Junior Team Executive Steering Committee announces with pride the 2012 U.S. Team to the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Kosice, Slovakia, July 7-14:
MEN:
1. Andrew Childs, GMOC
2. Nathaniel Lyons, ROC
3. Carl Underwood, NEOC (declined)
4. Ethan Childs, GMOC
5. John Hensley Williams, USMAOC
6. Theodore Fong, USMAOC (declined)
Alternates:
1. Nathan Ohrwaschel, DVOA
2. Joe Barrett, PTOC (declined)
3. Zac Barker, DVOA
WOMEN:
Meg Parson, NEOC
Congratulations to all of you and good luck at JWOC!
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The Björn Kjellström Cup is is a competition between the national teams of the USA and Canada at the senior level. It is held every two years at the North American Orienteering Championships and was first awarded in 1980. At the most recent NAOC, in British Columbia in 2010, the cup was won by the USA in a spirited and very close competition.
The next NAOC will be hosted by DVOA in October 2012, just a year from now. > Information about NAOC 2012
For 2012 there will now also be team competition between the countries at the junior level, with the Future Champions Cup awarded to the winning team. The hope is that this will bring the same level of excitement and recognition for the juniors as the BK Cup has for the seniors. And hopefully a lot of work will be put into training and preparation because, need I say, it is a lot more fun to be on the winning side.
The Rules for the 2012 BK Cup as well as the FC Cup may be found here.
Peter Gagarin
Former U.S. Team Member
As in past years, selection of the team to represent the USA at the 2012 Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) will be based upon F-20 (Green) and M-20 (Red) rankings for a 12-month Selection Period. The 2012 Selection Period will include all Orienteering USA-sanctioned A-event races between April 3, 2011 and April 2, 2012.
As such, the final event races of the 2012 JWOC Selection Period will be those of OCIN's Flying Pig XVI / Eastern States Interscholastic Championships. This event will take place March 30 - April 1, 2012, in Northern Kentucky.
The first event races of the 2012 JWOC Selection Period are those of BAOC's O' in the Oaks / 2011 US Interscholastic and Intercollegiate Championships (held in April 2011). These races were also the final races of the 2011 JWOC Selection Period.
Comments:
Good luck to all aspiring 2012 JWOC Team members!
Guy Olsen
Chair, Junior Team Executive Steering Committee
See the Orienteering USA rules for more regarding selection criteria for JWOC teams. (Rule D.2.5)
It has come to my attention that there has been some confusion regarding the Orienteering USA Rules of Competition as they apply to JWOC Selection.
Revisions to Section D.2. Junior Team were approved by the Board of Directors during their January 15, 2011, teleconference meeting. However, this section, as posted on the OUSA website (http://orienteeringusa.org/rules#D2) reflects the rules that existed prior to the revisions.
Section D.2, as revised, can be found on pages 4 and 5 of the meeting minutes:
http://orienteeringusa.org/sites/default/files/files/documents/minutes-01-15-2011.pdf
Until the Rules document and page are updated, please refer to this version.
Guy Olsen
Chair, Junior Team Executive Steering Committee
Orienteering USA is teaming up with RoadID, and the goal of the arrangement is to produce revenue that will support junior orienteering programs.RoadID is a personalized identification product that can be used by an athlete while training and competing. In the case of accident or medical emergency, it can provide valuable information to medical personnel. RoadID offers a measure of safety that athletes, their family and coaches will appreciate.
Purchases can be made through a link on the Orienteering USA website or with an order form that is being supplied to clubs and A meets. A part of each purchase will be used to fund programs for Juniors like the summer trips to participate in international orienteering meets and other efforts like the junior development team.
To produce a commission for Orienteering USA, an order must be placed:
Check out the styles of personalized identification offered by Road ID by using the link above, or on the O Vendors page. Order one for yourself and every athlete in your family. Show your RoadID to your friends, classmates, and teammates, and give them the Orienteering USA URL (www.orienteeringusa.org) so their order will go through the link. Every single order (including other products available on the RoadID website) will yield financial support for junior programs.
The Road ID promotion is an outgrowth of an idea to sell merchandise that would provide a dedicated stream of income for junior orienteering. We didn't get very far due to the challenges of designing, stocking and shipping merchandise. Other hurdles were a lack of money to invest in inventory and the manpower to do the requisite financial accounting. The RoadID arrangement requires only that Orienteering USA promote the product.
Stephanie Martineau
In 2006 and 2007, we raffled tickets to win a T-shirt quilt similar to the one pictured at right. Funds raised benefit the Junior Team. The winners of those quilts are Suzanne Armstrong and Donna Fluegel. If you can help the junior team by making a t-shirt quilt for a future raffle winner, contact Janet Porter. T-shirts can be provided by the winner.
