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!
The Selection Committee* has named the following athletes to the U.S. Senior National Team:
Elite: Greg Ahlswede, Alison Crocker, Morten Jørgensen, Anton Salmenkylä
Performance: Giacomo Barbone, Eric Bone, Tori Borish, Alison Campbell, Will Enger, Sydney Fisher, Åsne Skram Trømborg
Development: Joseph Barrett, Brigitte Bordelon, Evalin Brautigam, Julia Doubson, Martin Heir, Michael Laraia, Thomas Laraia, Tyra Christopherson
Senior Team selection is based on the following criteria:
Congratulations to all the athletes!
*The Selection Committee consists of Peggy Dickison, Cristina Luis, Glen Tryson, and Eric Weyman.
Congratulations to the following who were selected to represent the U.S. in Smolensk, Russia at WUOC2020, July 14-18:
On behalf of former, current, and future members of Orienteering USA’s National Junior Program and their families, we extend a huge thank you to Peter Gagarin, Erin Schirm, and Greg Ahlswede for their vision, support, expertise, and hard work in establishing and expanding the NJP and taking junior orienteering in the U.S. to the next level.
As we embark on the next stage, we appreciate the strong foundation provided by Erin, Greg, and Peter on which we will continue to build the NJP.
Junior Team Executive Steering Committee
It starts at home!
The Junior Team Executive Steering Committee (JTESC) is excited to announce the USA Junior National Team and the Junior Development Team athletes for 2020.
This year will see changes in the National Junior Program as we move to expand the National Junior Program (NJP) support structure for both the athletes and the Junior National Coach (JNC) (to be named), by adding local and regional coaches and mentors who will assist and be guided by the JNC. Here are the athletes:
2020 Junior National Team
2020 Junior Development Team (as of 2/1/20)
Please note that we are still accepting applications for the National Junior Program Junior Development Team (JDT), and will be doing so throughout the year.
We encourage all juniors, ages 13-20, who run confidently at the Orange level (or above), and want to connect with other young people who love orienteering and take their orienteering to the next level, to join the 2020 JDT.
Guy Olsen JTESC Chair
Team Trials Rules and WOC Team Selection Criteria are now posted for the 2020 Sprint WOC to be held in Denmark in July.
U.S. (and Canadian) Team Trials will take place at the Sage Stomp, (link removed) May 16-18, 2020, in south-central British Columbia, Canada.
Application to the National Team is open to all athletes who meet the requirements of the Athlete Agreement and return a signed copy along with the application. Please note the January 1 deadline for both documents. Documents are linked from the National Team page.
The JTESC has published the Selection Criteria for choosing the team to represent the U.S. at the 2020 Junior World Orienteering Championships, to be held in Turkey from June 27 to July 3.
Selection Criteria1
Being a Junior National Program member is a plus; Junior National Team applications are due Sunday, December 15.
Applications to be considered for a place on the World University Orienteering Championships Team are being accepted through January 5th.
Automatic spots will be award to the winner of the M-21+ and F-21+ categories of the two-day Classic competition at the Georgia Navigator Cup in mid-January. Other team members will be selected by the committee from petitions.
Find out more about this biennial competition, and learn how selection will take place on the WUOC Team page.
Information about and applications for applying to the National Junior Program (Junior National Team and Junior Development Team) are now posted on the Junior Team page.
Note that applications for the Junior National Team are due December 15, 2019. Development Team applications are accepted throughout the year.
