US Orienteering Team Trials for WOC 2005

Where:

When:

April 1-3, 2005 (Friday-Sunday), starting 2pm, 10am, and 9am respectively.

What:

The Team Trials races will be the Red & Blue courses from the Flying Pig A-event. The team to represent the US at WOC 2005 will be selected based on these Team Trials races, and in part on the USOF rankings preceding the Trials. For detailed rules, click here.

Also, see the US Team page.

Results:

Available now (mostly...)

Women's Team: Erin Olafsen, Samantha Saeger, Pavlina Brautigam, Sandra Zurcher
Men's Team: Eric Bone, Sergey Velichko, Boris Granovskiy, Dan Stoll-Hadayia (Brian May, Mikell Platt & Ken Walker Jr. were invited to run for the US at WOC 2005, but have declined.)

Official Alternates:

Women's 1st & 2nd: Suzanne Armstrong, Viktoria Brautigam
Men's 1st & 2nd: Leif Anderson, Wyatt Riley

Note also that the Scoring List (see below) is used in order to select additional alternates, if needed, to fill open slots at WOC 2005.

Scoring list - updated on Saturday, 4/4, 4pm EST Appears to be final...

Pre-Team-Trials Rankings (a scaled version of this is one of the 4 scores)

Start Info:

Tentative Friday Starts for the 2005 Team Trials are now available.

Starts are planned to begin at 2 PM on Friday, 10 AM on Saturday, and 9 AM on Sunday.

Day 1 Starts (all on one Sprint course, A-event)

Start-list segregation: US-WOC-eligible Men, then US-WOC-eligible Women, then a short gap, then all others
Start order: Fastest-last seeding within first 2 groups (using pre-Trials Rankings), seeding work by Wyatt, near-final draft available 1 week prior; 3rd group (all others) up to the event director.
Start interval: 1 minute for the Trials & the rest of the field. (Everyone is one the same course.)

Day 2 Starts (US Short Champs)

This is the US Short Champs, so USOF rules 13.1 & 13.2 are in full effect. Starts are to be designed by the US Short Champs event staff (not the US Team) and the plan is for it to be a random draw, with some separation of top-ranked competitors. There will be no segregation of US-WOC or US-Champs eligibles from others on the start list.

Day 3 Starts (Long, A)

Start-list segregation: On Red & Blue, US-WOC-eligible Women, and US-WOC-elgible Men, with start first, with a short gap, then all others on the course.
Start order: Fastest-last seeding within Team-Trials groups (using Day 2 US Short Champs results), lists to be prepared by Wyatt, target to be available within 1 hour or less after last trialer finishes Day 2.

Scoring List Potential Exceptions:

The following people are eligible as a potential exception to the Team Trials scoring list due to outstanding performance in the Rankings and the previous US Champs. (See the Rules for details.) Note that this is tentative, as the the rankings may change before the Team Trials.

The review panel that will consider exceptions will consist of Don Davis, Peggy Dickison, Vladimir Gusiatnikov, Joe Scarborough and Peter Gagarin.

Men: Eric Bone, Mikell Platt
Women: Karen Williams & Sandra Zurcher (due to out-of-the-country status)

If you would like to petition for an exception, please send your petition to Peter Gagarin, ESC Chair. ESC Member List

Top 5 US-WOC-eligible M21s in 2004 USOF Rankings: Brian May, John F., Mikell P., Eric B., Eddie B.

Top 5 US-WOC-eligible M21s in 2004 US Champs: Eric B., Mikell P., Ken W. Jr., Boris G., Mihai V.

Top 5 US-WOC-eligible F21s in 2004 USOF Rankings: Erin O., Sandra Z., Pavlina B., Kristin H., Karen W.

Top 5 US-WOC-eligible F21s in 2004 US Champs: Peggy D., Penny D., Josie N., ? (n/a)

Thanks!

Many thanks to OCIN for hosting the Team Trials in 2005!

- page by Wyatt Riley - updated 4/4/05 (final? results) - updated 4/3/05 (preliminary results) - updated 3/28/05 (review panel names) - updated 3/18/05 (petition filing, Friday start times) - updated 2/24/05 - updated 2/15/05 - updated 2/7/05 - initial draft 1/27/2005 -