Category: Results

Stumble Weekend 2025 Event Recap

November 15-16, 2025

Stumble Weekend 2025 consisted of a Middle National Ranking Event (NRE) and
Susquehanna Stumble XXV. The Stumble is a long distance mass start event with a twist: competitors run between most controls in normal sequential order but occasionally enter a “window” where several controls can be visited in ANY order. 

Results, Maps, and Photos

Photos by Amy Louden, Paige Suhocki, Chrissy Szemere Miller, and possibly others!

Some photos from QOC on their Facebook post

Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics Event Recap

November 15-26, 2025

The US was represented by a team of five athletes at the 2025 Deaflympics, which took place in Tokyo in November, 2025. The five athletes were:

  • Keith Doane, Minnesota Orienteering Club (veteran of the 2023 World Deaf Orienteering Championships in Sweden)
  • Lisa Fisher, Quantico Orienteering Club (first international event)
  • Sachiko Flores, Minnesota Orienteering Club (veteran of the 2023 WDOC)
  • Shanna Sorrells, Quantico Orienteering Club (veteran of the 2023 WDOC)
  • Tom Wells, Quantico Orienteering Club (veteran of the Taipei 2009 Deaflympics and the 2011 (Ukraine), 2015 (Rochester, NY, USA) and 2023 WDOC)

The Deaflympics is a multi-sport event where Deaf athletes can compete at an elite level against athletes from around the world. This past year saw over 3000 athletes participating, with around 60 orienteers from 16 countries competing in the orienteering events.

Orienteering featured six different events: Sprint Distance, Sprint Relay, Super Sprint Relay, Middle Distance, Long Distance and Relay. 

From Tom Wells: “The 2025 event was a great experience for everyone involved, including the grizzled old vet, the sophomores and the wet behind the ears freshman.  We were humbled by the fact that other countries invested time and resources in making sure their new orienteering athletes were successful, including proper coaching and frequent training camps.  The difference was stark.  We held our own the best we could.The Deaflympics have now partnered with the IOF, hence standards were high for this event, including finger and wrist SIAC, updated maps and overall a high-quality operation. An aspect of partnership with IOF will require a points system as a means of qualification for future events.  The jury is still out on the precise details, but it will no longer be a matter of “hey, I think I’m good enough to attend these events”.  For some of us, it was a good run while it lasted, for others it will serve as motivational goals to reach.  Onwards and upwards!”

Results, maps, and media

WCOC Brooksvale Park NRE Event Recap

Oct 26, 2026

Host: Western Connecticut Orienteering Club (WCOC)

Venue: Brooksvale Park, Hamden, CT

Meet Directors: Susan DeWitt and Ellen Morse

Course Setter: Niels Lyng-Olsen

The basemap for this event was created by former OUSA Communications Manager Clinton Morse and field checked by Clinton Morse and J-J Cote.

Results, Maps, and Photos

Photos by Evalin Brautigam and Mike Minium

2025 Nationals Event Recap

October 11-13, 2025

US Orienteers were treated to three days of high-quality orienteering in the Boston area, capped by a delightful city sprint during a nor’easter.

  • Venues:
    • Rocky Woods Reservation (Middle), Medfield, MA
    • Powissett Peak (Long), Dover, MA
    • Boston’s North End (Sprint), Boston, MA
  • Personnel:
    • Event director: Jon Campbell
    • Race directors: Kristin Hall (Sat & Sun), Barb Bryant (Mon)
    • Course Setters: Magnus Bjorkman (Middle), John Nash (Long), Graeme Ackland (Sprint)
    • OUSA Course consultant: Dave Tallent

Event Website

Results

Media

Bitterroot Weekend Event Recap

September 20-21, 2025

Grizzly Orienteering invited orienteers to enjoy some warm fall weather in the Bitterroot Range of Montana. The first day was a middle distance NRE in steep terrain with intricate rock details. The second day provided tremendous contrast to the first, with open forest and broad hillsides.

Host: Grizzly Orienteering (GrizO)

Venues: Soft Rock Recreation Area (Sat) and Larry Creek Recreation (Sun) Area, south of Missoula, MT

Event Director: Emily Johnson

Course Setters: Siri Christopherson (Sat) and Chris Caldwell (Sun)

Results, Maps, and Photos

Mount Hood Forest 2-Day Event Recap

Aug 31-Sep 1, 2025

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!

Results, Maps, and Media

World Masters Champs 2025 Event Recap

Aug 8-15, 2025

Sharon Crawford and Peter Gagarin with their bronze medals from the Sprint Final.

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.

Maps, Results, and Photos

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.

2025 European Youth Orienteering Championships Recap

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.

Results and maps