Titans Track Club, Inc.: Welcome
The Titans Track Club is a nationally recognized youth track club located in Metro Atlanta. Kids from ages 7 to 18 compete in meets locally and nationally. The mission of the club is to motivate the youth athlete to aspire to achieve leadership, self-discipline, sportsmanship, integrity and a sense of community through the sports of track & field and cross-country.
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Former Titan, Melanie Mainor established a new personal best in the high jump for the Tulane Green Wave. The junior from Powder Springs moved to #3 all time indoors for Tulane, just behind another former Titan, Zandi DeBowles. Click the link above for the full story.
Congrats Mel!
Thursday, February 7
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Congratulations to Obos Ikpefan of Roswell High School on being awarded a track scholarhips to Purdue University. Obos will join Nick Parks and Eric Harris on the Boilermaker roster next year where he will compete in the 400, 400 Hurdles and Triple Jump. Obos joined The Titans in 2012 and was a major contributor to the All American Young Mens 4 x 400 Relay and garnered All American honors individually by finishing 6th in the 400 Hurdles.
Sunday, January 29
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After sitting out most of 2011 due to injuries, Takiea Pinckney looked to be regaining her form as she raced to victory in the 60 meter dash at the Razorback Invite this weekend. The long time Titan and 4 time NCAA All American qualified for the final with the fastest time of the semifinals at 7.45. Pinckney ran a 7.42 seasonal best in the final to headline a 1-2 sweep by the Lady Tigers as junior standout Kimberlyn Duncan finished a split-second back in second place at 7.43.
Pinckney and her Lady Tiger teammates return to action next weekend as they make their annual journey to New York to compete as part of one of the premier collegiate meets of the indoor season at the prestigious New Balance Collegiate Invitational to be held Feb. 3-4 at The Armory Track & Field Center.
Friday, January 27
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Sydney Williams established a new Kennesaw State school record in the 800 this week at the Birmingham Invitational. Her winning time of 2:16.68 is a personal best and bettered the former record by over 6 seconds. Williams is the Titans Track Club team record holder in the Young Women's 800 and is a freshman at KSU where she is a Pre-Pharmacy major. Congratulations Sydney!!
Follow Sydney and her Owl teammates at: http://www.ksuowls.com/index.aspx?path=wtrack.
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Cameron Thornton, one of the nation's most sought after high school middle distance runners, has committed to attend college next fall at Texas A&M in College Station. Thornton, a long time Titan and senior at Whitefield Academy, recently announced that he had chosen A&M over the likes of Arkansas, Virginia, Villanova, Alabama, Stanford and Clemson.
2011 was a banner year for Thornton. He became the only high schooler from Georgia to run sub 1:50 more than once, represensted the U.S. at the World Youth Championships in France and defended his GHSA state title in the 1600 and Cross Country.
Congratulations Cameron!
Wednesday, July 11

