Host: Navigation Games
Venue: Boston, MA
Boston-area orienteers were treated to a special urban middle in the city of Boston, 250 years after Paul Revere’s famous ride.
Photos by Stefan Slutsky.
Hosts: Mount Hood Orienteering and Columbia River Orienteering Club
Venues: Skyline Sno-Park and Billy Bob Sno-Park, in the shadows of Mt Hood, Oregon
Two clubs, two days of challenging orienteering in the shadow of Mount Hood, Oregon!
With over 2,000 entries this year, the World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) in Girona, Spain, was clearly the place to be. The WMOC is the IOF championship event for those aged 35 and older, and every year Masters athletes from around the world travel to compete, some of them against friends they’ve known for many decades.
All photos from Evalin Brautigam. Map snippets from Livelox.
There were 34 US athletes in attendance this year, from clubs all over the country. The highlights for the US contingent include three podium trips for Sharon Crawford (W80), who earned a bronze in the sprint, and silver in both the middle and long. Over in M80, Peter Gagarin earned bronze medals in the sprint and long.
There does not appear to be an official repository for routes and maps, but this search on Livelox should get you some wildcat entries with plenty to look at.
Lots more results, splits, and photos on the official WMOC site.
The 2025 European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) took place 17-20 July, 2025 in Brno, Czechia. EYOC is a competition for men and women in the -16 and -18 age groups, and a chance for young orienteers from many countries to get together and face serious competition in a friendly environment. This is the first year that the US sent an official team, with four women and five men (announcement) making up the ranks.
As this is the European Youth Orienteering Championships, the official results only include those representing European countries. Official or not, there were certainly some US results worth writing home about! Especially in the Long, with Alex Eriksson 30th (of 109) in M16 and Erik Fey 38th (of 114) in M18.
The 2025 World Orienteering Championships (WOC) took place in Kuopio, Finland, July 8-12 2025. The US sent a team of four men and four women to compete in a program consisting of a Middle Qualification, Middle Final, Long Final, and Relay. Meet the team on the blog!
Anthony Riley and Ali Crocker both qualified for the Middle Final, and finished 43rd and 47th, respectively. Ali then had the best US finish in the Long Final, at 41st, while Joe Barrett had the best finish for the men in 46th. The men’s and women’s relay teams wrapped up the week with 28th and 23rd place finishes.
Team USA photos by Evalin Brautigam.
The Arctic Orienteering Club (AOC) welcomed orienteers to Alaska for several days of orienteering in varied terrain. There were intricate forests, wide open alpine, a SUP ferry, and snow!
The events were a short forest event at Earthquake Park, classic NRE at Willow Creek, a Mountain-O at Craigie Creek (Hatcher Pass), and a Classic at Mirror Lake.
Livelox for Willow Creek Classics
Last updated July 4
Team USA was represented by 12 athletes at this year’s Junior Orienteering World Championships, held in Trentino, Italy. Here are photos, maps, and results from this year’s event!
The Mixed Sprint Relay is a race between teams of four athletes–two women and two men—in a fast, head-to-head competition with a total winning time of under one hour. In the heat of the afternoon, Team USA athletes pulled off impressive performances, utilizing their speed and wit to race around the streets of Levico Terme. Although blazing temperatures made the race more challenging, the competitors raced hard and smart, enough to earn a promotion in their starting rank for next year’s JWOC, a win against their neighbors (and friendly rivals) to the North – Canada, and gelato for the team.
Only the top team from each country counts for the official results, and in the case of the US that was USA 2: Paige Suhocki, Ben Cooper, Alex Eriksson, and Danny Buchholz, coming in 32nd.
Official Results
Map/Live tracking: Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4
With starts throughout the morning, Team USA battled less heat, but more hills and a more technical city sprint on their second day of competition. Still, the juniors kept their brains sharp, navigating well through the cobblestone streets and tunnels of Cembra, and delivered strong performances (and photo finishes) throughout.
Ben Conley (92nd) and Greta Leonard (125th) posted the top results for Team USA this day.
Official Results
Maps and routes on Livelox
Team USA stared down daunting course statistics (8.0km with 410m climb for F20/10.0km with 500m climb for M20) to carry out super solid races in the woods of Fornace. After finding their way around fields of pits deeper than two Coach Dylans, taking strategic route choices across several impressively long legs, and using their strength to take on hill after hill, the team had a renewed excitement for forest racing … and for their rest day.
Mori Finlayson-Johnecheck (104th) and Paige Suhocki (111th) clocked in with the fastest time for US athletes today.
Official results
Maps and routes on Livelox
Team USA took on a new forest for the middle distance race. While the course statistics looked less terrifying, these woods were significantly less forgiving, with blackberry bushes that tore into our athletes and bumpy hillsides that rolled Ian’s ankle (He wisely chose to DNF, but is recovering well!)
The athletes who made it out alive performed solidly, tackling hills, marshes, and an uphill finish chute to all land themselves well under an hour in the woods.
Official results
Maps and routes on Livelox
With three full teams, and one mixed team with a South African friend/lead leg, Team USA took on the relay, on a similar map to their middle. Now knowing what to avoid (green vertical slash and marshes), our athletes bested even more slopes, the distraction of running with others in the woods, and any navigational challenges thrown their way.
The team ended the competition cheering on their coaches in the coaches race, reflecting on their accomplishments, and preparing to enjoy themselves a well-deserved banquet!
Official results
Tracks and maps for Men LEG 1 – LEG 2 – LEG 3
Tracks and maps for Women LEG 1 – LEG 2 – LEG 3
45th Billygoat Run!
Rochester hosted an Ultralong NRE course with wave starts. This enabled a mass start experience with the people in your own age class.
Host: Rochester Orienteering Club (ROC)
Venue: Mendon Ponds Park, Rochester, NY
Event Director: Rick Worner
Course setter: Sergey Dobretsov
Two Sprint NREs in one day in the western NY city of Buffalo.
Host: Buffalo Orienteering Club (BFLO)
Venues:
Event Director: David Cady
Course setters:
All photos by Evalin Brautigam.
Photo album from Evalin Brautigam
