The U.S. Club Team orienteering relay championships, with each team consisting of four eligible members from the same Orienteering USA-chartered club, are held each year. The first relay competition teams were all-male and/or all-female. When it was determined that many clubs could not field complete teams, handicapped point values were assigned to allow any four eligible club members to be on a team.
In 1996, a category for 8-point teams was added; and in 2004, a 12-point category was added. Since points are based on age as well as gender, this reflects the continuing appeal of the sport as the U.S. orienteering community matures.
See Rules for relay point distribution.
If anyone has information on any orienteering relays taking place prior to 1985, please send the information to the webmaster. Thanks to Robin Shannonhouse and Caroline Ringo for compiling the information on relays from 1985-2008.
3-point team
1. COC Will Enger, Tori Borish, Eric Bone
2. CROC Dan Grabski, Thomas Allen, Ali Crocker
6-point team
1. Truckee Carol Walker, Bill Voegele, Anna Voegele
2. LAOC Allen Pincus, Eugene Kiperman, Alex Kiperman
9-point team
1. QOC Victoria Campbell, Anna Campbell, Jon Campbell
2. BAOC Nick Corsano, Jeff Lanam, Bob Cooley
3-point team
1. COC Tori Borish, Eric Bone, Will Enger
2. CSU Giovanni Berlanda, Ken Walker Jr, Isabel Bryant (pictured)
3. DVOA Greg Balter, Sergei Zhyk, Vadim Masalkov
6-point team
1. DVOA Angelica Riley, Wyatt Riley, A.J. Riley
2. CSU Anna Shafer-Skelton, Alex Jospe, Katia Bertoldi (in photo)
3. QOC David Onkst, Ted Good, Nadim Ahmed
9-point team
1. CSU Ken Walker Sr, Peter Gagarin, Gail Gagarin (in photo)
2. CAOC Michael Collins, Natalia Deconescu, Valerie Metz
3. QOC Kathleen Lennon, Greg Lennon, Nicole Lennon
Note: Three-person teams were used in 2014 as an experiment, necessitating different point requirements.
4-point team
1. DVOA Vadim Masalkov, Zachary Barker, Clem McGrath, Wyatt Riley (pictured >)
2. CAOC Maricel Olaru, Chris Svoboda, Oivind Naess, Mattias Eriksson
3. CSU Greg Walker, Isabel Bryant, Ian Smith, Ken Walker Jr
8-point team
1. OCIN Benjamin Hart, Dylan Poe, Addison Bosley, Vladimir Gusiatnikov
2. SMOC Thomas Allen, Roddy Wares, Allan Newman, Alison Crocker
3. OCIN Sara Dallman, Nathan Bantz, David Waller, Jim Benton
12-point team
1. CAOC Kathy Bullard, Bruce Metz, Natalia Deconescu, Charlie Shahbazian
2. OCIN Morgan Vaughan, Jameson Vaughan, Heidi Vaughan, Stevan Vaughan
3. OCIN Caleb Greene, Vicki Huseman, Stephanie Ross, Michael Minium
4-point team
1. CSU1 Ian Smith, Alex Jospe, Ali Crocker, Ken Walker
2. DVOA Vadim Masalkov, Nathan Orwaschel, Clem McGrath, Wyatt Riley
3. COC Will Enger, Rick Breseman, Nikolay Nachev, Eric Bone
8-point team >
1. CSUPrimo Isabel Bryant, Peter Gagarin, Greg Walker, Mikkel Conradi
2. OK Peggy Dickison, Mary Jones, Michael Eglinski, Mark Everett
