Discussion: US 2015 JWOC team Announced!!
in: Orienteering; General
Apr 6, 2015 8:48 PM
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The JWOC Selection Committee of Tom Strat (VP of Competition), Erin Schirm (Junior National Coach) and Boris Granovskiy (In place of Junior Team Admin) is pleased to announce the athletes who have earned a spot to compete for the US at the 2015 Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) in Rauland, Norway. To earn a spot on the team athletes received scores based on a descending order list ordered by placing in the 2014-15 JWOC rankings, the sprint, middle, and long races at the 2015 Flying Pig/US SML champs. Athletes could also earn two bonus points if they met a 3 kilometer running time standard, in accordance with the 2015 JWOC Team Selection Criteria. The four scores and the potential bonus were added to form a final score for each athlete. The Selection Committee has named 6 men and 6 women plus two alternates for each team. Alternates will be asked to step in in cases where an athlete in the top six is injured or cannot compete for any reason.
The competition was very close this year for both the Men and Women’s teams with three ties in the scoring and 1.5 points separating four places in the women’s scoring. For the men’s team there was a tie for the first alternate spot. Based on the tie breaker rule in the selection criteria, head to head competition at NAOC-2014 was used to break the tie. A descending order list of JWOC candidates for 2015 was generated and the scoring was applied. By this method, Zack Lyons edged out Chase Thatcher as the first alternate.
The scores for the women’s team were very close. The selection committee received four petitions. Each petition was reviewed in accordance with the Team Petition Review Process, taking into consideration the circumstances of each athlete and their head-to-head performances at team trials. The committee determined that none of the petitions warranted adjustment of any scores. Even though the scoring results were very close, the team was selected solely on the basis of the scoring list computed from the athletes’ performances at Team Trials.
In the middle race there was a tie in time between Julia Doubson and Tyra Christopherson. The Selection criteria did not have a designated method to assign points in cases of a tie in time. After some research the selection committee decided to split the points in half giving each girl a score of 4.5 for the middle race.
Five women submitted 3km running times, all of which met the qualifying standard. Each of those candidates received two bonus points. No 3km times were submitted by men.
After tough competition the athletes who earned a spot to compete in the 2015 JWOC and the alternates are:
Women Men
Isabel Bryant Matej Sebo
Evalin Brautigam Morten Jorgensen
Julia Doubson Will Hubsch
Tyra Chistopherson Michael Laraia
Amanda Johansson Austin Fowler
Melanie Serguiev Addison Bosley
Alternate 1: Anna Breton Alternate 1: Zachary Lyons (by Tie-breaker)
Alternate 2: Elina Breton Alternate 2: Chase Thatcher
The scoring spreadsheet computed in accordance with the 2015 JWOC Team Selection Criteria is included below. The Selection Committee would like to thank all athletes who tried out this year. We would like to encourage all athletes who did not make it this year to keep training hard.
A few notes from the committee looking ahead to next year: All athletes should make sure to get a ranking score on M-20 or F-20 if they are planning to try out for the team. The 3km bonus points can give you an edge when the scores are close. Finally, the selection process focuses on head to head competition, top performances, and consistency. If an athlete is on the bubble, then having a 3km time, running three consistent races at team trials and getting a ranking score are very important.
Again, thank you to all the athletes for their efforts and congratulations to a strong JWOC Team. We look forward to seeing how the athletes compete this summer at the Junior World Orienteering Championships!
Here are the scores:
The competition was very close this year for both the Men and Women’s teams with three ties in the scoring and 1.5 points separating four places in the women’s scoring. For the men’s team there was a tie for the first alternate spot. Based on the tie breaker rule in the selection criteria, head to head competition at NAOC-2014 was used to break the tie. A descending order list of JWOC candidates for 2015 was generated and the scoring was applied. By this method, Zack Lyons edged out Chase Thatcher as the first alternate.
