Track and Field

Mark Hunkele

Varsity Head Coach

Mark is a coach, competitive runner and triathlete.  He is passionate about coaching Pine-Richland student athletes as head high school cross country coach and head high school track and field coach. He specializes in coaching the distance and middle distance runners.

Mark loves coaching Pine-Richland runners and is proud to be part of this great program. His goal as a coach is to help every athlete have the best experience possible and for the team to also be the best that it can be.  Mark works with athletes to devise individualized science-based training so that every athlete gets the best training possible.  He feels it is very important for every runner to have fun, keep a positive attitude, focus on achieving their goals and be determined to always do their best.  He hopes to foster a love of running so that every Pine-Richland runner becomes a lifelong runner.

The cross country and track and field teams and athletes are enjoying great success at the district, state and national level.

Mark also has extensive experience coaching running, triathlon and fitness programs, as well as youth baseball and soccer.

Mark is the race director for the Ram Run 5K/1 Mile Race in October at North Park in Pittsburgh, which is hosted by the Pine-Richland Cross Country Boosters. The annual event, which started in 2014, has over 500 participants each year with about half of them being children. He also directs 2 annual track festivals.

Mark has been running since he was 13. He started running after picking up an application for the Pittsburgh Great Race 10K, one of the largest races in the country. He ran this race one month later and was hooked on running. Mark has run hundreds of races including cross country and track meets, road races and triathlons. He enjoys racing all distances, but his favorite events are the marathon and Ironman Triathlon. Mark has run 66 marathons including 10 marathons run during Ironman Triathlons. HIs personal best is 2:43.34 run in the 2004 Philadelphia Marathon. Mark has run 17 Boston Marathons and in 2004 finished 126th overall male. His best place in the Pittsburgh Marathon is 14th in 2000. Mark’s best Ironman time is 10 hours 23 minutes. In 2017 he finished 8th out of over 400 people in his age group at Ironman Lake Placid and missed qualifying for the Hawaii Ironman World Championships by 2 places(3 minutes). 

Mark and his wife Jenene have 4 children and have lived in Pine Township since 2004. Two of his children attend Pine-Richland schools and two are in college. They are active in running, cross country, track, triathlons and other sports.

Mark has many coaching certifications, which include USATF Level 1 Certification and NFHS Coaching Track and Field Sport Specific Course.

Mark is excited about this season and the future of our incredible cross country and track and field teams, which he is confident will continue to be one among the most successful and best programs in Pennsylvania every year.

Andy Borgen

Varsity Boys Assistant Coach

Andy Borgen has been coaching Pine-Richland Varsity Track and Field throwers (javelin, shot put, discus)
since 2017, starting as a volunteer and advancing to his current position as Varsity 1 st Assistant. He
graduated from Pine-Richland High School in 2011 where he was a member of the Track and Field Team
as well as the Football Team. Andy was a 3-time Track and Field MVP, 4-time WPIAL finalist and Top 5
All-Time for Javelin (180’3”) and Top 10 All-Time for Shot Put (49’5”) in Pine-Richland History. He played
quarterback and was voted team captain his senior year and earned All-Conference honors. He
continued his football career at Saint Vincent College where he was quarterback for 4 years. He
graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication in 2015. He is also currently Head Football
Coach for Mars Area Middle School.

He is very proud of the athletes he has coached primarily with the javelin. The javelin program
established by Coach Borgen has trained many athletes to reach the Top 10 All-Time list, WPIAL district
championships, and PIAA state championships over the last 6 years. Andy always believed that hard
work and commitment was necessary to be competitive in sports and in life. He is hoping to use his track
and field expertise to take student athletes to the next level, including earning scholarships to
colleges/universities.

Jim Werkmeister

Varsity Girls Assistant Coach

Jeff Seybert

Varsity Second Assistant Coach

Adam Camberg

Varsity Third Assistant Coach

Jason Spudic

Varsity Fourth Assistant Split Coach

Elizabeth Morris

Varsity Fourth Assistant Split Coach

Don Thomas

Varsity Fifth Assistant Coach

Hank Marziale

Varsity Fifth Assistant Coach

Joe Frank

Middle School Head Coach

Mr. Frank was appointed Pine-Richland Middle School Track and Field coach in 2020 and the Head Middle School Track and Field coach in 2024.  He is a graduate of the University of Dayton and has been a Pine-Richland Middle School Math teacher since 2004.

Rob Thompson

Middle School Assistant Coach

Gretchen Bleakney

Middle School Assistant Coach

Jamie Knauff 

Middle School Assistant Coach

Bryan Dworek 

Volunteer Coach

Jennifer Fish

Volunteer Coach

Andrew Gides

Volunteer Coach

Steve Goeltz

Volunteer Coach

Kendall Grossman 

Volunteer Coach

Naomi Hanna 

Volunteer Coach

Todd Jones

Volunteer Coach

Lincoln Kennedy 

Volunteer Coach

Deb Knox 

Volunteer Coach

Aaron Pfeil

Volunteer Coach

Paul Urso

Volunteer Coach