About Us:
The club was founded by Head Coach Michael Cunliffe - "Coach Mike". Athletes who participate come from the the inner-city and suburbs of Seattle, Washington. We are sanctioned by both the USA Track & Field (USATF) National Governing body and its local Pacific Northwest Association and the AAU (as a Level3 Club) for track and field. Our goal is to assist young people ages 8-18 with a path way to success both athletically and educationally through the development of their athletic talents. This is done through competing at National and International Track & Field competitions and providing these young athletes with the best that is available in the way of coaching, equipment, and trainers. Our athletes are encouraged and instructed in the art of driving for goals that will not only impact their ability to win in the stadium but in all facets of life. They are taught that opportunities are things to be seized, and that through dedication they will yield results. That fun is a by product of success and hard work being a key element of a positive self image. We strive to produce high quality young people who are focused on being successful in all facets of life and see every challenge, task, difficulty and opportunity set before them as platform to execute and display their character and gifts to the world around them.

The Coaches:
Coach Mike (Cunliffe) - Head Coach / sprints, jumps:
Coach Mike was a USATF(former TAC) T&F All-American at the age of 15, placing 5th in the country in the Long Jump (Intermediate Boys) in Lincoln, NB at the Junior Olympic National Championships 1982 (22'-6.75"). He posted marks of 22-11.75 (age 15), 23-8 (age 16) and finshed out his senior with a slight injury. He then graduated and went on to compete at WSU for legendary coaches John Chaplin (USA Olympic coach T&F) and Rick Sloan (USA Olympic Team & Coach) in the fall of 1984. He was injured half way into the year and had to retire from T&F. 20 years later he found himself coaching two of his own children (Samuel and Hannah) starting at age 5. With both reaching T&F All-American status at the ages of 9 (Samuel) and 10 (Hannah). After some proding from his wife Michele, close friend Coach Daymon Tullis and his childhood friend James "DOK" Ballou Coach Mike founded the Seattle Speed Track Club to begin coaching other select athletes with the focus of bringing them to the national level, with goal of making them highly competitive at the elite level. Coach Mike has produced multiple T&F All Americans both AAU & USATF and various national champions in the sprints and jumps.

Coach John (Thrush): - Head Strength Coach
Handles the strength training and plyometric's - He is the USA Weightlifting Senior International Coach, Vice President of U.S.A. Weightlifting, The USA Olympic Weightlifting Team - Women's Head Coach, Head Coach of the USA Junior World team, Pan-Am Assistant, US Olympic Festival Head coach. As an athlete John was a US National power lifting champion, National Collegiate Champion, Collegiate record holder, and multi time national's competitor.

Coach Ed (Luera) - Head Throws Coach
Is one of the top youth throw coaches in the country, he handles shot put, discuss, and javelin. He is a master techinician (graduate of Harvard University) and has produced several T&F All-Americans (AAU & USATF).

Bryan "BJ" Johnson - Head Middle Distance Coach
BJ was an elite High School middle distance runner for Garfield HS in Seattle, WA. After graduating he went to WSU was coached by (coaches Sloan & Chaplin) and posted a Personal Best in the 800 M of 1:51.00.

Coach Ted Cablayan - Head 400M Coach/Hurdles/Relays
Coach Ted was the AAU National Champion (Bantam boys 4x100 Relay) Albuquerque, NM 1977. A USATF (Former TAC) T&F All-American at age 12, placing 5th in the country in the 400 meters (midget boys) in Omaha, NB at the Junior Olympic National Championships 1979. and a USATF (Former TAC) T&F All-American at age 17, placing 7th in the country in the 400 meters (Young Men) in Provo, UT at the Junior Olympic National Championships 1984. He graduated from high school in 1985 and went on to be coached by the legendary coach John Smith at UCLA. While at UCLA, the track team was back to back NCAA Division I National Champions in 1987 and 1988. A ruptured Achilles Tendon ended his running career in the summer of 1988. He was a Volunteer Assistant Coach at California State University, Long Beach where he coached the 400 meter runners (92-94). Has coached several T&F All-Americans since 1992. Masters degree in Exercise Physiology where he did research on speed and strength predictors of sprint performance. He is a USATF Level II Track and Field Coach (Sprints/Hurdles/Relays).

Coach Daymon (Tullis):
Is an Asst Coach, he competed at Lompoc HS in CA. He garnered a collegiate scholarship in football to UofSF where he also ran track and field. He was a 4 year collegiate scholarship athlete and ran a 10.6 100 meters in college. He as been coaching for over 10 years and has helped produce multiple T&F All Americans across diferent age groups and events.

Coach Bill (Richmond):
Is the Asst Sprints Coach; he was a 4 year PAC-10 letterman at the UW in the 110 High Hurdles.

Jeff Taylor - Head Pole Vault Coach
Coach Jeff Jeff Taylor had the best prep vault in the nation(16'-1") his senior year in high school(1971). He enrolled at the UW on a full ride in the fall of 1971 and in February of his freshman year jumped 17 feet indoors and set an indoor American record for college freshman. Jeff was a college All American his Sophomore, junior and senior years. He placed 2nd at NCAA indoor Nationals his Sophomore year(1973) and 2nd at the NCAA outdoor nationals his junior year(1974). Jeff also competed in the 1972, 1976, and 1980 Olympic trials. He placed 8th in the 1980 trials. After graduating from the UW in 1976 Jeff continued to compete until 1980. He competed in the 1975 Pan American games, and on several other US teams both at home and abroad. He also competed in the 1977 World University games in Sophia Bulgaria. He competed extensively in Europe during the last years of his career. In 1978 He set his personal best of 18'-3" During that season Jeff had the chance to attempt world records several times both indoors and outdoors. In 1978 Jeff was ranked 3rd in the US and 7th in the world. He retired from world T&F competition at age 27 in 1980.

Dr. Greg (Summers) - body mechanics
Bio-Mechanics Coach - Dr. Greg is one of the top LMP's and chiropractors in the US athletic world, he is staffed at or on athlete request at the US Olympic Trials, Pan Am Games, Goodwill Games, US National Swimming Championships, Iron Man (Kona), US National Weightlifting Championships among others. He has US Olympic gold medalists, current US Olympic team members, current Russian Olympic Team Members, current South African Olympic Team Members, NBA players, PGA golfers, US National Weightlifting Champions, among others as clients.We thank him for his generousity in working with our athletes.