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Abbreviation | BTC |
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Formation | 2003[1] |
Founder | Nike, Inc. |
Type | Distance runners training group |
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Region served | US |
Website | bowermantc.com |
The Bowerman Track Club (BTC) is an American training group sponsored by Nike, Inc. for professional distance runners as well as a separate recreational club for casual runners. The professional team is supported by head coach Jerry Schumacher and assistants Shalane Flanagan, Chris Solinsky, and Alex Ostberg.[2] The non-professional elite team is coached by Elliott Heath.[3] The club maintains a rivalry with the competing Oregon Track Club, also sponsored by Nike, Inc.[4]
BTC athletes won three medals at the 2017 World Athletics Championships.[4] The club is named after Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman.
The team moved from Portland to Eugene in 2022.[5] Gabriela DeBues-Stafford left the club in 2022, citing lack of clarity around Shelby Houlihan's continued relationship with the team following Houlihan's doping ban and Schumacher's opposition to AIU and WADA.[6][7]