3. QOC David Onkst, Heidi Onkst, Nadim Ahmed, Ted Good
12-point team
1. MVOC Ben Bond, Caterina Svobodny, Matt Bond, Tom Svobodny
2. OCIN Sara Dallman, Kathryn Drinkhouse, Stephanie Ross, Benjamin Hart
3. RMOC John Crowther, Amy Winston, Sharon Crawford, Sverre Froyen
4-point team
1. CSU Alex Jospe, Ian Smith, Ali Crocker, Mikkel Conradi
2. DVOA Zac Barker, Vadim Masalkov, Clem McGrath, Wyatt Riley
3. CSU Brendan Shields, Peter Gagarin, Bill Pullman, Greg Walker
8-point team
1. CAOC Charlie Shahbazian, Christopher Svoboda, Natalia Deconescu, Maricel Olaru
2. OK Daniel Meenehan, Peggy Dickison, Michael Eglinski, Mark Everett
3. SLOC Emily Korsch, Ben Langton, Rudy Schwarz, Anna Shafer-Skelton
12-point team
1. QOC Valerie Meyer, Kathleen Lennon, Greg Lennon, Nadim Ahmed
2. RMOC Sharon Crawford, Mark Parsons, John Crowther, Sverre Froyen
3. PTOC Reta Roe, Jessica Barrett, Matt Barrett, Mike Shifman
4-point team
1. RMOC Jan (JP) Ingebrigtsen, Doug Berling, Troy Bozarth, Michael Rounds
2. LAOC Will Hubsch, Eugene Kiperman, Allen Hubsch, Alex Kiperman
8-point team
1. OK Mary Jones, Michael Eglinski, Mark Everett, Peggy Dickison
2. BAOC Nick van Hoff, Jim Thompson, Gavin Wyatt-Mair, Bruce Wolfe
3. RMOC John Crowther, Jody Handerson, Bob Ellis, Dennis Carney
12-point team
1. COC Elitsa Healy, Ardis Dull, Rick Breseman, Kelsey Breseman
2. PTOC Angie Barrett, Cate Barrett, Matt Barrett, Joe Barrett
3. RMOC Orlyn Skrein, Sharon Crawford, Brendan White, B. Brooke Mann
4-point team
1. DVOA Gregory Balter, Angelica Riley, Wyatt Riley, Sergei Zhyk
2. COC Drew Inglis, Tori Borish, Nikolay Nachev, Eric Bone
3. CAOC Charlie Shahbazian, Natalia Babeti, Jeff Shaw, Maricel Olaru
8-point team
1. DVOA Corinne Porter, Sandy Fillebrown, Vadim Masalkov, Clem McGrath
2. ROC Walter Lyons, Zachary Lyons, Robert A. Holmes, Michael Lyons
3. NEOOC Bob Boltz, Olga Rachitskaya, Stanislav Rachitskiy, Randy Mitchell
12-point team
1. ROC Rick Worner, Patricia Lyons, Linda Kohn, Nate Lyons
2. PTOC Paul Clatterbuck, Cate Barrett, Richard Neuburger, Joe Barrett
3. PTOC Angie Barrett, Jessica Barrett, Reta Roe, Matt Barrett
4-point team
1. DVOA Wyatt Riley, Angelica Riley, Gregory Balter, Sergei Zhyk
2. CSU Brendan Shields, Alex Jospe, Peter Gagarin, Ross Smith
3. USMA Jonathan Campbell, Victoria Campbell, Michael Norris, Jordan Laughlin
8-point team
1. WCOC Pavlina Brautigam, George Walker, John Goodwin, Joe Brautigam
2. NEOC Jeffrey Saeger, Carl Underwood, Samantha Saeger, Hillary Saeger
3. HVO Yekaterina Dvinyaninova, Valeriy Doverov, Kseniya Popova, Sergiy Gnatiouk
12-point team
1. DVOA Alison Campbell, Heather Campbell, Jim Eagleton, John Campbell
2. EMPO Janet Tryson, Susan Hawkes-Teeter, Philip Hawkes-Teeter, Glen Tryson
3. DVOA Zac Barker, Lynn Aldrich, Rob Wilkison, Fred Reed
4-point team
1. DVOA Greg Balter, Angelica Riley, Wyatt Riley, Clem McGrath
