5k: 14:14 10k: 29:45 Half Marathon: 1:06

Brett attended Highland Park HS in IL where he was All-State in cross country and track. He graduated from Boston University in 2021 with a Bachelor's in Finance/Information Systems and a Master's in Business Analytics, and currently works as a technology consultant in Chicago. While running for BU, he was a 6-time Patriot League medalist and team captain. Brett looks to focus on shorter races this spring for SCTC.

5k: 17:19 8k: 28:05 Marathon: 2:44

Caitie McGauley is originally from St. Paul, MN, and ran cross country at Mahtomedi High School where she was a two-time conference champion and state participant. Caitie went on to run at Marquette University, where she majored in Biomedical Sciences for undergrad and later earned her Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies. While at Marquette, Caitie competed in many Big East Conference Championships, earned All-Conference honors in cross country, and was captain her senior year. In her post-collegiate running career she switched her focus to the marathon, and recently ran a PB of 2:44 at the 2023 Chicago Marathon. Caitie recently moved to Chicago to begin her career as a Physician Assistant, currently specializing in Urology. She is excited to join SCTC to run with a team again, improve on her PBs, and try some new distances.

8k: 23:54. Half Marathon: 1:06 Marathon: 2:20

Carlos started running his senior in high school at Waubonsie Valley in Aurora, IL before attending University of Illinois Chicago. While earning his BA in Economics and a minor in Finance; Carlos posted some impressive times clocking 14:22 in the 5k and 29:45 in the 10k while winning the conference title in cross country. He has had a great start to his SCTC career running a 1:06 half in Indy and setting a big PB in 8k running 23:54 this March. Carlos recently ran his debut marathon at Chicago in a quick 2:20.

3k: 9:41 5k: 17:22

Claire Linn grew up in Columbus, OH where she first began running in 7th grade. She competed in many events in track, but excelled best at the 800 her senior year. She continued her running journey for 5 years at Miami University where she majored in marketing for undergrad and earned her Master of Science in Business Analytics. At Miami, Claire competed in several MAC championship meets and earned all conference honors 3 times. After a short running hiatus, Claire missed the running community and decided to rejoin after moving to the Chicago area. Claire is looking forward to becoming re-immersed in the running culture, getting ingrained in the Chicago running scene, and working on improving her times while training with teammates. Claire currently works for Lev as a campaign manager focused on email marketing consulting.

Mile: 4:00 5k: 14:10 Half Marathon: 1:09

Daniel is from Wauwatosa, Wisc and went on to attend Bradley University where he earned a Bachelor's in Accounting. After graduating, Daniel earned his MBA and now works as a Project Accountant in Chicago. While running at Bradley, Dan broke the school record in the mile running 4:00.39 and finished 15th in the NCAA 1500. Dan is currently getting ready for another stab at the half this February in Arizona.

Half Marathon: 1:07 Marathon: 2:17

Eric is a Kansas-native whom after a career at the University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth, KS where he competed his BS in Mathematics and Chemistry as well as being a 5-time All-American joined the team in 2022. He was primarily a 800/1500m runner in college, but has since then expanded his sights toward enjoying different distances ranging from 5K to Marathon.

Recently, Eric debuted at the Chicago Marathon finishing in 25th place with a time of 2:17:04 to qualify for his first Olympic Trials.

3k: 9:28 5k: 16:25

Eve grew up in Clinton, NJ where she ran for North Hunterdon High School. She was a Footlocker National Finalist in 2014 and continued her running career at Cornell University. At Cornell, she won the ECAC championship in the 5k, was a 2-time Ivy League conference runner-up, and she qualified for the NCAA D1 First Round in the 5k. She is a published poet with an MFA in Creative Writing, cat mom, and a PhD candidate in Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago. She looks forward to improving on and off the track with the SCTC!

5k: 16:42 10k: 34:14

Heidi Heuerman is originally from Upper Arlington, Ohio and attended the University of Wisconsin to run cross country and track. She specialized in the 5k and 10k events running PRs of 16:42 and 34:14. She triple majored in Supply Chain Management, Operational Technology Management, and Marketing. Heidi secured a full time position as a supply chain analyst with W.W. Grainger after a summer internship. She is excited to explore the longest distances starting with the Columbus Marathon in October. On top of that, Heidi is thrilled to run alongside great runners with similar goals.

