The Trail-O selection committee is pleased to announce the team that will represent TeamUSA at the World Trail Orienteering Championships taking place from July 1-7, 2023 in Zakupy, Czech Republic.
Ten athletes have been selected to represent TeamUSA in the Open and Paralympic classes. In addition, two athletes will join the team to compete in the public race.
Congratulations & good luck to our TeamUSA Trail-O Team!!
Photos courtesy Natasza Figiel, WTOC ’22
Orienteering USA is pleased to announce the team competing in World Trail Orienteering Championships in Jelenia Gora, Poland, July 19th-23rd. The team is a mixture of youth and experience. The most experienced members of the team are David Irving (SDO), Sharon Crawford (RMOC), and Clare Durand (LAOC), whereas the newest team member, junior Jarmo Latva-Kokko (Age 16 from NEOC) is participating in his very first WTOC.
David is likely our biggest hope for strong placement in the paralympic category, but Jarmo is looking to turn some heads especially in the timed Temp-O event. He is already ranked 4th in the US in Temp-O and his performance in the Philadelphia training camp this May was impressive. Clare and Sharon bring lots of WTOC experience to the team and are hoping to improve on their personal best. Bob and Karen have less experience in competing in WTOC, but have done well in recent US ranking events. The team is looking to improve from past WTOC performances. Three of the selected team members were unable to go to Poland this year, but hopefully will participate in future.
Selected team:
Open:
Paralympic:
The US Trail Orienteering Championships were held this past weekend at the Navy Shipyard in Philadelphia, PA and were hosted by Capital Region Nordic Alliance (CRNA). Congratulations to David Irving (SDO), 2021 US TrailO Champion in the para category and Mika Latva-Kokko (NEOC), the 2021 US TrailO Champion in the open category.
This page will be updated with maps and additional media when it becomes available from the organizer.
| PreO Results |
| Place | Name | Class | Points | Time |
| 1 | Mika Latva-Kokko | open | 18 | 37 |
| 2 | Piotr Zielczynski | open | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Jay Hann | open | 18 | 57 |
| 4 | Rob Wilkison | open | 18 | 78 |
| 5 | Richard Y. Ebright | open | 17 | 29 |
| 6 | Claire Durand | open | 17 | 31 |
| 7 | Samuel Kolins | open | 16 | 28 |
| 8 | Richard H. Ebright | open | 16 | 41 |
| 9 | Alec Richardson | open | 16 | 52 |
| 10 | Sharon Crawford | open | 16 | 64 |
| 11 | Karen Dennis | open | 16 | 65 |
| 12 | David Irving | para | 16 | 90 |
| 13 | Ellen Stefaniak | open | 16 | 104 |
| 14 | Amy Latva-Kokko | open | 16 | 107 |
| 15 | Lena Kushleyeva | open | 15 | 115 |
| 16 | Jim Eagleton | open | 14 | 115 |
| 17 | Jonathan Kuxhaus | open | 13 | 115 |
| 18 | Katja Latva-Kokko | junior | 11 | 55 |
| 19 | Jarmo Latva-Kokko | junior | 10 | 36 |
| 20 | David Urban | open | 10 | 115 |
| 21 | Rhonda Liddell | para | 10 | 115 |
| 22 | Lee Kuxhaus | para | 9 | 115 |
| 23 | Kathy Urban | para | 7 | 115 |
| 24 | Robert Campagnone | para | 7 | 115 |
| 25 | Julius Schram | para | 5 | 115 |
| 26 | Wendy Schram | junior | 1 | 115 |
| TempO Results |
| Place | Name | Class | Score |
| 1 | Richard Y. Ebright | open | 199 |
| 2 | Mika Latva-Kokko | open | 243 |
| 3 | Claire Durand | open | 271 |
| 4 | Piotr Zielczynski | open | 284 |
| 5 | Richard H. Ebright | open | 306 |
| 6 | Jay Hann | open | 350 |
| 7 | Jarmo Latva-Kokko | junior | 399 |
| 8 | Sharon Crawford | open | 409 |
| 9 | David Irving | para | 506 |
| 10 | Katja Latva-Kokko | junior | 513 |
| 11 | Jim Eagleton | open | 559 |
| 12 | Ellen Stefaniak | open | 655 |
| 13 | Alec Richardson | open | 666 |
| 14 | Jonathan Kuxhaus | open | 704 |
| 15 | Robert Campagnone | para | 835 |
| 16 | Rhonda Liddell | para | 1037 |
| 17 | Lee Kuxhaus | para | 1191 |
| 18 | Julius Schram | para | 1644 |
