Coach JT Klopcic

Collegiate & Professional Mid-Distance Track Coach || TEDx Speaker

[Coach JT Klopcic @JTK_IV]

Look at the world in a way in which you desire success from it.

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk 😉

https://t.co/pH0KGyBZQd

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

Rule of thumb: You shouldn't listen to anyone's advice on exercise if they regularly use the word cardio.

[Vernon L. Norwood @Vernon400m]

They adding everything but a 4x800m!!!

[Track & Field Gazette @TrackGazette]

Grant Holloway's 🇺🇸 career is one for the ages:

World Outdoor Champs:
Doha 2019 🥇
Eugene 2022 🥇
Budapest 2023 🥇

World Indoor Champs:
Belgrade 2022 🥇
Glasgow 2024 🥇
Nanjing 2025 🥇

Olympic Games:
Tokyo 2021 🥈
Paris 2024 🥇

NCAA Outdoors 🥇🥇🥇🥇

NCAA Indoors 🥇🥇🥇🥇

[Coach JT Klopcic @JTK_IV]

@Thill_44 Thank you!!

[Coach JT Klopcic @JTK_IV]

Overwhelmed with gratitude for those above, below and beside me who continue to push and water me! COY with unfinished business‼️

[Goucher TFXC @GoucherTFXC]

ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR👏

Coach JT is your @USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year! #digdeep

[Coach JT Klopcic @JTK_IV]

@mikematisi Thank you!!!

[Goucher TFXC @GoucherTFXC]

FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR🚨

Freshman Aryanna Paulena is your @USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Women’s Field Athlete of the Year #digdeep

[Coach Chris Parno @ChrisParno]

I feel like Verizon purposely and exclusively suppresses my data for TFRRS. The struggle is real loading anything!

[Coach JT Klopcic @JTK_IV]

@stevemagness Where can I find the full text?

[Goucher TFXC @GoucherTFXC]

COMING OUT STRONG💪

The Gophers had 6️⃣ school records fall during the season opening weekend at the TCNJ Indoor Open and Alvernia Rust Buster! #digdeep

[Coach JT Klopcic @JTK_IV]

“Coach, what should I do in this race?”

“Just do everything we’ve been working on in training, no need for anything new, it’ll be fast, trust yourself”

3 NCAA top 15 marks in her collegiate debut 🤯
Nancy is a superstar! 💫

[Goucher TFXC @GoucherTFXC]

1st meet✅ 1st Athlete of the Week✅

Freshman Nancy Nyadongo earns @LandmarkConf Athlete of the Week honors running 2 school record times in the 60m and 400m this weekend at the TCNJ Indoor Open #digdeep

[Coach JT Klopcic @JTK_IV]

Superstar!!

[Goucher TFXC @GoucherTFXC]

SCHOOL RECORD🚨

Junior Tanise Thornton-Fillyaw broke the 6K school record at the @LandmarkConf Cross Country Championships on Saturday with a time of 22:01.5! This performance earned her 2nd place and All-Conference First Team honors. #digdeep

[Coach JT Klopcic @JTK_IV]

Admin wins championships!! Congrats @Chandler_BCC & team 👊🏾

[Brad Chandler @Chandler_BCC]

Last year, in his first at Bradley, we went 2nd and 2nd and Coach Carlson was crushed…. We talked about what was needed 364 days later… 1st and 1st.

So proud of your young men and women of @BradleyXCTrack 🅱️🏆🏆

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

So you're a new track and field fan because of the Paris Olympics and want to keep up with the sport?

Welcome! There's lots to be excited about!

Here are a few quick tips on how to stay and keep up with the sport post-Games...

1. Follow @CITIUSMAG 🧑‍💻
Shameless plug. Our mission actually is: Make it easier (and way more fun) to be a track fan. We're constantly hitting you with news, analysis, commentary and more on the latest in the sport + who/when/where to watch the top stars in action throughout the year. We do it via our social media channels, newsletters, podcasts, YouTube videos + more.

2. Follow your new favorite athletes 📲
Whether it's @itsgabbyt, Julien Alfred, @cole_hocker, Letsile Tebogo, @QuincyHall400, Faith Kipyegon, or Yaroslava Mahuchikh, their Instagram pages tend to be the best place to learn where they're competing next, how training is going and how else to support them.

3. Where will the athletes compete next? 🏃
Many athletes will run in some of the Diamond League meets scheduled over the next month. For example, we'll see Cole Hocker vs. Jakob Ingebrigtsen in Lausanne next week over 1500m again. In addition to Olympic rematches, expect some time trials to capitalize upon their peak fitness to break world records.

