Wednesday, May 12, 2021 Earthquake Park There was a good turnout for the second orienteering meet of the season on a beautiful evening at Earthquake park. Fortunately the mosquitos had not quite emerged. The Moore-Jolliff family made a good showing, as always, with Ian Moore winning the red course, beating out mountain runner Allan Spangler. … Read more
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 University/Medical District The club’s first orienteering race of the year (and the first ‘live’ event since 2019) was held on the new ‘U-Med’ map. The event featured three courses: a 6.2 km ‘Long’, a 4.3 km ‘Medium’, and a 2.2 km ‘Short’. Cory Smith posted the fastest time on the long … Read more
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
Saturday, September 21, 2019 Russian Jack Springs Park This meet was a regular score-o for thirty minutes, then for the final fifteen competitors the event transformed into a game of cat and mouse. Participants could choose to remove a control and bring it back to the start for bonus points. However, orienteers could also choose … 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
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 University of Alaska, Anchorage Thanks to all who participated in the final sprint in the inaugural Sprint Series! About 80 people came, despite the moderately smoky conditions, to enjoy our urban sprint map. In addition to the regular results, I’ve also posted the sprint champions in each age category: Long Course, … Read more
Wednesday, August 14, 2019 Fossil Creek, JBER On August 14, we were finally able to hold our Fossil Creek meet; many thanks to JBER for making this possible. 39 people came out to a sunny 70 degree evening (and not too many mosquitoes!). Ian Moore and Jen Jolliff won the men’s and women’s red course; … Read more
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
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
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 Ruth Arcand Park Bill Spencer and Pat ran the fastest long course as a team and Jen Jolliff and Cory Smith topped the women and men, respectively. The long race results were compromised by a wrongly-placed control that disadvantaged some participants (including Jen above and many speedy early-starters). Brian Kirchner ran … Read more