Update on Yale Partnership
Oiselle has learned that the Yale University Athletics Department has signed a 10-yr, $16 million dollar exclusive agreement with Under Armour. This agreement will supersede Oiselle's partnership with the Yale Women's Cross-Country and Track and Field teams, effective Fall of 2016.
While we are deeply saddened to not be able to continue our apparel partnership beyond the summer of '16, we are and will continue to be grateful and honored to be part of the history of the Yale program. We will be cheering on the feminine fierce athletes of the Yale Track and Field and Cross Country programs, and will relish this first and last spring season of 2016. Head up, wings out. Go Yale!
Sisters in sport,
- Sally Bergesen and the Oiselle family
“Our Oiselle experience has been first rate in every way. To a woman, our entire team from the throwers to the sprinters to the distance runners loves the gear. Sally and the entire crew have been incredibly responsive to all of our requests. They collaborated with us throughout the entire process to formulate a look and fit that were exactly what we and Yale wanted."
- David Shoehalter, The Mark T. Young '68 Director of T&F and XC
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