Wednesday, July 31, 2013 Mirror Lake Middle School Almost 50 Alaskans were brave enough to orienteer in the blistering sun of the 31st outrageously warm day in July. Ian Moore won the long and difficult red course in 1 hour 15 minutes and 13 seconds, beating birthday boy Cory Smith by a mere 22 seconds. … Read more
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 Trond Flagstad’s sprint-O at UAA Approximately 85 people enjoyed a sunny evening of sprint orienteering on the UAA campus. Jen Jolliff won the women’s long course (3.2km) in 32:08 and Lars Spurkland won the men’s division on the same course with a time of 24:26. Joe Anders 16:50 and Lorryh Wilhelm … Read more
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Far North Bicentennial Park – Abbott Loop Community Park Start Cory Smith and Jen Jolliff outran the mosquitos and their fellow competitors as they won the advanced Red Course at Andrew’s Orienteering on Wednesday. Thanks to Anne Billman, who helped pick up controls. Red, 5.9 km, 13 controls Men 1) Cory … Read more
Wednesday, June 19th 2013 Mirror Lake Over 50 people made it out to Mirror Lake despite two traffic delays on the highway–a semi-truck on fire and a black bear struck by a car. The weather was beautiful but the ferocious clouds of misquitos made orienteering difficult. Ian Moore lead the field in the men’s red … Read more
6/12/2013 Storck Park, Section 36 Approximately 80 people enjoyed a hot and sunny evening of Billygoat Orienteering at Storck Park in Bear Valley. In a Billygoat event, all racers start together in a mass-start, and are allowed to follow other competitors. This head-to-head competition makes for an exciting race. Some of the fast, young bucks … Read more
Wednesday, June 5th 2013 Hillside Trails Approximately 150 people enjoyed a beautiful and challenging day of orienteering at Hillside Park. Ian Moore was the fastest competitor on the 6.4 kilometer Red course, finishing in 1:13:22. Thanks to the following volunteers for helping to put on the meet: Dan and Anne Billman, Jeremy Crawford, Karen and … Read more
Wednesday May 29, 2013 Far North Bicentennial Park Over 100 people came out to enjoy a most excellent evening of orienteering in the very sunny, and sometime soggy Far North Bicentennial Park. Ian Moore topped all men in the red (expert) course with a time of 1:05:21. Lorena Knapp won the red course for the … Read more
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 JBER-Elmendorf The Arctic Orienteering Club raced five courses on intricate terrain in pre-leaf-out conditions. Ian Moore won the longest course in just under an hour, and David Evans had the fastest time on the short expert course. Of the 42 participants, 31 successfully completed a course. Thanks to Paul Sendhofer for … Read more
Karl and Kathy’s Valley-O Crevasse Moraine May 15, 2013 Several hardy souls braved wind and predicted flurries and tough terrain to compete at Crevass Moraine O Meet in Palmer. White Course (1.8K, 8 controls) 1. Jennifer and Andrew Harmon 41:00; 2. James Family 49:00; 3. Jeff Stroke and Susie Terwilliger 55:00; 4. Steve Sandberg 1:37:00 … Read more
Jill and Joyce’s Big-O meet Kincaid Park May 8, 2013 The Score-O format meet started at the chalet, with bluebird skies and extremely soggy trails. Points were based on number and difficulty of controls visited within one hour. The highest scoring male finisher was Regan Sarwas with 870 points. The top female was Karen Bronga … Read more