[4] Current elite team members favorite running store |url=https://shop.hansons-running.com/content/meet-the-team |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=shop.hansons-running.com |language=en}} The project's first Olympian was Brian Sell in the marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Sage Canaday wrote a book titled Running For The Hansons about his experience with Hansons-Brooks, published in 2011.
[5] Desiree Linden finished second in the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston, TX.
[6] On April 16, 2018, Linden was the first American woman in 33 years to win the Boston Marathon, with a time of 2:39:54.
[7] Other notable former athletes include Natosha Rodgers, Neeley Spence Gracey, Bobby Curtis, Jake Riley, Shadrack Kiptoo Biwott, Dathan Ritzenhein, and Mohamed Hrezi.