THE BROOKS BLOG

Brooks hosts the NCAA Division I Cross Country Pre-Nationals for the 7th-straight year today. The meet is being held at the LaVern Gibson XC Course, the home course of Indiana State University in Terre Haute.

Brooks partner Flotrack is covering the event. Unfortunately, bad internet connectivity at the course prevents them from streaming the races live. Instead, they’ll post archived videos of the races here:
http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/234565-2009-brooks-isu-pre-nationals/204540-2009-prenats-course-preview

More details:

• 94 men’s Division I teams
• 100 women’s Division I teams
• Top 30 in each race will be awarded a Brooks Pre-Nats EZ T!
• Two Brooks photo booths on hand

Good luck to everyone competing!

This fall Brooks will be sponsoring the best XC meets from around the country! And Flotrack will be there to cover most of them.

On September 5-6, Flotrack was on hand to cover the start of the season at the 2009 Brooks Memphis Twilight XC Classic. Watch race videos and interviews from the meet.

Here are the remaining Brooks-sponsored XC Events for fall 2009. Visit www.runbrooks.com for video coverage during and after events shown with an asterisk below!

OCTOBER 3
Paul Short Run
Bethlehem, PA

*Cowboy Jamboree
Stillwater, OK

*Sunfair Invite
Yakima, WA

OCTOBER 16-17
*NCAA Pre-Nationals
Terre Haute, IN

OCTOBER 17
Brown XC Invite
Providence, RI

NOVEMBER 7
*Washington State
Pasco, WA

*Maryland State
Hereford, MD

It was a great weekend in Landover, MD for high school running! Brooks is the official footwear and apparel sponsor of the Maryland Indoor Track & Field Championships and we are always looking for fun and exciting ways to reward these outstanding individuals.

This year www.flotrack.org came to town to cover the meet and also launched our new “mugshot’ contest. Check out http://www.flotrack.org/brooks/mug_shot_view_photo/258861

We also had a graphic artist at the event to “tag” Brooks Podium shirts for a few lucky athletes!  See you at in Baltimore for the Outdoor Championships!  Check out all meet footage-  http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234514-maryland-state-indoor-champs

Every year Brooks sponsors some of the best cross country and track meets across the country! We want to support the sport in it’s purest form and it doesn’t get any better than high school running!

To add a little excitement to our events we are partnering with Flotrack to cover these meets and bring these athletes an enhanced experience during and after the competition! To find out where Brooks will be in 2009, the enter contests, and to learn a little more about our athletes check out www.runbrooks.com.

Here is just a quick look at the Brooks NCAA Pre-National meet from last October…..