International
Waterloo’s Graeme Farrand set to compete at World University Orienteering Championships in Magglingen – Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Graeme Farrand of the Waterloo Warriors cross country team represented Canada at the 2022 Orienteering World University Championships this past weekend in Magglingen - Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.
Competing in three events from August 17th to 21st, Farrand raced in the individual sprint, individual middle-distance and individual long-distance competitions.
Farrand’s best result came on the first day of competition in the sprint category. Navigating through the city of Biel/Bienne, Farrand set a time of 14:20 in the 3.4 km race – just 2:50 of the gold-medal time.
In the 14 km long-distance event, Farrand set a time of 2:24:46, before posting a 54:16 time in the 4.8 km middle distance race. Both times were good for 79th overall.
🍁 Orienteering 101: Graeme Farrand of the @WlooWarriors tells us about why Orienteering is called the "Thinking Sport".
— U SPORTS Team Canada (@USPORTSIntl) August 16, 2022
Farrand is set to compete in the FISU World University Orienteering Championships in Switzerland!
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Click HERE for full competition results.