Founded in 2006 as the Frontmann Running Club, Frontmann Competitive is a Los Angeles-based group of international and elite athletes whose members are from Mexico and South Africa.
The group, Salvador Bautista, Polo Parra, Gerardo Rabelo, Romualdo Sanchez, Juan Valencia and Evert van Niekerk, primarily trains in L.A.’s Griffith Park and at the University of Southern California track, and has competed in international events such as The Great Wall Marathon in China and the Los Angeles Marathon. Frontmann runners won the Long Beach Marathon in 2007 as well as both 5K and 10K events at the Calabasas Classic that same year. The group narrowly missed first place in the Long Beach Marathon in 2006 as well, arriving at a close second. 2008 saw the team enter The Great Wall Marathon in China, where Romualdo Sanchez broke the race record, finishing first at 3:18:484.