What is TROL?
TROL is an acronym for Tristate Regional Orienteering League. It was created by OCIN (Orienteering Cincinnati) to form school teams to compete in interscholastic orienteering events.
Who is eligible?
Any student in grades 6 through 12 enrolled, in a public, private or home school, from Southwest Ohio, Southeast Indiana and Northern Kentucky may take part. Schools may come as an organized team, or students are welcome to come as individuals. All league events will also have public courses, allowing parents and siblings to participate as well.
What will TROL do?
TROL has arranged a series of interscholastic orienteering competitions. These will be held in the Greater Cincinnati and surrounding area. Students who participate in 6 or more competitions will be eligible for season awards based on their best 6 finishes. Schools with more than 3 students participating in 6 or more events will be eligible for school team awards. TROL will arrange for suitable training, arrange competitions, and track progress and results.
When will the events be held?
The season runs from December to mid-March. Most events will be on Saturday but a few will be on Sunday. Open practice events will be offered every weekend in November and an open training camp for all schools and students, is tentatively scheduled for the weekend following New Years. Most events will have start windows of 2 or 3 hours that begin around ten or eleven in the morning. A typical course will take about one hour to complete. See the schedule page for specific dates & times.
Where will the events be?
Events must be held at locations where a suitable map has been prepared by
OCIN or another qualified organization. All scheduled competitions will be
held at various parks and camps within a 40 mile radius of Hamilton,
Ohio.