Adventure Racing Ontario is a collection of enthusiastic racers, event organizers and volunteers interested in growing and supporting the adventure racing community. If you're interested in getting more involved send us a message. We can use a hand with initiatives such as; website management, marketing, media generation (pictures, video, articles), or other projects you may be interested in starting. ARO is a member of the Canadian Adventure Racing Association. Learn more about the Canadian Adventure Racing Association and becoming a member by clicking here.
From Wikipedia:
Adventure Racing (also called Expedition Racing) is a combination of two or more endurance disciplines, most often including orienteering and/or navigation, on and off-trail running/trekking, mountain biking and paddling. An expedition event can span ten days or more while sprints can be completed in a matter of hours. There is typically no suspension of the clock during races, irrespective of length; elapsed competition time runs concurrently with real time, and competitors must choose if or when to rest.
Adventure racing historically required teams to be of a specified size and to include both men and women, but many races no longer restrict team size and include single-sex divisions. Some also include age-based categories.
getTING back to racing!!
The Adventure Racing Ontario Series returns with a full slate of events and stream-lined point allocation approach. See the Schedule and Rules pages for updates.
We look forward to seeing everyone in the woods!
Adventure Racing Ontario
Series Standings for 2024
Final results as of December 31, 2024. For the full list of ranked teams click here
Coed Division
Attack from Above (Chris Laughren, Jason Livingstone, Julie Parent, Sean Roper, Derek Bessette, Mike Simpson)
Spare Parts (Natalie Green, Ryan Painter, Cam Snodden, Jean Goar, Alana Painter)
Rockhoppers (Emma Pillsworth, Robert Vanderbeck, Tom Wronecki)
Out of Controls P.U.K.E (John Price, Una Hall, Ben Waugh)
Bend Racing/4 Hour Fuel (Alexandre Provost, Patrick Lussier, Karine Corbeil, Arnaud Côté-Boisvert)
Female Division
Tree Huggers (Barb Campbell, Denise Rispolie, Jackie Tarnpolsky, Heather Brown, Sian Leyshon-Doughty)
Define Lost (Rebecca Spark, Kyra Paterson, Kelly Kemp)
Collingwood Cougars 1 (Cathy Gallagher, Denise Rispolie, Nicole Johnson)
Madly Off in All Directions (Kim Coogan, Ashley Oliver, Katherine Cuff, Manuela Lord)
Compass Queens (Elena Sitnikova, Kimberley Birch)
Male Division
Milton Basement Racers (Tim Grant, Eddie Johnson, Mike Simpson, Patrick Saile, Derek Bessette)
Sole Brothers (Sean Power, Davin Power, Thomas Enright, Charles Jung, Steve Glenney)
Storm Beowulf (Sean Roper, Jamie Gallagher, Eddie Johnson)
Adrenaline Rush (Adam Mallory, Scott Cocks, Jason McArthur)
Don Valley Collective (Tom Kakamousias, Alistair Pilot, Brook Smith)
Adventure Racing Ontario
Series Standings for 2023
Final results as of December 31, 2023. For the full list of ranked teams click here
Coed Division
Spare Parts (Natalie Green, Ryan Painter, Cam Snodden, Tab Lamoureux)
Peaks and Trails Running Series (Shannon Miller, Jack Van Dorp, Harper Forbes, Scott Ford)
Storm Beowulf (Sean Roper, Jamie Gallagher, Cathy Gallagher, Eddie Johnson)
Humble Bumbles (Barbara Steele, Owen Steele)
Raid Pulse (Danny Chamberland, Stefanie Bishop, Jean-François Séguin, Martin Hardy)
Female Division
Tree Huggers (Barb Campbell, Denise Rispolie, Jackie Tarnpolsky, Heather Brown)
Define Lost (Rebecca Spark, Kyra Paterson)
Fragile Flowers (Stone Bridgeman, Kaitlin Dunn, Erin Mycroft, Shea Coleman, Olga Huber, Donna Boots)
Uterati/Outdoor Research (Ashlie Ferguson, Freya Wasteneys, Una Hall)
Sole Sisters (Kathleen Power, Sarah Verma, Alexandra Meyer, Bronwyn Gemmill)
Male Division
Sole Brothers (Sean Power, Davin Power, Isaiah Frielink)
Attack from Above (Chris Laughren, Chad Spence, Ross Brittle, Derek Bassett, Jamie Gallagher)
Race Day Rush (Adrian Makurat, Maurice Pasterski, Kevin Poirier, Adam Suszka)
Analog (Chris Bint, William Beardmore, Robert Lucas)
CBVC (Luka Senk, Brendan Neeley, Bob Miller)
Adventure Racing Ontario
Series Standings for 2019
Final results as of December 31, 2019. For the full list of ranked teams click here.
Coed Division
Spinning Out of Control (Kelly Legge, John Price, Mike Simpson, Hunter Obee, Greg Diamond)
Longshots (Dorota Urbaniak, Robert Makurat, Tristan Makurat, Caroline van den Bulk)
The Tenacious Turtles (Keegan McCallum, Sage McKay, Ryan Wicks, Heather Brown, Ellen Dannys)
Locked and Loaded (Michele Kitson, Andrew Box)
DreamMakers (Agathe Fittipaldi, Maxime Syrykh, Joshua Dey, Abraham Rojas)
Female Division
Define Lost (Kyra Paterson, Rebecca Spark, Heidi Langenberg)
The Breakfast Club (Tracy Roth, Ginger Gibson, Emily Donkers, Connie Byham, Nicole Van Muyen)
That’s Not on the Map (Amber Panchyshyn, Iris Neher, Sally Heath, Carole Perreault)
Doing it 4 the Swag (Cherylle Tardiff, Kimberly MacKinnon)
DFF (Stina Bridgeman, Erin Rycroft, Olga Huber, Heather Brown)
Male Division
Adventurists (Luc Frechette, Andrei Neagoie, Rob McCollum)
Trailblazers (Jeremy Faulkner, Kenn Schmitz, Benjamin Quackenbush)
Sole Brothers (Stephen Glenney, Sean Power, Davin Power)
Tickled Pickles (Dan Arki, Ben Walkowiak, Andrew Arki, Brady Vincent)
Uphill Both Ways (Matthew Reynolds, Shane Stapleton, Rob Francis, Dave Brydson)
Adventure Racing Ontario
Series Standings for 2018
Final results as of December 31, 2018. For the full list of ranked teams click here.
