Club Jersey Orders Are Back!

We’re now accepting orders for club jerseys and jackets! We’re planning 3 orders before and during our upcoming Winter League, with the earliest ordering deadline on 9/30/2021 for pickup at Winter League #1. More details at https://cascadeoc.org/jerseys/

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COC Represents at US Championships in Tahoe

Cascade Orienteering Club had a tremendous showing at the US Champs in Tahoe earlier this month. COC not only had many participants, they also brought home many medals. COC was responsible for all starts at the 4 races in what was a trial run for us to again run start at NAOC in 2023. BAOC gifted COC a beautiful new start flag for our efforts.

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Winter League Announces Season Dates

Winter League is excited to have a full 2021-2022 season. Series Director Michelle Kastner announced the following dates for the series. COC is following the developments of COVID and will have rules/procedures for the series announced in September. In the meantime, save the dates: Date Event Venue 9-Oct WIOL North Training Lynndale Park 23-Oct WIOL South Training Maple Valley Farmers Market 6-Nov WL #1 Magnuson Park- permitted 20-Nov WL #2 North SeaTac Park – permitted 4-Dec WL #3 Green River […]

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A Fond Farewell to Peteris and Family

If you have run any of COC’s Ultimate Races, you have most likely run on a map created by Peteris Ledins. Peteris is the creator of over 12 orienteering maps in our state and COC has had the pleasure of having many events on his maps. He has also been a course designer as well as avid COC race participant.  Peteris, his wife Gunta, and their children moved back to their home country of Latvia this month. COC thanks Peteris […]

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Wednesday Evening Series Heads to Seattle Pacific University this Week

Join your fellow COC community members at SPU this Wednesday, August 11th for the 3rd Wednesday Evening Series. Our most casual series allows for arrival to start anytime between 5 and 7pm with course closure at 8pm. We will be offering the usual post-race fare, with the familiar precautions – please practice social distancing, avoid congregating in large groups, and wear a mask when around others. Read more here. Register here.

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COC Members Jessica C and Ben B are JWOC Bound

Congratulations to Jessica Colleran and Ben Brady on being named to the US Junior World Orienteering Team! They head to Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey, 49 kilometers from İstanbul, to compete amongst the best juniors in the world September 4-10. The two long time WIOL participants and COC members both swept their respective divisions with straight 100’s this past mini-Winter League season.  They are doing extensive training to prepare under the direct supervision of local JDT coach John Brady.  COC is proud to […]

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Wednesday Evening Series Dates Announced

COC’s Wednesday Evening Series is pleased to announce the following 2021 event dates: WES #1 — 7/14/21 — Shoreview Park/Shoreline CC, Shoreline WES #2  — 7/28/21 — Big Finn Hill Park, Kirkland WES #3 —  8/11/21 — Seattle Pacific University, Seattle WES #4 —  8/25/21 — Wilburton Hill Park WES #5 — 9/8/21 — Olson Mansion, Maple Valley The Wednesday Evening series is COC’s most relaxed, casual set of navigation events. Parks chosen for the monthly Wednesday Evening Series events tend […]

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New Map, New Venue, New UsynligO Course!

Want some additional orienteering on your own? Thanks to the efforts of Dave Tallent, COC has a new map and a new UsynligO course for members to race on. Dave just finished remapping the two school campuses and the surrounding woods and was pleasantly surprised that the area offered a bona fide orienteering experience with both open and junky forest and a dense network of trails to disorientate one’s self! Head on out to Madrona K-8 School (9300 236th Street […]

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