US Orienteering Team Trials for WOC 2006

Where:

In Missouri, at the SLOC-Hosted Team Trials A-meet.

When:

May 19-21, 2006 (Friday-Sunday), starting 2pm, 10am, and 9am respectively.

What:

The Team Trials races will be the Red & Blue courses from the SLOC-Hosted Team Trials A-meet. The team to represent the US at WOC 2006 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:

Women's Team: Pavlina Brautigam, Samantha Saeger, Sandra Zurcher, Suzanne Armstrong, and Hillary Saeger.
Men's Team: Boris Granovskiy, Eddie Bergeron, Eric Bone, James Scarborough, Clem McGrath (Mikell Platt was invited to run for the US at WOC 2006, but declined.)

Team Members going to their first World Champs are underlined

Who's who?

Front row (from left): Pavlina Brautigam, Samantha Saeger, Sandra Zurcher, Eddie Bergeron, Suzanne Armstrong, Hillary Saeger, Viktoria Brautigam, Kris Beecroft, Joe Brautigam. Back row (from left): Mikell Platt, Boris Granovskiy, Eric Bone, James Scarborough, Clem McGrath, John Fredrickson, Greg Balter, Tom Hollowell Jr. (Team leader).

Official Alternates:

Women's 1st & 2nd: Viktoria Brautigam and Kris Beecroft
Men's 1st, 2nd & 3rd: John Fredrickson, Gregory Balter, and Joe Brautigam

Note also that the Scoring List (see below) is used in order to select additional alternates, if needed, to fill open slots at WOC 2006.

Scoring list Posted 10/2/06 - minor revisions to lower ranked men changed for more accurate historical record...

Older updates:

Scoring list Posted 5/22, 9PM Trials time
Mid-Trials Scoring list As of 5/20, 7PM Trials time, based on unofficial, incomplete results from Day 2
Pre-Trials Scoring list As of 5/17 (shows Scaled Ranking)

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

Start Info:

Link available as of 5/17/06

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

Scoring List Potential Exceptions:

The review panel that will consider exceptions will consist of:

Tom Hollowell Jr., Sandy Fillebrown, Vlad Gusiatnikov, Peter Gagarin, and Don Davis

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.) (List believed to be final as of 5/17.)

Women: Pavlina Brautigam; Karen Williams & Sandra Zurcher (due to out-of-the-country status)
Men: Sergei Zhyk, Eric Bone, Leif Anderson; Boris Granovsky & Matt Scott* (due to out-of-the-country status)
*petition submitted 5/17

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

Information used to generate the list of exceptions above.

Top 5 US-WOC-eligible in Pre-Team-Trials Rankings: Blue, Red
- Women: Pavlina Brautigam, Samantha Saeger, Kristin Hall, Erin Olafsen, Angelica Riley
- Men: Leif Anderson, Sergey Velichko, Eric Bone, Eddie Bergeron, Sergei Zhyk
Top 5 US-WOC-eligible in 2005 US Champs:
- Women: Pavlina Brautigam, Viktoria Brautigam, Anneliese Steuben, Cristina Luis, Maiya Anderson
- Men: Sergei Zhyk, Mikell Platt, Eric Bone, Leif Anderson, Dan Stoll-Hadayia

Thanks!

Many thanks to SLOC for hosting the Team Trials in 2006!

- page by Wyatt Riley - edit 5/22 (and 5/20) (results!) - edit 5/17/2006 (multiple) - edit 4/27/2006 (linked to pre-TT rankings) - edit 3/13/2006 - initial draft 2/11/2006 -