Overview

The Greater Boston Track Club provides a friendly, competitive, team-oriented environment to those who compete at the national, regional, and local levels. Financial support may be provided to teams and individuals to compete at major events. The club promotes events in track and field, road racing, trail running, and cross-country. A structured training program is provided in the form of team practices under the guidance of experienced coaches. We compete at the national, regional, and local levels in cross country, track and field, and trail running. GBTC provides a team-oriented, structured training environment for athletes of many abilities who train for everything from jumps and throws to sprints, road races, cross country, and marathons. Members train for several specific competitions throughout the year, and financial support is provided to compete at some major events. We sponsor athletes based on performance standards. GBTC continues to be a leader in the region’s post-collegiate running tradition. The club was founded in 1973 when six local college graduates asked coach Bill Squires to help them create a running club for track athletes to continue running after graduation. The club achieved immediate success in the 1970s, including winning multiple national cross-country and road racing titles, placing four of the top 10 at the 1979 Boston Marathon, and scoring a record low 26 points at the national cross-country championships.