La Crosse Logan Preseason Practice 
Friday, March 13, 2015 at La Crosse Logan High School
Division: 1
Enrollment: 841
Head Coach: Tom Kammer - 31st year as head coach at Logan . 11 MVC Championships, 15 City Championships, 2 time State Runnerup in D1. Eleven Logan girls/relay teams have been State Champions.
Conference: Mississippi Valley
Conference Schools: Aquinas, Holmen, La Crosse Central, La Crosse Logan. Onalaska. Sparta, and Tomah.
Right: Ashley Sprain at the 2013 WIAA State Meet running a leg of Logan's 4x1.
Left: The 2013 D1 State Champion 4x2 relay team from Logan. The same athletes were on the Logan 2014 4x2 that won the Gold Medal.
Tore Washa and Chloe Malin have now been runners on three consecutive D1 4x2 championship relay teams.
Along with anchor Amber Sanderson and Imani Paul Washa and Malin ran on the Gold Medal winning Logan 4x2 at the 2012 State Meet.
Wisconsin Track Online Feature For 2015
Kaitlyn Ganrude 2014 W/TFA
Yvora Thomas 2012 Middleton Sectional
Carly Morris 2012 Middleton Sectional
Alyssa Rasmussen 2014 W/TFA
Chloe Malin 2012 Middleton Sectiuonal
Above left: 2014 D1 4x2 Champions: Row 1 L-R: Ashley Sprain & Kemmesha Thomas. Row 2 L-R: Tore Washa & Chloe Main. All runners return for 2015. 2014 team photo provided by Tom Kammer. Above right: 2012 4x2 D1 State Champions.
Tore Washa in the 55m prelims at the 2014 W/TFA State Indoor Championships held at UW-Whitewater
Left: Kemmesha Thomas in the 55m prelims at the 2014 W/TFA State Indoor Championships.
Teammate Shanelle Kendrick cheers on Thomas at the start.
Above left: Chloe Malin in the 200m prelins 2014 WIAA State Meet.
Above center: Tore Washa in the 55m prelims at the 2014 W/TFA State Indoor Championships.
Above right: Tore Washa in the 200m prelims at the 2014 WIAA State Meet.
Carly Morris 2014 W/TFA
Above L-R: Assistant coach Sam Bina [hurdles], assistant coaches Keachen Abing [distance, Keachen is also the Head Girls Cross Country coach] and Chad Powell [distance], and Head Girls Coach Tom Kammer.
Above: Distance coach Keachen Abing.
Left: Assistant coach Candice Siebert [sprints and jumps].
Righ: Throws coach Brock Harney.
During Day 5 of the preseason the temperature was 68 degrees in La Crosse. After a quick meeting the track athletes went outside while the throw athletes went to the Field House for their workout.
Logan Throw Athletes
A key ingrediant to any track and field program is to get the students to come out for the sport. Tom Kammer puts together posters during the year and preseason period that highlight different aspects of the program.
Detailed are the schedule, award requirements, past athletes now competing in college, the history of the Mississippi Valley Conference Meet, the preseason team meeting, and highlight photos frrom the previous seasons meets including the State Meet.
Logan Distance Runners
Right L-R: Carly Morris, Kaitlyn Ganrude, and Ashley Sprain.
At last seasons Mississippi Valley Meet Morris was HJ Champion, Ganrude won the LJ, and Sprain was on the winning 4x2 and placed second in the 100m HH and 4x1 relay events.
2015 marks the 22nd year that I have covered girls track and field performances. Coach Kammer was one of my original sources back in 1994 helping with information from his part of the state. This is the 11th year that I have produced preseason practice features. At every stop I have been incredibly impressed by the teaching and motivation skills that Wisconsin high school coaches exhibit in order to maximize the potential of their athletes. D Figi, March 14.
Warmups
Logan relay athletes L-R: Tore Washa, Chloe Malin, Ashley Sprain, and Kemmesha Thomas
Hurdle Drils
The dash and jumps athletes ran a series of 'Ladder Drills' starting with 300m runs and working to 100m intervals
After a series of leadup drills hurdle athletes progressed to one hurdle and then 5 hurdles.
Logan graduate [2012] Amber Sanderson has helped by helping middle school athletes in their hurdling techniques.The Rangers will open their season at the Stevens Point Invite on Friday, March 20. Then the Rangers will have a quick turnaround as they travel to Luther College [Decorah, IA] for a Saturday Meet on March 21.
Iowa has the Shuttle Hurdle event as a regular part of their regular and State Meet competitions. The 4x110m Hurdle Shuttle Relay will give the Ranger hurdle athletes an early season test in their skills.
Ladder Drills
The throw athletes stayed inside for a combined practice with the boys throw team. Practice was in the Field House and weight room. Thrower Stacia Munson [Above, 2nd from right] was second to teammate Kasseria Hansen [not shown] by 1/2 inch in the 2014 conference meet. Hansen won the SP event in 2014.
Hurdle coach Sam Bina and his hurdle group
Above: Ideal temperatures early in the preseason were a welcome difference to the poor weather that plagued the 2014 season.
Right: Throws coach Brock Harney discussed the objectives of Friday's workout.
The Rangers of La Crosse Logan have won the last two Mississippi Valley Conference Meets. A rainbow perfectly framed some of the athletes at the 2014 Conference Meet.
