UMD College Park
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Saturday
Pre-registration is required for this event and will open Monday, March 25 at 6pm and close at noon on *Friday* March 29. There will be no day-of registration.
This Saturday SCORE-O event will be on the beautiful campus of the University of Maryland. This is the alma mater of many QOC members, including your event directors. We encourage you to show your school spirit and wear something from your own alma mater or current school.
Ted Good is the course setter for the event and has also updated the map. Thanks to QOC members and professors at UMD, Rob Briber and Dan Lathrop, for help in arranging for this event, and many thanks to the University of Maryland Clark School of Engineering for allowing our access to the Kim Building and Plaza.
Check in will open about 9:45am and courses will open at 10:00am. The time limit for the course is 1.5 hours. Please plan your Score-O run such that you finish by 3pm. For further details, please read both the general Score-O description and detailed course notes below.
Volunteers: Sign up for a control pickup volunteer slot via this form, or email the Event Director directly for other options.
Directions and Parking: Click here to view maps with entrances to UMD marked with blue dot, parking details, and meet registration location (Kim Building). Per the map, visitors may park at Xfinity Center Parking Lots XX1, RR2, 9b, 11b. Please do not park in the Smaller Lots (CC, T, DD, GG1, etc) unless you have valid faculty or staff permit. A large web-based interactive map of campus is here. Registration is 450m from the parking lots.
Your Map = A Free Cookie! Apres-orienteering, join other orienteers and volunteers at the The Hall CP just off campus in College Park here, where Brunch (as well as a full menu) will be available from 10-4. Bring your map to get a free cookie with any purchase, courtesy of Zak, The Hall's manager. Note: this is a dog-friendly venue.
Keep in mind:
- QOC will continue to use pre-registration as the ONLY method of signing up for our meets. There will be NO day-of, on-site registration. Refunds are paid only in the case of event cancellation.
- Restrooms for QOC use will be in the Kim Engineering Building.
- Metal spikes are not allowed inside any UMD building or on the course.
- There is no water on the course. Participants are responsible for their own hydration. Water fountains are available inside the Kim Building. There are no snacks offered by QOC.
- Pets are permitted on campus but must be leashed at all times.
- Free Beginner Instruction will be available, but please reach out to the Event Director if you have a group, so we can plan accordingly. Score-O at the University of Maryland campus offers a fun, family-friendly orienteering experience in a unique location. See the general description below if you are not familiar with the Score-O format.
- If you are interested in volunteering, please visit our volunteer signup page. You can also contact one of the event directors listed in the table below.
- Some older e-punches (SI-8) only support 30 controls (more info). If you own an older style, newer punches that can hold 50 controls will be available to borrow.
Score-O Orienteering Description: This College Park event will take place on the University of Maryland (UMD) campus, with an updated map by course setter Ted Good. This event will use a Score-O format. There will be numerous controls scattered around the campus, all marked on the map, but without the usual lines connecting the controls. Your goal is to visit as many of them as you can, in any order, within a predefined time limit. All controls have the same point value, one point for each control you visit. The time limit for the course is 1.5 hours (i.e. 90 minutes). You will lose one point for every minute, or fraction of a minute exceeding that time. For example, if you visit 25 controls but finish with a time of 92 minutes and 30 seconds your final score will be calculated as 25 control pts minus 3 penalty pts = 22 pts. Bring a watch or phone to keep track of your time. You may start at any time during your preregistered time slot but allow for time to plan out your course before starting.
| Location | U. Maryland, College Park, Kim Engineering Plaza (Score-O) | ||||||||||
| Registration |
Registration will open at 6pm on Monday March 25 and close at 12 noon on *Friday* March 29 (the day before the event). Pre-registration is mandatory. Who's Registered? Check by clicking here. | ||||||||||
| Start Times | Start times will be by windows (to be defined for this event before registration opens). | ||||||||||
| Schedule | Saturday, March 30
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| Course Details | Score-O
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| Course Notes | Score-O Event will be a Score-O. There are 42 controls. Estimated straight line distance to get all controls is 10.2K but with all the buildings to run around the travel distance is 13.2K (8.2 miles). This is a 90 minute Score-O, featuring a mostly flat and therefore fast-to-run-around University of Maryland campus. Instead of classical forest orienteering, competitors will race around buildings on the campus. Competitors get 1 point for each unique control visited within the 90 minutes, and will lose a point for every minute (or fraction of a minute) over the 90 minutes. Basically, this will be a sprint rogaine (aka a very long sprint course). Maps will be given out ahead of time so you can plan your routes. Plan carefully; we don't expect more than a few people to be able to get to all controls within their 90 minutes. Metal spikes are prohibited. Since only a few controls are in the forested portions of the campus, regular running shoes are recommended. Detailed course and map notes, including how to recognize out of bounds areas, will be available at the event and in PDF form can also be read here. | ||||||||||
| Entry Fees | Individual Entries
Note: juniors = under 21
Group Entries Participants are welcome to orienteer together as a group (up to the maximum for that event; usually 4). Each member of a group is charged their individual rate as shown above, up to a group total of $30 (maximum), and each receives a map. A group receives one epunch. Individuals or groups desiring to compete on a second course after completing their first can do so for a reduced fee of $2/map subject to approval at the event by the Event Director. Important Notes
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