Kansas City Smoke
 

The Kansas City City Smoke is one of the strongest emerging elite development clubs in the United States. The club is based in Kansas City, Missouri. The club placed 6th in the 2006 USA Track and Field Marathon Relay Championships in Denver, Colorado. (Results)

(LEFT: Jon Little at Boston, 2006, where he PR'd in 2:23:17)

NEWS: Little, Wadsworth Qualify for U.S. Olympic Trials
Hacker 7th at Minneapolis 10-Miler; 4th at Disney CC Classic...
Dexter 3rd at KC Half-Marathon

• ATHLETE BIOS: Blake Boldon | Dale Dexter | Eric Graham | Rikki Hacker | Eric Heins | Jon Little | Derek Tate | Nathan Wadsworth
   

• MORE SMOKIN' GOOD NEWS AND RESULTS
  Boldon, Rudkin Make Finals at USA Outdoors
  Smoke Takes Five of Top 20 at Steamboat Classic
  Mark Curp: Former Half-Marathon Record Holder Joins Smoke's Advisory Board
  Jane Rudkin, Steeplechase, 2005 USA Track and Field National Championships
  Eric Heins, Marathon, 2005 P.F. Chang's Rock 'n Roll Marathon (Arizona)
  Team Results, 3rd place, 2004 USA Track and Field National Club Championships
  Team Results, 4th place, 2003 USA Track and Field National Club Championships
   

• CLUB LEADERSHIP
  Director: Shawn Love, shawnloveusatf@aol.com, 816-858-3814
  Head Coach: Shawn Love, shawnloveusatf@aol.com
  Board of Directors: Jack Nelson, Nate Rucker, Thaddeus Wilson, Mark Curp, Diane Hood

About Elite Development Clubs...
The Elite Development Club (EDC) program is intended to support USA Track and Field's efforts to develop nationally and internationally competitive athletes by increasing and enhancing the number of year-round training environments available to post-scholastic and post-collegiate U.S. athletes.

By increasing the total number of talented high school and college athletes who continue their serious competitive involvement in the sport, we enlarge the talent pool from which our future stars can emerge.

The "Elite Development Club" designation identifies clubs with the commitment, resources, and record of providing significant assistance to these athletes, thereby making it easier for the athletes to continue high-level, competitive involvement in our sports. At the same time, the "Elite Development Club" designation is intended to enhance the ability of Elite Development Clubs to marshal community and corporate support for the task of furthering the development of some of the most talented and dedicated post-scholastic and post-collegiate athletes in their geographic areas.

Clubs are encouraged to use the EDC designation to recruit athletes, coaches, volunteers, and other community and corporate support that can help them support their open-athlete development programs.