Olympic Alternate Jess McClain Signs Sponsorship Contract With Brooks

She was working full-time and coaching herself when she finished fourth at the Olympic Marathon Trials in Orlando.

When Jess McClain crossed the finish line in fourth place at the Olympic Marathon Trials in February, many spectators, media, and officials did a double-take. Who is that? Quickly, they realized it was McClain, 32—formerly known as Jess Tonn. She’d been a Brooks track athlete after she graduated from Stanford in 2015, before frequent injuries and the pandemic led her to take a brief hiatus from the sport in 2020.

She even put together a one-pager on herself—after all, she works in marketing—and sent it to several non-running brands. Though she didn’t hear back from them, she did open talks with four running shoe brands, including Brooks. She decided to go without an agent and negotiated the deal herself. McClain won’t change much about her current set-up.

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