Why was Kate Grace not wearing Oiselle at the UW Preview?

Also she is attached to NorCal Distance instead of Oiselle even though her NorCal teammates Leah O'Connor and Brie Felnagle are attached to adidas.

Section 3

1 Grace, Kate NorCal Distance 8:47.26!

2 Hassan, Sifan Nike Oregon Project 8:50.36M

3 Felnagle, Brie adidas 8:52.35M

4 Paquette, Lauren Brooks 8:54.71

5 O'Connor, Leah adidas 8:56.14

Read more:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=8007792#ixzz4VxAa07lH

Contract negotiations. I predict she will be in NB at the end of them.

From the Oiselle Team Twitter:

K8 had a fabulous year, her contract was up, is entertaining offers. We love her no matter the kit!

Looks like she's trying to get real money.

I don't blame her one bit if she's jumping ship. Unfortunately I can't imagine Oiselle can afford her value in the market. It'll be interesting to see if there's any backlash for not being "loyal". I really hope there isn't, a man in the situation would be slapped on the back for getting paid. She deserves the same ability.

Oiselle is doing all black kit now to mourn the election results.

In the past Oiselle has been kind. If I am remembering correctly, they still seemed fond of Kerri Gallagher after she left for Nike. They sounded like they understood the whole money issue!

K8 Grace Fan wrote:

In the past Oiselle has been kind. If I am remembering correctly, they still seemed fond of Kerri Gallagher after she left for Nike. They sounded like they understood the whole money issue!

I'm not concerned about Oiselle themselves, they seem to carry themselves as adults, more from people that are ardent fans of the brand.

She will not get her value. Her representation is not respected in the industry. Way too cocky and some brands won't even answer his phone calls.

feldman wrote:

I'm not concerned about Oiselle themselves, they seem to carry themselves as adults, more from people that are ardent fans of the brand.

There is no such thing as carrying yourself like an adult. Adults carry themselves in a variety of ways.

She should go to NB and go to a real agent.

Tough business. Kate probably wants to stay with Drew so limited on groups (i.e. - company's) she can negotiate with

Looks to be the same thing with Kate Grace's teammate Lauren Wallace, too. No Oiselle kit.

http://www.flotrack.org/event/254459-2017-uw-indoor-preview/photos/450503/419219

Is Drew paid by New Balance or each one of the ladies paid be their respective company's or individually?

Yeah, will they love her if she joins NIKE?

Didn't think so... Oiselle is struggling.

Whats up in Seattle wrote:

Looks to be the same thing with Kate Grace's teammate Lauren Wallace, too. No Oiselle kit.

http://www.flotrack.org/event/254459-2017-uw-indoor-preview/photos/450503/419219

lauren wallace has had one good race ever, and that just happened to be the 2015 US Indoor champs.

Wouldn't surprise me if they dropped her, she barely gets out of her 800m heat at outdoor champs.

I think she should either move up or/ she should get a more serious part time job

Kate Grace is now repped by Paul Doyle; she split with Josh Cox.

Usain's Bolt wrote:

Kate Grace is now repped by Paul Doyle; she split with Josh Cox.

Best news ever. Josh is a con man and as Sam Chelenga once told me. My worth doubled when parting ways with Josh. I think he still has a couple athletes fooled but none of the shoe companies.

Ronald Mexico, Esq wrote:

You can't mom belly, yeast infection and journal your way to revenue needed to sponsor top level athletes. when the same story keeps getting told over and over year after year, eventually your consumer base starts looking for some strange. k8 doesn't fit any of those mold. The bird was stop gap.

This made me laugh, but I don't wear Oiselle or any other company because of whom they endorse. It's more about comfort, quality, fit and good design.

The thing with K8 Grace is that she doesn't need the money so she's free to pick a good situation.