Kenosha Bradford Preseason Practice
Monday, March 9, 2015 at Kenosha Bradford High School
Kenosha Bradford
Division: 1
Enrollment: 1829
Head Coach: Brad Fortney - 2nd year as head coach.
Conference: Southeast
Conference Schools: Franklin, Kenosha Bradford, Kenosha Indian Trail, Kenosha Tremper, Oak Creek, Racine Case, Racine Horlick, and Racine Park.
2014 Southeast Conference results.
Right: Jackie Baldwin WIAA 2014.
Far Right: Mady Marko WIAA 2014.
Wisconsin Track Online Feature For 2015
Above: Junior sprinter and relay athlete Mady Marko.
Right: Senior sprinter and relay athlete Jackie Baldwin.
Anastasia Shwaiko
Aaliyah Hines
Bradford track and field athletes L-R: Emily Kraus, Gabi Martin, JC Ovitt, , and Grace Ziegler
Far left: Lucy Nelson in the 4x2 at the Janesville Parker 2014 WIAA D1 Sectional.
Left: Mady Marko takes the baton from Lucy Nelson on the anchor leg of the 4x1 at the Janesville Parker 2014 WIAA D1 Sectional.
Megan Aehlich
Above left: Assistant Coach Matthew Hardy [hurdles, 400, and 800 events]. Above center and right: Head Girls Coach Brad Fortney. Coach Fortney is a Carthage College graduate.
Left: Assistant Coach Nicole Stein [HJ, TJ, and LJ events].
Right: Throws Coach Jeremy Sowma.
Below left: Head Boys Coach Mark Aslakson. Coach Aslakson has been at Bradford for 40 years as a head track coach. He works with boy and girl distance runners. He is also the Head Boys and Girls Cross country Coach.
Below right: Assistant Coach Deb Bornhuetter. Coach Bornhuetter was the head girls coach of Kenosha Tremper in 2013 and 2014 when Tremper won the D1 State Championships. Bornhuetter will work with the sprint group.
Bradford has had a Field House since 1981 but does not have an outdoor track. Thus all meets are away meets. A referendum in April if successful would help build an outdoor track and field facility at Bradford.
After a short group warmup the athletes went to groups for the throwers, distance runners, and jumps and dash athletes for specialized drills
Warmups
Footwork and station drills
The throw athletes were in constant motion with a variety of fundamental drills leading to actual throws of the SP
After footwork drills the distance athletes went outside to take advantage of the temperature which was in the high 40's. Distance athletes depending on their experience level ran outside for 20 minutes or 50 minutes.
Dash athletes on the 'Mondo' indoor track in the Bradford Field House
Below: Some of the T-Shirts at practice
An interesting photo in the Bradford Tropy Case shows the boys school record setting 4x1 and 4x2 relay team from 2011
L-R: Melvin Gordon III, Jun Lee, Vonte Jackson, and Trae Waynes
Melvin Gordon III had a LJ of 23' 06.25 at the 2011 WIAA State Meet [good for 2nd place] and was the anchor on the Bronze Medal winning Bradford 4x1.
Gordon was the runner-up for the 2014 Heisman Trophy Award.
Waynes was a starting cornerback for the Michigan State football team and was named All Big Ten first team and a 2014 second team All-American. Waynes was the Bronze Medal winner in the 100m dash at the 2011 WIAA State Meet.
Vonte Jackson had a promising football career at Wisconsin cut short by injuries.
Below: Assistant Coach Deb Bornhuetter
Below: Head Boys Coach Mark Aslakson