Dorn Van Dommelen About 20 stalwart orienteers participated in tonight’s sprint training. Everyone enjoyed the “all-you-can-orienteer” format and many ran multiple courses. Courses included two short sprints, two longer sprints, a traditional sprint finale, and a “no map” course. The bravest souls chose that map first. They had one minute to memorize their routes and then off they … Read more
Get ready for the Sprints! Wednesday, August 13th, 5-7 p.m. outside UAA’s Beatrice McDonald Hall. Parking is free. There will be a number of practice courses on the UAA map for sprint practice including a few short ones, some of moderate length, and one full sprint course. Run on one or more of these courses … Read more
Summer is winding down and our orienteering season is about to go through its annual transformation. We’re sorry that the last traditional meet was cancelled, but we’ve packed a lot into the season already with eight traditional meets, including one nationally ranked event, and several other great meets. In addition, we’re soon to have the … Read more
Hey Alaska Orienteers! Three Alaska courses from 2024 have been nominated in the international 2024 Course of the Year competition on the World of O site. There are over 50 courses nominated, but the voting is open and our courses need your help to win! Look for Cory’s Sprint Series Opener at Earthquake Park, Regan’s … Read more
In the Van Dommelen family, the holidays come with a lot of board games. If only there were a board game that celebrated orienteering!
About 20 orienteers came out on Thursday to select the worst orienteering of the year. It was a fun, raucous activity (or at least boisterous – we are a bunch of geeky orienteers), and we all got the chance to laugh with and at each other. In the end, three orienteers made it past the … Read more
Remember that time it took you forever to find a control? Was it you or was it a mistake by the meet director? That control was total BS and pretty much ruined your night of orienteering. But have no fear, we can still turn your misery into a bit of orienteering fun. On Thursday, November … Read more
The 2024 Arctic Orienteering Sprint Series ended with an exciting, if somewhat rainy finale. The last event was a pursuit and since we mixed things up a bit this year and had three separate pursuits, I’ve listed the final order that racers would have come in if it had been an all-out pursuit race: Scott … Read more
The final sprint championship is set for this coming Wednesday, followed by the club’s annual meeting. Here’s how it will work: From 5-6 come out and run the sprint courses as an Open competitor. Everyone is welcome! It doesn’t matter if you haven’t even run a single sprint. At 6 p.m. we will have the … Read more
Wednesday September 18, 2024 Kincaid Park Over thirty orienteers came out to the Jodphur Loop last night for the Bike-O. The weather was good and the trails decent, though there were certainly a few good puddles and ponds out there. The courses were set on an experimental Bike-O map, which worked well. There were a … Read more