The Bowerman Track Club (BTC) is an American training group sponsored by Nike, Inc. for professional distance runners as well as a separate recreational club for casual runners. The professional team is supported by head coach Jerry Schumacher and assistant

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. The club maintains a rivalry with the competing Oregon Track Club, also sponsored by

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. BTC athletes won three medals at the 2017 World Athletics Championships. The club is named after Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman.

Purpose

As the organization states itself:

Roster

The Bowerman Track Club hosts the following athletes:

Men

* Mo Ahmed *

Amos Bartelsmeyer Amos Bartelsmeyer (born 25 July 1994) is a German middle and long-distance runner. He represented Germany at the 2019 World Athletics Championships and 2020 Summer Olympics competing in the men's 1500 metres. He competed collegiately for the Ge ...

* Matthew Centrowitz Jr. * Chris Derrick *

Grant Fisher Grant Fisher (born April 22, 1997) is a Canadian-born American professional middle- and long-distance runner. He placed fifth in the 10,000 meters at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and fourth at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Fisher holds No ...

* Evan Jager * Woody Kincaid * Lopez Lomong * Sean McGorty * Marc Scott * Josh Thompson * Kieran Tuntivate

Women

* Shelby Houlihan * Courtney Frerichs *

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* Elise Cranny

Former members

Some members have left the club, either due to

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or change of training plans.

Men

Chris Solinsky Chris Solinsky (born December 5, 1984) is a retired American distance runner and an American college cross country coach. Solinsky is the current assistant coach of the Oregon Ducks cross country team at the University of Oregon. Among his more no ...

* Matt Tegenkamp *

Simon Bairu Simon Bairu (born 8 August 1983) is a Canadian long-distance runner. Early life Bairu was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to an Ethiopian mother and an Eritrean father. He grew up in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada where his family moved to when he w ...

* Tim Nelson * Jonathan Reilly * Elliott Heath *

Dan Huling Daniel "Dan" Huling (born July 16, 1983) is an American distance runner who specializes in the 3000-meter steeplechase. He holds a personal record of 8:13.29 minutes for the event, set in 2010. He has represented the United States at the World ...

* Matt Hughes *

Andrew Bumbalough Andrew Bumbalough (born March 14, 1987) is a runner who specialized in various middle and long distances in track. He represented the United States at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup. After gra ...

* Ryan Hill

Women

Betsy Saina Betsy Saina (born 30 June 1988) is a Kenyan athlete in long distance running. Early life Saina was born in Kenya on 30 June 1988. She began running as a teenager in Eldoret, Kenya with hopes to pursue education at Itigo Girls High School. Her ...

* Sammy Silva *

Colleen Quigley Colleen Quigley (born November 20, 1992) is an American middle-distance runner, steeplechase specialist and an Olympian from St. Louis, Missouri. She is the current World Record holder in the 4x1500 meters relay (set July 31, 2020). Competing i ...

* Kate Grace * Amy Cragg * Gwen Jorgensen *

Marielle Hall Marielle Hall (born January 28, 1992) is a long-distance runner from the United States. She competed in the Women's 5000 meters event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China as well as the Women's 10,000 meters final at ...

* Sinclaire Johnson * Emily Infeld

Notes

References

External links

* {{Nike, Inc. Track and field clubs in the United States Running clubs in the United States Nike, Inc. Sports in Portland, Oregon 2003 establishments in Oregon