Coach Dobberstein ran cross country for the West Bend East Suns from 1986 to 1989.  He capped his high school career with a 5K PR of 17:06, 2nd team all-conference honors, and a WLT team conference championship in 1989.  Coach Dobberstein started running seriously again in 2004 and took on the full time coaching position for the Hartford boys program in 2005.  He caught the marathoning bug in the spring of 2006 and started with the Mad City Half Marathon.  In the fall of 2006 he completed the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon and qualified for the 2007 Boston Marathon.  He finished the Boston Marathon, one of the most challenging races in his running career, amid a Nor’easter and posted a time of 3 hours and 10 minutes.  Coach Dobberstein hopes all athletes build a love for the sport of distance running and reach goals that exceed their expectations.

The Hartford High Program has a strong tradition of excellence:  A state qualifying team, many conference championship teams, and scores of state qualifiers and all-conference athletes.  We build champions.

Gene O'Brien

Coach O'Brien played tennis in high school and at UW Eau Claire while studying to become a teacher.  He now teaches sophomore biology and BBG.  Mr. O'Brien has coached Tennis, Basketball and Distance Track as well as Cross country.  He was boys CC head coach for 15 years and after a short CC break was the assistant coach this year.  Coach O'Brien has completed 10 marathons! As well as too many other races to remember. He has the running shirts and shoes to prove it too.  He enjoys camping, gardening, hiking and reading in addition to running.