Athletes / Men
Paulo Aponte
Brunssum, Limburg, Netherlands
AF North High School
Program: Outdoor Recreation Leadership
5K PB: 18:01.3
Nate Encinias
Rocky Ford, CO
Rocky Ford High School
Program: Associate of Arts
5K PB: 17:40.8
Harrison Fries-Levy
Lafayette, CO
Centaurus High School
Program: Outdoor Recreation Leadership
5K PB: 16:37.4
Ben Lague
Buena Vista, CO
Buena Vista High School
Program: Welding and Business
5K PB: 18:17.7
Korben Long
Silverthorne, CO
Summit High School
Program: Associate of Arts
5K PB: 18:02.8
Kenneth Obregon Orozco
Thornton, CO
Mountain Range High School
Program: Welding and Business
5K PB: 18:11.9
Harrison Walter
Westcliffe, CO
Custer County High School
Program: Associate of General Studies
5K PB: 20:34.1
Athletes / Women
Anais Garcia
Dacono, CO
Erie High School
Program: Associates, Health Science Emphasis
5K PB: 21:09.0
Brooklyn German
Belding, MI
Belding High School
Program: Ecosystem Science & Management
5K PB: 21:44.1
Abby Hagen
Lockport, IL
Lockport Township High School
Program: Associate of Arts
5K PB: 20:30.1
Anne MaWhinney
St Mary's, KS
Seton Home Study
Program: Ecosystem Science & Management
5K PB: 25:06.2
Zoe Plummer
Seymour, IN
Columbus East High School
Program: Ecosystem Science & Management
5K PB: 21:22.6
Alexis Ricks
Fountain, CO
Hanover High School
Program: Associate of Science
5K PB: 30:32.8
Cross Country Coach Darren Brungardt
Darren Brungardt is a mathematics faculty member at CMC Leadville. In 2012, he earned his master’s degree in coaching from Adams State University in Alamosa, CO.
Brungardt coaches CMC’s XC team and running club in trail and snowshoe races from two miles to 100 miles. He has coached professionally, on the collegiate level and at the high school level including rugby fitness coordinator, cross country coach and all track and field events except pole vault and hurdles.
While earning his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in mathematics from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Coach Brungardt ran Division 1 track for the Bears. He competed in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters, earned three varsity letters and was an academic athlete all four years.
His post-collegiate running career has taken him all over the country competing in trail, road and snowshoe races.
Athletic Director/Assistant Coach Angela Dunn
Angela Dunn is a former NJCAA athlete and member of the 2006 NJCAA DIII National Championship women’s cross-country team.
She earned an AA degree in psychology from Gloucester County College before transferring to Rowan University, running at the NCAA DIII level, and earning a BA in psychology. In 2012, Angela returned to Gloucester County College and began her coaching career alongside her college coach.
In her first year the women’s cross-country team won NJCAA DIII Nationals. Post collegiate, Angela has competed in numerous road and track races, including the 2017 Boston Marathon.
In 2017, Angela relocated from New Jersey to Western Colorado and started the New Castle Running Club. A year later she completed her master’s program in sport psychology; she wrote her thesis on the under representation of women in collegiate coaching.