2. CSU Vanessa Wood, Ken Walker Sr., Ross Smith, William Hawkins
3. HVO Michael Sandstrom, Kseniya Popova, Sergiy Gnatiouk, John Fredrickson
8-point team
1. WCOC Charlie DeWeese, Pavlina Brautigam, John Goodwin, Joe Brautigam
2. NEOC Tim Parson, Phil Bricker, Hillary Saeger, Samantha Saeger
3. DVOA Mark Frank, Alison Campbell, John Campbell, Sergei Zhyk
12-point team
1. NEOC Amos Meeks, Meg Parsons, Jeff Saeger, Kristin Hall
2. DVOA Sandra Ahlswede, Mary Frank, Sandy Fillebrown, Cristina Luis
3. EMPO Sue Hawkes-Teeter, Janet Tryson, Phil Hawkes-Teeter, Glen Tryson
4-point team
1. DVOA Randy Hall, Greg Ahlswede, Greg Balter, Clem McGrath
2. HVO Patrick Shannon, Kseniya Popova, Erin Schirm, John Fredrickson
3. QOC David Onkst, Tim Good, Nadim Ahmed, Ted Good
8-point team
1. DVOA Angelica Riley, Sandy Fillebrown, Florin Tencariu, Vadim Masalkov
2. WCOC Viktoria Brautigam, Evalin Brautigam, Pavlina Brautigam, Joe Brautigam
3. SLOC Anna Shafer-Skelton, Nick Shafer-Skelton, Rick Armstrong, David Frei
12-point team
1. CTOC Karin Didisse, Masha Velichko, Edwin Gookin, Sergey Velichko
2. OLOU Louis Smith, Mary Hamilton, Shelley Pennington, Dan Mattingly
3. COO Earl Reisinger, Karen Rogers, Heather Hawkins, Eugene Granovskiy
4-point team
1. SVO Brad Whitmore, Mark Voit, Mihai Veres, Eddie Bergeron
2. DVOA Angelica Riley, Vadim Masalkov, Clem McGrath, Wyatt Riley
3. RMOC Neal Barlow, Joel Swisher, J J Cote, Mikell Platt
8-point team
1. RMOC Orlyn Skrien, Troy Bozarth, Sharon Crawford, Brian Moore
2. BAOC Dennis Wildfogel, Chuck Spalding, Bruce Wolfe, Tapio Karras
3. QOC Valerie Meyer, Gayle Ryan, Nadim Ahmed, Ted Good
12-point team
1. CSU Gail Gagarin, Viktoria Brautigam, Suzanne Armstrong, Peter Gagarin
2. DVOA Lynn Aldrich, Daria Babushok, Sandra Fillebrown, Jim Eagleton
3. BAOC Jukka Karras, Rachel Care, Bob Cooley, George Minarik
4-point team
1. CSU Suzanne Armstrong, Ken Walker Sr., Boris Granovskiy, William Hawkins
2. DVOA Randy Hall, Hunter Cornish, Greg Balter, Sergei Zhyk
3. HVO Alan Young, Declan Hennelly, Sergei Paziewski, John Fredrickson
8-Point Team
1. UNO Kristin Hall, Erin Olafsen, Ernst Linder, Doug Gosling
2. WCOC John Goodwin, Peter Goodwin, Pavlina Brautigam, Joe Brautigam
3. NEOC Phil Bricker, Charlie DeWeese, Jeff Saeger, Samantha Saeger
12-Point Team
1. COC Bryan Breseman, Kelsey Breseman, Eileen Breseman, Rick Breseman
2. UNO Maureen Knepp, Tony Federer, Deb Humiston, Tracey Olafsen
3. HVO Judy Dickinson, Bob Bullions, Karl Fredrickson, Valerie Doverov
4-point team
1. DVOA Randy Hall, Hunter Cornish, Greg Balter, Sergei Zhyk
2. CSU Karen Williams, Peter Gagarin, Ken Walker, Boris Granovskiy
3. CSU Daniel Walker, Suzanne Armstrong, Ross Smith, William Hawkins
8-point team
1. BAOC Malcolm Wyatt-Mair, Kelsey Wyatt-Mair, Steve Gregg, Thorsten Graeve
