UW-Milwaukee oportunities

Pete Corfeld is one of the least accomplished coaches in the game.

Bruce Pearl succeeded in Basketball with less talent. Soccer is always quite good and on the brink of national rankings. But for whatever reason, despite all the talent and facilities available, UWM has not figured it out yet when it comes to distance running

Wisconsin is a fascinating collegiate running environment right now. It is supposed to go UW, Marquette, UW-Milwaukee. Then maybe some mix of UW-Eau Claire, UW-Oshkosh, UW-LaCrosse, etc...

However, UW-Milwaukee beat Marquette at the Great Lakes Regional. A few of the D3 UW Schools would likely beat both of them.

Lets be honest, practically the whole WIAC could give Milwaukee a run for its money

Can anyone actually answer the question that I posed?

I ran for UW-Milwaukee about 10 years ago and a couple other guys I knew very well (from HS) did.

As a junior, if you can do a 2:05, 4:30, 10:00 you will definitely get looked at. Doing well at state XC as a senior matters. Shoot for no less than sub 16:30 or 2nd-team all state at Ridges. Finally, just as important, is how much potential you have. A friend of mine was a 10:20 guy as a junior, then ran 16:2x at state as a senior and got a scholarship. As a freshman he ran low 31 in the 10k at UW-M.

I forgot to add, my friend has been sloughing off as a junior and didn't start training harder until he was a senior. So Corfeld knew that and saw his potential.

As far as ACT ad GPA, most of the UW schools, Madison aside, aren't that difficult to get into. I was extremely lazy as a high school student and I had a 2.9 GPA, but a 27 ACT and I got in fine. You can just go to the website to see their averages. I bet it's something like 23 ACT and 3.5 GPA. Nothing mind-boggling.

I'm a UWM grad and ran for Corfeld in his second season. I know nothing about the current program but I'm absolutely stunned to hear that he is still coaching there. I am deeply involved with the sport and pay attention closely but over the last 20 years I have never noticed UWM to make any impact whatsoever outside of the state.

At his age and tenure nothing will change at that program until he retires.

Zeek the Freak wrote:

I ran for UW-Milwaukee about 10 years ago and a couple other guys I knew very well (from HS) did.

As a junior, if you can do a 2:05, 4:30, 10:00 you will definitely get looked at. Doing well at state XC as a senior matters. Shoot for no less than sub 16:30 or 2nd-team all state at Ridges. Finally, just as important, is how much potential you have. A friend of mine was a 10:20 guy as a junior, then ran 16:2x at state as a senior and got a scholarship. As a freshman he ran low 31 in the 10k at UW-M.

I'm currently at 2:02 4:28 and 9:45 with a lot of room for improvement yet this year. I have never ran cross before but I will be for my senior year. At 5k workouts my coach has been putting me at 16:00 pace but he believes that if I put in a lot of work this summer I can be faster next year. I have a 3.7 and a 27 ACT. If I improve alot could I be looking at a 1/2 scholarship or full ride if I drop down alot?

Probably not. Basically no school is going to give out a full ride for running.

The fact that you have ran those times without running XC prior is a good sign. Also, I would contact them first. That's what I did.

I received something like 3/4th of a ride there. Some guys got about 1/2.

Zeek the Freak wrote:

The fact that you have ran those times without running XC prior is a good sign. Also, I would contact them first. That's what I did.

I received something like 3/4th of a ride there. Some guys got about 1/2.

How soon is too soon to start contacting?

The real question here is why you're considering UWM when there are 7 schools in the WIAC you'll be more successful at.

I'd start this summer. Let them know you're interested.

Define "successful." If this fellow wants to be a 14:20 guy instead of a 14:50 guy (that's if going to say UWL over UWM will ACTUALLY do that), then good, go for it. But if he wants to go to school at UWM and get an athletic scholarship, how can you blame him?

And I'm familiar with the general culture/student life of several of the UW schools--Milwaukee, Madison, Stevens Point, La Crosse. As if one is SOOOOO much better than the other? Give me a break. It's Wisconsin all around and I'd argue that he would get a better experience at Milwaukee (I was there for graduate school as well) against some podunk college like Stevens Point (I finished my BA there). I love them both.

You're not going to want to go to UW-M. Sorry to say it. Most of their runners barley improve and I've heard horror stories from some of their runners in the last couple years. You will find more success in a WIAC school than at UW-M. Don't let the D3 title keep you away. Everyone school in the WIAC has great coaches and programs, also many of the WIAC teams could beat or at least give UW-M a run for their money. I would say stay away from there

Most of the UW-M besides 1 or 2 of their runners would struggle just to get top 8 in the WIAC track meet