Coed Division
Longshots (Dorota Urbaniak, Robert Makurat, Tristan Makurat)
The Tenacious Turtles (Keegan McCallum, Sage McKay, Ryan Wicks, Jared Lenos)
Black Swan Racing (Nathaniel Hoover, Kyle Nesbitt, Una Hall, Scott Weersick)
Attack from Above (Chris Laughren, Chad Spence, Julie Parent, Vince Trudell)
Spinning Out of Control (Kelly Legge, Chris Legge, Greg Diamond, Wayne Bennett)
Female Division
The Breakfast Club (Tracy Roth, Ginger Gibson, Emily Donkers, Kimberly MacKinnon, Cherylle Tardif)
Gruesome Twosome (Jennifer Siren, Katherine Siren)
Define Lost (Kyra Paterson, Rebecca Spark)
Dirt Divas (Stephanie Rhea, Nicky Cote, Kim Rocheleau)
Tree Huggers (Barb Campbell, Heather Brown, Denise Rispolie)
Male Division
Rickvansenk (Luka Senk, Stu Vander Geest, Claude Anderson, Rick Atkinson)
Uphill Both Ways (Matthew Reynolds, Steve Stanisic, Shane Stapleton, Rob Francis, Dave Brydson)
Outliers (Cameron Farrell, Peter Denison, Craig Adkins, Patrice Pellerin, Dan Travis)
Tickled Pickles (Dan Arki, Ben Walkowiak, Andrew Arki)
Muck Dynasty (Brandon Ashmore, Mike Lawton, Peter Ashmore)
Adventure Racing Ontario
Series Standings for 2017
Final results as of December 31, 2017. For the full list of ranked teams click here.
Coed Division
Long Sault Longshots (Robert Makurat, Dorota Urbaniak, Dave Corner, Glenn Edwards)
No Turning Back (Rick Swinson, Laura MacDermaid)
The Tenacious Turtles (Keegan McCallum, Sage McKay, Ryan Wicks, Jared Lenos)
Spinning Out of Control (Kelly Legge, Chris Legge, Gavin Lawson, Greg Diamond)
Push the Limit (Cameron Snoddon, Ela Snoddon)
Female Division
The Breakfast Club (Tracy Roth, Ginger Gibson, Connie Byham, Emily Donkers, Nicole Van Muyen)
Navigate This (Michele Kitson, Willow Barker, Angela Shepard, Angela Silvaggi)
2Girls1Boat (Cherylle Tardiff, Kimberly MacKinnon)
Funderstorm (Sally Heath, Amber Panchyshyn, Shannon Miller, Kristen Harrison, Kelly Spark)
Madly Off in All Directions (Kim Doogan, Ashley Oliver, Paige De Marchi, Lorna Deeth, Paula, Rein)
Male Division
Adventurists (Andrei Neagoie, Riley Armstrong, Scott Kerr, Nathan Nisbet, Tim Cripps)
Tickled Pickles (Daniel Arki, Ben Walkowiak, Andrew Arki)
Outliers (Peter Denison, Craig Adkins, Scott Wilson, Cam Farrell)
Uphill Both Ways (Matthew Reynolds, Steve Stanisic, Dave Brydson, Rob Francis, Steve Stanisic)
Black Swan Racing (Nathaniel Hoover, Kyle Nesbitt)
Adventure Racing Ontario
Series Standings for 2016
Final as of November 30, 2016. For the full list of ranked teams click here.
Coed Division
Long Sault Longshots (Robert Makurat, Dorota Urbaniak, Jacek Jacowiecz)
Spinning Out of Control (Kelly Legge, Chris Legge, Lawson Gavin, Greg Diamond, Wayne Bennett)
Flatlanders (Shawn Walker, Adriana Walker, Scott Stein, Caleb Walker, Megan Walker)
No Turning Back (Rick Swinson, Laura MacDermaid)
KaChow (Eric Smith, Drake Baird, Angelica Haggert)
Female Division
Navigate This (Michele Kitson, Kelly Jackson, Willow Barker, Angela Shepard, Chandy Johnson)
The Wonderbroads (Kristen Harrison, Heidi Langenberg, Laura Smith, Melanie Boultbee)
Speed Bunnies (Wanda Prochazka, Stina Bridgeman, Sophia Tsouros, Barbara Niess, May Olga Huber)
Dirt Divas (Stephanie Rhea, Nicky Cote)
The Breakfast Club (Tracy Roth, Ginger Gibson, Connie Byham, Melissa Hamilton)
Male Division
RaceDayRush (Adrian Makurat, Jacek Jackiewicz, Marcin Michalik, Adam Suszka)
Crash Splash and Dash (David Varty, Steve Hunter, Brad Elliott, Luc Frechette, Erik Petersen)
Black Swan Racing (Nathaniel Hoover, Kyle Nesbitt, Keegan McCallum)
Flummoxed (Ken Batten, David Crawford, Anthony Subject, Simon Mellor)
Tickled Pickles (Dan Arki, Ben Walkowiak, Andrew Arki)