2009 BAOC Sprint Series
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What Is a Sprint?
Sprint orienteering is an exciting and relatively new form of orienteering. It consists of short, fast courses between 2 km and 4 km in length. The expected winning time for a sprint is generally 12–15 minutes. Unlike classic orienteering, sprint orienteering is not limited to the wilderness. It's short format is ideal for urban parks and university campuses.
A good sprint course will force competitors to think fast. This is achieved with fast open running, tricky route choices, and lots of quick direction changes. At the same time, sprint courses typically don't require expert map reading ability, so new orienteers can try their skills against the best in the club.
What is the BAOC Sprint Series?
Throughout 2009, BAOC will be offering a variety of sprint races. At each of these events, you can earn ranking points. These points are calculated using the USOF Ranking algorithm. At the end of the year, all the participants will be ranked based on their five best scores.
Awards will be given to the highest-scoring men and women in various age divisions.
Most of our BAOC Sprint Series events are also registered with the North American Sprint Series (http://www.sprintseries.org/). This is a great year to focus on sprints, because the Bay Area will be hosting the North American Sprint Championships (http://3g.terraloco.com/) in November.
Scheduled Events
These events are currently scheduled (or have already occurred):
- Jan. 24 – Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline
- Feb. 14 – Bayfront Park
- Feb. 21 – Point Pinole Regional Shoreline
- May 1 – Spring Lake Regional Park
- Nov. 9-13 – Sprint Festival Training Week (http://3g.terraloco.com/)
- Nov. 13-15 – North American Sprint Championships (http://3g.terraloco.com/) – Premier event of the North American Sprint Series (http://www.sprintseries.org/)!
More events will be added as the calender is finalized.
Current Standings
The Series standings will be posted here through out the year.
Want To Be Involved?
There is a Yahoo group for those interested in helping manage the Sprint Series. To subscribe, send a message to
. (You can see how messages there have been by looking at the group's Web site (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baoc_sprint/).)
Volunteers are always welcome. To help at an event, just contact the event director! And remember, as a special incentive to course setters, anybody who designs a Sprint Series course will have their best race count twice in the standings.
For more information about the Series, contact .
Links
- North American Sprint Series (http://www.sprintseries.org/)
- North American Sprint Championships (http://3g.terraloco.com/)
Latest News
Feb. 26, 2009:
- The 2009 BAOC Sprint Series is underway, with three sprints completed. See how you stack up in the current rankings. Many more sprints are in the planning phase, including a week-long sprint festival in association with the O in the Oaks '09 A-meet and the 2009 North American Sprint Championships (http://3g.terraloco.com/).