Preseason Practice At Cochrane-Fountain City
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at Cochrane - Fountain City
Left: Abbey Engel in the 800m run at the 2016 WIAA State Meet. She holds school records in the 400 [59.42] and 800m [2:16.15] events.
Wisconsin Track Online Feature For 2017
Division: 3
Enrollment [2015-16]: 213
Head Co-Coaches: Luke Kjelland - Second year as head coach and Brianna Rieck.
Conference: Dairyland
Conference Schools: Alma High School, Augusta High School, Blair-Taylor High School, Cochrane Fountain City High School, Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran High School, Eleva-Strum High School Gilmanton High School, Independence High School, Lincoln High School, Melrose-Mindoro High School, Pepin High School, and Whitehall High School.
2016 Dairyland results.
The C-FC 4x4 won the Silver Medal at the 2016 WIAA State Meet
Runners shown above L-R: Rylee Gabel, Paige Alleman, Karen Scharlau, and anchor Abbey Engel.
Right: Karen Scharlau at the start of the 1600m run at the 2016 WIAA State Meet.
Abbey Engel [#8] the Silver Medal winner in lap 1 of the 2016 800m run at La Crosse. Champion Elizabeth Kyes [#2, Cadott], Raelyn Sorenson [#3, Unity], Dempsey Fogarty [#6, Colfax], and Aidan Campbell [#4, Madison Country Day/Abundant Life/St. Ambrose] have graduated but Emily Foley [#1, Lourdes Academy] and Camryn Burtness [#5, Orfordville Parkview] return for the 2017 season.
Throws coach Gareck Barul [left] is in his first season at Cochrane-Fountain City. He is shown with his son Garrison. Barul is in charge of the buildings and grounds for the Cochrane-Fountain City schools.
Tracy Iberg [above right] is a first grade teacher at C-FC. She will work with the horizontal jump athletes.
Brianna Rieck [not pictured] works with the distance athletes. She is currently in Kenya working on a food project.
The Pirates Girls team increased their 2016 team number from 14 to 20 for the 2017 season.
Luke Kjelland [left] is in his third year at C-FC as the Asssistant Principal and Athletic Director. Last year was his first year as the head coach. This season C-FC will have Brianna Rieck as co - head coach.
Previously, Kjelland taught 4th grade and coached at Prescott for 7 years. He was an assistant track coach there for three years and the boys head coach in his last 3 years there. He also coached track at River Falls High school as an assistant for 2 years. He was a Girls basketball assistant coach at Prescott for three years and the girls head coach for my last 3 years, and also a football assistant for all 7 years, with the last 6 being the offensive coordinator. Also he previously coached FB at River Falls as an assistant for 3 seasons.
Coach Kjelland was influenced greatly by the philosophy of Steve Stocker former UW-River Falls track and field standout and former coach at River Falls High School.
Kjelland's workouts follow General [70-75% effort], specific [80-85% effort] and competition [90-95% effort] days during 12 weeks of the season.
The boys basketball team was preparing for a sectional game in the main gym. The track and field athletes met in the elementary school gym before a 5 minute warmup run in the halls. Then Coach Kjelland led the team in their footwork and agility drills.
Distance runners for the Pirates from Cochrane - Fountain City
Day 2 Of The 2017 Preseason
A special stress at each practice are drills aimed at increasing hip flexibility
Coach Gareck Barul and some of his throwers
The outdoor workout was shortened due to extremely high winds and a cold front that moved into the area
