more
Date: Friday 11/01/2019 Time: 6:00 pm Location: APU Atwood/Carr Gottstein Parking Lot Back by popular demand, we are doing a night time Score-O to celebrate Halloween (although technically it will be the day after on Friday evening so its not a school night). Mass start at 6 pm when the sun sets.. It will be … Read more
At the end-of-season social and annual membership meeting this past Saturday, the club elected the board of directors for the upcoming year. Eleven of the fourteen board members are returnees having served on the board last year, although several have switched positions. Three members are leaving the board –Dan Billman, Lia Keller, and Andy Olnes. … Read more
Date: Saturday, September 21st Mass start at 5:00 p.m. (arrive early to sign up) Location: Russian Jack Springs Park 1600 Lidia Selkregg Ln, 99504 Russian Jack Score-O Please join us for the last meet of the season! The score-o starts at 5:00 pm. Park near the chalet and follow signs to the start. Please make … Read more
Saturday, September 14th, 2019 Little Campbell Lake Kincaid ParkIt was a beautiful day for the second to last race of the Arctic Orienteering Club race season. The racers had a challenging time running the hills and trails in this chase format race while trying to stay out of the way of the moose. Billy Goat … Read more
Date: Saturday, Sept 14 Time: 2:00 pm (Billy goat) and 2:15 (Pygmy goat) Location: Little Campbell Lake Kincaid Park off of Raspberry Rd A Billy Goat-O is a mass start where you are encouraged to follow other runners (or try to loose runners if you are being chased). You have to run the map in … Read more
We had to cancel the meet we were trying to plan for this Saturday Sept 7th because no one volunteered to put this on. We do have a volunteer for a meet next weekend on Saturday Sept 14th and then there will be a final meet on Saturday Sept 21st right before the end-of-season social.
High School-O 2019 Results Eight high school x-c running teams tested their skills at navigating through the woods of Russian Jack Springs Park and APU. Bear sightings and wasp stings added to the adventure. East High had the highest team average of points found, with Grace close behind. A team from Dimond (Kurtis Brumbaugh, Peter … Read more
Date: Wednesday August 8th Time: Course opens at 8:45 a.m. and last start time is 6:00 p.m. Format: 1 hour Score-O This year’s High School meet will be at East High School, utilizing Russian Jack and APU. The start will be in the soccer field off of the furthest east parking lot at East High School. Since … Read more
Results of Sprint O July 31 at Bartlett About 92 folks showed up for a lovely mild evening at Bartlett for the Third in the series of Sprint-O’s. A bull moose participated also, causing some excitement for orienteers as well. Several orienteers did more than one course. Nick Trienen was the fastest male on the … Read more