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SEPTEMBER MARCH 2017
Milwaukee 36th Annual AnnouncesClassic Crazylegs
By Jeff Baudry by Explore Lacrosse
Panther Prowl 5KBeer, Run/Walk Race DayFestival is Saturday, 2017 Between the Bluffs Wine and Cheese is a funOctober event that7,has grown to be a local favorite. Visit their
Show for your Panther website this year’s Pride entertainment and activities. The Panther Prowl 5K is and UW-Milwaukee’s race event. area All proceeds student scholarships. We Tasters Eve bus shuttles shuttles to andpremier from participating hotels thesupport day of UWM the event. Listen to your local hope you will join us in 2017 to participate in this long-standing tradition at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Let radio stations for your chance to win tickets. theDesignated fun begin! Race Registration Tent and the be Start/Finish are located on Hartford Avenue between Garland Hall driverDay wristbands available. Must 21 or overline to attend. andVIP Golda Meir Library. Every second Sunday in October for the last thirteen years, staff and ticket holders gain access to the event two hours prior to general admission andUWM accessfaculty, to the private VIPstudents tent. haveTaste come together for a fun run/walk in the neighborhood to raise money for UWM student scholarships. This year, its over 200 quality brews poured by distinguished breweries estimated that 1400 runners, walkers, and and canines helped to raise nearly $30,000 – and counting! Experience over 45 types of winestrollers from local world-famous vintners Among the turnout were several CHS faculty, staff and students who either participated in the race or provided support Sample and purchase gourmet cheese and other good eats for theEnjoy Prowl’s diverse attendees live music In the prior to the aevent, many Prowlers took advantage of walking/running support groups through the DepartAll weeks attendees receive souvenir glass ment Only of Kinesiology. The groups offered 3,000 general admission ticketsparticipants available advice about how to stay on track as they prepared physically and mentally for the Panther Prowl. To help runners and walkers from all levels of experience achieve their goals, “experts” Only 250 VIP tickets available from Kinesiology shared their knowledge in topics, such as footwear Tickets have sold out in the past, so watch the website fornutrition, when sales begin. and stretching. Race day highlights #1 Oktoberfest Strasse La Crosse, WI, 54601 On race day, several CHS students, faculty and staff were involved in making the event successful. The athletic train800-658-9424 ingNEW faculty and students, as they done every year since the beginning of theApril event,23, provided runners and walkers EVENT to celebrate the have 15th Anniversary! From 10am-1pm on Sunday, jump back on the horse and race-day services. In fact, Earl-Boehm has been a member of the Panther Prowl Leadership Team for this event for thirbluffs>>page 4 teen straight years! Visit uwm.edu/pantherprowl for more details. EVENTS>>page 7
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How the run got started and history made over a couple beers mkepanthers.com Not surprisingly, the idea was hatched over a couple of beers in late 1981 by three Badger loyalistsopen at a campus three, Panthers league bar. slateThe with pairTom of Grantham, home games Ken Sparks, and Rich Backus, wanted to raise money support UW AthThe Milwaukee men’stobasketball program letics. Asthe admirers of regular then- Athletic Direcwill open 2017-18 season with a tor of Elroy Hirsch, they asked permission pair games at UWM PantherhisArena at the to name it the “Crazylegs Run” in hisdose honor. end of December and feature a heavy of Tom Grantham continues to serve as General home games in January, according to the HoChairman on schedule the Crazylegs Classic Executive rizon League released today by the Committee. league office. A Little “Classic” History First-year head coach Pat Baldwin will first race in 1982 attracted get The conference play underway with1,525 a pairrunof ners and raisedPanther $9,500.Arena, The event grew in games at UWM hosting Oakpopularity walkDec. was 30 added in 1987 land Dec. 28and andthe Detroit to close out with 676portion walkersofthe year. The event has the 2017 thefirst calendar.
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