Why were the Brooks Beasts shut out of the NIKE Pre Classic?

well, symmonds and loxsom have only run 1:48 this year so it's not like they proved their worth. and yes i know that wheating ran 1:48 but he at least ran 3:38 last week.

as for their women, katie mackey could've been in the 1500 for sure with her 4:06. i can't speak for the other women of the beasts.

can anybody think of a beast other than Mackey who has run well outdoors?

expect the worst from Nike, you'll not be disappointed.

the low road is where they run.

Does Cap, Starks, Cesar, et al still have it out against Danny Mackey & his group?

Is the Pope Catholic?

Its their party and they'll cry if they want to.

There was all the Instagram photo during the Portland Meet last year where Nick Symmonds went to the Nike track and took a posed with all his Brooks gear.

Boris got Nick's lane in the 800m. He's the world indoor champ and needed up with the win.

None of the Brooks team had the form to warrant a run at Pre.

Um, it's a Nike meet, of course the fields are going to be disproportionately Nike athletes. The adidas meet in NYC was always that way with adidas athletes, and the NB Indoor meet in Boston is that way with NB athletes. You really think that if Brooks hosted a big meet up in Seattle that they would send invitations to NOP/BTC/OTC? Ya right... This is just Brooks making a big deal out of absolutely nothing.

Fredo Corleone (aka Capriotti) is butt sore towards Danny.

They also didn't let in the Nike athletes who train with the Beasts, Fedronic and Wright.

It was obsviously a message sent by Capriotti to Mackey. Probably related to the threat issue last national champs.

Both Wright and Fedronic deserved to be in based on recent form alone.

1 Montaño , Alysia USA 2:00.78

2 Grace , Kate USA 2:01.16

3 Williams , Chrishuna USA 2:01.69

4 Price , Chanelle USA 2:01.87

5 Beckwith-Ludlow , Molly USA 2:01.99

6 Fricker , McKayla USA 2:02.27

7 Roesler , Laura USA 2:02.27

8 Lipsey , Charlene USA 2:04.88

9 Brown , Stephanie USA 2:05.84

Chambers , Kendra USA DN

mo money mo problems wrote:

They also didn't let in the Nike athletes who train with the Beasts, Fedronic and Wright.

It was obsviously a message sent by Capriotti to Mackey

A look at the phacts shows the message is muddled. Wright was invited to every Pre from 2010-2015, and she's been to a bunch (most? all?) of the recent Nike meets in Portland.

I guess that's really telling them!

PS Lots of pholks have a message for Wright:

At the upcoming Brooks PR HS meet they will have 1 pro female and 1 pro male event - lets see how many Nike athletes they invite to that

Perhaps Wright belonged, but I believe it was a National 800 and Fredronic is not American.

Nobody is running in good enough form from Brooks Beasts to warrant a start at Pre except MAYBE Katie Mackey. It is a 2nd rate club with a 2nd rate coach with a 2nd rate company. Pre Classic is for real

Pre Classic is a joke - - you have Kenyans and Ethiopians ruling the mid distance roost and Americans running for the second tier spots. Not interested in hearing about Coburn's steeple AR either, she was never in the race when the Kenyans began to roll. This is only end of May - - wait til the summer when the real racing begins.

reed wrote:

well, symmonds and loxsom have only run 1:48 this year so it's not like they proved their worth. and yes i know that wheating ran 1:48 but he at least ran 3:38 last week.

as for their women, katie mackey could've been in the 1500 for sure with her 4:06. i can't speak for the other women of the beasts.

can anybody think of a beast other than Mackey who has run well outdoors?

Drew Windle

If they want to make it just a Nike meet then it should be get the IAAF diamond league status.

Low move from Capriotti but I am not surprised.

I guess Mackey should have been okay with being theatened at the US champs last year!

Kyle's Killer Lemonade wrote:

reed wrote:

well, symmonds and loxsom have only run 1:48 this year so it's not like they proved their worth. and yes i know that wheating ran 1:48 but he at least ran 3:38 last week.

as for their women, katie mackey could've been in the 1500 for sure with her 4:06. i can't speak for the other women of the beasts.

can anybody think of a beast other than Mackey who has run well outdoors?

Drew Windle

I think David Monti's point is that at least ONE athlete probably should be on the starting line.

We can make arguments for a few being on the fence, 1 or 2 probably a yes, but not one?

That was an unprofessional move to hurt athletes by Capriotti and his thugs, IMO.

What can anyone really do though, send out a tweet, some letsrun know it all's complain for a day then it's forgotten? I am surprised David Monti said something, he would be one that should know if a meet looks skewed and does not have any association with Mackey or the Beasts.

McKayla Fricker was in the USATF 800 in a Beasts uniform, I believe.

Cap is an idiot wrote:

Kyle's Killer Lemonade wrote:

[quote]reed wrote:

well, symmonds and loxsom have only run 1:48 this year so it's not like they proved their worth. and yes i know that wheating ran 1:48 but he at least ran 3:38 last week.

as for their women, katie mackey could've been in the 1500 for sure with her 4:06. i can't speak for the other women of the beasts.

can anybody think of a beast other than Mackey who has run well outdoors?

Drew Windle

Riley Masters beat Mac Fleet at Oxy.

OklahomaGuy wrote:

McKayla Fricker was in the USATF 800 in a Beasts uniform, I believe.

She is coached by USATF guy John Marcus in Portland/High Performance West.