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

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

NATIONAL JUNIOR OLYMPIANS

Aaron Smith – 3000 Race Walk (USATF 2018)
Altaveon Grant – 400, LP, Tri-Event (AAU 2017-18)
Alyssa Crump – 100, 200, LJ, 4×100, 4×400 (USATF 2017-18)
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 – 4×100 (AAU, AAU 2019)
Cole Strother – 100, 200, 400, 4×100 (AAU 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Dallas Hill – 100, 4×100 (AAU 2019)
Frankie Pepe – Discus, Javelin (AAU 2018)
Giah Thomas – 100, 200 (AAU 2018)
Harmony Scott – 100, 400 (AAU 2019)
Insiya McGee – 4×100 (AAU 2019)
Jayda Duplessis – 4×400 (AAU 2019)
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)
Katie Haffner – 1500 Race Walk (AAU / USATF 2017, 2018)
Kiyah Boyd – 4×400 (AAU 2019)
Malik Brightwell – 100, 200, 4×100 (AAU 2019)
McKenzie Burnett – 200 (AAU 2019)
Mica Ruffin – 100, 200, LJ (AAU 2017)
Michael Bernard – 100, 200 (AAU 2018)
Morgan Collins – 400, 4×400 (AAU 2019)
Mya Smith – 4×100 (AAU 2019)
Noah Gipson – 1500, 3000 (AAU 2017)
Peter Nelson-Broderick (USATF 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)
Sundiata Washington – High Jump (AAU 2018)
Veronica Vevang – 3000 (AAU 2017)

ALL-AMERICANS

Celeania Rollerson – Javelin, 7th (AAU 2019)
Jeremy White – 3000 Race Walk, 4th-(USATF 2015)
Katie Haffner – 1500 Race Walk (3rd-AAU / 7th-USATF 2017, 2018)
Sundiata Washington – High Jump (7th-AAU 2018)

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.

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We DO NOT HAVE a Win-At-All-Cost Coaching Philosophy, We Put Every Athlete’s Well-Being And Personal Development First.

In addition to exposing youth to the exciting world of track and field and 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 PERSONAL INVITE TO YOU
We invite you to come try us out – meet and train with 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 are background-screened by USA Track and Field
OUR COACHES HAVE PASSED BACKGROUND SCREENS WITH USA TRACK AND FIELD
The Blue Lightning Track Club is sponsored by The Kumon Math and Reading Center of Conyers.

The Blue Lightning Creed, written by Tyreese Tiexeira
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Team Overview Video

Noah Gipson Wins Newton Rockdale County Conference Cross Country Championships!

Congratulations to our Champion, Noah Gipson, for winning the Newton Rockdale County Conference Cross Country Championships. Noah, coached by our own, John Butler, III, is a 3-year member of the Blue Lightning Track Club. He competes for Young Americans Christian School during the cross country season. The meet was comprised of all of the public schools in Rockdale and Newton…

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Noah Gipson Wins Newton Rockdale County Conference Cross Country Championships!

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