Month: April 2025

YMP April Map of the Month

The Youth Mapping Program April Map of the Month is Lexington Montessori School in Lexington, MA. This map was created in 2021 and is still being used extensively!

This course was first used for an 11-week orienteering course for middle school students, and has since been used for a shorter Intro to Orienteering course for younger students, to teach general map skills, to map noteworthy trees for an outdoor education project, and even to map sugar maples for tapping!

“We love being able to use the woods and fields in a more deliberate way. It adds visual-spatial learning to the outdoor experience and gives us a new purpose for outdoor activities.”

Interested in having a map made of your school? Learn more about the program and apply here.

45th Annual West Point NRE Event Recap

April 12-13, 2025

  • Saturday Venue: Stilwell Lake
  • Sunday Venue: Victor Constant Ski Area
  • Event website

Unfortunately, the planned Saturday afternoon relay event was cancelled due to the winter weather, which had caused a 2-hour delay to the morning event.

Results, Photos, and Maps

The photos above are all by Evalin Brautigam and the West Point Public Affairs Office

Flying Pig Event Recap

April 4-6, 2025

Hosts: Orienteering Cincinnatti (OCIN) and Indiana Crossroads Orienteering (ICO)

Event website

Venues:

  • Friday Middle Distance – Camp Ransburg
  • Saturday Long Distance – Story West (Cancelled due to extreme flooding event)
  • Sunday Urban Middle – Indianapolis

This event features some wild weather, cancelling Sunday’s long race, and a fairly unique urban middle distance race on Sunday.

Photos above by Evalin Brautigam and OCIN.

Results, Splits, and Photos

OCIN’s results page

OUSA photos by Evalin Brautigam

OCIN photo album

2025 EYOC Team Selected

The European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) Selection Committee of Brenda Blacklock, Evalin Brautigam, Boris Granovskiy, and Dylan Poe are pleased to announce the 2025 EYOC team representing the US in Czechia this summer:

F-18

  • Paige Suhocki
  • Adalia Schafrath-Craig
  • Kendal O’Callaghan

F-16

  • Ally Coates

M-18

  • Erik Fey
  • Ben Cooper

M-16

  • Mark Fey
  • Misha Biryukov
  • Alex Eriksson

EYOC is an annual competition for orienteers aged 15-18, with competitions for the -18 and -16 age classes. This is the first time that the US will field an officially supported team to EYOC, supported by coaches Caroline Sandbo and Carl Fey. Congrats to all who were selected!

April Forum: Starting a New Club

The April forum topic is about starting and building a new orienteering club. The forum will feature Radu Greavu, Boris Granovskiy, and Bruce Moore, who will talk about their experiences launching a new club. It will take place on Wednesday, April 16th online at 8:30pm ET.

Join us on Google Meet on Wednesday, April 16th at 8:30pm ET.

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