Mike Young and Andrew Allden present at Athletic Lab Beginner’s Track & Field Clinic
Monday - March 14, 2011
HPC's Mike Young and Andrew Allden taught the 5 hour curriculum at a Beginners Track & Field Clinic at Athletic Lab. Young taught sessions on Training Theory, Planning Training, Sprints, Hurdles, and Jumping Events. Allden taught a session on Endurance Events.HPC Elite Eric Broadbent breaks club record in heptathlon
Sunday - March 06, 2011
HPC Elite team member Eric Broadbent placed fourth in the USATF National Championships in the heptathlon with a club record score. Eric won 3 of the 7 events (60m, long jump, high jump) and set a lifetime best in the 60m Hurdle race. His score of 5542 in the heptathlon broke his existing club record of 5393 set in 2009.HPC’s Athletic Lab to host Track Coaching for Beginners Clinic
Sunday - March 06, 2011
HPC's Athletic Lab training center in Cary, NC is hosting a track clinic on March 12th. See details about the clinic here.Mike Young presents to NYRR Coaches
Saturday - February 26, 2011
Dr. Mike Young presented at the NYRR first annual professional development seminar for coaches. The invite-only symposium was put on for coaches involved with the NY Road Runners Club. You can see Mike's presentation slides HERE.Mike Young speaks at the Rice Speed Symposium
Sunday - February 20, 2011
HPC's Dr. Mike Young presented on the Science of Speed at the Rice Speed Symposium. His presentation notes from the symposium were awarded the Featured Presentation of the Day on SlideShare.net. You can see his slides here.Carin Knight breaks HPC Elite high jump club record again
Sunday - February 13, 2011
HPC Elite team member Carin Knight broke her existing club record in the high jump at the Vincent Brown Invitational at Christopher Newport University. Carin's jump of 1.77m easily beat a strong field and bested her previous club record which was set just 2 weeks prior. Also in action were Eric Broadbent in the shot put, high jump, and pole vault and Anna Wilson in the pole vault. Broadbent took 2nd, 7th, and 10th in the high jump, pole vault, and shot put respectively. Wilson took 11th in the women's pole vault.Valentines Sale at HPC store
Sunday - February 13, 2011
HPC is offering $14 off all individual DVDs at the HPC Company store for Valentines Day. This offer is good from February 14th through the 19th.Mike Young teaches USTFCCCA Coaches Academy at Athletic Lab
Friday - February 11, 2011
HPC's Mike Young instructed USTFCCCA's Track & Field Technical Course at Athletic Lab. Young taught the 15 hour curriculum which instructs coaches on the fundamentals of track and field.HPC Elite Karjuan Williams takes 2nd at Milrose Games
Sunday - January 30, 2011
HPC Elite team member Karjuan Williams placed 2nd in the Mel Sheppard 600 yard run at the Milrose Games. His time of 1:12.23 placed 2nd behind Renny Quow of Trinidad.HPC Elite member Carin Knight breaks club High Jump record
Sunday - January 30, 2011
HPC Elite team member, Carin Knight, broke the existing club record in the high jump at the CNU Captain's Invitational in her first meet in an HPC Elite uniform. Her mark of 1.73m handily won the competition. Decathlete Eric Broadbent also competed on Saturday and took 2nd in the men's pole vault with a mark of 4.10m.HPC Elite Eric Broadbent breaks club record in the pentathlon
Sunday - January 30, 2011
HPC Elite's Eric Broadbent won the pentathlon at the Captain's Invitational at Christopher Newport University. Eric won 4 of 5 events with marks of 7.64 seconds in the 55m hurdles, 7.06m in the long jump, 13.25m in the shot put, 2.08m in the high jump, and 2:52.19 in the 1,000m. His final score was 4,056 which is the top mark in the U.S. for 2011. He won the competition handily and broke his own existing meet and facility record in the event from 2010 by over 200 points. HPC Elite's other multi-event athlete, Kelly Furr, was also in action at the Penn State National Invitational, scoring 3,028 in the women's pentathlon.Mike Young teaches USTFCCCA course in Clearwater, FL
Sunday - January 30, 2011
HPC's Mike Young taught the very first USTFCCCA Introduction to Track & Field course in Clearwater, FL. Over 100 coaches were in attendance for the inaugural course.HPC Elite’s Joe Kindred breaks club record
Sunday - January 23, 2011
HPC Elite team member broke the club's indoor record for the high jump at the Virginia Tech Hokie Invitational. His jump of 2.14m (7'0.5") broke the previous indoor best of 2.07m by John Strang in 2010.HPC’s Mike Young teaches at Bowie State University
Monday - January 17, 2011
HPC's Mike Young instructed the USATF coaches education students at the Level 1 school in Bowie, MD on Jan 14-16. Young taught physiology; biomechanics; sprints, hurdles and relays; jumping events, and bio-motor development for speed-power athletes.Petrov’s Pole Vault book added to HPC Store
Sunday - January 09, 2011
HPC is proud to announce that we are now offering the legendary Vitaly Petrov's latest pole vault book, Pole Vault Training: Elements for All Levels. HPC provided the pictures for the book. The book retails for $19.95 but we're offering it for the discounted price of $14.95.