2017 Junior World Orienteering Championships

The 2017 Junior World Orienteering Championships are about to start.

The following athletes are representing Canada at the 2017 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Tampere, Finland.

Women:
Darya Sepandj
Emma Sherwood
Emma Waddington
Nicole Whitmore

Men:
David Bakker
Leif Blake
Caelan McLean
Christian Michelsen
Jan Erik Naess
Michael Svoboda

Head Coach: Jeff Teutsch
Team Manager: Sabine Schweiger
Official: Erik Blake

World Of O's: JWOC 2017: All You Need To Know

Be sure to watch Orienteering Canada's social media for results, updates and pictures.... and stay tuned to this blog

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram

Key links

• JWOC 2017 webpage
• Direct link to GPS tracking (there should be GPS-tracking for all events, even Middle Qual)
• Bulletin 4 (all details about the event)
• JWOC 2017 in Eventor (start lists and official results will be available here)
• Information about embargoed areas (including exact location of the JWOC 2017 area)

JWOC 2017 Detailed program
All times are given in CET (or actually Central European Summertime; local time is one hour more).

• Monday July 10th. Middle Qual 08:00 – 11:45 CET (09:00 – 12:45 local time)
• Tuesday July 11th. Middle Final. A-final 12:15 – 15:15 CET (13:15 – 16:15 local time), B/C-final earlier
• Wednesday July 12th. Sprint  09:00 – 12:35 CET (10:00 – 13:35 local time)
• Thursday July 13th. Rest day.
• Friday July 14th. Long 08:00 – 15:15 CET (09:00 – 16:15 local time)
• Saturday July 15th. Relay 12:30 – 16:15 CET (13:30 – 17:15 local time)

Team Canada WOC 2017 Recap

The 2017 World Orienteering Championships were held June 30 to July 7th, 2017.

Team Canada members:
Emily Kemp
Emma Waddington
Wil Critchley
Eric Kemp
Damian Konotopetz
Coach: Raphael Ferrand
Team Manager: Meghan Rance

WOC 2017 web site: woc2017.ee
World of O: "all you need to know" WOC2017 resource from World of O
Official results are here

Canada Results at WOC 2017

Sprint Qualification
Emma Waddington - Heat B: 22nd
Will Critchley - Heat A: 25th
Damian Konotopetz - Heat C: 14th
The top 15th in each heat advance to the Sprint Final

Sprint Final
Damian Konotopetz - 44th

Sprint Relay
Emma Waddington
Damian Konotopetz
Will Critchley
Emily Kemp
Emily did not start the 4th leg (resting for forest events) so Canada's result is listed as a "mispunch"

Long Final
Emily Kemp - 23rd

Middle Final
Emily Kemp - 5th
Damian Konotopetz - 45th
Eric Kemp - 59th

Relay
Canada did not have a women's relay team
Emily Kemp ran on the men's relay team
Canada Men's relay - 20th
Leg 1: Damian Konotopetz
Leg 2: Eric Kemp
Leg 3: Emily Kemp

Recovery Week (One Step Closer to JWOC)

Read more here

After a hard week of training with the Americans I needed both a mental and physical break before making my final JWOC preparations.

I used this time to visit a few friends in Helsinki who were kind enough to show me around and take me out for runs. First I stayed at my friend Essi's whom I had met two years ago when she was on an exchange year in Chicago.

To read about several races that I attended during this week click here: Link

The 2017 World Orienteering Championships

The 2017 World Orienteering Championships start June 30 in Estonia.

Here are the Canadians who will be representing Canada:

Emily Kemp
Emma Waddington
Wil Critchley
Eric Kemp
Damian Konotopetz
Coach: Raphael Ferrand
Team Manager: Meghan Rance

WOC 2017 web site: woc2017.ee

#woc2017



Here is a fabulous "all you need to know" resource from World of O.... the best place to get comprehensive info about WOC.... who is running, who are the favourites, the terrain...

How to follow along (from World of O):

There are again excellent live services from the World Orienteering Championships – everything from web TV (20 EUR for the whole week or 6 EUR per race) to GPS tracking, Live Blog and Live Results.  WorldofO.com will follow the championships on the Twitter account WorldofO (and partly also on WorldofOLive) and on WorldofO at Facebook.
Follow WOC 2017 live using the following links:

• The organizer’s LIVE Center – see also the organizer’s webpage
• WebTV at liveorienteering.org – to buy access to all of the championship for EUR 20 instead of paying for one event at a time, click the blue banner at the top of the page at liveorienteering.org
• Live results
• IOF Eventor – including start lists, official results, etc. (should also be available from the LIVE Center)
• WorldofO and WorldofOLive at Twitter

Go Canada Go!

JWOC Training Camp #1

Christian Michelsen and I joined the American Junior Team for an intensive training camp around Tampere in preparation for JWOC. Read about my highlights and check out a few of the maps that we have run on my clicking the picture or this Link

Hope you enjoy!

Jan Erik 😊

Joensuu Jukola

Read about my experience with the American Junior team at Jukola last weekend by click the picture or going to this link: Link

Thanks! 😀
-Jan Erik Naess

First Days in Finland

Click the picture or link to read about my first few days if Finland - Adjusting to the terrain and Finnish Trials written by Jan Erik Naess
Link