Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Bartlett High School 91 people enjoyed a beautiful sunny evening of fun and competitive orienteering on Bartlett High School trails. Lured out with the promise of a Sprint-O, most people took an hour or more to enjoy the trails and woods on the Long (5K) and Short (3K) courses, but everyone … Read more
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 Far North Bicentennial Park – Mile 2.2 Approximately 115 people enjoyed orienteering under sunny skies in Far North Bicentennial Park. The green and red courses used an electronic punching system. Ian Moore had the best time on the red course and finished in 1:12:29. The best time on the green course … Read more
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Storck Park 93 people came out for the orienteering event at Storck Park in Bear Valley. Challenging terrain and difficult route finding made for long adventures for participants. Cory Smith won the men’s long advanced course with Ian Moore in second. No women started the long course. John Fritz won the … Read more
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 Fossil Creek on JBER Alaska Ian Moore and Lorena Knapp were top Red Course (4.8km) Orienteering mens, womens finishers displaying ‘cross country’ skill through rolling birch covered forest. Two ran under an hour: Ian – a swift 44:25, followed by Cory Smith 56:22, then Bill Spencer 1:04:40, 18 seconds later Dan … Read more
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 Far North Bicentennial Park, Mile 1.1 This weeks orienteering meet had 153 participants in Bicentennial Park, mile 1 Campbell Airstrip Road. Beautiful weather and no bugs on 5 different course levels yielded lots of grinning people. On the Red course, Ian Moore edged out Toby Schwörer for first place in the … Read more
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Earthquake Park There were over 150 competitors, including several dozen first time orienteers, on the 5 traditional orienteering courses prepared at Earthquake Park. The ground was dry, the brush was thin, and the mosquitoes were non-existent providing excellent orienteering opportunities. The excitement for the evening was provided by a new born … Read more
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Mirror Lake Middle School There was good competition on all five courses at Wednesday’s orienteering meet at Mirror Lake Middle School on Eklutna, Inc. land. Cory Smith, Eric Follett, and David and Diana Evans won the Expert, Expert-Short, and Intermediate Courses, respectively. 69 people started courses, and 63 finished. Thanks to … Read more
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Kincaid Park Over 40 participants enjoyed this Score-O style meet, starting from the Kincaid Chalet. They used the same course that approximately 900 Anchorage School District students used earlier in the day. Steve Gruhn had the highest point total of the day, scoring 880 out of a possible 1160. Thanks to … Read more
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Alaska Pacific University The first Orienteering meet of the season was held at APU Wednesday, April 29. 76 people showed up to participate in Joyce & Kathy’s Spring O. A short introduction to Orienteering training was held before the meet by Anne Billman and Jill & Eric Follett. The overall points … Read more
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Bartlett 28 people raced in the Arctic Orienteering Club’s first meet of 2015. A ski-O adapted to no snow, the course was run as a Sprint-O on foot (with grippers!) on icy Bartlett ski trails. The long course was 5.7 km and the short course was 3.6 km. Cory Smith was … Read more