Denver Athletics Summer camps

Evan Gerish founded Hurdle Tech in 2010, bringing high school hurdlers together from different schools to train, compete, and make each other better. Between Michigan and Colorado, his athletes earned over a dozen state championships, national podium finishes, and collegiate opportunities at programs including the University of Michigan, USC, Florida, Penn, Brown, and Colorado School of Mines, among many others.

Over the last decade and a half, Gerish has developed a national reputation for building high-level hurdle camps, clinics, and online training programs focused on speed, technique, and race philosophy. He currently serves as the head sprints, hurdles, and relays coach at University of Dubuque, where he coached the national runner-up in the 60m hurdles and the 2024 national champion in the 400m hurdles.

This summer, Coach Gerish returns again to support his friends at Denver Athletics, give back to the Colorado hurdle community that helped build his resume, mentor the next generation of hurdlers, and continue the collaborative training culture that has defined Hurdle Tech from the beginning. 

Coach Connor Rohrbaugh just completed his 4th season as the throws coach for Western Colorado University. In his time at WCU, Coach Rohrbaugh has coached athletes to multiple NCAA All-American honors, rewritten Western’s record books with a multitude of school records, facility records, conference champions, conference scorers, and dozens of University top-10 performances, and helped develop a strong team culture that feeds on energy and positivity. 

Coach Connor is also an alumni of Western Colorado, making this next season his 8th year with the program. Additionally, he has competed at a high level in Olympic Weightlifting, earning Top-50 in the country through his career. Above all else, Coach Connor is a passionate coach that loves watching athletes learn, grow, and achieve their goals!

Coach Creech is the head Jumps Coach at Colorado State University. In her first year, she coached 6 athletes to top 3 finishes at the Mountain West Conference Indoor Championships, and 5 athletes to top 3 finishes at MWC Outdoor Championships, as well as qualifying 4 jumpers to the NCAA West Regional Qualifying Rounds. She had a 100% PR rate amongst the athletes she coached during the 23-24 indoor and outdoor season.

In 2025, Creech's "flight crew" was an essential member of the men's pair of Mountain West championships. Four of her athletes reached top three finishes, with two bringing home gold medals. Five jumpers qualified for regionals including Ismael Dembele who qualified in the LJ and TJ. Dembele finished in the qualifying range for nationals but lost on a tiebreaker. 

Creech competed in the high jump at Washington State University and trained the multi post-collegiately. Her PR’s include: High Jump: 1.80m; Triple Jump: 11.60; Long Jump 5.52.