South Denver Real Training Summer/Winter Sessions
To register for the summer or winter session, please signup below. COSTS: $14 for AAU Membership AAU Club ID: W34883 (for the 2022-23 AAU season, if not already a member)
Payment: Checks (made to REAL Training) can be given to Coach, Whimbush or Venmo (@zack-whimbush)
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us @ [email protected]
Denver's Premier Track Club
Upcoming Events
Summer Session
Our summer session is thirteen days and begins Monday, June 1st. We’ll practice every Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday. The cost will be 175$; please make checks payable to REAL Training. Athletes must also purchase an AAU and a USATF membership card, and payments are due before the first day of practice, or athletes will not be allowed to attend! (Only youth athletes that participate in the summer program will be eligible for the winter season)
Summer schedule: June 1st, 5th,6th,8th,12th,13th,15th.19th,20th,22nd,26th, 27th,29th; July 1st
Signup early because we only take 25 athletes for the summer session!
Dates: June 1st-July 1st
Times: 9:45am-11:00am
Ages: 9-18
Track Meets:
AAU Regional Championships 6/21-6/24
More added later
Register Here for the summer session
Sign up here on Remind for summer updates
Winter Season
Our 2024 Indoor Winter Season will begin November 13th- February 13th. We practice every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 4:15-5:45 on Denver South HS Track—Signup for Remind below for the latest winter updates.
Winter Season:
Dates: November 13th, 2023 – February 13th, 2024
Time: 4:15 pm-5:30 pm
Ages: 14-18 (high school only) (9-13-only continuing REAL athletes from the summer). Sign up early because we only take 40 athletes for the winter session.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us @ [email protected].
Sign up here for information about our winter session:
Sign up here for Remind for winter updates
Text here to signup for our email list:
To: 22828
Message: REALWT
Note: We will not offer shot put, pole vault, and discus in the winter season.
Meet Your Head Coach
Coach Zack Whimbush is currently the head track and field coach at Denver South High School has been a track & field coach for over ten years. Starting as the sprints coach, and eventually the head coach of Northridge High School in Greeley, Colorado. The coach then began the USATF/AAU member Grizzly Track Club in 2009, which produced some of the top sprinters, hurdlers, high jumpers, and heptathletes in the state from 2009-2018. Coach Whimbush also has been a sprints coach at Doherty High School from 2011-14, and the USATF Club, Fast Traxx Troupe of Fountain-Fort Carson from 2012-2015, which also produced some of the top talents in the state. Coach Whimbush has been a teacher for thirteen years and currently finished his Masters in Educational Administration in 2018, and eventually plans to work as a school administrator. He now works as a Learning Specialist at Wayne Carle MS.
As an athlete in high school, Coach Whimbush participated in track and field, baseball, and football. He went on to Scottsdale Community College on a football scholarship and doubled as track and field athlete participating in sprints, throws, and jumps. Coach Whimbush eventually signed with the University of Northern Colorado on a football scholarship, where he played until 2002.
“Our team culture includes a variety of elements, which includes hard work, value, ethics, expectations, and goals.”
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follow their guidelines and participate in their sanctioned events.
A Special Message to Parents & Guardians
Our track club is perfect for your child whether she/he is already competing or wants to.
Our students range from middle schoolers wanting to prepare for their high school career, to high schoolers that want to make it to the state championships and even compete at the collegiate level.
We are proud to have trained many high school kids that participated in the Colorado state championships and even received athletic college scholarships.
Please understand, though, that while we absolutely focus on performance, we also understand the importance of making track and field an enjoyable experience. Our hope is your kid(s) perform beyond your wildest expectations and love every minute of it.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Coach Whimbush at [email protected].