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Indoor Sports Pavilion along with Rapid Fire Offer:
Rapid Fire Elite Coaching Staff LESLIE LAFRONZ Owner – Rapid Fire VICTOR OCHIENG Olympian/FIH Certified Level II Coach Lead Rapid Fire Coach The Rapid Fire Coaching Staff will be running year-round field hockey programs at the Indoor Sports Pavilion in Randolph, N.J. Leslie LaFronz Owner/Lead Coach Rapid Fire Field Hockey, L.L.C. With over twenty years of coaching experience, Coach LaFronz began an inaugural field hockey program at Ramapo College in 2003. As former head Coach, Coach LaFronz receivied Coach of the Year honors for her 2004 efforts, Coach LaFronz offers a wealth of field hockey experience. She began her playing career in high school in 1977 and started her coaching career in 1987. Coach LaFronz played at Northern Valley Demarest High School where she received All-League, All-County and All-State honors. Afterwards, she attended Northwestern University on a full field hockey scholarship. With Northwestern, Coach LaFronz made four NCAA Division I appearances, one Final Four appearance, and was named to the First Team All-Big Ten Defensive Squad. She was also a member of Northwestern's nationally ranked (4) lacrosse team where she was selected First Team All-Midwest three years in a row and made three NCAA Division I Tournament appearances. After graduation, she worked on Wall Street before leaving to coach full-time. At Wayne Valley High School, LaFronz spent ten years bringing her team from the bare bottom, to the top. In 1996, she was named County and Conference Coach of the Year and her team conquered the County Championship for the first time in school history. She was also named Passaic County (Star Ledger) Coach of the Year that same year. She received the identical Coach of the Year honors in 2000, 2001, and 2002. LaFronz was also named North Jersey Coach of the Year (The Bergen Record) in 2002 and won the County Championship for the second time in school's history. Coach LaFronz was a United States Olympic Development Futures Coach and is now the owner of Rapid Fire Field Hockey, L.L.C. , a field hockey business that caters to the development of youth field hockey. She has experience coaching in the National Field Hockey Festival and the National Indoor Tournaments, as well as internationally. Most recently, she traveled to Holland in May of 2006 with her college team. She had previously been to Holland, England and Belgium training Sport Euro Tour Athletes. Coach LaFronz has served as President of North Jersey Masters Track and Field Club, was a member of the Haworth Recreation Commission, and is an active player in various field hockey clubs in the Tri-State area. She has run in and finished the New York City Marathon five times and the Boston and Honolulu Marathons with a personal best of 3:20. Victor Ochieng Owner/Lead Coach Rapid Fire Field Hockey, L.L.C. Coach Ochieng competed for the Kenyan National Team in the 1988 Seoul Olympics and has played in tournaments in the United Kingdom, India and Pakistan. He started coaching in1992 with the Sliders Ladies Hockey Club taking them to the Tour de Paris Hockey Tournament and the African Continental Club Championships. He was also the trainer/coach for the Men's Kenyan Armed Forces Team and in 1997 was the Head Coach for the Kenya Men's National Under 21 Team before becoming a coach for the full National Team from 1998-2003. During his tenure at Ramapo College as assistant Coach Ochieng was the driving force behind the team's success. Ochieng's coaching philosophy compliments Coach LaFronz' ideologies. Most recently, Coach Ochieng partnered with Coach LaFronz to coach a Under 19 National Festival Championship Team in West Palm Beach, Florida. Ochieng graduated from Nairobi University, Kenyan in 1990 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. He then continued his academic career gaining an M.E. and then his PhD. (ABD) in Civil Engineering in 2002.
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