Kaela Helton (Jorgenson) Career Achievements

2007 2nd Place USA College Nationals
2008 2nd Place USA College Nationals
2009 USA College National Champion
2009 College First Team All Region
2010 2nd Place USA College Nationals
2010 College Callahan Nominee, 2nd Runner up
2010 College First Team All Region
2010 WUCC World Champion
2010 USA Club National Champion
2011 College National Champions Coach
2011 PAUC Champions and Spirit Winner
2011 USA Club National Champion
2012 WUGC Silver Medalist Team USA
2012 USA Club National Champion
2013 2nd Place USA Club Nationals
2014 WUCC Silver Medalist
2014 2nd Place USA Club Nationals
2015 TEP Champion
2015 3rd place Club Nationals
2016 WUGC Gold Medalist Team USA
2016 3rd place Club Nationals
2017 WCBU 2017 Mixed Team USA World Champions
2017 Fury Club National Champions

Played:

Fury 2010-Present
Team USA-2010 WUCC, 2012 WUGC, 2014 WUCC, 2016 WUGC, will play 2017 WCBU

Coach:

2010 UC Davis, 2011 UC Santa Barbara
Ultimate Peace Coach 2011
Coached in Colombia 2011
Coached in Colombia 2015
ERIC Coach 2012-Present
CUT Camp Elite 2017
Russia Camp 2017

In this episode we discuss:

• Kaela’s athletic history in sports outside of ultimate
• Kaela’s ultimate career pre Fury
• Early mentors on the Burning Skirts
• Coaching ultimate in Russia
• The 2009 Fury comeback vs Riot. 10-0 comeback to 13-12
• The process of trying out for and making Fury
• How Fury trains
• The San Francisco Track workouts
• Cutter conditioning vs handler conditioning
• Kaela’s history of “weight training” and her transition into MPFPT training
• Her take on MPFPT training vs the traditional training
• How she used MPFPT to perform at World Games tryout
• Fury 2017 season and the “greenlit” mentality
• Early season tournaments and the road to Sarasota
• Fury team values
• Why fundamentals ultimate wins championships
• Reflections on the 2017 club championship and the road to Finals
• Brute Squad vs Fury – Finals recap
• Kaela’s plan for 2018 and what she plans to do for training
• Much more!