Category: Announcements

Announcements for OUSA

New USA Junior National Coach announced!

The USA Junior Team Executive Steering Committee (JTESC) is excited to welcome and introduce to you our new Junior National Coach, Oskar Andrén!  Oskar is a 25 year-old Swedish elite orienteer, with some impressive results, and continuing ambitions for his own orienteering career.  He is currently living in Trondheim, Norway, where he is studying Science of Human Movement at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Oskar Andren
Photo Credit: Kateryna Dzema


Last year, representing the Swedish National Team, he ran his first World Cup races in China, achieving 36th place in the Sprint, and 45th in the Middle.  Other 2019 results included the Norwegian champs (Sprint 4th, Middle 5th, and Long 16th), and the Swedish champs (Sprint 4th, Sprint Relay 2nd, and Relay 5th).  Oskar also had success during his junior years:  He made the podium three times at the 2014 Junior European Cup (JEC): Sprint gold, Long silver, and Relay silver.


Oskar has almost 4 years of prior experience coaching younger orienteering athletes.  He worked one year at the orienteering high school in Hallsberg, Sweden, and, has worked 2.5 years (so far) at the Orienteering high school in Trondheim.  Beside coaching at the schools, he helped organize training camps for the Norwegian junior national team and was a team leader at the 2019 JEC in France. 


Oskar’s own words to National Junior Program (NJP) members… “My ambitions for this job [are] to combine my knowledge, experience and ideas together with the experience that previous coaches had, [and] to help inspire you into being as good as you can be.”

Please join JTESC in saying…
Välkommen Oskar!

FootO Event Advisor clinic in the US is postponed

The postponement of the North America Orienteering Championship 2020 means that the associated IOF FootO Event Advisers Clinic, which was scheduled for the 28 July, will also not happen this year.

The clinic might be organised next year, in conjunction with NAOC 2021, but no confirmation on this can be made before dates for NAOC are decided. More information will come.

Senior Team Announces New Coach

The US Senior Team has recently named elite Estonian orienteer Lauri Sild as their new head coach.  Lauri comes to this role with a strong background in coaching and exercise science as well as an impressive record of performances on the world stage both at JWOC & WOC.  He runs for Koovee and was a member (3rd leg) of the winning team at the 2018 Jukola Relay in Lahti-Hollola. 

Stay tuned for more updates from the Senior Team in the months ahead!

JWOC Postponed

JWOC 2020 in Turkey has officially been postponed. No new date has yet been set.

OUSA will be going ahead with our JWOC team selection based on petitions submitted by TODAY, Fri. Apr. 10.  Team USA will be able to train to be ready when the new date of JWOC is announced.

CalOFest is postponed until summer 2021

The California Orienteering Festival organizers, after much deliberation, have decided to postpone the festival, including the North American Championships (NAOC) and World Rogaining Championships (WRC), until the summer of 2021.  The global health emergency, with its travel and assembly restrictions, means that we cannot hold regional or international championships while protecting the health and safety of our competitors.

The 2021 festival program and event locations will remain the same.  We are trying to schedule the event at a similar time frame; we expect the new dates to be confirmed within weeks.  Once the dates are approved by the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) and the International Rogaining Federation (IRF) and after we have confirmed with landowners, sponsors, and other stakeholders, we will announce the new dates.

Current registrations are automatically transferred to 2021; you do not have to do anything, your fees will not increase, and you are guaranteed entry!  We encourage you to leave your registration in place;  however, for those interested in a refund, please visit our updated website registration page for details, or contact the registrar. 

We wish you all the best in these difficult times; stay healthy and fit, and we look forward to seeing you in beautiful California for an exciting summer in 2021!  

Sincerely,

The Steering Committee of the California Orienteering Festival

The World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, moves to July 2022

The International World Games Association (IWGA) and Birmingham Organising Committee (BOC) have agreed to postpone the 11th edition of The World Games until 7th to 17th July 2022. The Games had originally been planned to take place from 15–25 July next year.

The move is precipitated by the recent postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games to July 2021 and this date range was the only period in 2022 that could handle organizer venue, accommodation and sponsor needs. It remains to be seen how this will impact the orienteering program as the new dates overlap the 2022 World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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JWOC 2020 Team Selection Reminder

With the recent cancellation of the 2020 Junior Nationals the JWOC 2020 team selection will take place by submitting a Type I petition which shall be evaluated by the Selection Committee using the JWOC Team Selection Type I Petition reviewing rubric.  

The completed Type I petition should include as much of the requested information as possible, and be sent to ousajuniorprogram@nullorienteeringusa.org by Friday, April 10, 2020.  Please see the attached updated announcement.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BcxjerO8kJRfVlM-1UIiIz3Sq8F3AUiU

West Point National Meet CANCELLED

We have just received official confirmation that West Point’s National Ranking Event has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled this year. The West Point event organizers thank you for your patience and helpfulness throughout the entire process. They are working out the last few issues with refunds now.

WOC 2020 Updates

The situation concerning the COVID-19 Pandemic develops extremely fast. This affects the planning of WOC2020 greatly, and we know it also creates great uncertainty for all of you who are looking forward to visiting WOC2020 either as runners or as guests.

We in the WOC organizing team are monitoring the situation closely and keep contact with the Danish authorities. We are still planning towards a WOC in July, but at same time we recognize the seriousness of the situation, and we are looking into different alternatives. Hopefully, we shall be wiser within next few weeks, and we shall be able to announce a final decision.

Regarding the WOC Tour we have made the following changes:

  • The Early Bird deadline is postponed to 1-May
  • We encourage you to still make your entries in Orienteering Online, but NOT transfer any payments until you receive notice from the WOC Tour organization.
  • In the event of cancellation or postponement, all fees will naturally be refunded.

We thank you for your understanding and your patience in this challenging situation.

The WOC organizing committee

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