Discussion: Western States Championships

The first two days of PNWOF 2022 - the Lubrecht portion - have been designated the 2022 Western States Orienteering Championships. Western States Championship prizes will be awarded to first place finishers among eligible participants in all competitive age and gender categories, according to the scoring system described below.

To be eligible, as of May 1, 2022 you must have a primary membership in a western OUSA club or have your primary residence in a western state (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming).

Overall standings in each age/gender class will be based on the sum of each competitor's placements in the two days of competition: Lubrecht Day 1 and Lubrecht Day 2. The lowest sum wins. A tie will be broken by total time over two days. A competitor needs to finish the course both days in order to be eligible.

I believe the definition of "western state" can be given more succinctly: "any state whose highest point is lies above 10,000 feet".

Ouch, y u gotta do us like that

grow some mountains

is it sanctioned?

Interesting that in this context, Texas is not in The West.

The growing normalization of marijuana legalization means that many states contain people who are higher than 10,000 feets.

Saturday is a sanctioned NRE, Sunday is not.

Awesome. cmpblla concurs with Cristina! Sorry not to be able to attend - school in our primary residence will still be in session.

No judgement in my definition, just another (factual) way of grouping the listed states.

Texas is not in The West.

Yup, it's just one of the 37 states in the "Eastern States" region.

I think Texas would be in its own region.

What will the fields be like?
As in the competition, not the grasslands.

F-6 will be stacked.

Well I'll be there, so you know it's going to be ridiculously serious.

What's the thinking behind combining places rather than times?

A middle distance and a long distance.

Got it