Home: Lithuania
Expedition Length Adventure Racer, Endurance athlete
Occupation: Student/Lithuanian Naval Officer
Home Town: Sinuliai, Lithuania
Date of Birth: June, 1978
Schools Attended: U of Maryland, US Naval Academy, Mikkeli Polytechnic, Kaunas University of Technology
Some people call me a dreamer. I believe that dreams make a path to reality. The only question is which dream I should believe in The one, which made me from a schoolboy who, was sick year round, to an athlete through the orienteering sport? Maybe it is the dream that carried me around one of the world's best military and engineering schools like the U.S. Naval Academy or Mikkeli Institute of Technology, and let me meet my best friends? It is probably impossible to choose because all this combined allowed me to experience great adventures, various challenges, and push my own emotional and physical limits. But that is in the past, and I cannot sit still without new trials. While it appears that my future has at least a career of a Naval Officer and a lengthy path of an engineering graduate student waiting for me, I am passionate about the new quest of mine, - adventure racing.
Up until 2002 I always did only one sport - orienteering. By then it has been almost fifteen years since I was introduced to a map and compass. In the past I always represented the Lithuanian national team in many national and international races. However, coming to the U.S. in summer 1997 significantly changed my experiences with sports by adding more versatile sports such as long distance running, road and mountain biking, volleyball, swimming, climbing and others. Nevertheless, I stayed faithful to my life-sport my being a member and even coaching US Naval Academy orienteering team. Soon after graduation from the USNA, I met the adventure racing team "American Legion" which introduced me to the incredible sport of the AR. Since then I raced with more than a dozen teams and in a span of just about a year I gained invaluable weekend and expedition style races experience. With this under my belt and a great desire to do more and excel I am ready to face the next season year 2004!
Orienteering:
* Ranked in the top ten elite Orienteers
in the US since 1998
* US National Orienteering Championships (2002)
* Prince Williams Nat'l Park, VA, 5th (elite category)
* US Rogaining Championships (2002)
* Cle Elum, WA, 2nd place coed category
* World Rogaining Championships (2002)
* Lesna, Czech Republic, 5th place overall
* North American Rogaine Championships
(2000)
* Johnson State Park, MI, 1st place overall
* Member of Lithuanian Orienteering
National Team (1990-1996)
* Armed Forces World Orienteering Championship (1996)
* St. Petersburg, Russia, 14th place in elite category
Running:
* Boston Marathon 2002 (2:57)
* Boston Marathon 2001 (3:06)
* Marine Corps Marathon 2000 (2:59)
Recent Racing Experience Highlights
2003
USARA Nat'l Championships (Lakeshore,
CA) 6th overall
Cal Eco Championships - finals (Kernville, CA) 1st overall
Balance Bar 24-hour (New York, NY) 5th overall
Subaru Primal Quest (10-day AR, Lake Tahoe, CA) 13th overall
Odyssey The Beast of the East (4-day AR, Brevard, NC) 1st overall
Eco Challenge North American Championships (5-day AR, Sault St.
Marie, ON, Canada) Unranked finisher
Odyssey Mega Dose Adventure Race (2-day AR, Natural Bridge, VA)
2nd overall/1st coed
Genesis Series Sprint Adventure Race (5h AR, Hewitt, NJ) 3d overall
Wild Onion New York City (24-hour urban AR, New York, NY) 4th
overall
Appalachian Extreme Adventure Race (3-day AR, Bethel, ME) 3d overall
(pict)
Genesis Series Sprint Adventure Race (5h AR, Ringwood, NY) 1st
overall
Saddle and Paddle Sprint Adventure Race (8h AR, Blue Marsh, PA)
1st overall
IATOS Sprint Adventure Race (4h AR, Chicago, IL) 1st overall
North Georgia Adventure Race (30-hour) (Suches, GA) 8th overall
2002
Land Rover G4 Challenge (G4 '03 selection process for the US)
Hyatt Resort, NV
USARA Nat'l Championships (24-hour adventure race) Sapphire Valley,
NC 5th place overall
US Orienteering Nat'l Championships Fall Season Prince William
Park, VA 5th place in elite category
Balance Bar 24-hour race (24-hour adventure race) New York City,
NY 1st place 3-person male, 11th place overall pro category
Odyssey Endorphin Fix (2-day adventure race) New River Gorge Park,
WV 1st place 2-person male, 3d place overall pro category
Ironmasters 2002 (5-hour sprint adventure race) Michaux State
Forest, PA 1st place overall (three person coed team)
US Rogaining Championship (24-hour orienteering race) Cle Elum,
WA 2nd place in coed category
Eco Challenge: Canadian Championship (5-day race) Golden, BC Canada
24th place
World Rogaining Championship (24-hour orienteering race) Czech
Republic 5th place overall
Wild Onion Indianapolis Race (24-hour urban adventure race) Indianapolis,
IN 5th place overall
US Orienteering Nat'l Championships Spring Season Reading,
PA 2nd place in elite category
Odyssey Endorphin Fix (2-day adventure race) New River Gorge Park,
WV 4th place 4-person coed, 7th place overall pro category
2000-2001
US Orienteering Championships (2001) Hudson Valley, NY 6th place
in elite category
North American Rogaining Championships (2000) Johnson State Park,
MI 1st place overall
US Orienteering Championships (2000) Lake Tahoe, NV 6th place
in elite category
