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Orienteering expands team roster

Tom Wells to be first male American orienteer

by Rachel Benedict on August 10, 2009

United States Orienteering now has a one-man team. Tom Wells has joined the roster and will compete at the 2009 Deaflympics in Taipei, Taiwan. Wells picked up the sport of orienteering just two years ago but is not new to the Deaflympics. He was a member of the U.S. Soccer Team in 1993 and 2001. Wells also managed the 2005 Men’s Soccer team. He will contend for a medal in all three individual orienteering events: sprint distance, middle distance and long distance. He trains several days a week and is working on his navigating techniques at least twice a week. “I attend local events. … I’m working on improving my technical navigating skills and moving up on levels of difficulty,” Wells said. Wells will be the first male athlete on the first-ever U.S. Orienteering team at the Deaflympics. He joins two female orienteers, Tracy Acuff and Patti Mace, and coach Mark Mace. Wells resides in Gambrills, Md., with his wife, Susan, and his identical twin daughters, Julia and Olivia.
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