2023 - Beast of the Brazos
2023 distances
Swimming
2.4 Mile Swim - No Wetsuit
Early Packet pick-up @ J-Petal & Poke (Waco Downtown); September 8th from 2-6pm. Race Day packet pick-up is from 6:45am-8:25am at the race site. All registered swimmers will receive a swim cap, t-shirt, and a finisher’s medal for those who make it past…The Beast! Make sure to join us at the After Party too starting at 12noon located at Fuzzy's Tacos Downtown! Awards given to the top three male and female finishers per tiered age group. Age groups: 18 & under, 19-34, 35-50, 51 & over T-shirt guaranteed to all registration received by Wednesday, August 23, 2023. Limited quantities available after this date.
2.4 Mile Swim - Wetsuit
Wetsuits get an official time and placing within their division, but no awards. Early Packet pick-up @ J-Petal & Poke (Waco Downtown); September 8th from 2-6pm. Race Day packet pick-up is from 6:45am-8:25am at the race site. All registered swimmers will receive a swim cap, t-shirt, and a finisher’s medal for those who make it past…The Beast! Make sure to join us at the After Party too starting at 12noon located at Fuzzy's Tacos Downtown! T-shirt guaranteed to all registration received by Wednesday, August 23, 2023. Limited quantities available after this date.
1.2 Mile Swim- No Wetsuit
Early Packet pick-up @ J-Petal & Poke (Waco Downtown); September 8th from 2-6pm. Race Day packet pick-up is from 6:45am-8:25am at the race site. All registered swimmers will receive a swim cap, t-shirt, and a finisher’s medal for those who make it past…The Beast! Make sure to join us at the After Party too starting at 12noon located at Fuzzy's Tacos Downtown! Awards given to the top three male and female finishers per tiered age group. Age groups: 18 & under, 19-34, 35-50, 51 & over T-shirt guaranteed to all registration received by Wednesday, August 23, 2023. Limited quantities available after this date.
1.2 Mile Swim - Wetsuit
Wetsuits get an official time and placing within their division, but no awards. Early Packet pick-up @ J-Petal & Poke (Waco Downtown); September 8th from 2-6pm. Race Day packet pick-up is from 6:45am-8:25am at the race site. All registered swimmers will receive a swim cap, t-shirt, and a finisher’s medal for those who make it past…The Beast! Make sure to join us at the After Party too starting at 12noon located at Fuzzy's Tacos Downtown! T-shirt guaranteed to all registration received by Wednesday, August 23, 2023. Limited quantities available after this date.
Race-day weather
Conditions on September 9, 2023 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 7:09 AM and sets at 7:42 PM local time (CDT) in Waco on September 9, 2023 — 12h 33m of daylight.
Course
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2023 results — Beast of the Brazos
188 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 2.4 Mile Swim - No Wetsuit
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mabel Fowler | 1:03:42 | 26:33 /mi |
| 2 | Blair Greenwood | 1:04:51 | 27:01 /mi |
| 3 | Gertie Kate Adair | 1:08:38 | 28:36 /mi |
| 4 | Cathleen Pruden | 1:11:51 | 29:56 /mi |
| 5 | Daniel Parks | 1:13:38 | 30:41 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 47 Waco events
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