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The Santa Monica Track Club was formed in 1972 by Joe Douglas as a post-collegiate track club.〔http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/234884-2009-outdoor-season-on-flotrack/186994-joe-douglas-founder-of-santa-monica-track-club FloTrack interview〕 By the 1980s, the team came to be a major player in worldwide Track and Field competition, with team members setting numerous World and National records. The membership list reads like a Who's Who of Olympic athletes and the SMTC logo became a recognizable icon on the uniforms of those elite athletes. ==History== In its first year of existence, 1968 Olympian from Puerto Rico, Willie Rios joined the club and qualified to run in the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1974, member Reid Harter set the first (American Record ) in the road 30 Kilometre run. By 1976, three team members qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics.〔http://www.santamonicatrackclub.com/main_gen1.htm Santa Monica Track Club〕 In 1979, a young Carl Lewis, then known as a top level High School long jumper, joined the club for competitions beyond his collegiate career at the University of Houston. Lewis went on to be the dominant force in sprinting and long jump for the next decade. Coached in the off season by his collegiate coach Tom Tellez, other elite sprinters were attracted to the club, including Carol Lewis, Carl's sister and University of Houston teammates Joe DeLoach, Leroy Burrell and Kirk Baptiste. The club developed an impressive record of Olympic and World Championships, limited in many situations because teammates were the closest competition at the highest level. Lewis and Burrell exchanged the prestigious World Record in the 100 metres four times. Four members of the club, Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard and Carl Lewis, representing the Santa Monica Track Club set the still standing current World Record in the 4 x 200 metre relay, set at the Mt. SAC Relays in 1994.〔http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=O/age=n/season=0/sex=M/all=y/legal=A/disc=4X2/detail.html IAAF 4 x 200 Relay list〕 Also Kevin Young's World Record in the 400 metre hurdles set in winning the 1992 Summer Olympics still stands.〔http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=M/all=y/legal=A/disc=400H/detail.html IAAF 400 metre hurdles list〕 The club was elected into the Mt. SAC Relays Hall of Fame in 2011.〔http://www.mtsacrelays.com/fame.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Santa Monica Track Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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