College Teams that Wear Brooks

You can try Brooks and see if they actually work for you and if they don't, then you don't have to wear those shoes. The only downside would be that you have to pay for your own shoes outside of Brooks, but it is worth it to pay for other shoes if they'll prevent injury.

Brooks son para maricas!

Thanks for the response on the shoes. What about their uniforms (singlet and shorts) and warm up gear...any thoughts?

I wouldn't worry too much about the clothes. Brooks clothes are actually somewhat comfortable to run in as are most of the brands.

The clothes are okay, though to be honest Nike and Adidas are really the only running shoe companies that make great clothing. Asics and Brooks is crap compared to those two (and a few other brands, like Craft and Pearl Izumi, who don't sponsor teams).

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Brooks is my favorite brand of shoe and running clothing - Asics being second. Brooks is a running oriented company, and I think you'll be happy with their products.

Iona and Furman are only college teams sponsored by Brooks.

Brooks have good xc spikes and clothes. Dunno about regular shoes and spikes but I've tried some Launch on at a store and they felt nice.

My team wears Brooks uniforms, but we can train and race in whatever shoes we want.

Their clothing is very good, but I'm not a fan of most their footwear - too clunky for my preference.

my college is "nike" (we don't really get anything) and at least 1/2 the team trains in brooks. they make great trainers, ravenna, adrenaline, glycerin. don't know about their track spikes, but the mach series of cross spikes/flats is great and apparel is basically the same no matter where it comes from

My team has a partial discount on Brooks and Asics shoes/ apparel. I ran in a mix of Saucony/ Nike in high school and like Brooks' trainers much better. Still race in Zoom Vics, so I can't speak for their spikes, but I like their trainers a lot. They stay consistent with their big models, unlike Nike who changes things up frequently in an attempt to get people to buy several pairs if there's a shoe they like.

I love Brooks. Freshman year, I had these wretched Nikes. I couldn't even use them with proper running form.

Sophomore year, I had Asics. They were OK, I guess (I only ran 1 full race, because I was injured for most of the season and had a bad fall on my other race). I don't really know how to judge them.

This year, I have Brooks Mach 14. They're amazing. I sing them to sleep with a lullaby each night.

But seriously, they're really great. My old Nikes took off about 1 to 2 seconds if we were doing 400 reps; these take of 3 or 4 seconds per rep.

Fairly certain Iona and Furman are only genuinely-sponsored (free gear) college programs. They then have high school programs they sponsor and post-collegiate s

lehigh i believe also gets clothing from brooks

i think there are others too

I ran for a school that was sponsored by Brooks, Reebok, and Puma over the 5 years in college. By far the best shoes were Brooks. As a whole our team had agreat success with staying healthy in them. Puma was the worst, 80% of the team was injured after the first year and we are still sponsored by Puma but for all training purposes nobody really wears them.

I was an Asics team (we didn't get much) and I always ran in Nike spikes.

Brooks accepted me as a wear tester during my first post-collegiate season, and I've been wearing them ever since. The Brooks Launch is the greatest neutral trainer ever made, I'm convinced, and the Glycerin is pretty damn nice too, if you'd want something beefier. They make great flats, too. I've never worn their spikes, however, since I only do road racing now.

Brooks is a great all around running company. I work at a local running shoe store and we sell more Brooks gear, clothing and shoes than anyone else.

I've always liked their shorts too, never had any problems with their spikes either (I ran in the Mach 2 and 3). So I wouldn't worry to much about the equipment you'll be getting!

Furman is a Brooks school?

I'm pretty sure the "Blue Shoes" are Asics (Tiger) and Chris Borch would spit on you for suggesting his alma mater is anything but an Asics school.

When you have meets and fund-raising campaigns built around Asics, you're not a Brooks school.