Date: Friday 11/01/2019 Time: 6:00 pm Location: APU Atwood/Carr Gottstein Parking Lot Back by popular demand, we are doing a night time Score-O to celebrate Halloween (although technically it will be the day after on Friday evening so its not a school night). Mass start at 6 pm when the sun sets.. It will be … Read more
At the end-of-season social and annual membership meeting this past Saturday, the club elected the board of directors for the upcoming year. Eleven of the fourteen board members are returnees having served on the board last year, although several have switched positions. Three members are leaving the board –Dan Billman, Lia Keller, and Andy Olnes. … 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
Date: Saturday, September 21st Mass start at 5:00 p.m. (arrive early to sign up) Location: Russian Jack Springs Park 1600 Lidia Selkregg Ln, 99504 Russian Jack Score-O Please join us for the last meet of the season! The score-o starts at 5:00 pm. Park near the chalet and follow signs to the start. Please make … 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
Date: Saturday, Sept 14 Time: 2:00 pm (Billy goat) and 2:15 (Pygmy goat) Location: Little Campbell Lake Kincaid Park off of Raspberry Rd A Billy Goat-O is a mass start where you are encouraged to follow other runners (or try to loose runners if you are being chased). You have to run the map in … Read more
We had to cancel the meet we were trying to plan for this Saturday Sept 7th because no one volunteered to put this on. We do have a volunteer for a meet next weekend on Saturday Sept 14th and then there will be a final meet on Saturday Sept 21st right before the end-of-season social.
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
The final sprint in the inaugural Sprint Series takes place this coming Wednesday at UAA! The starting point will be the traditional UAA start location in the parking lot to the north of the Wells Fargo Center. There will be a long, short, and white course available with starts from 5 to 8. If you … 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