The following items were left behind at meets this year and have yet to be claimed. Nike Dri-Fit Exercise shirt Water bottle Water bottle Bear bell Camera lens sun shield If any one of these is yours, please contact Regan (rsarwas@gmail.com). These items will eventually be recycled if not claimed.
Arctic Orienteering Club Board of Directors’ Meeting August 16th, 2016 Minutes Call to Order at 7:24 pm Meeting held at Trond and Cindy Jensen’s home. In attendance: Trond Jensen, Lia Keller, Dan Billman, Ian Moore, Cory Smith, Dela Grey, Lexi Hill, Regan Sarwas, Shelly Laws, Jill Follett, Anne Billman 1. Annual Meeting After considering the … Read more
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
We’ve been forced to reshuffle some of our August meets. Here is the current schedule: August 17th: Meet cancelled August 24th: Meet cancelled August 31st: Meet at Earthquake Park
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