University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Women's Track

Reilly enters his third season as the top assistant coach for the MIlwaukee cross country teams. That comes after one year helping coach the team as a student assistant while completing his track & field eligibility.  In his first two full seasons, Reilly has helped guide UWM to new heights. In 2015, Leah Holmes finished as the Horizon League Runner of the Year on the women's side - the second-straight year the Panthers have boasted the league's top runner. Holmes' title was the first ever for a Panther woman at the league meet. That came on the heels of a truly memorable 2015 season that saw both the men's and women's cross country teams finished second overall at the Horizon League Championships - the highest combined finish for both programs since 1996. Reilly coached Marcus Paulson to an individual league title - the first individual men's title in nearly 20 years. Three more earned all-league honors on the men's side as UWM finished with 59 points - a mere two points shy of a league title. The Panther women also finished league runners-up, doing so for the first time since back-to-back second-place finishes in 2007 and 2008. Sophomore Leah Holmes and senior Annette Lemanski both earned all-league honors to help pace UWM. At the 2014 NCAA Midwest Regional, Milwaukee had two finish in the top-65 for the first time since 1997. Paulson finished 57th and Caleb Abfall 64th to help the team to a 15th-place finish out of 30 teams.  Reilly had a stellar running career at Milwaukee. In cross country, he scored at the league meet all four years, highlighted by a pair of first-team all-league finishes (fourth place as a junior, third as a senior). He also had a standout career on the track, taking second-team all-league honors in the outdoor 5000m as a junior. In all, Reilly scored at the league meet nine times in track across three different events (1500m, 3000m and 5k). He graduated with his name on five all-time top-10 performance lists in program history, including being part of the school record in the outdoor DMR and second all-time in the outdoor 5000m. Reilly also serves his country as a member of the United State Marine Corps Reserves. Meet The Coaches: Jake Reilly Jake Reilly enters his third season as the top assistant coach for the MIlwaukee cross country teams. That comes after one year helping coach the team as a student assistant while completing his track & field eligibility.  In his first two full seasons, Reilly has helped guide UWM to new heights. In 2015, Leah Holmes finished as the Horizon League Runner of the Year on the women's side - the second-straight year the Panthers have boasted the league's top runner. Holmes' title was the first ever for a Panther woman at the league meet. That came on the heels of a truly memorable 2015 season that saw both the men's and women's cross country teams finished second overall at the Horizon League Championships - the highest combined finish for both programs since 1996. Reilly coached Marcus Paulson to an individual league title - the first individual men's title in nearly 20 years. Three more earned all-league honors on the men's side as UWM finished with 59 points - a mere two points shy of a league title. The Panther women also finished league runners-up, doing so for the first time since back-to-back second-place finishes in 2007 and 2008. Sophomore Leah Holmes and senior Annette Lemanski both earned all-league honors to help pace UWM. At the 2014 NCAA Midwest Regional, Milwaukee had two finish in the top-65 for the first time since 1997. Paulson finished 57th and Caleb Abfall 64th to help the team to a 15th-place finish out of 30 teams.  Reilly had a stellar running career at Milwaukee. In cross country, he scored at the league meet all four years, highlighted by a pair of first-team all-league finishes (fourth place as a junior, third as a senior). He also had a standout career on the track, taking second-team all-league honors in the outdoor 5000m as a junior. In all, Reilly scored at the league meet nine times in track across three different events (1500m, 3000m and 5k). He graduated with his name on five all-time top-10 performance lists in program history, including being part of the school record in the outdoor DMR and second all-time in the outdoor 5000m. Reilly also serves his country as a member of the United State Marine Corps Reserves. Meet The Coaches: Jake Reilly Jake Reilly enters his third season as the top assistant coach for the MIlwaukee cross country teams. That comes after one year helping coach the team as a student assistant while completing his track & field eligibility.  In his first two full seasons, Reilly has helped guide UWM to new heights. In 2015, Leah Holmes finished as the Horizon League Runner of the Year on the women's side - the second-straight year the Panthers have boasted the league's top runner. Holmes' title was the first ever for a Panther woman at the league meet. That came on the heels of a truly memorable 2015 season that saw both the men's and women's cross country teams finished second overall at the Horizon League Championships - the highest combined finish for both programs since 1996. Reilly coached Marcus Paulson to an individual league title - the first individual men's title in nearly 20 years. Three more earned all-league honors on the men's side as UWM finished with 59 points - a mere two points shy of a league title. The Panther women also finished league runners-up, doing so for the first time since back-to-back second-place finishes in 2007 and 2008. Sophomore Leah Holmes and senior Annette Lemanski both earned all-league honors to help pace UWM. At the 2014 NCAA Midwest Regional, Milwaukee had two finish in the top-65 for the first time since 1997. Paulson finished 57th and Caleb Abfall 64th to help the team to a 15th-place finish out of 30 teams.  