Athletes / Men
CJ Brenny
Hastings, Montana
Hastings High School
Dylan Dunbar
Silt, Colorado
Coal Ridge HS
Program: Associate of Arts
5K PB: 20:30
Reese Fledderjohn
Grand Junction, Colorado
Grand Junction HS
Program: Nursing
5K PB: 17:30
Adam Garcia
Dacono, Colorado
Erie HS
Program: Ski Area Operations
5K PB: 17:00
Autry Lomahongva
Kayenta, Arizona
Monument Valley HS
Program: Outdoor Recreation Leadership
5K PB: 16:55
Jason Macaluso
Vail, Colorado
Battle Mountain HS
Program: Associate of Arts
5K PB: 16:20
Luke Plummer
Seymour, Indiana
Seymour HS
Program: Environmental Studies
5K PB: 16:30
Athletes / Women
Carmen Edmunds
Charlottesville, Virginia
Albemarle High School
Anais Garcia
Erie, Colorado
Erie High School
Abby Hagan
Lockport, Illinois
Lockport Township High School
Madisen Johnson
Windsor, Colorado
Windsor HS
Program: Associate of Arts
5K PB: 23:15
Hope Maldonado
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Vista Ridge High School
Ember Penas
Seward, Nebraska
Seward HS
Program: Outdoor Recreation Leadership
5K PB: 22:45
Kaylynn Shaffer
Salida, Colorado
Salida High School
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.
