Brogan Austin

Brogan Austin (born October 5, 1991) is an American track and field athlete, specializing in long distance running events. He is the 2018 American Champion in the Marathon, as well as the course record holder at numerous races and distances, including the Indy Monumental Half Marathon. He is currently training to make the USA Olympic Team in the Marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Collegiate Career

Austin was a student athlete at Drake University. While at Drake, he was a five-time Missouri Valley Conference Champion on the track with three indoor 5,000-meter titles and a 3,000-meter title to his credit. In 2013, he won the Drake Relays 5,000-meter title and claimed the MVC crown in the event as well. In cross-country, he was the MVC Individual Champion in 2011. While at Drake, Austin had numerous accolades: he was an NCAA Cross Country Championships qualifier; he held the Indoor 5,000-meter school record; he was an MVP conference meet record holder; he was a 2x Conference meet MVP; he was the Drake University Student Athlete MVP, and; he was an Academic All-American.

Professional Career

Post-graduation, Austin quickly qualified for the 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials, where he placed 38^th in his debut marathon. Placed 16th at the USA Club Cross Country Championships (29:52). Placed 12th at the USA 7 Mile Championship. 2017 and 2018 saw massive development for Austin, and he won the Good Life Halfsy (2017) and Indy Half Marathon (2018) by smashing the course records at both races. He capped off 2018 with a win at the California International Marathon / USATF Marathon Championships, becoming the US National Marathon Champion. In 2019, Austin started the year with an overall win at the Atlanta Track Club's Road To Gold 8-Mile Race, which is the final loop on the course of the 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials.

Austin has his sights set on the 2020 Olympic Trials and making the US Olympic team in the Men's Marathon for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Personal Records

Personal Records
Event	Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Marathon	2018	USATF Marathon Championships (California International Marathon)	Sacramento, CA	1st	2:12:38
Half-Marathon	2018	Indianapolis Monumental Half-Marathon	Indianapolis, IN	1st	62:39
10 Mile	2018	USATF 10 Mile Championships (Medtronic TC 10 Mile)	Minneapolis, MN	13th	47:57
10,000 Meters (Road)	2019	Road to Gold (10K Split)	Atlanta, GA	1st	28:55
10,000 Meters (Track)	2013	Stanford Invitational	Stanford, CA	-	29:32
5,000 Meters (Indoor Track)	2019	Iowa State Classic	Ames, IA	3rd	13:56
3,000 Meters (Indoor Track)	2019	University of Washington Preview Meet	Seattle, WA	11th	8:02.57

Born	October 5, 1991 (Nebraska, USA)
Residence	Des Moines, IA, USA
Height	6 ft, 0 in (1.83m)
Weight	142 lbs (64.4 kg)

Country	United States
Sport	Running
Events	Marathon, Half-Marathon, 10,000-meters, 5000-meters
College Team	Drake University
Club	Tinman Elite
Turned Pro	2015
Coach	Tom "Tinman" Schwartz
Athlete Representative	NES Elite(Neil Segel)