Fantastic results in the very first event of European Youth Orienteering Championships- the long LONG champs in Brno, Babice nad Svitavou showed the Australian Youth Team!

Hayden DENT – 18th place (M16), Euan BEST – 19th place (M18) and Liana STUBBS – 22nd place (W18).

The full Team Results are here:

Hayden Dent (M16) – 18th place 45:38 (+4.45)

Euan Best (M18) – 19th place 55.17 (+5.31)

Liana Stubbs (W18) – 22nd place 53:38 (+9.03)

Ariadna Iskhakova (W16) – 39th place 53:19 (+11.44)

Alton Freeman (M16) – 64th place 57:29

Rory Shedden (M16) – 74th place 58:19

Alexandra Edwards (W18) – 86th place 71:02 (+26:27)

Elye Dent (M18) – 91st place 70:57 (+21:11)

Maggie Mackay (W18) – 92nd place 75:13 (+30:38)

Savanna Sweeney (W18) – 95th place 77:40 (+33:05)

Shari Gilbert (W16) – 97th place 80:31 (+38:56)

William Barnes (M18) – 100th place 78:05 (+28:19)

Matthew Slatter (M16) – 101st place 73:08 (+32:15)

Aoife Rothery (M18) – 111th place 108:47 (+59:01)

It turned out to be a very challenging, steep and physically extremely demanding terrain, where 2 key long legs decided the outcome of the race.

Some hills were so steep that, as Hayden commented: “I did power walk, it was not possible to run that hill”. Route choice took significant time, some people reported that they stayed for some prolong time trying to figure out the best route and to avoid as much as possible the killing climbs, but flat options were not there.

The day ended with a vibrant Open Ceremony and an exciting Friendship Party where Orienteers from 35 countries celebrated the sport and friendships.