U.S. Teams

Summary

The JWOC Selection Committee will choose six young men and six young women competitors to represent the USA at the Junior World Championships in 2014.  The committee will also choose two young men and two young women as alternates.  The selection process will be based on a combination of annual ranking scores and performances at Selection Races to be held in April 2014.

Selection Scores

Each candidate's Overall Selection Score will be the sum of their three best component selection scores.  Four component scores will be considered:  

The MTBO Selection Committee is pleased to announce the Team that will be representing the USA at the 11th World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships (WMTBOC) in Rakvere, Estonia this August 26 – 31. The Team members are:

The JWOC Selections Committee is thrilled to announce the Team that will be representing the USA at the 2013 Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) in the Czech Republic in July:

The section of the Orienteering USA rules regarding selection to the 2013 JWOC Team is copied below.

G.2.7 Selection Rules for the Junior World Orienteering Championships

G.2.7.1 The makeup of the U.S. Team to the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC Team) shall be primarily determined using an objective scoring method as detailed below.

The U.S. Standing Team Selection Committee (Kris Beecroft, Vladimir Gusiatnikov, Kristin Hall, and Patrick Nuss) is pleased to announce the selection of the following orienteers for the 2013 U.S. Orienteering Team (Foot-O):

Men A: Eric Bone, Ross Smith
Men B: Boris Granovskiy, Wyatt Riley, Ken Walker Jr, Sergei Zhyk
Men C: Giacomo Barbone, Clem McGrath, Nikolay Nachev, Brendan Shields, Ian Smith

Orienteering USA has again designated April of this year as Team's Support Month. Clubs are asked to consider donating a portion of their meet revenues from local meets held during the month of April to support all of the Orienteering USA Teams.

In return for their efforts, clubs can expect the help of Team members during the month. Team members are willing to help in planning and executing the events. Areas where they might help include course setting, course vetting, map updating, control placement and retrieval, and more.

I am pleased to announce that the team to represent the US at the World Games in Cali, Columbia will be: Ali Crocker, Samantha Saeger, Eric Bone and Ross Smith. The Games will be held August 1-4 with 40 men and 40 women athletes competing. The schedule of events is as follows:

Thursday, 1st August — Model Event
Friday, 2nd August — Sprint Distance
Saturday, 3rd August — Middle Distance
Sunday, 4th August — Mixed Sprint Relay, Closing Ceremony

A big thank you to Orienteering USA Board of Directors for approving a travel grant to help our athletes get to Cali!

The team to represent the USA at the 2013 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Kazakhstan March 3-10 has been finalized and is comprised of:

Alison Crocker, Toledo, OH