11 most famous track and field training groups in the world

Funmilayo Fameso 20:04 - 21 October 2023

Top 11 most notable training groups in track and field

A detailed compilation of the most famous track and field training groups in the world.

The world's best athletes train with world-class coaches in the best groups to help boost their performance to the highest level.

Who an athlete chooses to be coached by and train with can make or break their progress and development. And some training groups across the world are fully loaded with stars.

Here are the most famous track and field training groups in the world.

Team: Star Athletics

Coach: Dennis Mitchell

Base: Florida

Sha’carri Richardson (100m/200m)
TeeTee Terry (100m)
Kenny Bednarek (200m)
Marvin Bracy-Williams (100m)
Aaron Brown (100m/200m)
Jerome Blake (100m/200m)
Kyree King (100m/200m)

Some members of Star Athletics training group

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Team: Pure Athletics

Coach: Lance Brauman

Base: Clermont, Florida

Noah Lyles (100m/200m)
Wayde van Niekerk (400m)
Jereem Richards (400m)
Shaunae Miller-Uibo (400m)
Gina Luckenkemper (100m)
Jazmine Sawyers (Long Jump)
Murielle Ahoure-Demps (100m)

Members of the Pure Athletics Track Club

Team: MVP International

Coach: Stephen Francis

Base: Kingston, Jamaica

Shericka Jackson (100m/200m)
Kishane Thompson (100m)
Sada Williams (400m)
Anthonique Strachan (100m/200m)
Janieve Russell (400mH)
Natasha Morrison (100m)
Tia & Tina Clayton (100m/200m)

Some athletes of the MVP Track Club

Athletics

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Team: Tumbleweed Track Club

Coach: Rana Reider

Base: Florida

Lamont Marcell Jacobs (100m)
Trayvon Bromell (100m)
Hakim Sani Brown (100m)
Xie Zhenye (100m)

Hakim Sani Brown (middle), Travon Bromell (right)

Team: Formula Kersee

Coach: Bobby Kersee

Base: Los Angeles, California

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (400m/400mH)
Keni Harrison (100mH)
Athing Mu (800m)
Jenna Prandini (200m)
Morolake Akinosun (100m)

Members of the Formular Kersee Track Club

Team: Hurdle Mechanics

Coach: Lawrence “Boogie” Johnson

Base: Texas

Anna Cockrell (400mH)
Daliah Muhammad (400mH)
Daniel Roberts (110mH)
Alexis Holmes (400m)
Brittany Brown (100/200m)
Nicole Yeargin (400m)

Members of the Hurdle Mechanics Club

Team: Gainesville Elite

Coach: Mike Holloway

Base: Gainesville, Florida

Grant Holloway (110mH)
Erriyon Knighton (200m)
Anna Hall (Heptathlon)
Quincy Hall (400m)
Champion Allison (400m)
Joseph Fahnbulleh (200m)

Some members of the Gainsville Elite during practice

Team: Racers Track Club

Coach: Glen Mills

Base: Kingston, Jamaica

Zharnel Hughes (100m/200m)
Oblique Seville (100m)
Antonio Watson (400m)
Orlando Bennett (110mH)

Team: Elite Performance Track Club

Coach: Reynaldo Walcott

Base: Kingston, Jamaica

Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce (100m/200m)
Rushell Clayton (400mH)
Megan Tapper (100mH)
Rasheed Broadbell (110mH)

The Elite Performance Track Club

Team: Trackwired

Coach: Travis Geopfert

Base: Fayetteville, Arkansas

Tara Davis-Woodhall (Long Jump)
Jaydon Hibbert (Triple Jump)
Carey McLeod (Long Jump)
Wayne Pinnock (Long Jump)
Jarrion Lawson (Long Jump)

Some members of the Trackwired training group

Team: Empire Athletics

Coach: Gary Evans

Base: Orlando, Florida

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (100mH)
Tamari Davis (100m)
Steven Gardiner (400m)
Kyron McMaster (400mH)
Matthew Hudson-Smith (400m)
Ryiem Forde (100m)
Andrew Hudson (100m/200m)
Natalliah Whyte (200m)

Empire Athletics training group