Reilly had a stellar running career at Milwaukee. In cross country, he scored at the league meet all four years, highlighted by a pair of first-team all-league finishes (fourth place as a junior, third as a senior). He also had a standout career on the track, taking second-team all-league honors in the outdoor 5000m as a junior. In all, Reilly scored at the league meet nine times in track across three different events (1500m, 3000m and 5k). He graduated with his name on five all-time top-10 performance lists in program history, including being part of the school record in the outdoor DMR and second all-time in the outdoor 5000m. Reilly also serves his country as a member of the United State Marine Corps Reserves. Meet The Coaches: Jake Reilly

Kramer enters his fifth season as assistant coach for the Milwaukee men's and women's track & field teams in 2017. In his first four seasons with Milwaukee, Kramer helped guide UWM to four Horizon League Championships, in addition to seven league runner-up showings. Also, Panther student-athletes have produced an impressive 90 Horizon League individual titles in his first four years on campus. Last year was another impressive one for UWM track & field. The Panthers sent three to the NCAA Championships, including 110m hurdler Nate Pozolinski, who finished 22nd overall for Honorable Mention All-American honors. The Panthers also sent seven individuals to the NCAA West Regional meet last year - the most since the NCAA changed its qualifying standards. The honors did not stop as Milwaukee claimed an incredible 23 league athlete of the week honors last year. UWM also broke 14 school records in 2016 - the most since 17 records were toppled back by the 2007 squad. At the league championships, the Panthers took runner-up honors for the men during the indoor season, as well as on both sides at the outdoor meet. In fact, the Panthers finished second by a mere two points on the men's side at the outdoor championships, marking the closest finish in the history of that meet. 2015 was also a very memorable year for Milwaukee track & field. UWM took home four team trophies, led by the men claimed both league titles in thrilling fashion. Meanwhile, the women also brought home some hardware, finishing as league runners-up in both indoor and outdoor. UWM won an impressive 27 individual league titles last year - the most during Kramer's time on campus. Plus, Milwaukee student-athletes claimed nine of the league's specialty awards - including sweeping the outstanding track performer, outstanding field performer and high point scorer awards on the men's side. Milwaukee continued to shine in hurdles - one of Kramer's primary coaching events. UWM won two more league titles the six hurdle events in 2016 and finished first or second in all six events. They have now claimed 14 of the possible 24 league titles in those events in the past four years. In fact, the two teams have placed a whopping 51 individuals on the podium in those 24 events, including taking the top-five spots in the 60m hurdles in 2014. That talent has also shone through at the national level as UWM has earned the nation's top honor for their 4x110m shuttle hurdle relay team that won back-to-back Drake Relay titles in 2013 and 2014. Kramer has also seen two of his hurdlers make it all the way to the NCAA Championships. Last year, Nate Pozolinski finished 22nd in the nation in the 110m hurdles in Eugene, Org. for Honorable Mention All-American honors. Just two years prior, Kramer helped coach Durell Busby to First-Team All-American honors after taking seventh in the nation in the 110m hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore.  In his first year on campus, Kramer helped then-freshman Marquis Johnson earn Junior All-American status after a seventh-place finish at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. Milwaukee has earned 20 berths to the NCAA West Regional thus far under Kramer's tutelage. Kramer came to Milwaukee after spending the past year at Franklin College. At Franklin College, Kramer helped lead the Grizzlies to impressive heights. In 2012, the team posted six school records between the sprint, hurdle and jump events that Kramer coached. He also served as the meet director for the inaugural Indiana D-III Championships and the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship meet. Kramer also started out his coaching career at Franklin from 2007-2009, quickly becoming an integral part of the coaching staff. In that time, he helped coach the team to the conference indoor title. He also coached two HCAC Most Valuable Track Athlete of the Year winners and two Academic All-Americans. Additionally, he also guided the school to their first-ever men's and women's cross country league championship titles, including having one men's national qualifier. In between, Kramer spent two years at Lake Erie College where he helped send numerous student-athletes to the NCAA D-II Championships and produced 11 All-Americans and an outstanding 31 school records. Kramer also helped coach the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year. Eric Kramer enters his fifth season as assistant coach for the Milwaukee men's and women's track & field teams in 2017.

