Support Team

Dr. Mason is an assistant professor in the Orthopaedics and Family Medicine departments at Emory University. He is board certified in Sports Medicine and a registered MSK ultrasound specialist with a special interest in track and field, running injuries, soccer and biologic injections. He did his undergraduate at Princeton University, Medical school at Howard University and Sports Medicine Fellowship in Birmingham AL, with Dr. James Andrews. Dr. Mason is the Team Physician for Georgia Tech and Emory University Track & Field and Cross Country; and a Team Physician for USA Track & Field, and the National Scholastic Athletics Foundation. Dr. Mason also serves as a Sports Medicine consultant in his homeland of Jamaica and as the Chief Medical Officer for USA Track and Field at international competitions.

Dr. Edwards is the founder of Precision Performance & Physical Therapy and has dedicated her life to helping runners feel better and perform better. She is residency trained in orthopedics, a Board Certified Orthopedic Specialist and trained in running medicine. Her race resume includes several marathons and three Bostons. She has been a running coach, authored books & research articles about running, teaches and lectures nationally & internationally, is the co-host of the More Than Miles podcast and recently launched a new running company, Fast Bananas.

Dr. Seynders is residency trained in orthopedics, a Board Certified Orthopedic Specialist and trained in running medicine. She is an accomplished runner and athlete. She is the co-host for the More Than Miles podcast, is a running coach and lectures locally about running. When Dr. Seynders is not in the clinic, she can be found training for her next race.

Dr. Karr is a runner and athlete. In addition to her training in running medicine and orthopedics, she is a well-being coach. Her knowledge and experience allows her to integrate physical injury with mental and emotional health. Helping her patients reach their running goals and improve their overall health and well-being at the same time.

Meteor Nutrition arose after lifelong athlete, Kelsey Pontius wished to pursue her passion for the impact of nutrition on the human body in motion. Kelsey grew up playing competitive soccer, and eventually ended her career as a D1 soccer player to transform into a distance runner who since has qualified for the both the 2020 and 2024 US Marathon Olympic Trials. Through several instances of her athletic background, she felt the ebbs and flows with nutrition on performance. She knew she was destined to help other athletes benefit from the implementation of optimal nutrition. Aside from working with ambitious athletes, Kelsey has worked in the clinical arena with a multitude of different medical complexities. Having a variety of different experiences in dietetics has given Kelsey the necessary tools to allow wholesome food heal and fuel the remarkable human body.

Well Body Basics is the practice of Dr. Donna Sands Annicelli, a neuromuscular-based chiropractor who has been treating all manner of soft tissue and joint conditions since the mid '90s. She offers customized care by utilizing a variety of soft tissue and joint techniques, functional movement, corrective exercises, and state-of-the-art technology, including shock wave therapy. She has extensive experience with athletes of all levels, from beginners and weekend warriors to Olympians and professionals. Dr. Sands has served as an onsite provider with medical teams at several Ironman races, marathons, and duathlons, and earned one of her post grad biomechanics certifications through her work with the U.S. Olympic bobsled team in Lake Placid, NY. She has been a provider for several running and triathlon teams and clubs throughout NYC and the greater Atlanta area. She has been treating Atlanta Track Club Elite athletes since the team's inception in 2016.

Chris Stanley is currently Research faculty at Florida State University, as well as full-time Psychology. He has also been full-time faculty at institutions in North Carolina and Florida. Throughout his career, he has been involved on a variety of collaborative research projects and applied activities related broadly to human performance and development in athletic, health, psychosocial, and educational domains. In addition to teaching academic courses, he has given an array of performance- based lectures at conferences and events for audiences of athletes, families, coaches, and psychologists. In terms of writing and scholarship, he has dozens of peer reviewed publications, and has authored two books. His most recent book - entitled Reach Every Athlete - focuses on coaching athletes with hidden disabilities and conditions. In practice, Chris has been involved with USA Track and Field since 2014. This has more recently included role as lead Sport and Performance Psychology staff at the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo (2021), and Outdoor World Championships in Oregon (2022) and Budapest (2023). Chris also consults with a variety of other professional organizations in addition to being the lead mental skills and performance consultant with Atlanta Track Club Elite.

Dr. Altelisha "Lisha" Taylor is a board-certified family medicine & sports medicine physician who treats patients of all ages. Along with primary care, she specializes in injury prevention, bone stress management, nutrition optimization, and ultrasound-guided injections for athletes and active adults. Dr. Taylor received her bachelor's degree from Duke University, a master's degree in public health from George Washington University, and went to medical school at the University of Florida. She did her residency training in family medicine at Emory University and completed a fellowship in sports medicine from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). During her time in Los Angeles, Dr. Taylor served as a team physician for UCLA athletics and an assistant team physician for the Los Angeles Lakers (NBA), the Los Angeles Sparks (WNBA), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB). She now lives in Atlanta, GA working as faculty at Morehouse School of Medicine, a primary care sports medicine physician, and the co-medical director of Atlanta Track Club.