Summer Cross Country
Don't miss out on our early bird benefits! Register and pay by May 16 to enjoy two weeks of exclusive early bird training and ensure your uniforms arrive on time for our races. Plus, share the excitement with your friends—refer them to join the club and receive a $100 refund for each family that lists you as a referral. Sign up today!
Summer Schedule
We’re thrilled to provide eight practices per week beginning in June, offering families ample opportunities to incorporate workouts into their summer plans. While our committed varsity runners attend most every session, most club members typically join us four times a week. Feel free to enjoy your family outings and vacations—our flexible schedule makes it easy to balance enjoyment and fitness!
Below is an example of what the summer schedule looks like, including our early bird sessions in May and our first four weeks of June. Track sessions subject to availability. When the track is not available, we do intervals at Harte Park.
We just finished our first Winter Track season!
Our athletes enjoyed tremendous success this winter, with big PRs at the end of the season to carry them into Spring Track. Join us next December through February to get your own gains and maybe even qualify for the Arcadia Winter Championships. The meet lineup will be very similar to this season, which is listed below:
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December 14 - Simi Valley High School
January 4 - Roosevelt High School
January 11 - Royal High School
January 18 - Carpinteria High School
January 25 - Rancho Cucamonga High School
February 1 - Simi Valley High School
Why Choose Wildfires Elite?
Wildfires Elite Endurnce Club offers a range of services that set it apart from other clubs in the Santa Clarita Valley. Whether you're seeking off-season conditioning for track and cross country or aiming to make Wildfires races your primary athletic competitions, we provide an exceptional environment for athletes at all levels. All of our races feature fully automated timing, ensuring accurate results that can be added to an athlete's permanent record for college recruitment purposes.
Weightlifting
One thing that sets our club apart is our focus on functional strength training. Our athletes gain extensive experience with 2" Olympic barbells, learning how to use them to enhance their athletic performance. With mobile barbell stands and weight benches, we can transform any park into a fully equipped training space. This allows Wildfires athletes to perform Olympic lifts, barbell complexes, and burnout workouts—building a strong foundation of functional strength. This approach not only helps prevent injury but also enables athletes to reach higher levels of performance.
Cutting Edge Training
While we honor the value of proven training methods, our club is also committed to exploring and integrating the latest techniques into our programs. Currently, we are emphasizing the Norwegian training methods, which have contributed to multiple world records and gold medals in both track and triathlon. In addition, our athletes gain a deep understanding of contemporary sports psychology principles, equipping them to overcome the mental challenges of both running and life in general.
Complimentary By Design
Athletes have a wide range of goals, and Wildfires Elite is here to support them all. Several small schools in the Santa Clarita Valley lack comprehensive summer conditioning programs, and Wildfires steps in to fill that gap, providing athletes with a dedicated team to train with during the summer and winter months, setting them up for successful CIF seasons. For athletes aiming to compete at the AAU and USATF levels, maintaining training continuity can be a challenge when their clubs are not in session. Wildfires not only bridges that gap, but also offers the functional strength training they do not receive in other programs.
Our Services
CLUB ORGANIZER
Jarod Ebenhack is a Realtor® and USATF certified coach who is also an avid master's level competitor. On average, he runs 50-70 miles per week. Some of his more recent accomplishments follow:
2016 Sun Sentinel Coach of the Year
3rd Overall in the 2019 Santa Clarita Half Marathon (1:20:01)
8th Overall in the 2022 Ventura Marathon (2:42:08)
2013 USA Olympic Triathlon Nationals Qualifier
1st Overall in the 2024 Pasadena Triathlon Angel 5.4k (18:40)
5th Overall in the 2024 Santa Clarita Independence Day 5k (16:54)
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TOP ATHLETES WHO TRAINED UNDER COACH E
MIA BARNETT - 2019 FOOTLOCKER WEST CHAMPION
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Mia Barnett has trained with Coach E in 2019. A naturally talented track athlete, Coach E worked with her to increase her aerobic endurance and lactic threshold. Just like in past years, she was able to win the CIF-SS Division 5 Championship in cross country. Added to that honor, Mia was able to run a personal best by over a minute from previous years to win the Footlocker West Region at Mount SAC in 17:02.40. While running for Coach E at Village Christian, Mia posted PR's in the 1600m (4:46.12) and 3200m (10:22.51), as well. Her father attributes this increase in speed to the focused interval work in which Coach E paced Mia at paces she was not accustomed to sustaining in her normal practice routines.
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RYAN SZKLANY - 2018 SUNSHINE STATE CONFERENCE
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR; 2018-2019 FIRST TEAM ALL-SCC
Coach E began coaching Ryan in the 7th grade. A standout athlete in Florida, Ryan medaled at the state level
in both track and cross country numerous times throughout his middle school and high school careers. He is a graduate of Embry-Riddle in Daytona Beach, Florida, where he attained a degree in engineering while competing all four years on the Eagles' cross country and track teams.