Corfeld continues to make his mark as one of the most successful coaches Milwaukee has ever seen. Corfeld has guided his teams to 48 league indoor and outdoor track titles and three cross country crowns. His 51 league titles are by far more than any other coach in school history. 2015-16 brought highs never before seen for Milwaukee at the D-I level, with UWM earning three All-American honors throughout the year. The Panthers also brought home three more league trophies with runner-up finishes on the men's side during both the indoor and outdoor seasons, and a second-place finish by the women's outdoor squad. In all, Corfeld's teams put together quite a remarkable list of accomplishments last year: It started in the fall with Leah Holmes winning the individual league championship at the Horizon League cross country meet - the second-straight year Milwaukee has boasted the best cross country runner in the conference. That success carried over into track and field, where Holmes again was named Horizon League Athlete of the Year. Things didn't stop there, though. Senior high jumper Brett Pozolinski earned a trip to the NCAA Indoor Championships - the first time a Panther has qualified for that elite meet since Cory Peterson's three-year run in the late 1990's. Pozolinski finished tied for fifth - well above his 14th-place seeding - to be named First-Team All American. Pozolinski continued that run to a spot at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in June, becoming the first Panther to qualify for both national meets in the same year since moving to the D-I ranks. Not only that, junior brother Nate Pozolinski also earned a trip to the National Championships in the 110m hurdles. Brett came in 10th in high jump and Nate claimed 22nd in the sprint hurdles, giving UWM three All Americans in the same season. While a few big names stole most of the headlines in 2016, the rest of the team was not far behind. Milwaukee sent seven individuals to the NCAA West Regional - the most since they changed their qualifying standards. The team also broke an incredible 14 school records throughout the season - the most since the 17 toppled by the special 2007 squad. UWM also won three team trophies at the league championships, taking runner-up on the men's side during the indoor season, as well as on both sides in outdoor. Corfeld's teams once again excelled in the classroom. Brett Pozolinski was named the male recipient of the Horizon League Coleman Medal of Honor; the league's top honor for student-athletes demonstrating outstanding achievement in academics, athletics and extracurricular activities. The cross country and track & field teams also had multiple recipients on the fall, winter and spring league all-academic teams. In addition, both men's track & field and cross country posted perfect APR scores in the most recent NCAA report and two Panthers were named to the All-Academic Track & Field Team. The year closed out in the summer with one of Corfeld's assistants nearly punching his ticket to Rio for the Olympic Games. Garrett Huyler competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials in high jump to close out a truly remarkable year for Corfeld's teams. 2014-15 was another memorable year for Corfeld, earning team trophies in all six sports. Men's track & field continued its winning ways, taking home both the indoor and outdoor league titles for the 14th time in 18 years. Women's track & field posted runner-up finishes at both meets, finishing a combined nine points shy of two league crowns. In cross country, Marcus Paulson brought home the individual title by leading the field from start to finish. He helped the men to a second place showing overall, their best finish since 1996. The Panther women also came in league runners-up, marking the first time they earned a league trophy since 2008. Individually, Panther athletes had another banner year in 2014-15. The program accumulated an impressive 27 individual championships over the indoor and outdoor seasons. The success has not ended at the league meet, as Milwaukee sent five student-athletes to compete in six events at the NCAA West Regional, despite the NCAA's stricter qualifications and the reduction of regional meets.  Historically, Milwaukee has swept all four track league titles in one season four times, most recently in 2011. UWM also claimed all four track championships in 2001, 2007 and 2010. Both teams have been dominant in their success as four times a Panther team has won a league meet by over 100 points. The program holds league records on both the men's and women's sides for points in an outdoor championship and margin of victory. In 2003, UWM won the women's title with 252 points, 171 ahead of second place. Two years later, it was the men that tallied 231 points, pacing second place by 120. Corfeld has been recognized for his success many time over, garnering League Coach of the Year honors 51 times in his career. He has coached 14 league athletes of the year and 89 outstanding performer and newcomer of the year recipients. Tenia Fisher (2003-06) was just the second athlete in league history, in any sport, to be recognized as athlete of the year three times in one sport (indoor track). Corfeld works primarily with the middle distance and distance groups in addition to the cross country squads. UWM had the 10th-fastest 4x800m relay in the country in 2005, with the quartet posting a school-record time of 7:26.17. Corfeld's cross country program has produced 77 all-league performers since the Panthers entered a conference for the 1992 season, including three more in 2015. He has also coached four individual champions and three newcomer of the year honorees. In 2015, Leah Holmes won the individual title - the second for Milwaukee in the last two years. She joined Marcus Paulson, who helped UWM to a second-place finish in 2014 by just two points. That year, the Panthers had four runners earn all-league honors on the men's side, including league champ Paulson. The UWM women also finished second that season, boasting two on the all-league teams. That marked the best finish for the Milwaukee women since taking second in back-to-back years in both 2007 and 2008. Also during that two-year stretch, the Panther women had four representatives on the all-league