Santa Monica Track Club was an American track and field club based in Santa Monica, California, prominent from the 1970s through the 1990s under coach Joe Douglas. Its roster included sprinter and long jumper Carl Lewis, one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history, and the club produced numerous Olympic medalists and world record holders in sprinting and jumping events during a period when it was among the most successful club programs in American athletics.
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The Santa Monica Track Club (also known as SMTC) was formed by Joe Douglas as a post-collegiate track club. 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
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