Half Marathon: 1:09 Marathon: 2:24

Jack was born and raised in West Chester, PA, where he ran for Bayard Rustin High School. He then went on to run for the University of Vermont while obtaining a BS in Dietetics, Nutrition, and Food Sciences. He currently uses his degree, working as a farmers market manager. After graduating, Jack knew he was interested in pursuing the marathon. He debuted in 2:28 and was able to bring his PR down to 2:24 over the next year. He is very excited to begin competing and training with SCTC.

5k: 14:50 8k: 24:07 Half Marathon: 1:06

Jared is from Bluffton, Indiana where he was primarily a 400/800 runner. He went to Indiana Univeristy and competed for the Run Club at Indiana University in the National Intercollegiate Running Club Association (NIRCA). In 2019, Jared was the NIRCA National champ in the 5k and 1500 earning the award of NIRCA National Track MVP. He moved to Chicago in 2022 and became an Assistant Apparel Buyer for Follett in Westchester. In 2022, Jared had a huge PB running a 1:06 half and this spring started strong w/ a new 8k PB of 24:07.

5k: 16:34 10k: 34:54 Half Marathon: 1:22

Kendall is from Rochester, MN and ran track and cross country for Mayo High School. She then went on to run at Marquette University while getting her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Kendall recently started her new job as a registered nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in the Medical ICU. She is very excited to join SCTC and to see what post college running has in store her after setting a PB in the half in 2023.

8k: 23:30
Half Marathon: 1:04
Marathon: 2:15

Kevin graduated Stanford in 2012 with a degree in Management Science and Engineering. After college, Kevin focused on the half marathon and marathon while maximizing his talent as an endurance runner. After joining the team in 2015, Kevin has improved in every distance highlighted by qualifying for the 2016 US Olympic Marathon Trials.  Recently at the 2019 Chicago Marathon, Kevin set a PR running 2:15, a 5 minute improvement which qualified him for his 2nd US Olympic Trials.  He hit his 3rd Olympic Trial Qualifier at Grandmas in June running 2:16. Kevin is currently getting ready for his 3rd Olympic Trials in February.

5k: 15:58
8k: 26:35
10k: 33:03
Marathon: 2:38

Kristen is a math teacher and assistant boys cross country coach at Plainfield South. She continues to improve on an impressive PR streak in the marathon from 2:51 in 2011 to 2:38 in 2017. Her career highlights include a second overall finish at the 2016 Shamrock Shuffle and 27th place at the 2016 USA Olympic Trials Marathon.

Kristen competed in her 2nd 2nd Olympic Trials in 2020 finishing in 79th place. After taking some time off to rehab an injury, she is slowly getting back into training with a goal of racing shorter events this spring.

800: 2:12 1500: 4:42 8k: 29:21

Maeve is from Seattle, WA and began running her sophomore year of high school. She then attended Wesleyan University where she was a team captain, two-time Dill All-American, and school record holder in the 800m. She graduated this past May with a Bachelor's degree in Neuroscience and recently started a new research position in a clinical psychology lab at Northwestern. She is very excited to be a part of SCTC!

Half Marathon 1:04 Marathon 2:17

Marcos started running freshman year of high school at Alhambra High School in Phoenix, AZ. and went on to run for and graduate from Wichita State University in 2013 with a Bachelor's in Exercise Science. He now works for Gatorade as part of the quality department along with balancing training and being a father of 3.

Marcos started with SCTC in 2021 as a 2:25 marathoner and in a few years took his half down to 1:04, marathon to 2:17 qualifying for the Olympic Trials. He just placed 70th overall and is looking to see how good he can be with SCTC in the coming years.

Half Marathon: 1:09 Marathon: 2:26

Mike Castellani comes to Chicago via Lansing, MI where he graduated from Michigan State in 2013 with a degree in Supply Chain Management. He started running seriously post college and his recent achievements include a Marathon PR (and top 90 overall finish) in the Chicago Marathon and an overall win in the F3 half marathon in a January 2022. Furthermore, his PR’s at the Blazing 10K and Shamrock Shuffle 8K helped his team finish at or near the top of the podium. Mike just finished off his 2023 season with another PB in the marathon running 2:26.

