Table of contents
1 2016 BAOC Service Award Recipient
2 BAOC at U.S. Classic & North American Championships
3 Steve Beuerman and Jay Hann on 2016 U.S. Trail-O Team
4 2016 OUSA Rules Update Published
5 Julia Doubson Wins Iain Wilson Character Through Competition Award

News and Notes Archive

The following items were previously posted on the News and Notes page.


2016 Items


2016 BAOC Service Award Recipient

Congratulations to Tapio Karras for winning the 2016 BAOC Service Award. Information about Tapio's contributions to the club (and information about previous recipients) is available here.


BAOC President
(December 18, 2016)


BAOC at U.S. Classic & North American Championships

Late September provided a terrific opportunity for orienteering in the northeastern U.S. the U.S. 2-Day Classic Championships were held at Ward Pound Ridge, NY, followed the next weekend by the North American Championship in and around Hanover, NH. The latter, held every other year, has become the biggest event in North America, this year drawing over 500 competitors, many of whom competed the previous weekend at the Classic Champs as well. Thus the fields were talented and deep, even more so than at the U.S. Individual Championships we held in the Bay Area in March. In addition to the BAOC medalists listed below, many fine performances by BAOC'ers resulted in narrow misses from the medals. Complete results can be found by following the links below.

The next North American Championship will be held in the Yukon in 2018 (http://yukonorienteering.ca/naoc2018/). Put it on your calendar now​—​it's sure to be a great event!

U.S. Classic Championships (full results) (http://hvorienteering.com/wp/index.php/us-champs-info-page/results/) 

    M70+  Silver    Chuck Spalding
    M75+  Bronze    Rich Parker

North American Championships (full results) (http://orienteeringusa.org/orienteers/on-foot/results/NAOC2016)

Sprint Event 

    F−18  Silver    Sarah Petersen
    F−20  Silver    Julia Doubson
    F40+  Bronze    Marie-Josée Parayre
    F65+  Bronze    Leslie Minarik
    M65+  Gold      Dennis Wildfogel
    M70+  Silver    Chuck Spalding
    M75+  Gold      Rich Parker
    M75+  Bronze    Evan Custer

Middle Event 

    F−18  Bronze    Sarah Petersen
    M75+  Bronze    Evan Custer

Long Event 

    F−18  Gold      Sarah Petersen
    M75+  Bronze    Evan Custer
    M55+  Silver    Tapio Karras

Clearly, BAOC's best event is the Sprint!


(October 7, 2016)


Steve Beuerman and Jay Hann on 2016 U.S. Trail-O Team

Congratulations to BAOC members Steve Beuerman and Jay Hann for being selected to the 2016 U.S. Trail Orienteering Team per the following announcement.

The U.S. Trail Orienteering Team is a designated group of advanced competitors that exists to promote and encourage the highest competitive standards for Trail Orienteering, and to represent the United States at international events. It is comprised of the top 10 ranked applicants in each international competitive class.
Congratulations to those named to the team for 2016:
Paralympic Class
Glen Cafferty (CROC)
Daniel Heimgartner (QOC)
David Irving (SDO) (Added after original announcement)
* Paralympic applications will continue to be accepted as long as the team is not filled.
Open Class
Karl Ahlswede (DVOA)
Steve Beuerman (BAOC)
Joe Brautigam (WCOC)
Sharon Crawford (RMOC)
Clare Durand (LAOC)
Richard H. Ebright (DVOA)
Richard Yon Ebright (DVOA)
Jay Hann (BAOC)
Mike Latva-Kokko (NEOC)
Mike Poulsen (CROC)

Notice posted to the USOFclubnet (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/USOFclubnet/) mailing list by , Orienteering USA
(April 1, 2016)


2016 OUSA Rules Update Published

"The updated rules document for 2016 is now available on the OUSA website (http://orienteeringusa.org/rules (http://orienteeringusa.org/rules)). This version incorporates rule changes made at Board meetings in October, November and this week.

"Numerous changes were made to Trail-O ranking and team rules, along with the addition of TempO format.
Ski-O Championship classes and winning times were changed.
A-meet was changed to National meet.
One IC Rule change.
Links updated as necessary."

Posted to the USOFclubnet (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/USOFclubnet/) mailing list by , Orienteering USA Rules Committee Chair
(February 19, 2016)


Julia Doubson Wins Iain Wilson Character Through Competition Award

The Wilson Family, in partnership with Orienteering USA, announced the winners of the third annual Iain Wilson Character Through Competition Award. This award honors the memory of Iain Wilson by recognizing young athletes whose efforts demonstrate character through their commitment to growth and improvement in the sport as well as their contribution to the orienteering community through service and teamwork. This year’s winners, Julia Doubson of the Bay Area Orienteering Club and Jan Erik Naess of the Chicago Area Orienteering Club (CAOC), will each receive a $1,000 travel grant. The complete announcement is here (http://www.orienteeringusa.com/news/2016/awards/2016-iwa-doubson-and-naess-win-iain-wilson-travel-awards).


BAOC President
(February 9, 2016)