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
Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Alaska Pacific University 70+ people enjoyed a relatively cool evening at the Sprint-O on the APU campus and University Lake, with many competitors attempting both the long and short courses. This is the first in a three-meet sprint series this summer. Ian Moore posted the fastest times on both the long … Read more
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 FNBP N Bivouac Trailhead (Mile 2.2) Over 100 people came out to Far North Bicentennial Park on Wednesday night and got a break from the wildfire smoke to enjoy an evening of blue skies. A breeze helped keep some of the mosquitoes at bay. Jen Jolliff and Toby Schwörer won the women’s … Read more
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 Mirror Lake Middle School Over 80 people came out to Mirror Lake Middle School to enjoy a beautiful evening on some fun and challenging courses. Jen Jolliff and Ian Moore won the women’s and men’s Red courses. Bill and Nowelle Spencer were the fastest team on the Red course. Wildlife sightings … Read more
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 Chugach State Park, Upper O’Malley Trailhead Beautiful and warm summer conditions and challenging running faced the ninety-eight runners that came out for Trond’s orienteering meet on Wednesday evening. The meet accessed the Chugach State Park trails and terrain from the Upper O’Malley Trailhead with the new Hemlock Knob orienteering map. Jen … Read more
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 Far North Bicentennial Park It was a dry evening at Far North Bicentennial Park for the Arctic Orienteering Club race Wednesday. Surprisingly there were no reported run ins with ornery moose or bears. 82 Orienteers competed. Toby Schwörer and Jen Jolliff won the men’s and women’s red courses. Earlier Toby won … Read more
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 Earthquake Park Approximately 100 people enjoyed an evening of fun and competitive orienteering at Earthquake Park in Anchorage. While the sun gave way to blustery conditions, the competitors stayed warm on course navigating the undulating terrain at the park. Thanks to Regan Sarwas for assisting with this meet, creating the maps, … Read more
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Long Lake Trailhead, Matanuska Lake State Recreation Area 46 people came out to the Mat Su Greenbelt’s Long Lake Trailhead, to combine for 34 starts in an early season training meet. The weather stayed good, thorny bushes were there (but not everywhere), and orienteers enjoyed being back on a map (Crevasse … Read more
Saturday, September 8th, 2018 Trailside Elementary School FNBP Over seventy people came out to enjoy blue skys, beautiful woods, and an afternoon of orienteering on the southside of Far North Bicenntenial Park. Long courses and rough terrain on the more advance courses made it difficult for some to finish within the mandatory deadline. Teamwork was … Read more
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 Earthquake Park Approximately 70 people enjoyed a sunny evening of fun and competitive orienteering in Earthquake Park. There were three maps, a white a orange and a red that could be combined in a variety of combinations to create 4 results categories. White, Orange, Green and Red. A bonus of minus … Read more