2. COC Ryan Breseman, Kelsey Breseman, Eileen Breseman, Rick Breseman
3. SAMM Madeline Enger, Molly Enger, Will Enger, Dave Enger
4-point team
1. CSU Ross Smith, Suzanne Armstrong, Ken Walker Jr, Boris Granovsky
2. DVOA Randy Hall, Sandy Fillebrown, Gregory Balter, Sergei Zhyk
3. HVO Max Judelson, Jon Osborn, Patrick Shannon, John Fredrickson
8-point team
1. NEOC Samantha Saeger , Hillary Saeger, Jeff Saeger, Peter Gagarin
2. WCOC Pavlina Brautigam, Viktoria Brautigam, Joe Brautigam, Gareth Williams
3. UNO Bob Lux, Steve Olafsen, Tony Federer, Erin Olafsen
4-point team
1. RMOC Neal Barlow, Orlyn Skrien, J-J Coté, Mikell Platt
2. BAOC Steve Gregg, Dennis Wildfogel, Bruce Wolfe, Wyatt Riley
3. COC Bill Cusworth, Jennifer Knowles, Jan Urban, Eric Bone
8-point team
1. LAOC David Koskenmaki, Bridget Thomson, Joel Thomson, Ron Hudson
2. UNO Bob Lux, Deborah Humiston, Nancy Koehler, James Baker
3. TSN Dave Kreider, Peg Davis, Mark Parsons, Max Suter
4-point team
1. SVO John Roemer, Brad Whitmore, Mihai Veres, Mark Voit
2. OK Dan Meenehan, Peggy Dickison, Mike Eglinski, Mark Everett
3. DVOA Chris Gross, Scott Fillebrown, Ed White, Clem McGrath
8-point team
1. WCOC Rick DeWitt, Viktoria Brautigam, Pavlina Brautigam, Joe Brautigam
2. NEOC Samantha Saeger, Hillary Saeger, Peter Gagarin, Tim Parson
3. DVOA Sandy Fillebrown, Corrine Porter, Istvan Nagy, Andras Revesz
4-point team
1. DVOA Chris Gross, Karen Williams, Ed White, Clem McGrath
2. HVO Patrick Shannon, Piaras de Clèir, Boris Granovskiy, Greg Balter
3. OK Dan Meenehan, Peggy Dickison, Mike Eglinski, Mark Everett
8-point team
1. NEOC Samantha Saeger, Hillary Saeger, Jeff Saeger, Peter Gagarin
2. UNO Erin Olafsen, Nancy Koehler, Stephen Tarry, Ernst Linder
3. BAOC Steve Gregg, Lauren Wolfe, Dan Greene, Bruce Wolfe
4-point team
1. RMOC J-J Coté, Bob McBride, Elis Eberlein, Mikell Platt
2. BAOC Kent Ohlund, Gary Carpenter, Rick Oliver, James Scarborough
3. OK Dan Meenehan, Peggy Dickison, Mike Eglinski, Mark Everett
8-point team
1. RMOC Carson Black, Beatrice Zurcher, Sharon Crawford, Sandra Zurcher
2. UNO Kyle Tarry, Eva Ruutopöld, Nancy Koehler, James Baker
3. CNYO Ross Smith, Mary Smith, Robert Buraczynski, Eric Smith
4-point team
1. RMOC Christoph Zurcher, J-J Coté, Rich Kelly, Mikell Platt
2. COC Bill Cusworth, Eileen Breseman, Rick Breseman, Eric Bone
3. BAOC Bruce Wolfe, Dennis Wildfogel, Wyatt Riley, Rick Oliver
8-point team
1. RMOC Joel Swisher, Birgit Shanz, Sharon Crawford, Jeff Hutchinson
2. EMPO Phil Hawkes-Teeter, Greg Tryson, Janet Tryson, Glen Tryson
3. SDO Ed Gookin, Donna Gookin, Bill Gookin, Rich Parker
4-point team
1. HVO Patrick Shannon, Boris Granovskiy, Piaras de Clèir, Greg Balter
2. RMOC Beatrice McBride, Sandra Zurcher, J-J Coté, Mikell Platt
3. DVOA Karen Williams, Anne Fitch, Clem McGrath, Matt Scott
8-point team
1. WCOC Karen Muffatti, Viktoria Brautigam, Tony Muffatti, Joe Brautigam
