Fresh off his run at the Junior World Orienteering Championships, Trevor Bray made it look easy at a local meet at Mount Lorne last night.

“Trevor Bray put in a phenomenal run, beating the current Yukon orienteering champion Forest Pearson,” meet organizer Craig Brooks told the Star today.

“Trevor’s time was really good. Forest made a significant parallel error, which is where you think you’re on one feature, but you’re actually on another one.

“On the map, they look similar. It takes you a while to basically second guess yourself and say ‘I’m not there. I’m somewhere else’ and then figure out where you really are.”

The meet was based out of the Mount Lorne Community Centre, with competition funnelled into four divisions.

The expert, advanced, intermediate and novice courses measured in at 5.9 km, 4.9 km, 3.8 km and 2.7 km, respectively.

The novice course included 10 controls, while each of the other categories had 12.

The meet’s map scaled in at 1:10,000.

“It was very flat, open terrain, so we made our courses a little bit longer than normal,” Brooks explained.

“And it’s the end of the season, so we made them a little bit more challenging ... with more off-the-trail control locations.”

Despite last night’s ideal weather conditions, the territory’s orienteering season is winding down now, with two meets scheduled to happen in September.

The final meets will be held Sept. 10 and 26. See yukonorienteering.ca for more details.

TOP RESULTS

Expert

1. Trevor Bray (40:22)
2. Forest Pearson (42:57)
3. Brent Langbakk (43:42)

Advanced

1. Afan Jones (47:18)
2. Ross Burnett (51:08)
3. Sam Nielsen (60:21)

Intermediate

1. Savannah Cash (57:58)
2. Bruce McLean (58:23)
3. Bryn Knight (72:10)

Novice

1. Curtis Cash (20:08)
2. Elias Sagar (22:24)
3. Charlene Desjarlais (26:39)