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.Currently, Gerish serves as the head sprints, hurdles, and relays coach at The University of Dubuque, in Iowa. In 2024, his first year with the program, he coached Blake Hardison to an indoor national runner-up finish in the D3 60m hurdles, and supported Jojo Frost, who won the outdoor national championship in the D3 400m hurdles. This summer, Coach Gerish is returning to Colorado for a “one more time” clinic, to continue to mentor the Colorado Hurdle Tech athletes and any other developing hurdlers in the area looking to train and make each other better. 

Coach Connor Rohrbaugh just completed his 3rd 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 7th 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!