EAGLECREST
TRACK & FIELD
RAPTOR COACHING STAFF
CHRIS CARHART
HEAD COACH
2025 will be Coach Carhart's 4th year at Eaglecrest and 22nd season coaching High School Track & Field. In his first 3 seasons, the Raptors have racked up 8 5A State Championship Performances, 36 podium finishes in the 5A State Meet, including back-to-back-to back State Championships in the Girls 4x200m Relay, a sweep of the Boys and Girls titles in the 4x100m Relay in 2024, the Boys 4x400m in 2024, and individual State titles for Zenobia Witt in the 2024 Girls Long Jump and Haley Esser in the 2022 Girls 200m Dash. Nine school records have fallen in Carhart's first 3 years at Eaglecrest. The Raptors also brought home 4 All-American Relays from Hayward Field at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in 2022, with National Championships in the 800m Sprint Medley and Swedish Relay. Carhart was voted the Boys and Girls Centennial League Coach of the Year in 2023. Prior to coming to The Nest, he was the Head Coach at Rangeview from 2018-2021 and Hinkley from 2008-2017. He has coached 11 Teams to Conference Championships (including the first Boys League Championship in EHS history in 2024), 14 Individual/Relay State Champions, and was named the CHSCA "Young Coach of the Year" in 2017 after leading the Hinkley Boys to Back-to-Back top 3 team finishes at the 5A State Meet. Coach Carhart teaches Weight Training at EHS and holds a Masters in Coaching and a Bachelors in Human Performance & Sport.
JOHN FULTON
SPRINTS/RELAYS
Coach Fulton is very excited to join the Raptor coaching staff for 2025. He previously coached sprints and hurdles at his alma mater, Ponderosa High School, where he was a multiple-time state placer in the hurdles while being coached by his legendary father, Fritz Fulton. In 2024, Fulton engineered an exceptional season for the Mustangs. His relay teams, sprinters, and hurdlers broke multiple school records and finished the season with podium finishes at the 5A State Meet in nearly event he coached.
Collegiately, Fulton enjoyed a storied career as a sprinter at Colorado State. During his time with the Rams, he was an integral piece of the CSU's 2020 Mountain West Conference Indoor Championship. His 4x400m Relay Teams hold both the Indoor and Outdoor CSU school records. Fulton is on the All-Time CSU top performers list in the Indoor 60m and 200m, as well as the Outdoor 100m, and was 2x All-Conference in the 4x100m Relay.
Outside of coaching, Fulton excels on the golf course and in the hockey rink, and works in the medical field.
MELISSA MYERS
DISCUS
Coach Myers is an Eaglecrest graduate and threw Shot Put and Discus as a Raptor. She still holds the #2 all-time performances in EHS history in both throws. Coach Myers teaches Health, Adventure, and PE for Eaglecrest now and has been coaching the throws here for the last two seasons.
She has an undergraduate degree in Health and Exercise Science from Colorado State University and a Masters degree in Education. She has three boys ages 14, 12, and 2, 3 dogs, and loves to travel.
Coach Myers absolutely loves coaching the shot put and discus! The spring season is the most fun, being able to be outside in the sunshine throwing big metal objects out into an open field and watching the athletes be successful! She looks forward to working with her returning throwers and meeting and working with all new throwers that have an interest in the sport.
FRANCISCO PADILLA
HURDLES
Coach Padilla will be in his fourth season at the Nest in 2025. He has over 10 years of coaching experience in Track & Field, Tae Kwon Do, Soccer, and Personal Training. He is credited for being at the helm of the hurdle program at Hinkley when it was known as "Hurdle High" in the late 2010's. During this time Coach Padilla's hurdle group produced 2 State Championships, and countless podium finishes in the 5A State Meet. In his first year at the Nest in 2022, he created the largest and most successful hurdle crew that EHS has seen in many years. As an athlete, Coach Padilla ran track and cross country at Hinkley High School, and ran for 3 more years at the collegiate level. He holds an Associate's Degree and two Bachelor's Degrees from Johnson & Wales University, a Masters's in Sports Nutrition from the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, and his license as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist from the Commission of Dietetic Registration. Outside of coaching, Coach Padilla works as the Head of Nutrition at Life Time in Parker where he works with a variety of populations ranging from the average gym goer to Elite level athletes.
CARI ROBERTS
POLE VAULT
Coach Cari is entering her third season as the Pole Vault Coach at the Nest in 2025. She has two children who are 19 and 24 years old, both of whom pole vaulted in high school. In 2017 Cari started Ladd’s Flying Circus Pole Vault Club with her son where she manages and coaches throughout the year. Cari retired from education in 2019 after 28 years. She is known for her infectious enthusiasm and ability to make meaningful connections with the athletes she coaches.
TONYA FABIAN
HEAD JUNIOR VARSITY COACH
SHANELLE ROBINSON
ASSISTANT HEAD COACH
Coach Robinson will be in her fourth year coaching at the Nest in 2025, where she also coaches the Cross Country team and teaches Raptor Academy. Coach Robinson definitely lives up to her Jamaican heritage in her passion for Track & Field. While attending Hinkley High School, she was the Cross Country League Champion and the Team Captain on Coach Carhart's legendary 2010 League Championship team. She has over six years of coaching under her belt, two of which were spent at Rangview High School as the Junior Varsity Head Coach. Prior to beginning her high school coaching career, Coach Robinson served as the Athletic Director for the Vickers Boys & Girls Club of Denver. She holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Northern Colorado, where she majored in Sports & Exercise Science and minored in Coaching.
BaJa Robinson
HEAD THROWS COACH
MIKE PRESKORN
SHOT PUT
EVERETT BIBLE
HORIZONTAL JUMPS
Coach Bible was born and raised in Aurora, CO. He participated in many sports including football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, and track & field. In high school, he was awarded All-Conference Honors 2 years in a row for football. He then traveled up to the University of Northern Colorado where he studied his undergrad in Sports and Exercise Science with an emphasis in Education. He was also part of the UNC Bears Football program playing Defensive Back. When he completed his undergrad, he started teaching at Rangeview HS where he began his coaching duties as well. While at Rangeview, he coached both football and track & field. On the football field, he coached over 20 student-athletes who received All-Conference and State recognition. On the track, he coached 10 State Qualifiers. In 2021, he coached a Triple Jumper who qualified for the High School Nationals in Eugene, Oregon. Coach Bible joined the Eaglecrest community in the Spring season of 2022. During the summer of 2022, he received his Masters Degree in the School of Kinesiology with a focus in Coaching. He is currently the Defensive Coordinator for the EHS football program, and the horizontal jumps coach for the Track and Field team. He teaches Physical Education at EHS (weights, PE, and sports training). He has built a strong presence in the community through his relationships with his athletes, coworkers, and community members. He prides himself in being a servant leader for those around him, while pushing his athletes to compete at their highest level.
BRIANNA PATTON
HURDLES
Coach Patton joined the EHS coaching staff in 2023. She previously coached the hurdlers at Denver East High School. She is an Eaglecrest alum, where she began hurdling as a Junior. In her senior season, under the tutelage of legendary Coach Tony Wells, Brianna set the EHS 110m Hurdles record and became the 5A State Champion. She competed collegiately for the University of Cincinnati.
