Brooks Beasts Track Club

The Brooks Beasts Track Club is a group of professional middle- and long-distance runners sponsored by Brooks Running. The group includes runners specializing in distances from the 800 meters to the 5000 meters. The group trains primarily in Seattle, WA under coach Danny Mackey.[1] [2]

Brooks Beasts' roster currently features Nia Akins, Brannon Kidder, Allie Buchalski, David Ribich, Allie Ostrander, Drew Windle, Karisa Nelson, Garrett Heath, Marta Pen Freitas Pires, Henry Wynne, Izaic Yorks, Josh Kerr, Ryan Vail, and Spencer Brown.[3][4]

In addition to the core Beasts athletes, Brooks also sponsors a group of at-large athletes that train under Mackey with the main Beasts athletes.

Brooks Beasts was formed in 2013 when Brooks took up the task of launching a professional track team with the goal of helping athletes win medals at National, World, and Olympic championships.[5]

Beasts athletes include National, Worlds and Olympic qualifiers and multiple NCAA All-Americans, NCAA champions, and record-holders in both Division 1 and Division 2. It has featured numerous U.S. Top 5s and World Top 25 runners.[6][7]

References
  1. "AthleteBiz | Brooks Beasts Track Club". www.athletebiz.us.
  2. "Brooks Beasts Running Club, Coach and Shoes". August 24, 2018.
  3. "Brooks Running Company Signs Deepest Class of Athletes to Brooks Beasts Track Club - RunBlogRun". www.runblogrun.com.
  4. "Just how fast is a Brooks Beast?". Brooks Running.
  5. Manager, MAC Seattle. "Welcome Brooks Beasts".
  6. "Danny Mackey, Head Coach, Brooks Beasts Track Club, On Mindset & Training From Jiu Jitsu to Running". marnionthemove.com. 15 December 2020.
  7. "Keeping Up with the Brooks Beasts Track Club: Meet The Fast & Furious Runners from Brooks Beasts". MISSBISH - Women's Fashion, Fitness & Lifestyle Magazine. June 2, 2016.
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