2020 SPIRE Academy Track & Field Brochure

TRACK & FIELD

High School Academy

(male/female athletes grades 9-12)

Post Graduate Academy (male/female athletes looking for a gap-year program)

SPIREINSTITUTE.ORG

Post Collegiate Program (a training home for male/female Olympic prospects)

SPIRE Academy | Track & Field SPIRE is home to one of the largest, most amazing indoor and outdoor track & field complexes in world. Its world class training programs are ideal for the serious athlete seeking an intense training environment to prepare for the next level of competition.

The Academy programs serve college-bound high school athletes, as well as high school graduates looking to train/compete for an additional year while seeking the best possible college scholarship opportunities. Olympic hopefuls and Masters athletes looking for a residential training base also find SPIRE to be the perfect environment to realize one’s full potential.

The HS academy features a blended learning environment of college preparatory academics, along with unique personal development and career preparation features. PG athletes can earn college credit by taking two core classes per semester.

SPIRE provides ideal exposure to the collegiate coaching network, and its college placement team has delivered hundreds of athletes into collegiate programs across the U.S. SPIRE is committed to developing technically skilled athletes who love to train and live to compete. This is accomplished via an intensive regimen of technical and tactical training, customized competition and long-term athletic performance development.

Bottom line: SPIRE builds strong, confident, mentally tougher athletes who learn to embrace a challenge and thrive under the pressure of competition.

Charlie Powell

Director of Track & Field Internationally known Track & Field Coach, with a specialty in explosion events (sprints, hurdles and jumps), Charlie Powell has more than 35 years of head coaching experience at the highest levels. He was along time coach at the University of Pennsylvania, and has trained Olympians, NCAA champions, NCAA All-Americans and NCAA Championship qualifiers. Powell was also the U.S. Olympic Development Director for the 800-400 group for 16 years

Tim Mack

Training/Development Director Highly respected pole vault legend and coach Tim Mack has over 25 years of track & field experience.

He was the 2004 Olympic Gold Medal Champion.

He was an SEC, an NCAA and a USA Track & Field Champion. And he’s one of only 18 pole vaulters in history to clear 6.01 meters or higher. Tim is a great addition to SPIRE T&F! Other top specialty coaches will be brought in to service the demand as appropriate.

Training Philosophy •

•

•

SPIRE T&F training encompasses superb technical

•

Mental skills training, nutrition/hydration counseling,

instruction, technique development and tactical

and leadership/communication skills development

coaching.

are also key program elements.

Speed, strength, flexibility and endurance training is

•

Everything is coordinated within a long-term athletic

delivered within a customized program co-designed

development/periodization model complete with

by SPIRE Performance Training and SPIRE T&F.

the appropriate amount of regional and national competition.

SPIRE’S goal is to produce competition-ready athletes by making them stronger and faster, while improving stamina and reducing the risk of injury.

•

By integrating elite athletes from around the world, SPIRE’S campus cultivates an intense, competitive, yet healthy training atmosphere.

Key Features

Elite Track & Field Athletes Athletes who have utilized SPIRE as a Training Center

Outdoors •

•

•

•

Jenn Suhr (Olympic and World Pole Vault Champion)

•

Nathan Brennan (Olympic 1500m Finalist – Canada)

4 long jump pits, 8 high jump positions and 4 pole vault boxes

•

Jessica Beard (Silver Medalist for Team USA at World

Adjacent Throws Stadium, meeting IAAF standards

•

Rob Golabek (US Olympic Trials Shot Put Finalist)

•

John Lundy (NCAA D-2 Champion. 200m – 20.90)

•

Bryson Spratling (World Record Holder at 500m)

•

Geoff Davis (NCAA All American – HJ)

•

Aikaterina Stefanidi (NCAA Champion – PV, 3rd at 2016

8 lane, 400-meter polyurethane international track (48’ width lanes)

Indoors •

8 lane, 300-meter Beynon track, with radius used on outdoor tracks

•

Separate field event area with 2 high jump, 2 long jump, 2 pole vault pits, 2 shot put circles and portable weight throw cages for discus, shot and weight throws

Plus •

•

•

A 25,000 sq. ft. Performance Training Center focusing on physical conditioning, mental skills training and nutrition/hydration training An “Olympic village” setting with U.S. and international athletes in multiple sports A 175-acre campus; 750,000 sq ft of indoor sports facilities; on site residential housing; on site education center, SPIRE Fuel cafeteria; and more

Championships, 400m and 4x4)

World Indoor Championships)

•

Erica and Dan Kinsey (Erica 7th at 2016 World Indoor Championships)

•

Mohamid Halim (World Championships Qualifier)

Track & Field Training Programs & Events A wide variety of seasonal camp, clinic, club and customized training programs geared toward athletes and teams of all ages and ability levels.

Big Ten • Big East • NAIA • Horizon League Indoor T&F Championships • Big East and GLIAC Outdoor T&F Championships • NCAA D-1 and D-2 meets and more.

SPIRE Academy An international, high school and post graduate sports performance training and education academy, located within a world class event and wellness complex. At SPIRE, we are inspiring the best expression of the human spirit through athletics, academics, and service to others. We are looking for heart, character and dedication to oneself and others.

Swimming

Esports

Basketball

Mechatronic Engineering

The SPIRE Academy 9-12th grade college preparatory, accredited, cross curricular, project-based program is designed with the progressive learner/thinker in mind.

By coupling track & field training with a commitment to maximizing each student’s personal development and preparation for multiple career options, SPIRE Academy is the best place to get ready and excel in school, at work and within life itself.

TRACK & FIELD

SPIREINSTITUTE.ORG

Connect with Us

Socialize with Us

440.466.1002

@SPIRE Institute

admissions@spireinstitute.org

@SPIRE_Institute

5201 SPIRE Circle, Geneva, OH 44041

@SPIRE Institute