The USA and Canadian Junior teams have been in Aalborg, Denmark all week training and preparing for the 2010 JWOC Competition. Today, July 3 is the model event with the opening Ceremonies tomorrow night, July 4th. The schedule of races goes as follows:
July 5 - Sprint
July 6 - Long Distance
July 7 - rest day
July 8 - Middle Qualifier
July 9 - Middle Final
July 10 - Team Relays
The official JWOC website is
www.jwoc2010.dk/ and the US Coach, Cristina Luis is also posting at the USA Team blog spot at
www.usa-orienteering.com .
I know that the North American Orienteering Championships are also going on right now but lets not forget our juniors overseas who are competing for their countries in their World Championship.
GO USA! GO Canada!
I emailed the JWOC Press Manager, Søren Flytkjær, and he replied. I've slightly edited his response (and added links):
There will be online results. Link from JWOC Website
There may be no online results from the Middle in Kollerup because bad access for Internet.
I don't know when the results links will be put on the website. Maybe tomorrow when there is test-run.
World of O are planning a LiveBlog from some events. I don't know yet which.
Also link from JWOC Website or see World of O.
There will be no online streaming video or audio.
Here are the published event times (CET?):
Monday 9.00-15.00 Sprint: Aalborg University
Tuesday 8.00-18.00 Long: Svinkløv
Thursday 9.00-14.00 Middle qualification: Kollerup
Friday 8.00-15.00 Middle final: Kollerup
Saturday 9.00-15.00 Relay: Rebild
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By "online results", does he mean "live"?
Usually online results means live radio controls that are automatically linked to the internet. I'll ask.
World of O:
JWOC Denmark: All you need to know
He has old versions of the event maps.
The Live Blog link is near the bottom of that page.
I got an answer and a link:
There will be live results also from radio controls.
JWOC Live Results
It's great to see all the support and interest on AP!
The US juniors spent the morning today training at the model area for the sprint. Everyone feels comfortable with the campus terrain as it isn't so different from what we've got at home. In the afternoon they let off some steam and celebrated the 4th by reasserting our independence with a brilliantly orchestrated water balloon assault on the British team. They couldn't have done it without help from the French, of course, and we've also made some slight edits to history - as winners often do - by inviting our hallmates the South Africans to join us in battle. The battle cry was, of course, the distinctive howl of a vuvuzela.
And now, for the important stuff, start times (CET) for the US runners for all of you planning to wake up early to cheer them on:
Hannah Burgess 10:00 (first start)
John Williams 10:14
Keith Andersen 10:18
Andrew Childs 10:46
Alison Campbell 10:59
Carl Underwood 11:26
Holly Kuestner 11:54
Greg Ahlswede 11:56
Nate Lyons 12:25
They are all in bed now, resting up for some clean, fast runs tomorrow at Aalborg University. I, too need to rest up, and my thumbs are tired of typing, so that is all the update for today. Perhaps another US team member could post this to the blog?
Start times for the Australians (all eastern Australia time - make your adjustments as necessary):
Kurt Neumann 18.06
Ian Lawford 18.27
Oscar Phillips 18.53
Josh Blatchford 19.12
Lachlan Dow 20.06
Oliver Poland 20.21
Sarah Buckerfield 18.13
Georgia Parsons 18.30
Lilian Burrill 18.56
Belinda Lawford 19.13
Brea Pearce 19.34
Claire Butler 19.44
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*blows his vuvuzela*
USA USA USA USA USA !!!!!!!!!
Online results seems to be running now.
http://www.liveresultater.no/jwoc/
WWWWWAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Amazing start to the week for us Brits!
No-one interested in the long??
Apparently no live results, but they say this is frequently updated:
JWOC Long Results
Yes that hiccupped along with delayed updating of finish results only, but
http://www.worldofo.com maintained a busy bulletin board with a reporters on-site. Denmark again in the girls, nail-biting finish for the boys won by Czech.
nice terrain (much much more interesting than WOC 2006)
http://maps.worldofo.com/webroute/img/M20Svin.jpg
the live service and website is a joke for being Danmark
I think the organizers have more important things to worry about at the moment... The organization on-site has not been spectacular. Yesterday a 40min delay in starts, and now we are all waiting patiently for corrected start lists and bus schedules for tomorrow. I, too expected more from Danmark. Thankfully the most important aspect - maps and courses - have been good.