2. UNO Bob Walsh, Erin Olafsen, Tony Federer, Stephen Tarry
3. BAOC Harold DeMoss, Joe Scarborough, Penny DeMoss, Lans Taylor
1. DVOA Svante Lennartson, Karen Williams, Clem McGrath, Matt Scott
2. COC Fred Schmitt, Debbie Newell, Bill Cusworth, Eric Bone
3. HVO Guy Olsen, Patrick Shannon, Piaras de Clèir, Greg Balter
1. QOC Karl Vonlanthen, Tim Good, Glen Brake, Don Davis
2. HVO Guy Olsen, Joe Mokszycki, Paul Bennett, Piaras de Clèir
3. NEOC Lex Bundschuh, Pete Bundschuh, Alar Ruutopöld, Stephen Tarry
1. NEOC Crystine Lee, Peter Gagarin, Lans Taylor, Mikell Platt
2. QOC Bob Turbyfill, Don Davis, Tom Bruce, Dave Pruden
3. NEOC Tony Federer, Pete Bundschuh, Stephen Tarry, Peter Andersen
1. NEOC Tony Federer, Pete Bundschuh, Stephen Tarry, Peter Andersen
2. QOC Don Davis, Bob Turbyfill, Dave Pruden, Tom Bruce
3. NEOC Anne Parson, Robert Galejs, Stephen Dentino, Tim Parson
1. NEOC Crystine Lee, Gail Gagarin, Peter Gagarin, Mikell Platt
2. NEOC Stephen Tarry, Lex Bundschuh, Pete Bundschuh, Lans Taylor
3. NEOC Anne Parson, Craig Murray, Tim Parson, Steve Dentino
Men A
1. BSK Dave Kreider, Fred Zendt, Mikell Platt
2. BAOC Jim Scarborough, Gary Kraght, Scott Bohle
3. BAOC Steve Thurin, Kent Ohlund, Jon Root
Women A
1. NEOC Anne Parson, Crystine Lee, Sharon Crawford
2. COC Eileen Breseman, Ardis Dull, Debbie Newell
3. SDO Hannah North, Mari Friend, Karin Gookin
Men A
1. BSK Mitch Bentley, Rick Oliver, Mikell Platt
2. BAOC Michael Burton, John Root, Bruce Wolfe
3. NEOC Lans Taylor, Stephen Tarry, Peter Gagarin
Women A
1. NEOC Anne Parson, Gail Gagarin, Sharon Crawford
2. BSK Teena Orling, Karan Keith, Magall Robert
3. ROC Denise Everett, Natalie Payne, Linda Kohn
Men
Long: BSK Dave Pruden, Mitch Bentley, Mikell Platt
Masters: SLOC Bill Comfort, Orlyn Skrien, Nels Holmberg
Women
NEOC Anne Parson, Gail Gagarin, Sharon Crawford
Men A
1. NEOC Tim Parson, Bill Jameson, Peter Gagarin
2. BAOC Kent Ohlund, Knut Erikson, Bruce Wolfe
3. BSK Ron Pontius, Mikell Platt, Fred Zendt
Women A
1. NEOC Linda Taylor, Gail Gagarin, Sharon Crawford
2. NEOC Margo Wycott, Anne Parson, Beth Elliott
Men -21+
1. QOC Ron Pontius, Mikell Platt, David Pruden
2. NEOC Bill Jameson, Steven Tarry, Peter Gagarin
3. OK Peggy Dickison*, Dave Linthicum, Michael Eglinski (*OK had only three club members attending, so Peggy Dickison ran on the men's team.)
Women -21+
1. QOC Keg Good, Kris Beecroft, Hilary Cane
2. NEOC Gail Gagarin, Sharon Crawford, Beth Elliott
3. USMA Mary O'Brian, Donna Everson, Christine Siegwarth
Men -21+
1. QOC Ron Pontius, Mitch Bentley, David Pruden
2. HVO Pat Dunlavey, Stephen Tall, Paul Bennett
3. DVOA Mark Frank, John Overton, Eric Weyman
Women -21+
1. NEOC Gail Gagarin, Sharon Crawford, Kristin Federer
2. HVO Karen Muffatti, Heather Williams, Julie Martindale
3. USMA Mary O'Brian, Donna Everson, Christine Held
