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2009 U.S. Junior World Orienteering Team Announced
Team Leader Janet Porter has announced the names of members on the 2009 U.S. Junior World Orienteering Championships team. Congratulations to all the athletes!
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| Tori Borish, COC |
Greg Ahlswede, DVOA |
| Holly Kuestner, COC |
Gabriel Svobodny, MVOC |
| Alison Campbell, DVOA |
John Goodwin, WCOC |
| Kelsey Breseman, COC |
Andrew Childs, GMOC |
| Anna Shafer-Skelton, SLOC |
John Hensley Williams, GAOC |
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Nathaniel Lyons, ROC |
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Jordan Laughlin, USMAOC (declined) |
Alternates |
| Michael Norris, USMAOC |
Carl Underwood, NEOC |
From Janet Porter, U.S. Junior Team Leader: *All members need to accept their position on the team by e-mailing me. (djporter2 [at] verizon [dot] net)
Also, I am pleased to announce that Jeff Saeger is continuing as the JWOC Team Coach again this year. We really appreciate his continued interest in and service to the US Junior Team program.
There will be a mandatory JWOC team meeting with Janet and Jeff this weekend at West Point. It will be Saturday afternoon at 4PM at the ski lodge which is where the Middle distance race is being run. If you are at the West Point meet you are expected to be there; no excuses.
Updated April 15, 2009
Task Force Organized to Plan/Host
Junior World O Champs (2013)
The Bay Area Orienteering Club has formed a task force to investigate making a bid to host the Junior World Orienteering Championships in the future. Current thinking is that 2013 could be the year, so the Task Force intends to report back to the BAOC Board of Directors in August 2009 with our findings. The Task Force would like to gather input from, and communicate with, all orienteers who may be interested in this endeavor, especially BAOC and US orienteers. To this end, we have created a Yahoo! group as a convenient forum for e-communication.
All interested US orienteers are invited to join the JWOCTF Yahoo! group. If you join the group, you will receive e-mails posted to the group, and you may also access the task force archive of e-mails at any time. Here are the steps involved with joining the group:
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You send an e-mail to JWOCTF-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. In the e-mail, include:
- your name
- the e-mail address at which you wish to receive task force e-mail
- your club's initials
- briefly include your reasons for wanting to join the group
- I will then add you to the group, assuming I am able to validate your request.
- You will then receive an e-mail confirming that you have been added to the group.
If I cannot validate your membership request, I will send you an e-mail asking for more information. Basically, I just want to establish that you are someone with a legitimate interest in BAOC's JWOC endeavor, and that you are not a spammer, solicitor or advertiser.
Please note that in order to post e-mail to the JWOCTF group, you need to be a member of the group and your posts must be sent from the e-mail address you specify in item 1 above.
We look forward to your participation!
Thank you,
Gavin Wyatt-Mair
BAOC JWOC Task Force
USOF Partners with Road ID to Support Juniors
Road ID purchases made through the links on the USOF Web site (home page or O-Gear page) will generate revenue that benefits the Junior Fund. This fund supports development programs for Juniors, as well as money for overseas travel to international orienteering events.
Encourage your active family and friends to use the USOF link to make Road ID purchases, and benefit USOF's Juniors! ... read more
Junior Development Grant Funds available!
Junior Development Grant recipients for 2008 included Kennesaw High School (Georgia), Channelview High School (Texas), and the Louisville Orienteering Club (Kentucky). For more information or to find out how your junior group can apply for a development grant, read the complete announcement.
2008 JWOC Team Results
Of the U.S. competitors at JWOC this year, Tori Borish of COC looks like a promising junior in the shorter distances, placing highest of all U.S. competitors in the Sprint race and Middle distance race. In the long race, Holly Kuestner, also of COC, led Tori by almost a minute, offering an almost even challenge. The men were up against stiff competition, with their best placing in the Long for Andy Strat, in 134th place. All JWOC results.
back row, from left to right: John Goodwin, Tori Borish, Anna Shafer-Skelton, Jordan Laughlin, Hunter Cornish, Boris Granovskiy (team leader)
front row, left to right: Samantha Saeger (team leader), Malcolm Wyatt-Mair, Andy Strat, Holly Kuestner, Gabe Svobodny, Kat Orekhova (team leader), Sue Kuestner (team leader)
JWOC Team Blog
The 2008 Junior World Orienteering Championships took place in Sweden through July 7th. The Junior Team's leaders set up a web log at http://usajwoc2008.blogspot.com/ so you can see photos and read about their training, races, and activities.
Junior trip to Sweden, summer 2008 -- Read their blog.
Competitions
Junior World Orienteering Championships, Trentino, Italy, July 5-12, 2009
Looking ahead:
See results and photos for--
Also:
2008 Junior World Orienteering Championships - June 30-July 6, 2008, Göteborg, Sweden
2008 U.S. Interscholastic and Intercollegiate Championships
US Teams to the Junior World Orienteering Championships
2009 - Italy
2008 - Sweden
2007 - Australia
2006 - Lithuania
2005 - Switzerland
2002 - Spain
2001 - Hungary
2000 - Czech Republic
1999 - Bulgaria
Contacts
Janet Porter, US Junior Team Leader (djporter2 [at] verizon [dot] net)
Clare Durand, Junior Development (usofpresident [at] verizon [dot] net)
Jeff Saeger, Junior Team Coach (runwld2 [at] juno [dot] com)
Resources
Coaching Resources
- A USOF publication, Coaching Orienteering (158 pp) includes dozens of exercises for orienteers of all levels. It is not an introduction to orienteering.
It is a reference for the coach who is trying to prepare his/her
team for a higher level of orienteering competition. To order, include your name, address, and $14.50 ($12.00 + $2.50 shipping/handling, check/money order payable to United States Orienteering Federation) to USOF Accounting Services, P.O. Box 1444, Forest Park, GA 30298.
- Visit the Coaching & Certifications page for more information for Orienteering Coaches.
Development
Junior Development, including selection methods and junior development team (Clare Durand's page).
Intercollegiate/Interscholastic Rules and Regulations
See the appropriate sections of the USOF Rules for Orienteering.
Fund Raising for the U.S. Junior Team
- In 2006 and 2007, we raffled tickets to win a T-shirt quilt similar to the one pictured at right. Funds raised benefit the Junior Team.
- The winners of previous quilts are Suzanne Armstrong and Donna Fluegel. See Suzanne's quilt.
- If you can help the junior team by making a t-shirt quilt for the next raffle winner, contact Janet Porter. T-shirts can be provided by the winner.
- Current fund raising efforts involve selling food at A-meets to hungry orienteers. All Juniors and their families, in fact anyone interested in supporting the effort, are encouraged to volunteer at the Junior Concession Fund Raisers. Please contact Janet if you are interested in helping.
- new! There will be a Silent Auction on June 27, 2009, coinciding with the AGM and Ice Cream Social during the second weekend of the Pacific Northwest O Festival, to raise funds to support USOF Juniors. If you'd like to donate something to the auction, contact Donna Fluegel.
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