Looks like Denmark could use some help—borrow Jim Webster and Magnus Johansson?...
Yeah, how about a Canadia bid for JWOC 2014? ;-)
(Still waiting. Expecting a new start list at about 9:15pm.)
Just use a mass start, everyone gets to skip a control. A whole lot easier.
I should walk over to the officials and suggest it. I think they'd throw things at me.
This all sounds like French meets I used to go to in the 80's, but at least there the food and wine were great while you waited for them to figure out how to deal with whatever the current crisis was.
It also sounds like Ukraine a bit, except...
...without the GI infections?
Hey, well, it's 9:50pm and we now have start lists, bibs, and Emit backup cards. And they all match! Success!
The middle qual tomorrow should be fun and exciting to watch/follow. Here are team USA start times in CET:
Keith 10:00
Holly 10:05
Carl 10:06
Andrew 10:52
John 10:54
Alison 10:59
Hannah 11:03
Greg 11:30
Nate 11:40
Hearing about all the thick vegetation, I'm assuming starting late is a big advantage?
And Cristina, pass on to the Team that there are lots of folks back here cheering for them.
Sounds like some very tough orienteering. Makes the terrain we had at the North Americans look like beginner's stuff (I'd also add I think ours was probably a lot more fun).
And the thicker it is, the more the compass comes in handy....
It will be nice cheering for the next races from the east coast - a couple extra hours of sleep.
Go USA!!!
I know we will do well.
Good times for everyone!
Peter, we are anticipating less trail options in the middle, but also slightly more open woods. Overall I think it will still be a significant advantage to go later.
I'll be at the finish today, so depending on cell access I may be able to update from the arena for all the fans at home.
Strong run for Emily Kemp today placing 8th of 42
in her heat and less than a
minute out of 2nd place. A top 20
tomorrow is a strong possibility. Awesome.
Some very good results for the Brits at JWOC so far.
Yep, our guys are doing us proud out there. It's great to see, as they've really pulled together as a team and worked hard this year.
And Damian was one second outside of the A-final! I think that's the best North American men's middle quali result since John F in Lithuania 2006.
Good runs Canada. Emily was also ahead of Ida, which is pretty awesome in itself.
On the US side - congrats to John H. Williams for making the B final! And Andrew was 41st, only 15 seconds out of the B final. Solid runs!
Way to go John, concentrate and run solid tomorrow in the final. Andrew keep up the good work. Great run Emily! Go USA and Canada!
Well done Emily in the Final!
Rephrase that. AWESOME, or as Colm would say, animal :)
AWESOME! is an under statement!
13th for Emily! And 2 minutes out of a bronze.
Well done Kempster! ...and still two more JWOCs for her (and lots and lots of WOCs).
hard to tell if the results are final but good runs by the Canadian boys in the B final. 14th, 20th and 34th for Damian, Colin and Graeme respectively.
Women's middle map.
http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c71692/media/image...
A bit of a control picking exercise but some checkpoints in the green too. There was some discussion on the live blog about the lack of checkpoints in the green made it fairer. I've always felt that a couple of checkpoints in green provides another test of one's navigation.
Sweet, sweet course. Yes, maybe too much control picking and there is something a little too overwrought there, but that would be good stuff. It isn't unfamiliar terrain for NorAM, either. We have some bits and pieces of that.
Anyway, great job Emily!
Hey, what is wrong with the Swissies this year? Last year they rocked, and now it is back to Scandi dominance...
And way to go Ralph for us guys! Awesome race!
Yeah another great British performance. Did I see a Jamie Stevenson running for GBR? Isn't he getting too old for JWOC. ;-)
Okay, maybe it's just the 'C' Final but the US men took 4 of the top 6 spots which is a HUGE improvement over past years.
