Coaches and Club Officers – 2019 - Wisconsin Track Club

Distance Coach:
Cory Hayden
email: hayden.cory@gmail.com
Cory brings 11 years of coaching experience, and over 20 years competitive running experience to the Wisconsin Track Club this season. Over his 11 years of coaching he has had held assistant coaching positions at UW - La Crosse and UW - Eau Claire where he worked with three cross country All-Americans, and the 2009 NCAA DIII National Champion Women's team.

Cory has also coached at the high school level with stops at Beloit Turner, Madison La Follette, and currently Madison West. During eight years of high school cross country he has coached four state qualifying teams which include 10 All-State athletes, and three individual state champions Finn Gessner (2015, 2016) Genevieve Nashold (2018).

Prior to coaching Cory ran at the high school level for Eau Claire North High School, at the collegiate level for UW - La Crosse and post-collegiately for Run N Fun (St. Paul, MN) and Movin' Shoes Race Team (Madison, WI).

Cory brings a team focused approach to the Wisconsin Track Club where all athletes share in a community of mutual support and respect. The Wisconsin Track Club success will be measured by how each athlete grows towards reaching their potential, and commiting to a process that leads to long term gains.

Distance Coach:
Jenny Scherer
email: jenny.scherer22@gmail.com
Jenny coached Cross Country and Track and Field at UW-Whitewater for 2 years while earning her Masters degree in Higher Education Leadership & Higher Education Athletic Administration. Most recently, this past fall, she served as an Assistant Coach for the Madison West Girls Cross Country team. She currently enjoys her work as a Learning Assistant with the UW Athletic department.
Jenny was a 3-sport athlete at Delavan-Darien High School (WI), and went on to run Cross Country and Track and Field at St. Norbert College in De Pere, WI. While at St. Norbert, she earned Division III All-American honors 9 times, in Cross Country (3), the Indoor 5K (1), the Outdoor 5K (2), and the Outdoor 10K (3). Post-collegiately, Jenny had the opportunity to run professionally for 2 years for the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project in Rochester Hills, Michigan. She then ran for 3 years as a part of the Twin Cities Track Club before moving to Madison, where she now runs recreationally with the Movin' Shoes crew.

Sprints Coach:
Jake Baus
email: jjbaus@wisc.edu
Jake has 1 year of coaching experience at Ripon College, his alma mater, as their sprints coach before moving to Madison last summer to start the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program at UW. As an athlete at Ripon College, Jake competed on the track in just about every sprinting event, but his favorite races were the 200m dash and the 400m dash. He was part of school record setting 4x200m and 4x400m relay teams. Prior to that, Jake was an track and football athlete at Fond du Lac High School.
Jake still trains independently (and with the club team runners) as a sprinter and he enjoys leading them through difficult workouts. When he is not running, Jake enjoys hiking, biking, studying, and volunteering in health care clinics.

Jumps Coach:
Ryan Ewing
email: raewing@sunprairieschools.org
Ryan Ewing has been coaching at the high school level for 10 years. In that time he has helped the Sun Prairie Cardinals win numerous conference, regional, and sectional titles while also coaching numerous kids to break school records and top-ten historic jumps. In 2018 his jumpers broke 2 school records (nearly all four), and took 4 athletes to the WIAA State meet in the long and triple jumps. Along with his accomplishments on his own team, Coach Ewing has helped numerous other athletes and coaches from around the world through his website (www.longandtriple.com). His passion for the jumps and helping others is of great importance, and something that drives him to help as many athletes and coaches as possible.

PRESIDENT:
Matt Land
email: mland2@wisc.edu
Hey Cows! I’m Matt Land (Mattland), and I’m President of WTC this year. I’m a junior majoring in Agricultural and Applied Economics, and I’ll be graduating in Fall 2019. This is my second year as a cow and I’ve loved every minute of it. Besides my love for Cows, I also like backpacking, cross country skiing, and coffee (especially coffee). If you have any questions about The Wisconsin Track Club or just want to have a chat, feel free to shoot me an email! #CowsAchieve

VICE PRESIDENT OF MEN'S DISTANCE:
Brian Wiedenfeld
email: bwiedenfeld@wisc.edu
Howdy Cows! I’m Brian and I am your Moo Vice President of Men’s Distance. I’m a Freshman from Menomonee Falls, WI and studying Civil and Environmental Engineering here at UW. I have loved my time in the club so far and am ready to make new memories, while running some fast times. A part from WTC, I also belong to the Engineers Without Borders club. When I’m not running with the herd, you’ll probably find me reading a book, listening to a podcast or learning to play Piano Man on my harmonica(it isn’t going well so far). I’m looking forward to meeting a lot of new cows at socials and practices. Let me know if you have any questions about the club! #CowsAchieve

VICE PRESIDENT OF WOMEN'S SPRINTS/THROWS:
Maya Coumbe
email: coumbe@wisc.edu
Hey cows, I’m Maya, the new VP for women’s sprints and field. I‘m so excited for this upcoming season! I’m a freshman from Brookfield, WI and currently studying International Business with certificates in Spanish and Criminal Justice. I love running the relays, the 4x1, 4x2, and 4x4. I also enjoy volleyball, traveling, and trying new places to eat. If you ever have any questions, feel free to message me on facebook or shoot me an email!

TRAVEL COORDINATOR:
Allie Levin
email: Aclevin@wisc.edu
Greetings! I’m Allie, and I’m a sophomore majoring in Biomedical Engineering. College is all about balance, and I’m a firm believer that WTC creates the perfect environment for students to thrive academically, athletically, and socially! In my free time, you can find me watching classic movies, listening to podcasts, dancing around my apartment, or wondering trails. I love meeting new people to run with, so don’t hesitate to reach out!

MEET COORDINATOR/PHOTOGRAPHER:
Luke Kubasta
email: lkubasta@wisc.edu
Hey cows, I'm Luke, and I'm a senior majoring in Interior Architecture. I'm responsible for making the website look good and for making you look good in running photos...all I can say is I do my best. I mostly run the 5k on the track with an occasional 3k steeplechase thrown in there, and I live for cross country races on crisp autumn days. My hobbies outside of running include backpacking, taking cool pictures that I never get around to posting on Instagram, playing piano and guitar, following pro running, and photoshopping dinosaurs into running pics. Send me a message if you're ever injured and want to go on a long bike ride instead of a run.

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