It's Orienteering Week in Canada, and Whitehorse celebrated in a huge way, with 81 people coming out to the first Wednesday night meet held yesterday.

Meet director, and accomplished orienteerer, Nesta Leduc set up three different courses, one for juniors, intermediates and advanced orienteerers, on the Riverdale sprint map.

Each course started from the Selkirk Elementary School parking lot and was set between F.H. Collins Secondary School, Vanier Catholic Secondary School, Selkirk and Christ the Kind Elementary School.

The trail zig-zagged, causing the orienteerers to be careful to check their directions often.

The novice category saw Pia Blake come in ahead of her fellow competitors on the 1.8-kilometre trail in a time of 11:12.

In the intermediate category, which was 2.2-km, competitors had to leave the set trails to get to each point. The first in was Georgi Pearson in a time of 22:23.

In the advanced course, Brent Langbakk came in first over the 3.6-km trail in a time of 17:55.

The next Wednesday night meet will be held in two weeks on May 19 starting from the Long Lake day use area at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday night orienteering meet results

Novice, 1.8-km

1. Pia Blake 11:12

2. Amanda Thomson 16:18

3. Hannah Jirousek 16:19

4. Savannah Cash 17:19

5. Katlyn Horte 17:55

6. Sarah Laxton 18:47

7. Leif Blake 20:30

8. Charlotte Van Randen 20:49

9. Darcy Larochelle 21:00

10. Sam Mather 21:56

Intermediate, 2.2-km

1. Georgi Pearson 22:23

2. Caelan McLean 23:30

3. Scramstad, Jolkowski, Milligan 24:09

4. Fumiko Miyahara 24:46

5. Perry Hynes 25:49

6. Hilary Wilkinson 27:40

7. Gerry Whitley 31:14

8. Daryn Lovell 33:11

9. Natalie Hynes 36:06

10. Elizabeth Reid 36:12

Advanced, 3.6-km

1. Brent Langbakk 17:55

2. Forest Pearson 20:56

3. Colin Abbott 21:15

4. Lee Hawkings 22:02

5. Ross Burnett 23:02

6. Dahria Beatty 23:09

7. Rodney Hulstein 24:25

8. Katherine Scheck 24:39

9. Pam James 26:17

10. Trevor Bray 26:33