USOF Headlines
New! 2008 Silva Award Winners - Mark and Barbara Dominie
2008 President's Award Winners - Randy Hall and Kent Shaw
2008 U.S. Relay Championships - Winning Teams
Orienteering Coaches Named to New Team Program
2007 Sprint Finals Summary
2007 Silva Award Winner – can you guess who it is?
2007 President's Award Winners
2007 U.S. Trail-O Team Selection
2006 Silva Award Winner – Vladimir Gusiatnikov
2006 President's Award Winners – Bob Turbyfill and Valerie Meyer
2006 U.S. Team to the World Orienteering Championships Announced
2005 Silva Award Winner – Bruce McAlister
· Headlines, 2004 and earlier
National Orienteering Magazine
Orienteering North America
Articles and Videos about Orienteering
Online Audiojournals
The WildeBeat "audio journal about getting into the wilderness" —Getting Oriented: Part 1 and Part 2 (August 21 and 28, 2008)
Online Articles (most recent news at top of list; older articles below)
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Orienteering: Brains, athleticism meet in the woods - MLive.com (Grand Rapids, Michigan) (June 6, 2008)
From the serious to the casual, people are finding their way around - St. Louis Post-Dispatch (June 2, 2008)
With orienteering, he's spinning his wheels no longer - St. Louis Post-Dispatch (June 2, 2008)
Ultrafit: From PowerPoint to compass point - Star Tribune.com (May 6, 2008)
First team from USA in 10Mila - 10Mila News (Jan. 16, 2008) The TioMila is Sweden's annual 10-person relay, which runs through the night!
My team: road rally in the woods - Times Herald-Record (Dec. 23, 2007) about Betsy Hawes
Family time: over the river and through the woods - Boston Globe (Dec.2, 2007)
Field pointed in the right direction - The Free Lance-Star (Fredricksburg, VA) (Nov. 2, 2007) about U.S. Championships
Sport of orienteering challenges riders to ride smart - Spokesman Review (Oct. 25, 2007) about Mt. Bike O [site registration required]
Compass points to orienteering - Denver Post (Sept. 10, 2007)
Ultrafit: Wild in the Country - Star Tribune (Sept. 4, 2007) about the MNOC 2007 Rogaine
Finding your way around - Concord Monitor (August 25, 2007)
The mother and the daughter - IOF World Cup 2007 news (August 20, 2007) about Pavlina and Viktoria Brautigam of WCOC
Sisters of the compass - Daily News Transcript (Dedham, MA) (July 25, 2007)
A lesson in ‘cunning running’: Maps, compasses are your pals - Rockford Register Star (IL) (July 16, 2007)
Map quest: Orienteering event gets partakers off the beaten path - Salt Lake Tribune (July 12, 2007)
Iron Matron: All over the map - Times Colonist (BC) (July 2, 2007)
Have compass, will travel - OregonLive.com (June 11, 2007) [Big Muddy Rogaine VI] — Video
Backwoods basics - Star Tribune (MN) (May 12, 2007)
Orienteering: X marks the spot - Women's Health magazine (March 2007)
Over the trees, through the woods - NewsTribune.com (WA) (February 18, 2007)
Think on your feet: try orienteering - CourierPost Online (January 27, 2007)
Action County: Sharon Crawford - Summit Daily News (January 7, 2007)
...final exam in orienteering... - SignOnSanDiego.com (December 21, 2006)
Beacon student enjoys orienteering - Poughkeepsie Journal (November 19, 2006)
Dashing in the dark (night-O) - Star Tribune (MN) (November 5, 2006)
Orienteering your way through your adventure - Ottawa Outdoors (October 2006)
Have fun getting lost in the woods - New York Times (October 13, 2006) about Rogaines (free registration required to view article)
Orienteering has a little something for everyone - Woodland Progress (October 11, 2006)
A sense of place - Lawrence (KS) Journal-World (September 17, 2006)
Sisters heading in right direction - Boston Globe (August 24, 2006)
Orienteering is on the map - Orlando Sentinel (July 13, 2006)
Orienteering on Mount Oread: Sport combines running with navigating - Lawrence (KS) Journal-World (June 26, 2006)
Grueling way to make points: 'Rogaine' is no easy walk in the woods - Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle (June 25, 2006)
Penfield teen setting a course for success - Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle (May 29, 2006)
On the Trail of a Challenge - Newsday (Long Island) (May 21, 2006)
Niche Sport Covers a Lot of Ground - St. Louis Post-Dispatch (May 20, 2006)
ABC News Interview with Chris Cassone - video (running time 6:18) (April 5, 2006)
Orienteering packs adventure into sport, from start to finish - Cleveland Plain Dealer (March 31, 2006)
Trailblazing Entices Vestal Man - Binghamton (NY) Press and Sun Bulletin article (February 24, 2006) about ski-orienteering
For orienteers, Tenafly hike is more than a walk in the park - article on NorthJersey.com website (January 23, 2006)
Orienteering Finds Its Way to Popularity - Seattle Times (January 1, 2006)
Goal Oriented - article in the L.A. Times (November 29, 2005)
Teachers Hoping To Make Forestry Exciting, Get Lesson In Orienteering - The Caledonian-Record (Vermont) article (October 25, 2005)
Cunning Running - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article (October 10, 2005)
For Orienteers, It's No Simple Walk in the Park - Washington Post (November 7, 2002)
Answer the Call of the Wild - Cincinnati
Enquirer article (April 25, 2000)
How Swede It Is - Outside Magazine
article about Sweden's O-Ringen (May 1998)
The Secret Shortcut - video of “Reading
Rainbow” episode featuring orienteering in Central Park,
NY. View an excerpt of the video (requires RealPlayer to view).
Orienteering
- Sport of a Lifetime - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy web site (article by Carl Sack, OCIN)
Print Articles - for back issues, contact the publisher
- Orienteering: X marks the spot Women's Health magazine (March 2007) [The magazine includes a 2-page photo spread of US team members at the 2006 Sprint Finals]
- Why Orienteers Never Get Lost (And What They Can Teach You) - Backpacker Magazine (June
2001)
- Find Yourself - Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, SD) article (September 11, 2001)
- Vogue Magazine (June 2001)
- Trail Runner (August/September 2001)
USOF Video
View and/or Order O.MOV - USOF promotional
video by Chris Cassone and Art Bonanno (2002)
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