Wednesday, August 31, 2016 Earthquake Park 53 people came out for the glorious end-of-August weather at Earthquake Park, enjoying warm sunshine and almost no bugs. The meet included traditional red, green and orange courses, as well as a Geolog-O that tested participants’ navigation, map reading, and knowledge about Earthquake Park (supplemented by the “Inside the … Read more
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 Service High School Arctic Orienteering hosted an event for high school cross country teams, that was also open to the public. A record number of schools participated, giving hundreds of local students an opportunity to practice map reading skills, work as a team and get an awesome workout. A mama black … Read more
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 University of Alaska, Anchorage Contestants in Arctic Orienteering Club’s Weird-O on Wednesday had to navigate the normal controls as well as do obstacles that included math, a maze, and pulley’s to get some controls. Regan Sarwas topped the long course orienteering field showing he was fastest, or possibly most adept at … Read more
Wednesday, July 20, 2016 Kincaid Park Over 60 racers came out for the season’s only “Bike O”. Dominating the long course was Cory Smith with a wining time of 1:02:54. Showing everyone how it is done on the short course was Bill (I don’t need a bike) Spencer with a time of 50:19. Followed with … Read more
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Russian Jack Springs Park Over 60 orienteers came out to enjoy another beautiful evening of orienteering this Wednesday at Russian Jack Springs Park. A smorgasbord of course options were available with the 2x2x2km relay being the signature event. The power house team of Jen Jolliff and Ian Moore raced to victory … Read more
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 Bartlett High School 67 participants competed in the Bartlett Score O where competitors had 45 minutes to gather as many controls/points as possible. 20 pt penalty per minute late was assigned. Mother nature waited until the last finisher in to open her skies. Besides a few wasp stings everyone had a … Read more
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 Ruth Arcand Park Approximately 50 people showed up for a fun Score-O in the sun this Wednesday at Ruth Arcand Park. Competitors were given 45 minutes to find as many controls as possible. Controls could be found in any order, with ties favoring the faster competitor. The event was dominated by … Read more
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 Far North Bicentennial Park – Mile 2.2 125 orienteers from age 0 to 89 turned out on a very warm, sunny evening of fun and challenging orienteering at the Bivouac Trailhead at mile 2.2 of Basher Road in Far North Bicentennial Park. Ian Moore won the longest, most technical Red course … Read more
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Far North Bicentennial Park from the Abbott Ball Fields Toby Schwörer won the long expert course in southwestern Far North Bicentennial Park on Wednesday evening. Nick Treinen, Jill Follett, and Diana and Dave Evans beat the men, women, and teams on the short expert course. 130 other participants enjoyed challenging expert, … Read more
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 Earthquake Park The intricate terrain and dense mosquitoes of Earthquake Park challenged 110 racers on Wednesday evening. Ian Moore narrowly outran Cory Smith on the long expert course for men, and Jen Joliff handily beat the other women on the same course. Jeremy Johnson won both the advanced beginner and short … Read more