rosters. For the 2008 team, three of those all-league awards were first-team honors. In 2007, all-league first-teamer Holly Nearman took 12th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional for all-region honors. It was the highest finish at a Division I regional by a Panther ever. Also in 2007, Corfeld was also named league coach of the year - the first time in league history the award went to the second-place team coach. Despite not winning a cross country championship since leaving the Mid-Continent Conference, UWM has continually performed in the upper half of the league standings. After winning a women's crown in 1992 and both the men's and women's championships in 1993, Milwaukee has boasted three men's league individual champions, while rarely finishing below fourth. Corfeld, the longest-tenured coach currently at UWM, has built well-respected track and field and cross country teams that consistently compete with other schools across the league, region and country. Under his direction, nine student-athletes have qualified for the NCAA Championships 13 different times. Brett Pozolinski, Nate Pozolinski, Durell Busby, Samia Taylor, Nick Gretz, Tim Kenney, Cory Peterson and Angie Molter all competed at the NCAA Track and Field Championships, while Chad Zehms was a qualifier in the NCAA Cross Country Championships in 1995. Peterson would later make two more appearances in the NCAA Championships, along with qualifying for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 800m run in 1996 and placing third in the 800m at the USATF Indoor Championships. Molter was the first UWM female to compete in the NCAA Division I Championships, running the 10,000m in 1996. The Pozolinski brothers are the latest Panthers to earn trips to the NCAA Championship. Brett finished First-Team All-American in indoor high jump, tying for fifth, before a 10th-place, Second-Team All-American finish in the same event at outdoor nationals. Younger brother Nate also earned All-American honors at the outdoor championships, taking 22nd in the 110m hurdles.  Nate Pozolinski's showing in the 110m hurdles marks the third by a Panther in the last five years, joining Busby. In 2014, he finished First-Team All-American by taking seventh overall in the 110m hurdles. That result marked the first time Milwaukee scored as a team at the National Championships. Busby also went on to represent the Black & Gold on the international level, earning a spot at the prestigious Commonwealth Games for his home nation of Trinidad & Tobago. Corfeld's athletes have also excelled off the track, as Brett Pozolinski earned the Horizon League's prestigious Coleman Medal of Honor in 2016. He was the program's fourth recipient of the honor after Josh Nygren in 2006, Paul McGinley in 2000 and Jonathon Manke in 2002. Corfeld's coaching career began at St. Mary's Academy in 1980. Three years later he became the head track and field coach at Milwaukee Area Technical College. At MATC, he was named Region XIII and conference coach of the year three times. Corfeld graduated from UWM in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in science. He was then named assistant coach for sprints, hurdles and relays at Northern Colorado, where he also worked on a master's degree. In 1989, after completing his degree, he was named the head cross country and track and field coach at UWM. Since taking over the Panther track program, Corfeld has helped to elevate UWM to a regional and national program. Corfeld and his wife, Linda, reside in Whitefish Bay, Wis.   Entering his 28th season as the head coach for the Milwaukee men's and women's cross country and track and field programs, Pete Corfeld continues to make his mark as one of the most successful coaches Milwaukee has ever seen.

Genthe as an assistant coach for the Milwaukee track & field team, primarily coaching pole vault. Her second season saw breakthrough results for the young Panther pole vaulters, nearly earning a trip to the NCAA Championships. Karlie Place swept the Horizon League pole vault titles and qualified for the NCAA West Regional. Despite dealing with weather issues all weekend, Place, who is just a sophomore, just missed a qualifying spot at Nationals. Place also already broke the school's outdoor pole vault record and sits third in the all-time indoor ranks. In her first season at UWM, Genthe helped the Panthers' young group post a pair of top-six finishes at the Horizon League Championships. Despite only having three vaulters on the roster, Milwaukee had one of the best in the league in freshman Karlie Place. Genthe helped Place close out the season third in the league at the outdoor meet, already ranked seventh all-time in program history in indoor pole vault. Genthe comes to MIlwaukee after a solid four-year career at UW-La Crosse. While with the Eagles, Genthe was a standout pole vaulter, highlighting her career with a second-place finish at the very deep WIAC Championships and twice finishing in the top-14 at the NCAA Championships.   2017 marks the second year for Katlin Genthe as an assistant coach for the Milwaukee track & field team, primarily coaching pole vault. Her second season saw breakthrough results for the young Panther pole vaulters, nearly earning a trip to the NCAA Championships. Karlie Place swept the Horizon League pole vault titles and qualified for the NCAA West Regional. Despite dealing with weather issues all weekend, Place, who is just a sophomore, just missed a qualifying spot at Nationals. Place also already broke the school's outdoor pole vault record and sits third in the all-time indoor ranks. In her first season at UWM, Genthe helped the Panthers' young group post a pair of top-six finishes at the Horizon League Championships. Despite only having three vaulters on the roster, Milwaukee had one of the best in the league in freshman Karlie Place. Genthe helped Place close out the season third in the league at the outdoor meet, already ranked seventh all-time in program history in indoor pole vault. Genthe comes to MIlwaukee after a solid four-year career at UW-La Crosse. While with the Eagles, Genthe was a standout pole vaulter, highlighting her career with a second-place finish at the very deep WIAC Championships and twice finishing in the top-14 at the NCAA Championships.