The Santa Monica Track Club (SMTC) has established itself as the finest
track club in the United States, and arguably as the most successful in
the world. This has been particularly evident at the Olympic and World
Championships.
The SMTC was founded in 1972 with the mission to help track and field
athletes achieve their bests. The primary purpose of the SMTC is to develop
post collegiate athletes for the Olympics, World Championship and international
track and field competition. In short, the SMTC is all about performance…and
all about business. No club has done as much to take its sport to the
next level. The SMTC has fought to initiate and upgrade drug testing programs;
it has fought to improve conditions for all elite athletes; it has done
more than any other groups to take track and field to the next level:
true professionalism.
The SMTC has also created programs for youth and community athletes.
Athletes
who have run for the SMTC have accomplished the following:
• Set or tied 37 World Records
• Set or tied 60 American Records
• Made the Olympic Team in every Olympic Games since 1972
• Made the Olympic Team in every flat running event plus the 400H
and Long Jump
• Earned 19 gold medals, 5 silver medals, and 3 bronze medals for
a total of 27 medals
• Qualified to compete in 55 Olympic events
• Fielded teams that have won the USA National Championships in
outdoor track, cross country, and the 15-kilometer road event.
•
162 performances under 4 minutesin the mile or under 3:43 in
the 1500 meters by 17 different athletes.
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• Three SMTC athletes are among the 10 fastest Americans in the
100m
• Three SMTC athletes are among the 4 fastest Americans in the 200m
• Two SMTC athletes are among the 6 fastest Americans in the 400m
• Four SMTC athletes are among the 11 fastest Americans in the 800m
• Four SMTC athletes are among the 12 fastest Americans in the 1000m
• One SMTC athlete is among the 11 fastest Americans in the 1500m
• One SMTC athlete is among the 5 fastest Americans in the mile
• One SMTC athlete is among the 6 fastest Americans in the 2000m
• One SMTC athlete is among the 10 fastest Americans in the 3000m
• One SMTC athlete is among the 8 fastest Americans in the 5000m
• One SMC athlete is among the 20 fastest Americans in the 10,000m
• One SMTC athlete is among the 5 best Americans in the 400H
• Three SMTC athletes are among the 20 best Americans in the Long
Jump