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WHO WE ARE
Welcome to the Kenosha Shockwaves
The Shockwaves were born to create opportunities for Kenosha youth runners. Kenosha Unified School District doesn't offer Cross Country for middle school students. We want to fill that need.
Our main focus is the fall cross country school season from August to October, but we also run:
Cross Country Championship Season in November and December
Winter Indoor track meets
AAU and USATF summer track season.
We Take Everyone
We invite any runners from 5th to 8th grades who love running and want to try competing with us. If your child loves to run and can follow directions, we would love to see if they like running with us. We have had 4th graders, 3rd graders and younger be successful as well. Our goal has always been to be faster than yesterday and the sport of running is better with more people in it.
Our only reservation is if your child has a team through their school, they should run with their team. We are not in the business of creating an all-star super team to crush the competition. In fact, we aren't in business at all. All of our coaches are volunteers who get paid in free t-shirts and the chance to watch your kids run their fastest.
Try Us Out
Start with a try it out practice. We like to see if your child likes running with us before anyone gets their minds set. We don't require runners be at every practice, nor do they have to run every meet. Some kids only like coming to practice, although we encourage them to compete in races for the new experience it brings.
Our Coaching Team
Stephanie Zuehls
Head Coach
Coach Stephanie has always had a passion for teaching others and running. She has now merged both of those loves by becoming an RRCA Level 1 Running Coach and, now also, as an assistant coach of the Shockwaves. Her current role at Kenosha Running Company (a trail race management company) and experience as a teacher, along with raising four athletic children, gives her a unique coaching perspective. She loves to work with our younger athletes making practice fun, but with a purpose.
Coach Stephanie's athletic resume includes over 30 years of participation in competitive sport. She was on her college swim team. After college, she transitioned to running and triathlon. In triathlon, she participated in all distances including completing Ironman Wisconsin. Her running accomplishments include numerous podium finishes in distances from 5k to 50K as well as running the Boston Marathon. Her personal running bests include a half marathon time of 1:35:13, a marathon time of 3:14:54 and a 50k time of 5:39:47. Her favorite distance is half marathon and beyond and she loves running on the trails.
Todd Hauser
Coach and Team Director
Coach Todd's athletic resume includes running in High School where his best 5K finish was a 19:15 at the Cloverbelt Conference meet after which he took a BIG break. His favorite race medals include age group place medals like the coffee mug from the Friends of Bong Wolf Lake Run at Bong SNA, but also the team medal from Ragnar Northwoods, and the participation medal for the Tyranena Half Barrel he ran on a bum wheel. His athletic endeavors also include a six-hour solo mountain bike ride at Wausau 24 and the 2019 Chequamegon 40 MTB Festival, as well as numerous races on the WORS circuit. His favorite kind of run is the accidental 10K, where you just go for a quick run but feel so good you accidentally run six miles.
Nick Freese
Coach Emeritus - Founding Member
Coach Nick has been the "genius" behind the Shockwaves training philosophy since relocating to Wisconsin in 2017.
Coach Nick's athletic resume includes time as a running back for the Eastern Eagles, personal trainer, gym owner, race director, soccer coach, middle school cross country and track and field coach. During his coaching career, he has guided numerous young runners building their strength and endurance to state, regional, and national events.
His running personal bests include a 13:04 2-mile, 19:56 5K, and 1:32:48 half marathon. Coach Nick prefers running shorter distances.
Shannon Freese
Coach Emeritus - Founding Member
Coach Shannon is the organization behind the Shockwaves. As a graduate from Eastern Washington University, she has utilized her education in sports and recreation in multiple ways from planning youth wilderness trips, coaching club gymnastics, managing a gym, and coaching soccer. She now is focused on coaching the Shockwaves and running after her three kids.
Her favorite distance to run is 5ks and 10ks as keeping up with the family is a training plan all on its own.
"Running is so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can't. But then you find your inner strength, and realize you're capable of so much more than you thought."
