Summer might have drawn to a close, but we’re still thinking about what an incredible season of racing it was for American athletes. From first-time WOC attendees to historic World Cup Results, take a trip down memory lane with us..
(This summer round-up covers World Cups 1-4, JWOC, WOC, and WMOC. American athletes from around the nation also competed at O-Ringen, Swedish League, Swiss O’Week, EYOC, OOCup, and the Canadian Orienteering Festival.)(This summer round-up covers World Cups 1-4, JWOC, WOC, and WMOC. American athletes from around the nation also competed at O-Ringen, Swedish League, Swiss O’Week, EYOC, OOCup, and the Canadian Orienteering Festival.)
US Team Summer Wrap-up
While we’re already well into autumn, we wanted to celebrate a summer of excellent racing and historic results for the US team abroad. Let’s take a look back at international events throughout the last few months.
World Cup 1 [Apr 24-26] – Locarno, Switzerland
Four American athletes took on the first World Cup in Locarno, Switzerland. Oriana Riley, Keegan Harkavy, Ricardo Schaniel, and Thomas Curiger competed in this sprint World Cup. They unfortunately only had one opportunity to compete officially, but enjoyed themselves sprinting around in the beautiful mountains regardless.
Read Oriana’s blog post here.
World Cup 2 [May 28-31] – Skara-Lidköping, Sweden
Two then-Sweden-based USA orienteering athletes, Keegan Harkavy and Anthony Riley, competed at the second World Cup of the season, another sprint event in Skara and Lidköping. They competed in the KO quali and the individual sprint and pulled off some impressive results.
World Orienteering Cup 2026: Results & Event Info
Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) [June 29 – July 4] – Karlskrona, Sweden
Twelve juniors got the opportunity to compete in the epicenter of orienteering in Karlskrona, Sweden. They took on challenging, swampy terrain and some interesting peninsula sprinting. And they got to take improved knowledge and strengthened friendships home from Scandinavia.
Read their blog post here.
World Orienteering Championships (WOC) [July 6-11] – Genoa, Italy
The World Orienteering Championships were held in Genoa, Italy this year, and the U.S. sent eight athletes, including four first-timers (Annika Mihata, Ava Suhocki, Greta Leonard and Sergei Ryzhkov) and four returners (Evalin Brautigum, Joseph Brautigum, Ricardo Schaniel, and Keegan Harkavy). They enjoyed some extremely interesting and complex sprint racing, and, of course, some delicious gelato.
Read Annika’s blog post here
World Orienteering University Championship (WUOC) [July 28 – Aug 1] – Vila Real, Portugal
Twelve college-aged athletes took on the World Orienteering University Championships (WUOC) in Vila Real, Portugal. Despite fears about the heat of the summer in Portugal, the weather held out for a beautiful week of racing around interesting streets as well as an extremely pleasant forest.
Keegan Harkavy came fourth in the KO-sprint qualifiers, which wouldn’t be his last legendary result for the summer. The team played a lot of Ninja, ate a lot of chocolate mousse, and enjoyed socializing with the other college teams.
Read FISU’s round-up here.
World Cup Round 3 [Aug 5-9] – Vyšší Brod, Czechia
Four athletes — three of whom were on the heels of racing or coaching at WUOC — took a quick flight over to Vyšší Brod, Czechia, for the third World Cup and first purely forest event of the season.
In the men’s relay, Thomas Laraia, Anthony Riley, and Keegan Harkavy pulled off the highest result in American World Cup history — 17th!!! Evalin Brautigum didn’t have a relay team, but tackled the challenging woods in the individual middle and middle quali.
World Orienteering Cup 2026: Results & Event Info
World Masters Orienteering Championships [Aug 7-14] – Rzeszow, Poland
Around 20 American orienteers traveled to Rzeszów, Poland to compete at the 2026 World Masters Orienteering Championships. U.S. legend Sharon Crawford led the way by winning Gold in the Long Distance final, while several other runners turned in strong individual performances on challenging courses and everyone enjoyed a great week of racing in Poland:
European Orienteering Championship (WC4) [Sep 24-27] – Drusinikai, Lithuania
Athletes Joseph Barrett and Thomas Laraia took on the thorny, green woods of Drusnikai, Lithuania. They wrapped up the summer with some challenging races, some stellar results, and a whole lot of fun.
World Orienteering Cup 2026: Results & Event Info
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And with that, the summer season of racing came to a close. If you still want a chance to nap some world ranking points or to race alongside the U.S. team members, show up to NAOC in December.