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
A Celebration of Life will be held Tuesday, August 2, 2016 for early Anchorage orienteeer, mountain runner, and general outdoor fun organizer Tim Neale. It starts at 4:30 with a run, bike, walk, whatever you’d like to do on the trails; followed by dinner (provided) and sharing of stories about Tim. At Lydia Selkregg Chalet … 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
ARCTIC ORIENTEERING BOARD MEETING Meeting at Billmans’ was called to order at 7:20. Members present: Trond Jensen, Joyce Goodell, Lexi Hill, Dela Grey, Dan Billman, Anne Billman, Lia Keller, Shelly Laws, Ian Moore, Chris Tomsen, Regan Sarwas and Art Harmon. Discussion of having the Annual Meeting on June 22 was re-visited, Ideas brought forward: board … 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