2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Max Bonenberger

  • Position Distance
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Breckenridge, Colo.
  • Highschool Summit
  • Major Chemical & Biological Engineering (B.S.) / Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering (PhD)

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2024-25: Indoor Track & Field - Second-Team All-RMAC (3,000m) … Competed in three meets running the 3K indoors … Ran a season- and career-best 8:31.73 for fourth at the RMAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA First-Team All-America (3,000m steeplechase) … USTFCCCA All-Region (3,000m steeplechase) … First-Team All-RMAC (3,000m steeplechase) … Was the NCAA bronze medalist in the steeplechase, running 8:58.99 in the final … Set a career-best 8:49.12 in the steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational to qualify for nationals … Was the RMAC silver medalist in 9:13.22.

2023-24: Received a B.S. in chemical engineering December 2023. Indoor Track & Field - Ran the 3K and 5K indoors … Set career best times in both events, running 8:48.84 in the 3,000 at the Mines Winter Classic, and 14:26.04 in the 5,000 at the David Hemery Valentine Invite … Finished ninth in the 5K at RMAC Championships in 14:44.44. Outdoor Track & Field - Did not compete.

2022-23: Indoor Track & Field - Did not compete. Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America (3,000m steeplechase) … First-Team All-RMAC (steeplechase) … Was the RMAC bronze medalist in the steeplechase … Ran the #4 all-time performance in Mines history with a 9:01.39 at the Portland Distance Carnival, his collegiate-best … Qualified for his first NCAA Championships and qualified for finals running 9:16.86 at altitude … Ultimately finished 10th nationally in 9:27.76.

2021-22: Indoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Distance specialist for the Orediggers ... Collegiate indoor debut came at the Mines Winter Classic where he ran the 3,000 meters in 8:57.54 ... Contested the 5,000 meters at the Ichabod Invite on Feb. 12 and finished in 14:47.16 ... Finished 14th at the RMAC Championships, running the 5K in 16:15.21. Outdoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Focused solely on the 3,000-meter steeplechase during the outdoor season ... Made his collegiate outdoor debut at the CU Invitational on April 9, running the steeplechase in 9:45.49 ... Top performance of the season came at the RMAC Championships where he finished 10th in a time of 9:32.91 ... Also ran at the Kit Mayer Classic and at the CSU Pueblo Last Chance Invitational.

2020-21: Indoor Track & Field - Redshirted. Outdoor Track & Field - Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Competed in track & field and cross country at Summit High School ... Placed 36th in Colorado's 4A State Championship Cross Country race ... Posted a top 5K time of 15:44 ... Plans to major in chemical engineering at Mines.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

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  • 2021-22Redshirt Freshman

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  • 2022-23Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Redshirt Junior

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  • 2024-25Redshirt Senior

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  • 2025-26Redshirt Senior

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