THE BROOKS BLOG

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

Hansons-Brooks athlete, Ryan Sheehan, won the eighth annual Papa John’s 10-Miler Saturday morning in Louisville, Ky. Sheehan led the field of over 6500 runners, covering the 10-mile course in 48 minutes and 37 seconds.

Sheehan’s teammate, Nick Arciniaga, placed third in the road race with a time of 49 minutes eight seconds, just 15 seconds from the second place finisher, Tommy Neal of Colorado.
Sheehan, who led the race from the gun, was satisfied with his performance but still sees room for improvement.

“I would have liked to have run a little faster; I’m happy to have run under 49 (minutes) but was hoping to run 48:20.” Sheehan said.

The Papa John’s course, which finished inside of Papa John’s-Cardinal Stadium, had served as the United States Track and Field Men’s ten-mile Road Championship for four years, from 2003 through 2006. Although the race did not host the 2009 US ten-mile Championship, Papa John’s presented prize money to the first three male and first three female finishers.

For more information please contact David Jankowski at hansonsbrooks@gmail.com

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…..

Congratulations to Canada’s Newmarket Huskies, the age 15 and under Ontario Cross-Country Champions! The team also went on to come in second at the Canadian Junior Cross-Country Championshiops last weekend. Way to go!

One of the team parents sent us the photo, and reported that “It made it real easy for parents to pick them out with the NightLife shirts and we got a lot of positive feedback from other clubs…Seven of the eight girls are also wearing Mach 9 or 10 spikes. ”

For information on ordering Brooks gear for your team, check out our Team Sales page.

The Twin Cities Marathon hosted the U.S. Men’s Marathon Championships yesterday and Brooks placed four athletes in the top nine!! The race broke open in the last few miles, but for most of the race Hansons-Brooks athlete Mike Morgan led the field.

1 Fernando Cabada     2:16:31
2 Matt Gabrielson      2:17:38
3 Edwardo Torres      2:17:54
4 Mike Morgan 2:17:58
5 Mike Sayenko    2:19:18
6 Trent Briney            2:19:57
7 Chad Johnson 2:20:47
8 Fazil Bizuneh          2:20:52
9 Joshua Eberly    2:21:40

“Brooksie Half Marathon” in Michigan (yes, that is really the race name)  In the inaugural race with over 2500 competitors, four Hansons-Brooks athletes took the top four spots!

1 Brian Sell 1:08:19

2 Patrick Rizzo 1:08:19

3 Kyle O’Brien 1:08:19

4 Mike Kilburg 1:08:20

On the team side of things Brooks hosted two of the biggest cross country meets in the country between the Sunfair Invitational in Yakima, WA and the Paul Short Run in Bethlehem, PA.

Paul Short Run (4000 competitors)

http://eliterunning.com/photos/index.php?g2_itemId=158465

Sunfair Invite (2500 competitors)

http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/74645 (great video from a local high school)