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WELCOME TO ARMY PREP ORIENTEERING

Orienteering is a competitive sport that combines cross country running and land navigation. Orienteering originated in Scandinavia, and West Point has fielded an orienteering team since the 1970s. At an orienteering competition, runners complete navigation courses in the shortest possible time, developing both their ability to read maps and run long distances.

The mission of the USMAPS Orienteering club is to provide instruction and competition in the sport of orienteering and to prepare selected students for success on the West Point Orienteering team.

The club’s sponsor is Mr. Waller, and his office is in room 218 of the academic building.
Orienteering News

The Orienteering team completed a challenging course yesterday in Holmdel Park. One orienteerer came back covered in mud, and another discovered a cow pasture. The course was an “Orange” level of difficulty, and it consisted of 8 points spread across 3,420 meters of rolling hills and forest. The top three finishers were CC Jednak, with a time of 45 minutes, CC Sepp, with a time of 54:05, and CC Donovan, with a time of 59:44.

Orienteering is called the “thinking” sport, and I want to take a moment to congratulate the seven orienteerers (41% of the team) who made the Dean’s List for the 1st Quarter. Good job CCs Bashford, Bray, Greeno, Jednak, Kezele, Rodriguez, and Schwartzman. I hope that you do even better in the 2ND Quarter.

The next orienteering event is the State Boy Scout Championships at Washington’s Crossing State Park this Saturday, 27 October.




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