2024

Dennis Giannangeli

  • Colorado State University graduate
  • Bought his first Runners Roost store in 1985 and expanded to 8 stores over 22 years, employing thousands of Coloradoans
  • Runners Roost became a top 10 Running Specialty Account for many Brands such as Nike, Asics, and Brooks
  • Finish line director for The Platte River Half Marathon and the Park to Park 10 Miler
  • Volunteer at the state XC meet for almost 30 years

Del Hessel

  • CSU graduate. Set the school record in the 800 meter indoors (1:49.5 and stood for 34 years) in 1963.
  • Competed in ’64 and ’68 US Olympic Trials
  • Coached for 35 years-voted “Conference Coach of the Year”  16 times
  • Published 5 books and 2 Instructional Videos  His last book Coaching Every Event is considered a coaching bible for Track and Field
  • Coached over 100 All-Americans

Edna Kiplagat

  • Kenyan Olympian (Marathon)
  • 3rd Mar 24 United Airlines NYC Half Marathon (1st Masters) & 5th Jan ’24 Aramco Houston Half Marathon (1st Masters) – 1:07:52
  • Winner of New York City, London, Boston (2x), World Championships (2x), Los Angeles marathons
  • 2X World Marathon Gold Medalist/  and also WC Marathon Silver Medal
  • PR’s: 5K – 15:20; 10K – 31:06; Half Marathon – 1:07:52; Marathon – 2:19:50

Carrie Messner Vickers

  • University of Colorado graduate (’99 & ’00 Team Captain), 2X CU Leadership Award recipient
  • All-American XC, 3X All-American Indoor Mile, 4th Mile NCAA Indoor Championships
  • Placed 3rd in ’04 US Olympic Steeplechase Trials (Women’s Steeple was not introduced into the Olympics until ’08)
  • Ranked top 15 in the world in steeplechase in ’04, ‘05 & 06 and was ranked 3rd in US in ’04 and ’05 and 1st in US in ‘06
  • 2X ’05 & ’06 US World Championship Team in Steeplechase