Keven Syverson has coached the men's and women's middle distance and distance runners at UWRF since 2003. Keven's coaching experience also includes coaching the men's and women's distance runners at UWRF in 1995.

Syverson was named the UWRF head men's and women's cross country coach in February, 2007.

He was also an assistant with the 1995 UW-La Crosse men's cross country and 1996 men's indoor track & field teams. Syverson also assisted with the cross country team at Hastings High School in 1994. He is USATF Level I certified.

Syverson's athletes earned championship honors in the distance medley relay at the 2006 indoor WIAC meet also earning a provisional time for the national meet. Syverson's athletes have set two UWRF records for men and have set seven school records on the women's side.

Syverson competed for the Falcon cross country and track & field teams from 1990-1994. He was a three year captain in both cross country and track & field and was the Most Valuable Runner in 1991 and 1992 with the cross country team. He was the track & field team's Most Valuable Runner in 1992. He was a two-time 4x400 meter Div. III All-American in track & field. Syverson was a five time Wisconsin State University Conference (WSUC) champion in track & field. He was also the first WSUC athlete to win all three indoor sprint distance events during his career at the conference meet (600, 800, & 1000). He also won outdoor titles in the 800 meters and 1600 meter relay. He still holds six Falcon records. Syverson was inducted into the UWRF Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005. Syverson also competed with a German running club when he was a soldier stationed in Germany in the late 1980's. He also lived in Portland, Ore., and had the opportunity to run with and meet several national caliber master's level runners. Syverson also has visited Ethiopia and had an opportunity to observe a training session with many of Ethiopia's top marathon runners.

Syverson graduated from UWRF in 1994 with a B.S. in German and received his masters of public health degree from UW-La Crosse in 1997. He is currently the Health Education Coordinator with UWRF Student Health Services.

He lives in River Falls with his wife Jennifer and their four children, Alaina, Jared, Erin and Theo.

In addition to his coaching responsibilities, he is the Assistant Director of Student Support Services at UW-River Falls. Some of Amie's duties include assisting with supplemental academic advising, tutoring, exposing students to cultural field trips, community service and leadership
conferences.

From 1998 to 2006 Amie was an ad hoc teacher at the University in the department of health & human performance, teaching physical education and dance classes. Since 1997 he has choreographed for the campus dance theatre program. Since 2000, he has been the advisor to the UWRF dance team. Amie runs dance clinics all over the nation and internationally in Japan.

He is part owner of Train America and the head of athletic development at Blue Chip Sports Academy, a multi-sport training facility located in Lakeville, Minn. He was a fitness trainer at the Minnesota Valley YMCA in Burnsville from 1997 to 2003. In addition to track & field, Amie also has trained collegiate Div. I, II & III athletes in baseball, softball, volleyball and football.

Amie received his masters of education degree in kinesiology, with an emphasis in sports management, from the University of Minnesota. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in music and a minor in dance from UW-River Falls.

Steve Stocker returns for the 2008-2009 campaign and will coach the sprint / hurdle group.

He competed with the Falcons as an undergraduate and is a four-time NCAA All-American. He won the WIAC 400-meter hurdles title in 1993 with a record setting time of 51.45. That record still stands today.

Formally, Stocker was the head coach of the River Falls High School boys track & field team for 10 years. He coached both boys and girls sprinters for 11 seasons. Stocker has coached five Big Rivers Conference championship winning teams, 63 conference champions, 61 state qualifiers, and three state champions. His teams have virtually rewritten the record books holding 31 indoor and 34 outdoor school records.

Last year Stocker coached his first NCAA All-American - senior Shannon Zweifel (400 hurdles). Zweifel placed fifth in the NCAA Div. III Outdoor Championships with a time of 61.85. The Falcons went on to win the 2008 NCAA National team Championship.

Stocker is also the Director of Recreation and Sport Facilities on campus.

Scott Sekelsky will be back for his second season in 2008-09 to coach the women’s 3,000, 5,000, and 10,000 meter runners.

Last spring Sekelsky coached five-time NCAA All-American Becca Jordahl to a 5,000-meter outdoor individual national championship. Jordahl also took home third place in the outdoor 10,000 meter run as well as a second place finish in the indoor 5,000 meter run. The Falcons won the 2008 NCAA National Outdoor team Championship.

Sekelsky is also in his fifth year as a cross country coach for the Falcons and is the co-women's head coach. He spent his first two seasons as an assistant coach and has been the co-head coach for the past two seasons. He ran cross country for UWRF from 1996–98 and was the team's captain his senior year.

He helped lead the 2007 Falcon women to a sixth place finish in the WIAC meet. He coached Jordahl to a fourth place finish in the NCAA Div. III Nationals and All-American honors.

He ran cross country for UWRF from 1996-98 and has extensive coaching experience at various area high schools including River Falls and Baldwin-Woodville.

Sekelsky graduated from UWRF in 1999 with an undergraduate degree in health and human performance and earned his masters in management from UWRF in 2007. He is currently the fitness and wellness director for the Baldwin Area Medical Center.

Peter Miller is in his first year as an assistant coach for the Falcons. He coaches the throwing events.

Prior to joining the Falcon program he competed for the University of Minnesota men’s track & field team from 2004-08. As a Gopher, Miller competed at five Big Ten championships, in the shot put and the discus, while also competing in the NCAA regional meet in the shot put. Miller was a three time Academic All-Big Ten selection and was voted as a captain for his final year at
Minnesota.

Originally from Pine Island, Minn., Miller graduated from Minnesota with a bachelor of science degree in kinesiology. He currently works at LA Fitness is Roseville, while living in Minneapolis.