Bio

Steve Merline earned three All-America awards and five WIAC titles as a member of the UW-Oshkosh cross country and track & field teams from 1978-82.

A Green Bay Southwest High School graduate, Merline was the first Titan to earn All-America accolades in both men’s indoor and outdoor track & field. Merline secured NAIA All-America citations in 1981 and 1982 for the indoor 1,000-yard run. He also earned NCAA Division III All-America recognition in 1981 for the outdoor 1,500-meter run.

Merline placed third in the 1,000-yard run at the 1982 national indoor meet after finishing fifth in the event in 1981. Rounding out his All-America awards was a fourth-place performance in the 1,500-meter run at the NAIA outdoor meet. Merline was the second Titan to garner track & field All-America honors and the first to earn national accolades in both the indoor and outdoor seasons. His three total All-America citations were the school record until 1984.

Merline won WIAC titles in four different races, claiming the indoor 880- and 1,000-yard runs in 1982, the 1982 outdoor 800-meter run in 1982 and back-to-back outdoor 1,500-meter run championships in 1981 and 1982.

Merline led UW-Oshkosh to a 21st-place finish at the 1982 NAIA Indoor Championship after accounting for all of the team’s points as the Titans placed 36th at the 1981 NAIA outdoor meet. Merline also scored each of UW-Oshkosh’s four points at the 1981 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship.

Merline’s cross country career included an eighth-place finish at the 1981 WIAC Championship.

Merline resides in De Pere, where he works for LPL Financial at Denmark State Bank. He and his wife, Sarah, are the parents of Lexie, Cally and Addie.