Brad Hunt

Biography

Brad Hunt was named the head coach of the Princeton women’s cross country team in August 2016. Hunt serves as head coach of the cross country program and as an assistant distance and middle distance coach for the track team. In his second year at the helm of the distance program, the Tigers went from sixth place in the Ivy League cross country championships to fourth and had the top individual finisher in Gabi Forrest - the eighth Tiger in program history to win the individual title. She went on to earn All-America honors with a 37th place finish in the NCAA Championships. The following year, 2018, the team qualified for the NCAA championships and finished 21st. Along with Gabi Forrest, Hunt has sent 3 other individual student-athletes to the NCAA Cross Country Championship (Melia Chittenden 2019; Fi Max 2021; Abby Loveys, 2022). In cross country, Hunt has coached 5 student-athletes to 1st Team All-Ivy honors (Gabrielle Forrest 2017; MeliaChittenden 2019; Fiona Max 2021; Page Lester 2022; Fiona Max 2023), 12 to 2nd Team All-Ivy honors, and 18 to All-Region honors. Indoors, he has had 3 individual champions at Ivy Heps with Maggie Hock winning the 800m and Caroline Timm winning the 1000m, both in 2022, as well at Mena Scatchard winning the 1000m in 2024, setting a new Ivy League Indoor Championship record of 2:43.23. At the Indoor Ivy League Championships, the Princeton distance team has outscored all other Ivy League distance teams twice (2019; 2023). Hunt has also had 4 Heps