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Katie Mackey Makes Her First U.S. national team for Worlds

By Scott Olberding

February 18, 2018

Yesterday’s women’s 3,000 meter final at the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championships did not surprise us too much in regards to the winner because Shelby Houlihan is on fire since moving up from the 1,500 meters. The big surprise came from the resurgence of Katie Mackey on the Brooks Beasts.

Mackey took second and qualified for the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham (U.K) on March 1. It is her first U.S. national team for a global championship and it comes after she’s been injured for much of the past year.

Here’s what coach Dannie Mackey had to say after the race, according to a statement from Brooks.

“This is Katie in true form,” Mackey said. “Getting her healthy after her injury from last summer took a while, but we knew she was capable and hungry for her spot at Worlds. Her smile at the finish says it all.”

We pulled some of Katie Mackey’s U.S. Championship history when track world championship teams are on the line on the track….

2011 USA Outdoors – 8th in the 1,500m
2012 USA Indoors – 7th in the 1,500m
2012 Olympic Trials – 9th in the 1,500m
2013 USA Outdoors – 9th in the 1,500m
2013 USA Outdoors – 8th in the 5,000m
2014 USA Indoors – 5th in the 1,500m
2015 USA Outdoors – 6th in the 5,000m
2016 USA Indoors – 5th in the 1,500m
2016 Olympic Trials – 6th in the 5,000m
2018 USA Indoors – 2nd in the 3,000m (Makes first world championship team)

Here’s what that looks like in graph form:

katie mackey us championship history

Scott Olberding

Full-time accountant, amateur marathoner and statistics editor for Citius Mag. Focused on creating arithmetic visualization and writing narrative for data-centric athletic ideas. Founding member of the JBAC and University of Portland Alumnus. Hosted Paul Snyder on his recruiting trip to UP, taking him to an Astronomy class. Although Paul did not commit, they have since become great friends.