8k: 23:54
10k: 29:40
Half Marathon: 1:04
Marathon: 2:17

Oscar was born and raised in Chicago and is very passionate about running. He accomplished his first goal of the year helping the men’s team win Shamrock Shuffle. His other goal for 2019 was hitting the Olympic Trial standard which was accomplished recently at Chicago. Oscar had the race of his life at the Trials; he was the 239th seed and took 51st overall. He just finished off his 2021 by taking 27th at the Chicago Marathon. Oscar just posted a new PB in the marathon running 2:17 then went on to finish 83rd at his 2nd US Olympic Marathon Trials.

8k: 24:31 Half Marathon: 1:08 Marathon: 2:23

Paolo started running at the age of 7, and it’s been a passion and his favorite sport ever since. He was born in the Philippines and grew up in Skokie IL and then attended Loyola Academy high school where he received all-state honors in his senior cross country season. He then went to run at Marquette University for all 4 years, running cross country in the fall and focused on the 5k and 10k during the track seasons. He graduated last May of 2021 pursuing a degree in Marketing and Economics. Paolo just capped off his second year with SCTC with a PB in the half and in the marathon running 2:23 at Chicago.

1500: 4:31 5k: 16:55 Half Marathon: 1:18

Sabrina graduated from the University of St. Francis in 2022 where she completed her Bachelors and her Masters in Education. During her time at St. Francis, Sabrina earned 17 All-Americans and holds the school records for the 1500, Mile and 5k. She was primarily a middle distance runner in college and slowly transitioned into the 5k her senior year where she clocked 16:55. After setting a 5k PB in her first season w/ SCTC, Sabrina then capped off her 2023 with a blazing 1:18 debut at Indy. She is just coming off a huge PB at Shamrock running 28:22 for 8k and is now getting ready for the Indy Mini Half Marathon.

5k: 13:35
10k: 28:39
Half Marathon: 1:02
Marathon: 2:11

Stepan is from a small mining town in Siberia and got into sport at a young age and track stuck. As time went on he continued to improve to become one of the best runners in Russia becoming a two-time National Champ while posting times of 13:35 for 5k, 28:39 for 10k, 1:02 in the half and 2:11 in the marathon. Stepan just capped off his 2023 season running a 2:13 in his first ever major; Chicago.

1500: 4:38
5k: 17:28

Teresa was born in raised right here in Chicago. Her running career started at Prosser Career Academy and led her to then compete for UIC. Teresa majored in Accounting and now is a staff accountant at Holy Trinity High School. This fall will be her first post college season and will look to compete in a variety of distance with SCTC.

5k: 16:52 10k: 35:40 Half Marathon: 1:22

Tess is a prosthetist/orthotist who lives in Chicago. She ran cross country and track at UIC where she holds the majority of the track and xc records. In prosthetics and orthotics graduate school she ran for Club Northwest in Seattle for a year before taking 5 years off competitive running. She is coming off a 5k PB in Indy looking forward to some new PRs in 2024 with SCTC.

8k: 24:29 Half Marathon: 1:08 Marathon: 2:21

Tyler attended Vernon Hills HS in IL where he was All-State in Cross Country. He graduated from Brown University in 2019 with a degree in applied-mathematics biology and is currently a second year medical student at Northwestern. After walking on at Brown, he helped the team to a 5th place Northeast Regional finish in cross country.

Tyler began running with SCTC in 2020 and has had his best season yet, setting PRs in the 8k, 24:29, and half marathon, 68:32, this Spring. After setting a new PB of 2:24 in Chicago, Tyler looks to continued to build on that success with another PB of 2:21 at CIM.

Half Marathon: 1:07                               Marathon: 2:19

Zach began his collgiate career with University of St. Francis and in his sophomore year, helped his team earn a 3rd place finish in the NAIA National Championship. In his senior year Zach earned an All-American with a 4th place finish in the 10k. He totaled 9 All-Conference finishes between Cross Country and Track with one conference title in the 5k. Zach finished out his collegiate career in his first year of graduate school with Lewis University and now is the head coach at Dominican University.

Zach is coming off a 2:19 PB in 2023 and is excited to see how good he can be in the coming years with SCTC