Meet Our Staff
98% of our camp counselors are former Gaar Mountain Running Camp campers and alumni of high schools in attendance! Our counselors have high school and collegiate level running and coaching experience and some have continued to train and compete post-collegiately. Counselors stay in cabins with campers and facilitate all runs and activities for the week. We pride ourselves on our ability to connect on an individual level with our campers and ensure the same quality experience that kept all of us coming back as campers and now as counselors!!
Meet Our Directors
Denver Davis
Denver has been the owner and director of Gaar Mountain Running Camp since 2024. Denver has been working at running camp since 2008 and was a camper from 1998 to 2000. Outside of camp Denver has been coaching cross country and track and field for 21 years, having spent 5 years at Lake Braddock and the last 16 years as the director of c
Denver has been the owner and director of Gaar Mountain Running Camp since 2024. Denver has been working at running camp since 2008 and was a camper from 1998 to 2000. Outside of camp Denver has been coaching cross country and track and field for 21 years, having spent 5 years at Lake Braddock and the last 16 years as the director of cross country and track and field at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia where he currently works. He also spent 17 years in the classroom as a history and social studies teacher and professor having taught 6th grade through college over that period. Denver ran competitively for Lake Braddock and the University of Lynchburg and attended George Mason University for graduate school. He and his wife, Ashley, live in Waynesboro, VA with their son.
Nick Tuck
Nick is an assistant director at Gaar Mountain Running Camp. Nick has been working at running camp since 2013 and was a camper from 2011 to 2012 while running cross country and track at Lake Braddock. Nick is a 5x Ivy League Champion and 4xMile Relay Penn Relays Champion while running for the University of Pennsylvania. Nick does data an
Nick is an assistant director at Gaar Mountain Running Camp. Nick has been working at running camp since 2013 and was a camper from 2011 to 2012 while running cross country and track at Lake Braddock. Nick is a 5x Ivy League Champion and 4xMile Relay Penn Relays Champion while running for the University of Pennsylvania. Nick does data analytics work with various government agencies and also has been coaching cross country and track at Maggie Walker Governor's School since 2021. Nick and his wife, Emma, live in Mechanicsville, VA with their son.
Rick Crump
Rick Crump
Rick is an assistant director and the running director at Gaar Mountain Running Camp. Rick has been working at running camp since 1983 when it was founded as the George Mason Running Camp by then George Mason University coach John Cook. Rick ran competitively at Edison High School and Virginia Tech. Rick was also a competitive tri-ath
Rick is an assistant director and the running director at Gaar Mountain Running Camp. Rick has been working at running camp since 1983 when it was founded as the George Mason Running Camp by then George Mason University coach John Cook. Rick ran competitively at Edison High School and Virginia Tech. Rick was also a competitive tri-athlete for many years having competed in and completed the Ironman Triathlon on multiple occasions. Rick’s three children all attended and worked at Camp Varsity and are now counselors at Gaar Mountain Running Camp. Rick is a physical education teacher, coach and race director in Torrance, CA where he lives with his wife, Connie.
Maddie Duda
Casey Lardner
Casey Lardner
Maddie has been at camp for 18 summers and serves as our Activities Director. Maddie attended Harrisonburg High School and was a camper from 2006-2008. She currently lives in Haiku, Hawaii on the island of Maui where she works as a scientific diver and marine monitoring technician for the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources.
Casey Lardner
Casey Lardner
Casey Lardner
Casey has been at camp for 13 summers and serves as our Staff Director. Casey attended and ran for Lake Braddock and was a camper from…She then ran competitively for William & Mary, holds a PhD in Biology from…
Mike Rivera
Casey Lardner
Abbey Millar
Mike has been at camp for 10 summers and serves as an Activities Director and handles staffing for camp. Mike attended Lake Braddock and was a camper from 2014-2015. He then ran competitively for the University of Mary Washington. He currently lives in Arlington, VA where he works as a consultant for various government agencies.
Abbey Millar
Casey Lardner
Abbey Millar
Abbey has been at camp for 9 summers and serves as female staff coordinator, handles staffing for camp and has created and designed our logos.
Alex Corbett
Kevin Monogue
Kevin Monogue
Alex has been at camp for 9 summers and serves as male staff coordinator. Alex attended and ran for Lake Braddock and was a camper from…then ran competitively for the University of Virginia and has been competing post-collegiately. Alex currently lives in Worcester, Massachusetts where he works as a store manager at Sneakerama.
Kevin Monogue
Kevin Monogue
Kevin Monogue
Kevin has been at camp for 9 summers and serves as assistant running director and as an activities director. Kevin went to Lake Braddock and was a camper from…Kevin then ran competitively for the University of Pennsylvania and now competes post-collegiately.
Hannah Miller
Kevin Monogue
Hannah Miller
Hannah has been at camp for 8 summers. She has served as female staff coordinator, camper health and wellness coordinator and runs the camp Instagram account. Hannah attended and ran for Harrisonburg High School and was a camper from 2015-2018. She then ran competitively for Elon University. She currently lives in Raleigh, NC and is
Hannah has been at camp for 8 summers. She has served as female staff coordinator, camper health and wellness coordinator and runs the camp Instagram account. Hannah attended and ran for Harrisonburg High School and was a camper from 2015-2018. She then ran competitively for Elon University. She currently lives in Raleigh, NC and is a communications specialist for scientific grant programs around North Carolina.