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SCHOOLS THAT SUPPORT RACE WALKING
| The following is a list of colleges which have had athletes competing in racewalking in the past several years. Be sure to contact the schools directly to find out more specific information about their programs. | |
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| Canada | |
| Simon Fraser University BC Canada |
www.sfu.ca |
| US - Central | |
| Iowa | |
| Graceland University 1 University Place Lamoni, IA US 50140 |
www2.graceland.edu Coach: Gary O'Daniels 641-784-5304 Conference: Heart of America Conference Email: yee@graceland.edu |
| Terry Yee is the coach of women's track and men's and women's x-country. | |
| Illinois | |
| McKendree College Lebanon, IL US |
www.mckendree.edu |
| Olivet Nazarene University One University Avenue Bourbonnais, IL US 60914-2271 |
www.olivet.edu |
| Indiana | |
| Taylor University Upland, IN US |
www.tayloru.edu |
| Kansas | |
| Baker University Track Office 65 Baldwin City, KS US 66006 |
www.bakeru.edu Coach: Annette Pierce |
| Assistant coach is Bobbi Schriener. | |
| Mid-America Nazarene Olathe, KS US |
www.mnu.edu |
| Has walking, but does not have a racewalking coach. | |
| Missouri | |
| Central Methodist College 411 CMC Square Fayette, MO US 65248 |
www.cmc.edu Coach: Gary Stoner Conference: Heart of America Athletic Conference |
| Lindenwood University St. Charles, MO US |
www.lindenwood.edu |
| Missouri Valley College Marshall, MO US |
www.moval.edu Conference: Heart of America Athletic Conference |
| North Dakota | |
| University of Mary 7500 University Drive Bismark, ND US 58504 |
www.UMARY.EDU Coach: Mike Thorson (701)255-7500 ext. 471 Email: [David Bickel] edb@oracle.psc.state.nd.us |
| Nebraska | |
| Hastings College Hastings, NE US |
www.hastings.edu |
| South Dakota | |
| Dakota Wesleyan College Mitchell, SD US |
www.dwu.edu |
| Mount Marty College Yankton, SD US |
www.mtmc.edu |
| Wisconsin | |
| University of Wisconsin-Parkside Athletics 2000 Kenosha, WI US 53141-2000 |
www.uparkside.edu T & XC Coach: Mike De Witt 262-595-2405 Conference: Great Lakes Valley Email: dewitt@uwp.edu |
| UW Parkside was founded in 1968. The campus is all modern, set in the rural area between Kenosha and Racine, Wisconsin. It is between Chicago and Milwaukee on Lake Michigan. There are currently 5,250 students enrolled.
The Race Walking Program has been in place since 1970, since that time 4 alumni have earned US Olympic Team Berths (Jim Heiring '80, '84, '88) Andy Kaestner {'88}, Michelle Rohl and Debbi Lawrence {'92, '96, '00}) 34 Men have earned NAIA All American Honors and a UWP walker has won the NAIA Outdoor Walk Title in 24 of the 29 years it has been held. UWP Women walkers have won 6 of the 9 NAIA Outdoor Walk titles. There has been 22 UWP Women that have earned NAIA All American Honors. A total of 26 UWP Alumni have competed in the US Olympic Trials at least one time in their career. TOTAL COST PER YEAR: UWP is listed at $9000 (including Tuition, Room, Board, Books, AND Misc costs. That is the dollar amount that the government uses for Financial Aid. As a rule, AFTER the walker has his/her scholarship the cost per year is around $4000, that includes money to get back and forth to home a couple times a year as well. |
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| US - East | |
| Maine | |
| University of Maine - Farmington Department of Natural Sciences, Preble Hall 173 Main Street Farmington, ME US 04938 |
violet.umf.maine.edu/~eastler/ Coach: Dr. Thomas (Tom) Eastler 207-778-7401 Conference: NAIA and NCAA III Email: eastler@maine.edu |
| Racewalkers expected to compete on UMF's top notch men's and women's cross country team, which is once again competing at NAIA nationals in Philadelphia this year. Racewalk opportunities include meets at Brandies Univ, Dartmouth, Harvard, Boston Univ, indoor, and outdoor Nationals, Two Hour Nationals, and other meets as appropriate. Coaching by Tom Eastler (US Team Leader for 2000 Pan American Racewalk Cup, Poza Rica, Mexico). Note: Dual membership in NAIA and NCAA III allows competition at NAIA Nationals. |
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| New York | |
| CW Post Greenvale, NY US |
www.cwpost.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/post.html Conference: Collegiate Track Conference (CTC) |
| Part of Long Island University | |
| SUNY Albany Albany, NY US |
www.albany.edu |
| SUNY Famingdale Famingdale, NY US |
www.farmingdale.edu Coach: Steve Hayden Conference: Public Athletic Conference |
| Coach Steve Hayden was a 1972 50km Olympian. | |
| SUNY Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY US |
www.sunysb.edu |
| Ohio | |
| Cedarville University 251 N. Main St. Cedarville, OH US 45314 |
www.racewalk.com/schools/cedarville.asp Coach: Vince Peters (937) 767-7424 Conference: Ameican Mideast Conference Email: mv_tc@erinet.com |
| Cedarville's website | |
| University of Rio Grande Rio Grande, OH US |
www.rio.edu Coach: Bob Wiley Conference: American Mideast Conference |
| Racewalk coaching also provided by Vince Peters. | |
| Pennsylvania | |
| Mansfield University Decker Gym Mansfield, PA US 16933 |
www.mnsfld.edu Head Coach: Michael Rohl 570-662-4645 Conference: PSAC Email: mrohl@mnsfld.edu |
| Mansfield University, part of the PA state school system. A general liberal arts ccollege with an outstanding music department, excellent criminal justice and education program. Current Coach is a Nationaly ranked racewalker an will coach walker who also wants to run cross country. | |
| US - South | |
| Kentucky | |
| Lindsey Wilson KY US |
www.lindsey.edu |
| US - West | |
| California | |
| Cal State San Marcos San Marcos, CA US |
www.csusm.edu |
| Steve Scott, the great American miler, is the track coach. San Marcos has had some racewalkers in the past. | |
| Montana | |
| Carroll College Helena, MT US |
www.carroll.edu Jonathan Mathews Email: JMatthew@carroll.edu |
| Jonathan Mathews offers a racewalking course, offering training for beginners to serious competitors, as participants desire. (Track and field is not offered as an intercollegiate sport at Carroll.) | |
| Washington | |
| Pacific Lutheran Tacoma, WA US |
www.plu.edu |
| Description | |
| Western Washington University Bellingham, WA US |
www.wwu.edu Bill Roe |
| Bill Roe is the President of USATF. | |
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Additional InformationMost NY Metropolitan schools participate in the MAC indoor meets which offer the walk, including NYU, Fordham, Baruch, Hunter College, Manhattan College, etc. Also any school in the Philadelphia area. Jeff Salvage holds practices at the University of Pennsylvania and will help any race walker who chooses to go to school in Philadelphia. Schools to choose from are U. of Penn, Drexel, Temple, Swarthmore, Haverford, Bryn Mayr, U. of Deleware, etc. More info for NAIA Schools: Many NAIA schools have racewalking or are supportive of the sport. Unfortunately the racewalk.com list does not include all of these schools quite yet... If you know which part of the country you're looking to attend college, contact Ray Kuhles (rkuhles@yahoo.com), the NAIA Cross Country President. He may have additional contact information for the location you're interested in. The Heart of America Conference included walking in its indoor and outdoor championships in 2001. Conference schools included:
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