2010-11 marks Art Siemers' ninth season as the head cross country coach at CSM and his sixth year as head coach of the Oredigger track & field teams. 

The 2010 men's track & field team finished 12th at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships. Both Mark Husted (800 m) and Mack McLain (1500 m) won National Titles. Those two National Titles brought Siemers career total to four during his tenure at Colorado School of Mines. Marie Patton also earned All-American honors in the 3,000 m steeplechase.

At the 2010 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships, CSM athletes earned 11 All-American honors. Eight athletes earned All-American honors for the first time in their careers including the women's distance medley relay (Briana Suppes, Kristen Rinedollar, Hilary Hurst and Marie Patton) as well as sprinter Kiera Benson (60 m) as well as Ryan Hanley and Ruseel Drummond who were part of the distance medley relay for the CSM men. The Oredigger men finished 24th while the women placed 35th at the Championships.

The 2009 men's cross country squad finished third at the NCAA Division II Cross Country National Championships, the highest finish ever by a squad at the NCAA Championships. Aaron Swift and Ben Zywicki both earned All-American honors. Women's runner Sydney Laws posted the highest finish by a women's runner from CSM at the National Championships finishing 10th to earn All-American honors.

Following the 2009 RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, Siemers was selected as the RMAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year, as well as the RMAC Women's Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year. Siemers led the CSM men to a ninth-place showing at the 2009 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field National Championships, marking the best-ever finish for a CSM team (men or women) at the indoor championships. Five CSM student-athletes combined to earn All-American honors eight times at the 2009 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field National Championships, and the men's DMR squad captured CSM's third-ever national title in track & field. Three CSM student-athletes earned All-American honors at the 2009 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships.  

During the 2008 cross country season, the CSM men posted their fourth consecutive top-ten finish (ninth place) at the NCAA Division II National Championships. Ben Zywicki earned All-American honors for the second time in as many years for the Oredigger men, who were ranked as high as fifth in the nation during the 2008 season.  

In 2007-08, two Orediggers (Zywicki, Michael Rooney) earned All-American honors at the 2007 NCAA Division II Cross Country National Championships while a grand total of 12 student-athletes garnered All-American recognition during the 2008 NCAA Division II Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field National Championships. The 2008 Oredigger men's outdoor track & field team also achieved an all-time program-best #10 national ranking before going on to record its best-ever finish (tied - 8th) at the national championships.  

Since 2001, Siemers has helped to establish Colorado School of Mines as a national powerhouse by leading 111 NCAA Division II individual national qualifiers to 127 All-American awards in both cross country and track & field.  

The CSM cross country and track & field teams have earned the following top-25 national finishes in recent years at the NCAA Division II National Championships:  

2000 - Men's Indoor 23rd / Men's Outdoor 22nd
2001 - Men's Indoor 15th / Men's Outdoor 13th
2002 - Men's Indoor 22nd
2003 - Women's Cross Country 14th
2004 - Women's Outdoor 19th
NCAA II National Champion - 2004 Women's 3,000m Steeplechase (Hannah Davey-Briggs)
2005 - Men's Indoor 25th/Women's Indoor 23rd/Men's Cross Country 6th/Women's Cross Country 5th
2006 - Men's Indoor 14th/Women's Indoor 10th/Men's Outdoor 18th/Men's Cross Country 7th
2007 - Men's Indoor 15th / Men's Outdoor 25th / Men's Cross Country 7th
2008 - Men's Indoor 14th / Men's Outdoor T-8th / Men's Cross Country 9th
2009 - Men's Indoor 9th / Men's Cross Country 3rd
NCAA II National Champion - 2009 Men's DMR (Zywicki, Husted, Maynard, McLain) 
2010 - Men's Indoor 24th / Men's Outdoor 12th
NCAA II National Champions - Mark Husted (800 m) / Mack McLain (1500 m)

A Chicago native, Siemers graduated from Fenton High School in 1990 as an Illinois AA All-State performer in the 1600m. Competing for Illinois State University, Siemers lettered four times in both cross country and track & field, earned MVC All-Conference honors in both sports. During his collegiate career, Siemers posted a provisional national qualifying mark for the NCAA Division I indoor nationals. Siemers holds a bachelor's degree in Education from Illinois State and a master's degree in Education from the University of Colorado at Boulder.  

As a post-collegiate athlete, Siemers has placed as high at 8th in the 1999 USATF indoor nationals in the mile run and qualified for the 2004 US Olympic Trials Marathon. In October of 2008, Siemers placed first in his division at the 17th annual Peak Performance Maine Marathon in Portland, Maine.  

Siemers resides in Golden with his wife, Erica, and his two dogs, Buster and Sandy.  

2010-11 marks Marianne Hutchens' third season as the Women's Strength & Conditioning Coach / Assistant Track & Field Coach at Colorado School of Mines.

Hutchens coached her first sprinter to All-American honors as Kiera Benson placed eighth in the 60 m at the 2010 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships. Benson also qualified for the 2010 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 100 m.

Hutchens, who served as an assistant track & field coach and an assistant strength & conditioning coach in a part-time capacity at Mines in 2007-08, also worked as a facilities supervisor in the CSM Student Recreation Center during the 2007-08 school year.

Prior to her arrival at Mines, Hutchens spent four years (2003-04 to 2006-07) as an assistant track & field coach at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Hutchens, who coached the pole vaulters at James Madison, also served as the Assistant Director for Compliance during her final season with the Dukes in 2006-07.

Hutchens' coaching resume also includes one year (2002-03) as a volunteer assistant coach for the CSM track & field team and one season (2001-02) as a graduate assistant strength & conditioning coach at Illinois State University.

During her collegiate career at Purdue University, Hutchens became the first-ever women's pole vaulter for the Boilermakers' track & field squad and was a member of two Big Ten team champions (indoor in 1999, outdoor in 2000). Hutchens, who earned recognition on the Coaches Honor Roll in 1999-00, graduated from Purdue in 2000 with an undergraduate degree in Exercise Physiology.

Hutchens, who went on to earn her master's degree in Athletic Administration from James Madison University in 2007, is Level I USA Track & Field Certified and Level II USA Track & Field Certified in Jumps, Sprints / Hurdles, Relays and Combined Events.

A 1996 graduate of Merrillville High School in Indiana, Hutchens competed in track & field during her prep career.

Hutchens and her husband, Josh, who is the head wrestling coach at CSM, make their home in Golden.