Blue Lightning Track Club – "Where Champions Are Made!"

Welcome Video

Team Welcome video from Head Coach Steve Strother.

Team Overview

Get quick answers to frequently asked questions about our team, like —- How does it work? When and where is practice? What age groups do you work coach? How is COVID managed at practice? How much does it cost?

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As recent evidence of the effectiveness of our coaching and Champion’s program philosophy is that 70% of the Blue Lightning Track Club’s 2021 roster, 87.5% of 2019 roster, 85% of 2018 roster, and 100% of the 2017 roster qualified for the AAU National Junior Olympics; who were also academic honor students.

59 NATIONAL JUNIOR OLYMPIANS
15 All- Americans

Aaron Smith – 3000 Race Walk (USATF 2018)
Alinda Griffith – 4×100 Relay (2021)
Altaveon Grant – 400, LP, Tri-Event (AAU 2017-18)
Alyssa Crump – 100, 200, LJ, 4×100, 4×400 (USATF 2017-18)
Andre Lopez – 4×100 Relay (2021)
Aspen Weekes – 4×100 (AAU 2021)
Brandon Griffith – 400, 4×100 Relay (2021)
Brielle Hall – 1500 RW, Shot Put (AAU 2019)
Brooke Jackson – 1500 (USATF 2015)
Caleb Williams -Turbo Javelin (AAU 2018, 2019)
Celeania Rollerson – Javelin (USATF 2018, AAU 2019)
Cerrigan Mayweather – LJ (2021), 4×100 (AAU, AAU 2019, 2021)
Cole Strother – 100, 200, 400, 4×100 (AAU 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)
Dallas Hill – 100, 4×100 (AAU 2019)
Destinee Oliver – 4×100 (AAU 2021)
Devan Brazley – 400, LJ (2021)
Elijah Cater – 1500 m Racewalk (2021)
Frankie Pepe – Discus, Javelin (AAU 2018)
Frederick Butler – 4×100 Relay (2021)
Giah Thomas – 100, 200 (AAU 2018)
Harmony Scott – 100, 400 (AAU 2019)
Insiya McGee – 4×100 (AAU 2019), 200, 400 (2021)
Jaeden Shoats – 4×100 Relay (2021)
Jayda Duplessis – 4×400 (AAU 2019)
Jayden Gadskin – 4×100 Relay (2021)
Jasmine White – 4×100 (AAU 2019)
Jeremy White – 3000 Race Walk, 4th Place (USATF 2015) Joi Adkins – Shot Put (AAU 2017)
Joshua Rollerson – Javelin (USATF 2018, AAU 2019)
Kai McCarley – 4×400 (AAU 2019)
Kali Freeman – Shot Put, 4×100 Relay (2021)
Ka’Marion Williams – 4×100 Relay (2021)
Katie Haffner – 1500 Race Walk (AAU / USATF 2017, 2018)
Keniah Simms – 4×100 Relay (2021)
Kiyah Boyd – 4×400 (AAU 2019)
Kyiel Watler – 4×100 (AAU 2021
Maycie Evans – 4×100 Relay (2021)
Malik Brightwell – 100, 200, 4×100 (AAU 2019)
Milani Robinson – 4×100 Relay (2021)
McKenzie Burnett – 200 (AAU 2019), 100, 200, 400, 4×100 Relay (2021)
Mica Ruffin – 100, 200, LJ (AAU 2017), 4×100 Relay (2021)
Michael Bernard – 100, 200 (AAU 2018)
Morgan Collins – 400, 4×400 (AAU 2019), 400, 800, 1500 (2021)
Mya Smith – 4×100 (AAU 2019)
Nathan Pygeol – 4×100 Relay (2021)
Nate Rockett – 4×100 Relay (2021)
Nina Dozier – 4×100 Relay (2021)
Noah Gipson – 1500, 3000 (AAU 2017)
Peter Nelson-Broderick (USATF 2018)
Quinn King – 4×100 Relay (2021)
Summer Key – 4×100 Relay (2021)
Sundiata Washington – High Jump (AAU 2018)
Taylor Jean – 1500 Race Walk 2018)
Terence Scott – 4×100 (AAU 2019)
Tarelle Richards – 200, 400, LJ 2018)
Tyler Henderson – Shot Put (AAU 2019)
Veronica Vevang – 3000 (AAU 2017)

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15 ALL-AMERICANS
Carrigan Mayweather – LJ AAU CLUB NATL 2021
Celeania Rollerson – Javelin (AAU 2019)
Cole Strother – 400 m (AAU CLUB NATL 2021)
Frederick Butler – 4×100 m Relay AAU CLUB NATL 2021
Jaeden Shoats – 4×100 m Relay AAU CLUB NATL 2021
Jeremy White – 3000 Race Walk (USATF 2015)
Katie Haffner – 1500 Race Walk (AAU / 7th-USATF 2017, 2018)
Kyiel Watler – 4×100 m Relay AAU CLUB NATL 2021
Morgan Collins 800 m AAU CLUB NATL 2021
Nathan Pygeol – 4×100 m Relay AAU CLUB NATL 2021
Nathan Rockett – 4×100 m Relay AAU CLUB NATL 2021
Nina Dozier – 4×100 m Relay AAU CLUB NATL 2021
Skyler Baldwin – 4×100 m Relay AAU CLUB NATL 2021
Summer Key – 4×100 m Relay AAU CLUB NATL 2021
Sundiata Washington – High Jump (AAU 2018)
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BLUE LIGHTNING TRACK CLUB COACHING STAFF

Comprised of National Record Holders, NCAA All-Americans, SEC Champions, High School State Champions, MVP Award Recipients, and Sports Hall of Famers.

Our coaching staff are students of track and field and the latest coaching techniques for improving athletes and the sport. We are comprised of NCAA All-Americans, SEC Champions, High School State Champions, MVP Award Recipients, and Sports Hall of Famers. Professionally, we are business owners, consultants, managers, educators, counselors, human resources professionals, community advocates, and project managers.

To review our coaches profiles from the menu above.

We DO NOT HAVE a Win-At-All-Cost Coaching Philosophy, and We Put Every Athlete’s Well-Being And Personal Development First.
Besides exposing youth to the exciting world of track and field and the latest coaching techniques for speed, strength, and endurance, we emphasize a positive and motivational team environment.

DEVELOPING A CHAMPION’S MINDSET

Steve Strother, Head Coach of the Blue Lightning Track Club, looks for and expects the best from each athlete. Coach Strother and the coaching staff refer to each teammate as Champion from their first day of practice and work the entire season to bring out teammate’s inner Champion, which ultimately produces CHAMPIONS on the track in the classroom, and most importantly, in their communities.

OUR INVITE TO YOU
We invite you to come to try us out – meet our coaching staff and the team at one upcoming practice for free. To get started, Click Test Drive Us on the menu above.

OUR COACHES HAVE PASSED BACKGROUND SCREENS WITH THE AAU.

The Blue Lightning Track Club is sponsored by The Kumon Math and Reading Center of Conyers, and serves Henry, Newton, and Rockdale & surrounding counties.

Call : 678-964-7006

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