1) The document summarizes a JROTC orienteering competition between six schools in Florida's Suncoast area that took place on February 23, 2013 at the T Mabry Carlton, Jr Memorial Reserve in Sarasota County. 2) The competition included a team score orienteering event where 3-person teams had to visit 15 controls on a map in the most efficient way, and a relay event where teams of 3 students each ran similar 1.7 km courses against time while navigating with a map and compass. 3) The top performing teams in the relay event finished their courses in 15-17 minutes. Lemon Bay's team placed first in the team score event and Robinson

1. Suncoast (Florida) JROTC Team Orienteering
Championships
T Mabry Carlton, jr Memorial Reserve
Sarasota County
Feb 23, 2013

2. Team Score Orienteering:
3-person teams divided up 15 controls to
visit and check in when the third person
returned.

3. How the controls
are divided is up
to the team
But be careful to get all of them
or its back to the forest for someone

4. The Team Score Orienteering featured fifteen controls on a 1:7,500 scale map

5. Relay: Three person teams,
three similar courses,
45 students with 45 stories

6. The Relay Courses:
Designed to reward
fast running and quick,
correct decisions
The best times were in the range of
15- 17 minutes for 1.7 km
One third of the teams started on each
course.
At the end of the first leg half of the ‘A
teams’ went on B, half on C, etc.

7. Teams came from six schools in the Florida Suncoast area
Port
Charlotte
North Port Charlotte
South Sumter
(Bushnell)
Lemon Bay
Robinson (Tampa)

8. Capt. Mike Farley of Charlotte
and a student officiating crew
from Lemon Bay were
essential to the success of the
day.

9. Students (here from South Sumter)
got to explain their routes to their
leaders.

10. First Place Team Score Orienteering: Lemon Bay #1

11. First Place Relay and First Overall: Robinson # 1

12. Trophy photos are a
big part of any JROTC
event.
Lemon Bay shows off
their relay prizes.

13. Thank you to the students and leaders ….
for making the first Suncoast Team Orienteering Championships
a tremendous success.