Brooks is a freshman at Mudd this year. A native of Lafayette, Colorado, he loves running mountain trails and in times of boredom often dreams up extravagantly long trail running excursions, some of which actually even happen. His spirit animal is a mountain goat. His PR in the 5k is 16:23. A true distance runner, Brooks is looking forward to the longer races that college running offers. Racing rituals: wearing mismatched socks, usually one black and one white, and of course praying to the running gods.