Upcoming meets: Lausanne 🇨🇭 (Aug. 22); Silesia 🇵🇱 (Aug. 25th); Rome 🇮🇹 (Aug. 30th); Zurich 🇨🇭 (Sept. 5); Brussels 🇧🇪 (Sept. 13-14)

If you hold onto that Peacock subscription, you can watch these meets on there through the rest of this year.

4. Mark your calendars 🗓️be joining
There are plenty of track championships ahead. 2025 will feature the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing (March 21-23) 🇨🇳 & the World Championships in Tokyo 🇯🇵 (Sept. 13-21). 2026 debuts the World Ultimate Championships in Budapest 🇭🇺 (Sept. 11-13). The 2027 World Championships will be in Beijing 🇨🇳 (Dates TBD).

🔜 Next year, some of the top stars will join @GrandSlamTrack – a professional league by @MJGold aimed at having the best track athletes compete against one another at least four times per year. 2025 will be its inaugural season. The league will have 96 athletes competing in the short sprints (100m/200m), short hurdles (100h or 110h/100m), long sprints (200m/400m), long hurdles (400mh), short distance (800m/1500m) and long distance (3000m/5000m) categories. The winner of each category will be awarded $100,000 at each Slam. Broadcast details have yet to be announced. Two meets will be held in the U.S. and two will be international.

Reddit co-founder @alexisohanian will be hosting a new women-only track event called @athlos NYC on Sept. 26 in New York City. 36 athletes, including Gabby Thomas and Faith Kipyegon, have committed to the event for a chance to earn $60,000 for the win in the 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500m. Megan Thee Stallion is set to perform at the meet.

5. 📺 Go back and watch old races
There are tons of races on YouTube including on the NBC Sports YouTube channel. Educate yourself on some of the backstories of the athletes with documentaries like SPRINT from @BoxToBoxFilms. Some athletes do a fantastic job sharing their respective behind-the-scenes on their own channels like @LylesNoah, @tar___ruh, @RCrouserThrows, @mrgnmcdnld, @JakeSWightman, etc.

6. 🗣️ TELL YOUR FRIENDS.
This really is the best sport out there and we all want to share in that excitement with many more people.

(If you're a track and field fan getting peppered with questions on how to stay hooked on the sport after the Olympics, feel free to share this advice!)

#Paris2024 #Olympics #Athletics

[Coach JT Klopcic @JTK_IV]

@D3Direct @SewaneeTigers @BerryVikings @BMCathletics @KenyonSports @SwatAthletics @SalveAthletics @gouchercollege

[Coach JT Klopcic @JTK_IV]

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[CITIUS MAG @CitiusMag]

3 in a row for Anna Hall 🏆🏆🏆

After setting season’s bests in six events, @annaahalll wins her third consecutive U.S. heptathlon title with a total of 6,614 points!

Hall underwent surgery in the winter and had to miss the indoor season, but she looks to be on a great trajectory as she heads to her first Olympics 📈

100H: 13.34
HJ: 1.82m
SP: 14.35m
200m: 23.90
LJ: 6.19m
JT: 45.57m
800m: 2:04.39

[Coach JT Klopcic @JTK_IV]

Dr. W‼️‼️🥳🥳 proud of you!!

[Goucher Gophers @GoucherSports]

Take a look back at @GoucherTFXC Tanise Thornton-Fillyaw's third-place finish in the women's 800 at @NCAADIII nationals Saturday night!

📸 @d3photography

#d3tf #GopherGreatness #GoucherProud

[Coach JT Klopcic @JTK_IV]

For all your middle-distance needs, call me. We got a good thing going here! Congrats, Tanise!

[Goucher TFXC @GoucherTFXC]

3RD IN THE NATION🥉

Tanise Thornton-Fillyaw places 3rd in the Women’s 800m at the @ncaadiii Outdoor Track and Field Championships! Tanise set a new personal best, school and @LandmarkConf record, earning her All-American honors. An incredible season from the sophomore! #digdeep

[Coach JT Klopcic @JTK_IV]

Kya is a special person with contagious energy. We’ll always be thankful to be a part of their journey, and that they were part of our program and lives. Rest in peace, Kya! 🕊️

[Goucher Gophers @GoucherSports]

Goucher athletics mourns the passing of Kya Taylor, a member of @GoucherWBB and @GoucherTFXC. Kya was a beloved member of both programs and the greater Goucher community.

Information on services will be shared as it becomes available.