07/07/2025
The 24th USA Radio Orienteering Championships were held June 19 - 22, 2025. The
event was hosted by the Backwoods Orienteering Klub (BOK) at Morrow Mountain
State Park in Albemarle, North Carolina, and drew about 30 athletes from across
the United States and Canada. Radio orienteering is also known as amateur radio
direction-finding, or ARDF.
There were four World Championship-style races: Foxoring, Sprint, 2m Classic
and 80m Classic.
The Elite results:
o Eduard Nasybulin (Massachusetts), unofficial overall crown, dominated the
men's field, winning Sprint, 2m and 80m Classics, and adding silver in
Foxoring.
o Gheorghe Fala (North Carolina/BOK) seized Foxoring gold and finished
second to Nasybulin in 2m and 80m Classics.
o In W35 (women ages 35 and older), Lori Huberman (California Bay Area
Orienteering Club) captured Foxoring and Sprint, while Erin Hammer (NC/BOK)
sprinted to 2m and 80m Classics gold and added silver in the other formats.
Masters stand-outs:
o Nadia Scharlau, KO4ADV (North Carolina/BOK), extended her W55 (women ages
55 and older) legacy with victories in both 2m and 80m Classics.
o The M60 class (men ages 60 and older) became a two-way battle: Evgeny
Danilov, KQ4QYZ, and Nicolai Mejevoi traded wins and podium spots across all
four events, with Mejevoi topping the Sprint and 80m Classic races while
Danilov took 2m Classic and Foxoring gold.
Senior competitors:
Every entrant in the M70 (men 70 and older) and W75 (women 75 and older)
divisions completed at least three of the four demanding courses. Their steady
performances - and obvious enjoyment - underscored the value of adding senior
categories to future championships.
Youth sweep:
BOK junior Tiger Zhao claimed a perfect four-event sweep in M16 (men 16 and
under) and teammates Anastasia Afonkin W16 (women 16 and under) and Adalia
Schafrath-Craig W19 (women 19 and younger) also took golds - some with times
that would have placed competitively in older divisions.
Team USA will go on to compete at the 2025 IARU World Championships, to be held
in Lithuania in August. The complete results of these championships, available
at the BOK website, will be used for selecting the US team. Learn more about
amateur radio direction finding on the ARRL ARDF page.
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