Los Angeles Orienteering Club
Date:
Location:
Courses:
LA Sprint Tournament 2024
September 21, 2024
and Sep 22, 2024
Various sites throughout Southwestern LA County
Four sprints over two days in a tournament format
Schedule:
Saturday two sprints and Sunday two sprints
Overview
Four sprints all on new maps ranging from college campuses to local parks. Enjoy the fun of an all sprint weekend.
Courses
Four sprints over two days in a tournament format
Map and Course Notes
Notes from Course Setter Rex Winterbottom:
Thanks to the Los Angeles Orienteering Club to being open to this idea and making our 4 adventures possible.
Thanks to Clare Durand for the event directing and Karen Murphy, LAOC treasurer, for coordinating all the payments for the permits.
Thanks to vetters for carefully investigating the courses and mapping: Alex Kiperman, Eugene Kiperman, Rich Hoesly, Bruce Corning, and Eva Wheeler-Sagiao (SDO).
In general, if you haven't orienteered on a "Sprint Map" before, mapped to the ISSprOM standard, familiarize yourself with these kinds of maps. For example, Los Angeles Orienteering Club's US Champs Sprint in 2022 at Pierce College. I found this image online: https://www.sprintseries.org/doma/show_map.php?user=Charlie&map=3428
Typically rendered at 1:4000 or 1:3000 scale, they show much more detail. Multi-level areas are shown with diagonal striping. The alligator teeth mean it's uncrossable at the higher level but crossable at the lower level. Canopy is light gray if it's not multi-level. Thick black lines are usually uncrossable walls or fences if not cliffs and you can't cross them even if you can manage to cross them. Olive green is "forbidden area" and you can't cross it even if it looks like you could physically cross it. You will be disqualified if observed breaking the rules of orienteering or the mapping standard.
Details for El Dorado Time Trial
Details for Angels Gate Quarterfinals
Details for LA Southwest College Semifinals
Details for Redondo Waterfront Finale
Additional Information
Saturday, September 21 AM - Time Trial sprint at El Dorado Park in Long Beach.
New sprint map of this Park-O venue. Enjoy fast running through the grassy park.
All tournament participants will be started at 1 minute intervals beginning at 10:00 am. Start times to be assigned after registration closes. Non-tournament participants will be started at the end of the start list.
Saturday, September 21 PM - Quarterfinal heats at Angels Gate Park in San Pedro.
Brand new area and map! Hilly park terrain and military fort features. Tournament participants will be seeded into heats of up to six people per heat based on time trial performance in the morning. Each heat will mass start with first heat starting at approximately 3:00 pm. Non-tournament participants will be started after all tournament heats.
Sunday, September 22 AM - Semifinal heats at LA Southwest College in Los Angeles.
Brand new college campus map! New heats based on performance in the Quarterfinals. Mass Starts with first heat starting at approximately 10:00 am. Non-tournamant participants will be started after all tournament heats.
Sunday, September 22 PM - Final heats at Redondo Beach Waterfront
Brand new urban area map! Final heats based on performance in the Semifinals. Mass starts with first heat starting at approximately 3:00 pm.
Unfortunately, we will not be able to accommodate non-tournament participants at this venue.
Tournament brackets are based on a maximum field of 54 participants. Registration will be limited.
Registration and Pricing
Registration is now open and will close on Wednesday, September 18 at midnight or when filled.
Pricing:
To register for the full tournament, please select a package during the registration process. All races will be automatically selected for you.
$70 full tournament, non-members ($35 Junior non-members age 20 and under)
$65 full tournament, club members ($30 Junior members age 20 and under)
$20 single race, regardless of club membership ($10 Juniors age 20 and under)
No single race registration for Redondo Waterfront
To register for individual races, non-tournament, please select "Continue without package." At the next page indicate which races you plan to participate in. Although Redondo shows in the list, we will not accept registrations for this, please leave it as non-participating.
Location
Detailed location information is found on the links for each race listed above.
Race Management
Event Directors: Clare Durand and Rex Winterbottom
Course Setter: Rex Winterbottom
Vetters: Alex Kiperman, Eugene Kiperman, Rich Hoesly