The scores for the women’s team were very close. The selection committee received four petitions. Each petition was reviewed in accordance with the Team Petition Review Process, taking into consideration the circumstances of each athlete and their head-to-head performances at team trials. The committee determined that none of the petitions warranted adjustment of any scores. Even though the scoring results were very close, the team was selected solely on the basis of the scoring list computed from the athletes’ performances at Team Trials.
In the middle race there was a tie in time between Julia Doubson and Tyra Christopherson. The Selection criteria did not have a designated method to assign points in cases of a tie in time. After some research the selection committee decided to split the points in half giving each girl a score of 4.5 for the middle race.
Five women submitted 3km running times, all of which met the qualifying standard. Each of those candidates received two bonus points. No 3km times were submitted by men.
After tough competition the athletes who earned a spot to compete in the 2015 JWOC and the alternates are:
Women Men
Isabel Bryant Matej Sebo
Evalin Brautigam Morten Jorgensen
Julia Doubson Will Hubsch
Tyra Chistopherson Michael Laraia
Amanda Johansson Austin Fowler
Melanie Serguiev Addison Bosley
Alternate 1: Anna Breton Alternate 1: Zachary Lyons (by Tie-breaker)
Alternate 2: Elina Breton Alternate 2: Chase Thatcher
The scoring spreadsheet computed in accordance with the 2015 JWOC Team Selection Criteria is included below. The Selection Committee would like to thank all athletes who tried out this year. We would like to encourage all athletes who did not make it this year to keep training hard.
A few notes from the committee looking ahead to next year: All athletes should make sure to get a ranking score on M-20 or F-20 if they are planning to try out for the team. The 3km bonus points can give you an edge when the scores are close. Finally, the selection process focuses on head to head competition, top performances, and consistency. If an athlete is on the bubble, then having a 3km time, running three consistent races at team trials and getting a ranking score are very important.
Again, thank you to all the athletes for their efforts and congratulations to a strong JWOC Team. We look forward to seeing how the athletes compete this summer at the Junior World Orienteering Championships!
Here are the scores:
Apr 7, 2015 3:46 AM
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GuyO:
On behalf of the Junior Team Executive Steering Committee (JTESC), I want to thank Erin and the rest of the Selections Committee for their work in putting together the 2015 USA JWOC Team! We have high hopes for continued improvements in performance, and hope everybody back here will be pulling for them!
Guy Olsen
JTESC Chair
www.jwoc2015.org
Since the Team roster got a bit jumbled above, I am repeating it here in a more readable format...
Young Women
Isabel Bryant
Evalin Brautigam
Julia Doubson
Tyra Chistopherson
Amanda Johansson
Melanie Serguiev
1st Alternate: Anna Breton
2nd Alternate: Elina Breton
Young Men
Matej Sebo
Morten Jorgensen
Will Hubsch
Michael Laraia
Austin Fowler
Addison Bosley
1st Alternate: Zachary Lyons (by tie-breaker)
2nd Alternate: Chase Thatcher
Guy Olsen
JTESC Chair
www.jwoc2015.org
Since the Team roster got a bit jumbled above, I am repeating it here in a more readable format...
Young Women
Isabel Bryant
Evalin Brautigam
Julia Doubson
Tyra Chistopherson
Amanda Johansson
Melanie Serguiev
1st Alternate: Anna Breton
2nd Alternate: Elina Breton
Young Men
Matej Sebo
Morten Jorgensen
Will Hubsch
Michael Laraia
Austin Fowler
Addison Bosley
1st Alternate: Zachary Lyons (by tie-breaker)
2nd Alternate: Chase Thatcher
Apr 7, 2015 4:44 PM
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Is it possible to learn a bit more about Morten Jørgensen and Amanda Johansson? I was unable to easily find their prior results on the OUSA site.
Apr 7, 2015 5:08 PM
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Congratulations to the JWOC team and good luck in Norway.
There is a little info on Amanda on the OUSA website under the juniors tab.
There is a little info on Amanda on the OUSA website under the juniors tab.
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