WIOL Home Page

Welcome to the web page for the Washington Interscholastic Orienteering League.
To learn more about the sport of orienteering, please follow the link Under "Resources" -> "For all orienteers".

The 2007-08 season began November 3^rd

See the schedule and the information sheet for more details. To sign up, fill out and return the waiver form.

A publicity flier for the 2007-08 WIOL season is available for downloading and printing out. Please share it with prospective WIOL participants!

Northwest Forest Frenzy

Juniors from the Pacific Northwest and throughout North America are organizing a USOF Class A orienteering meet in August. This will be the first Class A meet to be organized entirely by juniors. The event will be open to all. For more information, please visit the meet web site: http://northwestforestfrenzy.googlepages.com/

Recent News

2008-05-27 WIOL Alumni Eric Bone and Leif Anderson Named to US Team to 2008 World Orienteering Championship
2008-04-23 WIOL Girls Named to US JWOC Team
2008-02-25 Ryan Breseman named National Merit Finalist
2008-02-23 2008 Championship: Bright Skies; Holly and Huw Win
2008-02-21 A peek at the WIOL Championship venue
2008-02-17 US Interscholastic Championship: Claudia and Gabrielle win; Lakeside repeats
2008-02-17 Power Outage, Tornado Warnings, and Sunshine Oh My!
2008-02-16 Wet IS Day 1
2008-02-16 Texas Thunderstorms and Wet Morning
2008-02-15 Holly and Huw win sprint
2008-02-15 WIOL participants arrive in Texas, wipe out orange juice supply
2008-02-09 GPS Tracking at Fire Mtn.
2008-02-05 WIOL Party Plane to 2008 Interscholastic Championship in Texas
2008-02-02 WIOL Participant Injured At Fire Mtn.
2008-02-02 WIOL 7: Nice weather, an injury, and tough competition
2008-01-30 2008 Northeast Junior Training Camp
2008-01-25 Eric Bone Leads Training At Hamlin Park, February 3rd
2008-01-19 WIOL 6: Rain Again? Claudia and Huw win
2008-01-05 WIOL 5: Tori and Matej win; Hilary makes it 5 in a row
2008-01-05 HVO's Guy Olsen shares his impressions of WIOL #5

All news articles (including previous seasons)

WIOL Training Camp

Improve your O' skills at the WIOL Youth Orienteer Training Camp, to be held October 20-21 at historic Camp Casey on Whidbey Island. Learn the basics or enhance what you already know, and meet new friends in a scenic setting. The two day camp starts with Cascade OC's Founders' Day event at Fort Casey Register now to ensure a place in a fun learning experience. More...

14 WIOL juniors competed in the 2007 US Interscholastic Championship the weekend of March 31-April 1st. They won two individual championships and three team titles, among other accomplishments. More...

Photo: Jay Hann, BAOC Photo: Eileen Breseman, Cascade OC

The team from Lakeside School won the Varsity team title. Team members Catherine Olsson, Tori Borish and Holly Kuestner (who won the Varsity Girls individual champhionship) hold their trophy at the award ceremony. The Woodinville Montessori team with their Middle School championship trophy: Dana Breseman, Rachel Ellis, Jorden Lindquist, and Gabrielle Lindquist (winner of the Middle School Girls individual champhionship).

WIOL alum Eric Bone contributed an article on map and compass skills to the October, 2007, issue Popular Mechanics story "25 Skills Every Man Should Know".

The 2007 WIOL Championship was held at Pt. Defiance Park in Tacoma February 17. More...

Orienteering Videos This is the era of the Internet video and sure enough, there are numerous orienteering videos on the web...

During the summer of 2006, several WIOL participants orienteered in Europe.
Catherine Olsson reports from the 2006 Swedish O-Ringen, one of the largest O' meets in the world.
Tori Borish writes about orienteering in Austria and Switzerland.

Over a dozen WIOL juniors staffed a Cascade OC meet at Hyak Lake, near Snoqualmie Pass, in October (and did it rain!). The event was on a new map and raised funds for the WIOL Travel Fund. More details, including photos, are here.

Visit the US Orienteering Federation Juniors web page.

Other Youth Orienteering Groups

Read about other youth orienteering groups in the United States and elsewhere in the world.

Read about the 2006 proposal from Cascade OC members to improve the rules used to score teams at the Championship.

Read about Mike Schuh's Challenge to High School Varsity participants.

Visit The WaterStop, an on-line gathering place for orienteering juniors to talk about - what else? - orienteering. Topics include training ideas, "anyone going to the such-and-so meet?", reports from recent meets and "are you going to try to qualify for JWOC?" (JWOC is the Junior World Orienteering Championship - several former WIOL participants have competed in past JWOCs)

Want more training opportunities? Want to improve your skills? It's easy: take part in more O' meets! Local clubs host events through out the year, not just during the WIOL season, and many WIOL participants go to them.

WIOL events are hosted by Cascade Orienteering Club.

Thank you to Howard Halter and Debbie Newell for providing much of the material included on this site.

Go to: WIOL webpage • Cascade OC webpage
Webmaster: Mike Schuh (schuh AT farmdale D0T com)


Photo: Jay Hann, BAOC	Photo: Eileen Breseman, Cascade OC
The team from Lakeside School won the Varsity team title. Team members Catherine Olsson, Tori Borish and Holly Kuestner (who won the Varsity Girls individual champhionship) hold their trophy at the award ceremony.	The Woodinville Montessori team with their Middle School championship trophy: Dana Breseman, Rachel Ellis, Jorden Lindquist, and Gabrielle Lindquist (winner of the Middle School Girls individual champhionship).