Emily---you really are Awesome!!!
BTW, I think the terrain in Denmark is totally unfamiliar to us in North American and I've never been on anything like it here.
Great job Emily! Way to go girl.
Yes--the US guys rocked the C final!
Yes, our guys rocked the C final. Next year it'll be the B final...
And Emily's run today was totally awesome.
Can you see us with our beaming smiles all the way from Whistler, BC. We are often asked how the kids are doing. Can't wait to spread the news today to those who cannot follow the event as closely as we can. Love seeing the splits and the maps and the analyses in graph form. They show how much potential the Americans and Canadians have. Keep it up. I do have to single out Emily for her amazing run. So exciting to see her heading toward the podium. You all make us very proud. Enjoy the relay.
WAY TO GO EMILY!! Fantastic!
Today's the relay!
Team USA women:
Holly Kuestner
Hannah Burgess
Alison Campbell
USA men team 1 (aka Team Edward):
Andrew Childs
Greg Ahlswede
John Williams
USA men team 2 (aka Team Jacob);
Carl Underwood
Keith Andersen
Nate Lyons
The women start at 10 and the men an hour later.
Very nice run by Holly! 14th and just ahead of Norway's top team. The Kempster with another fine performance, finishing 8th!
Really fantastic first leg runs by both Holly and Emily Kemp!
Alison at the radio. Hold off Austria!
Oops. Looks like the Austrian runner had a small problem at the end there. Sub 3 mins looks like a pretty good time for Alison in from the radio.
Expecting Keith at the radio very soon?
He's in! Looks like Colin put a little time on him (5 mins)...nothing Nate can't handle. Greg is holding on - even made up a little, so John has a shot too.
Go Nate...its yer birthday!
Go Nate...its yer birthday!
heh, looks like Keith and Greg came in with the leaders...must have been exciting.
>I think the terrain in Denmark is totally unfamiliar to us in North American and I've never been on anything like it here.
It looks similar to some of the sandhills of Manitoba and the moraine terrain near Guelph Ontario.
Of course it's always nice to do better but it does seem that in the relay, the US teams were closer to the leaders in terms of % behind that they have been the last couple years. My calcs are rough but generally it seems like the top US mens team was about 35% behind this year compared to 43% last year and the women were 37% behind this year compared to 55% last year.
The women ran an awesome relay yesterday! They were 19th out of 40 teams, beating Austria and Germany. Great job girls! You make us proud!
I missed this live. Congratulations to the US Teams.
Here is a quick comparison of the US mens results at JWOC 2010 vs 2009. These numbers are the percent behind the average of the top 3 finishers in each race (/ leg in relays) - like the normalization done for US rankings and Team Trial scoring. I only included the top 5 US competitors (of 6) in the average each year to avoid dealing with any outliers (e.g. Nate's MSP in 2009 Long).
Sprint:
2009 - 27% behind; 2010 - 28% (close)
Long:
2009 - 84%; 2010 - 46% (WOW!)
Middle Qual:
2009 - 37%; 2010 - 40% (close)
Middle Final (1 in B Final each year, so the averages are all 5 in the C final):
2009 - 36%; 2010 - 14% (Outstanding!!!)
Relay:
2009 - 46%; 2010 - 35% (Very nice!)
This seems to be a very significant improvement. And the good news is that 4 of the guys have at least two more years of eligibility! It was a real team effort. Each of the 5 races had a different "top guy"!
I think similar improvement could be shown for the ladies, but it's tough to determine a good methodology when there were 5 last year, but only 3 this year.
Oh, and hats off to the Canadians for their performances! I'm looking forward to seeing NA Juniors in Poland in 2011!
This seems to be a very significant improvement.
Indeed so!
I think the terrain in Denmark is totally unfamiliar to us in North American and I've never been on anything like it here.
While this is not entirely true as Hammer pointed out, what can we do so that those chosen for the JWOC gain some terrain familiarity each year? Terrain unfamiliarity is perhaps the easiest obstacle to overcome; gaining physical fitness and overall navigational competence take far longer (and are thus more expensive).
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