02/22/2026
📣 We are ready to kick off another season of Thunderbolt Track & Field.
Our goal with starting the Sharp Speed and Sport Thunderbolts has always been:
*to grow youth Track & Field in Wilson County
*to allow kids to experience individual competition
*to help kids who want to work on their speed and running technique
Practice: Mondays & Thursdays at Wilson Central High School from 5:45 - 7:15PM, weather permitting
Please note — practice schedule may vary a bit March 1 - 14
Changes will always be communicated via Group Me.
Competition: We will focus on the outdoor track season which will involve some travel and several meets in middle Tennessee. Your athlete can compete in as many, or as few meets as they like. We expect to compete into early June.
Event focus: 60M, 100M, 200M, hurdles, Long Jump, Shot Put, Turbo Javelin, introduction to pole vault
Ages: We have found the appropriate age range for this level of training and competition is 5th - 8th grade.
Costs:
Training: $150 (covers the entire season)
Uniform: est. $100 (optional)
Meet Registration: typically a meet will run $35 per athlete - we will collect this per meet
Misc: track spikes (not required, but recommended for competition - we have found the best deals on runningwarehouse.com)
Payments can be made by cash, check to Sharp Speed & Sport or Venmo
Who is Coach Sharp?
Doug Sharp is a bronze medal winning Olympian. He competed in the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City as part Team USA’s 4-man bobsled team. As a Push Athlete, his focus was speed! Doug is a life-long athlete competing for Purdue University in Track & Field, with a specialty in pole vault and sprinting. He excelled in football and ice hockey as well. Doug has a passion for sports and the life long lessons they instill in young athletes.
To be added to the Group Me — reach out to Carrie Sharp
502-744-2412 (cell)
