- The LAS VEGAS HEAT YOUTH TRACK CLUB is a non-profit organization with 80-90 athletes, 18 coaches, and 6 staff members on the team. - The focus of the Las Vegas Heat is to build our athletes into future leaders. - The Las Vegas Heat has a well-rounded program that emphasizes education, teaches responsibility, leadership, discipline, volunteering, and builds self-esteem in the athletes. - The staff donates a minimum of four days a week for training, plus time for track meets. - Athletes are required to maintain a "C" average during the school year. - We believe that it is our responsibility to guide our student-athletes to and through college and become productive citizens in the world of tomorrow. PURPOSE & PHILOSOPHY: The purpose of this organization is to encourage, improve and promote a strong sense of pride, self-confidence, and self-esteem into our young people. Instilling these traits into the youth may help to do away with the negative influences that surround them each and every day, such as poverty, crime, disrespect of themselves and others, and a lack of trust and self-esteem. To implement these ideas, there must be a strong foundation and it must start with the administration.