On behalf of Orienteering USA, the JWOC Selection Committee and the Junior Team Executive Steering Committee, I am proud to announce the team that will represent the USA at the 2011 Junior World Orienteering Championships:
Alison Campbell, DVOA
Meg Parson, NEOC
Andrew Childs, GMOC
Carl Underwood, NEOC
Ethan Childs, GMOC
Giacomo Barbone, CSU
Nathaniel Lyons, ROC
Jaxon Rickel, TSN
This will be the first JWOC (as competitors) for Meg, Ethan, Giacomo and Jaxon.
In the event that any male Team members become unable to attend, alternate Team members would be:
1st - Zachary Schroeder, USMAOC
2nd - Alexander Kiperman, LAOC
There are no female alternates.
Thank you to the parents, coaches and other adults, who supported, and will continue to support, these young people in their quest for orienteering excellence. They can certainly count on the support of everybody back home, in July, when they will take on the best junior orienteers in the world in Rumia-Wejherowo, Poland.
Congratulations and good luck to everyone!
Guy Olsen
Chair, Junior Team Executive Steering Committee
2011 JWOC Selection Committee
Janet Porter, US Junior Team Administrator
Jeff Saegar, US Junior Team Coach Emeritus
Peter Goodwin, O-USA VP of Competition