xccoaches

AMERICAN FORK COACHES

37 YEARS OF PAIN WITH BRUNO AND TIMO 

Coach Mostert

Coach Timo Mostert has coached the Boys Cross Country Team at American Fork High School since 1998 after being at Murray (Ut.) High School for 10 years. His American Fork boys teams have competed at the State Championships every year he has coached, including 11 State Championships, 7 Runner-up trophies, 23 top 5 finishes, and 15 Region Championships. They have been ranked 18 of the past 20 years in the Southwest United States. His team has won the NXN Southwest Regionals 9 times, with 12 trips to Nike Cross Nationals, placing top 8 every time with 5 runner-up finishes, with 12 All-America honors,  and a two-time Individual National Champion. During CoVid-19, his boys placed 1st and 10th at the RunningLane XC Championships with 2 RunningLane All-Americans. His athletes have earned 12 Utah(9 XC, 3 Track) and 3 National Gatorade Runner of the Year awards. At AFHS he has coached 55 XC (Top 10) and 95 Track (Top 8) All-State runners and 34 individual State Champions in Cross-Country and Track. In 2017 his boys set the National Record in the 4X1600m Relay at 16:41.30 (and US #2 Indoor 4Xmile and outdoor 4X1600 times in 2024). In 2020 his boys set the National Record for 5k XC Team Time at 75:04.95. In 2024, Daniel Simmons set the Indoor 5000m Run National record in 13:38.86 and Outdoor National Record in 13:25.86.

Coach Mostert ran in his first track meet in 6th grade. He lettered 4 years in cross-country, and two years in track in high school and was a school record holder in the 3200m run. He was the first athlete at Parkland College (Champaign, Illinois) to compete in all 4 NJCAA National Championships (Cross-Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, and Marathon) in the same year. After serving a mission to Ecuador for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, he ran cross-country and track for Brigham Young University. He has an A.S. in Secondary Education from Parkland College, a B.A. in Mathematics Education with a coaching minor from B.Y.U., and has done Graduate Studies in Mathematics at The University of Utah. He served 10 years on the Youth Committee and 3 years as Track-and-Field Committee Chair for the Utah Association of USA Track and Field,  has served as Vice-President of the Utah High School Track Coaches Association from 2001 to 2019, and has taught at coaches clinics from California to Florida. He is a Masters level Certified Track and Field Official.  He has been nominated twice (2012 and 2014) as "Coach of the Year" for the Utah Governor's State of Sport Awards. Coach Mostert  was recognized as "Teacher of the Year" at American Fork High School in 2006, as the "Utah Boys Cross Country Coach of the Year" in 2010 and 2018 by the NFHS,  and in 6A in 2023 by the UHSTCA,  as the "Distinguished Service Award 5A Coach of the Year" by the UHSAA for 2014-15, as the District 7 (West U.S.) coach of the year in 2018-19 by the NFHS, the NHSCA "National Boys XC Coach of the Year" for 2016-17, the "Joe Newton Boys Coach of the Year" at NXN 2022, and the USTFCCCA "National Boys Cross-Country Coach of the Year" in 2023.

.

Coach Hunziker

Coach Bruno Hunziker has coached  Girls Cross Country and Track at AFHS since 1988.  He has coached two daughters, one of which ran for S.U.U. and his son who was an All-State Runner and ran at the University of Utah. His girls team has qualified for the State Championships every year but one since 1993 including 6 State Championships, 9 State Runner-up Trophies, 26 top 5 finishes, and 10 Region Championships. He has coached 42XC All-State  runners and 4 Individual State Champions in Cross Country and Track , as well as a Footlocker finalist, and an NXN All-America. He was voted the UHSTCA Utah 5A Coach of the Year in 1996, and was honored as the 2014 Utah Girls' Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA. His Team has won the NXN Southwest Regionals twice with 10 top 10 finishes.  His team has been ranked Nationally 9 times. His 2014 Girls placed 22nd and his 2015 Girls placed 6th at Nike Cross Nationals. His 2021 Girls placed 10th at the RunningLane XC Championships

Coach Hunziker started running at Orem High School and was on their State Champion Cross Country team. He also ran a 1:58 in the 880 on the track team, placing 2nd at State his Senior year. He ran for 4 years in the Marine Corps and has run 18 marathons including: Boston, Washington D.C., San Francisco, etc. etc. He was on the Utah National Guard All Marathon Team for 6 years.  Coach Hunziker served in the Marines during the Vietnam War and is retired from Alpine School District and the Army National Guard.