Ranking WI collegiate distance programs

I heard through the grapevine that he's going to Lax.

VapeBros wrote:

Do we know if he still vapes?

Real or joking about Lax? It makes some sense if he wants to be top dog but hard to believe.

Sad to see Finn go down like this. He's not the only one. Another top 20 state finisher in Finn's class also recently got kicked out of his school's cross country team for excessive drinking. Except in that case it was totally unexpected...

WTF are you people talking about, Finn isn't going down on anyone or in cross country! The rich just got richer

Finn Gessner > Syracuse

https://cuse.com/roster.aspx?path=mcross

Former badger great wrote:

He’s not transferring to Milwaukee so the analysis is off. Milwaukee will still not be as good as some D3 colleges.

Finn has received a release from Wisco to start shopping around. Anything could happen. Although I think its unlikely he goes to Milwaukee, it's not impossible. Milwaukee has had a strong history of acquiring talent through the transfer process. They have gotten Cornelius Hill, Marcus Paulson, and Caleb Abfall. Nearly all of their school records come from those 3 names. Another plus for them would be the fact that they have gotten a lot of La Follette runners over the years. And sorry, not sorry, Milwaukee with the addition of Finn would be better than everyone else not named Madison.

Lolnahbud wrote:

Finn was a heavy drinker this past year, like numerous times a week. This is something that does not mix well with high level training. Both the athletes and coaches are already fed up with his crap. He’s lucky if he hasn’t been told he can’t come back next year, but I doubt to see him on that roster.

I feel like the only way someone could know this is if they are either a UW athlete or coach.

I don't believe any of the stuff posted here. It is all rumor until something official is released. For all I know, he may be the number 4-5 guy on the XC team this fall.

Tundra Track Club wrote:

Former badger great wrote:

He’s not transferring to Milwaukee so the analysis is off. Milwaukee will still not be as good as some D3 colleges.

Finn has received a release from Wisco to start shopping around. Anything could happen. Although I think its unlikely he goes to Milwaukee, it's not impossible. Milwaukee has had a strong history of acquiring talent through the transfer process. They have gotten Cornelius Hill, Marcus Paulson, and Caleb Abfall. Nearly all of their school records come from those 3 names. Another plus for them would be the fact that they have gotten a lot of La Follette runners over the years. And sorry, not sorry, Milwaukee with the addition of Finn would be better than everyone else not named Madison.

Marcus Paulson did not transfer. He graduated from Minnesota and then continued his eligibility while going to grad school at UWM. Paulson had a few seasons at his expense due to on going injuries.

I heard Finn was headed to Syracuse too

backup plan wrote:

Tundra Track Club wrote:

Finn has received a release from Wisco to start shopping around. Anything could happen. Although I think its unlikely he goes to Milwaukee, it's not impossible. Milwaukee has had a strong history of acquiring talent through the transfer process. They have gotten Cornelius Hill, Marcus Paulson, and Caleb Abfall. Nearly all of their school records come from those 3 names. Another plus for them would be the fact that they have gotten a lot of La Follette runners over the years. And sorry, not sorry, Milwaukee with the addition of Finn would be better than everyone else not named Madison.

Marcus Paulson did not transfer. He graduated from Minnesota and then continued his eligibility while going to grad school at UWM. Paulson had a few seasons at his expense due to on going injuries.

Graduate, transfer, it doesn't matter, Paulson left eligibility on the table at a Big Ten school to use it at Milwaukee. Why do you think he would do that? Only one reason, Milwaukee probably gave him a full scholarship for grad school. Milwaukee is well funded, if Finn looks for a good financial situation, he will most certainly get that at Milwaukee.

Most of these great runners have to be paying a hefty price at Madison because there are so many HS studs who go there. If Milwaukee has $, they are terrible at recruiting because they rarely snag a 4:10 or 9:00 guy. Either way Milwaukee fans lose this argument.

Wisco mile wrote:

Most of these great runners have to be paying a hefty price at Madison because there are so many HS studs who go there. If Milwaukee has $, they are terrible at recruiting because they rarely snag a 4:10 or 9:00 guy. Either way Milwaukee fans lose this argument.

There are more pieces to a track and field program than just the distance events. Milwaukee has had All-American jumpers and hurdlers like crazy lately. They are actually pretty cost efficient with the kids they do get considering the price of the non-distance talent. Also- name another school that is milwaukee’s size that gets 4:10 or 9:00 guys, I doubt you can.

Syracuse, oregon, Arkansas, and many more. Milwaukee is terrible at managing their scholarships. Many families will follow the money.

Do you realize how awful the training options are on the eastside of Milwaukee? Finn would have much better success at Madison Edgewood while living at home and training on his own than at UWM.

Save for the 'cuse rumors it'll be one of the b-rate d1 schools like Minnesota, Iowa State or some place in the south or he'll end up at UW-Eau Claire. Finn would never go to UWM.

Wisco mile wrote:

Syracuse, oregon, Arkansas, and many more. Milwaukee is terrible at managing their scholarships. Many families will follow the money.

So, you’re suggesting that Milwaukee rivals these schools in terms of conference and school size, facilities, travel, perks, etc.? You’re lost. Also, all I hear are complaints, no solutions. “Milwaukee is terrible at managing their scholarships” what does that even mean? How terrible was it to get Brett and Nate Pozolinski, or Durell Busby, or Noah Tagliapietra.

If I’m not mistaken, this is Eric Lueck right? Wisco Mile? Correct me if I’m wrong. If it’s you, you’ve been around the block a few times. What in your self-proclaimed (or at least self-promoted) expert opinion would you be doing that’s so different? Lets hear step for step what they do wrong and how to fix it. But if you don’t have solutions, shut up and get back to running your silly little post season meet.

I agree Erick Lueck should keep his thoughts to himself. We dont want it to get personal especially considering his son Drew dropped out at Madison after only one semester

Wisco follower wrote:

I agree Erick Lueck should keep his thoughts to himself. We dont want it to get personal especially considering his son Drew dropped out at Madison after only one semester

Hold on a second, let’s hear Mr. Lueck out. Maybe he’s got a pointer or two with recruiting. I mean, unless it was just a complete coincidence that Eric Brown was always going to go to Wisconsin Lutheran......

Remember 1600PA in the other thread? He was talking about the whitehouse, not Pennsylvania. Wisco mile is probably an 80 year old guy originally from Wisconsin now living in Florida who ran the mile in HS and has never heard of the event.