About The Clinic

About the Clinic

2026 WCCCA Clinic

The 2026 Clinic will be held at the Embassy Suites in Brookfield. Join cross country coaches from around the state to learn, grow, network and celebrate the great sport of cross country The Clinic will be held January 9th & 10th. We hope you will be there.

Speakers

2026 Speakers include

Mike Miller—Whitefish Bay & Dominican

Kelly Grothus—Madrid, IA

Kent Miehe—Darlington HS

Adam Topper & Craig Olson—Menomonie HS

And more to come

Past Speakers include:

Joe Bourland—Kohler High School

Crystal Toll—Sport Health Physical Therapy

Lindsay Crevoiserat—UW-Madison

Glen Gardiner—Wauwatosa East

Leah Scalf—Sports Medicine LAT at Children's WI

Cynthia Dusel—NP, Orthopedic Surgery at Children's WI

Brandon Langer—Cedar Grove/Belgium

Addy Hallen—Orono High School, MN

CJ Michaud—Muskego High School

Joel Heroux—Oconomowoc High School

Dr. Sean Hartnett

Dr. Spencer Agnew

Natalie Peterson Doornink—Grantsburg High School

Gary Brone—Cochrane-Fountain City

Brett Guemmer—Garmin

Matt Gifford

Steve Wehrley—New Glarus

Mulrooney/Hanson Panel

Abbey Bubolz—Manitowoc Lutheran

Jay Johnson

Steve Magness

Jerry Schumacher—Bowerman Track Club

Pete Henkes—Wisconsin Runner

Derek Stanley—UW La Crosse

Tom "Tinman" Schwartz—Tinman Endurance Coaching

Carrie Tollefson—Olympian, Elite Mid-distance Runner

Dr. Tim Hacker—UW Madison Researcher

Dan Schwamberger

Donn Behnke and Kevin Hopp

Brain Gifford

Keith Zeise—Milwaukee King

Lace Luedke

Matt Esche—University of Alabama-Birmingham

John Zupnac—UW Oshkosh

Deb Vercauteren—UW Oshkosh

Jill Miller—UW Madison

Don Gehrmann—Olympian

Mick Byrne—UW Madison

Bethany Brewster—Edgewood College

Chris Quick—Palatine High School

Mackenzie Wartenberg—UW Madison

Dr. Stacy Gnacinski—Drake University

The Wisconsin Cross Country Coaches Association Clinic is held the beginning of January each year. The goal of the clinic is to provide education to coaches, honor the athletes and coaches from the past season, give coaches a forum to improve cross country in Wisconsin and provide a time of networking and camaraderie among the WCCCA members.