Lake Forest Vikings Track Team

Welcome to the second season of the Lake Forest Vikings!

We are passionate about running, jumping, and throwing.

We are open to any athletes ages 6-18 who want to be competitive, dedicated, work hard, and have fun!

Our Mission

The Lake Forest Vikings Track Club was created to foster a love of track and field in a fun, yet competitive way. The goal is to develop track athletes who will continue to excel past their expectations and lead long and successful track and field careers. It is the LFV track club's vision that the track athletes it develops never get burned out and always have a passion for the sport.

Our Coaches

Coach Golota

Coach Golota is the current head coach and founder of the Lake Forest Vikings. He is also the head coach for boys and girls track and field at Lake Forest Academy. His accomplishments are listed below.

As a Coach:

Under his coaching, the 4x100, 200, 400, and 800 records have been broken outdoors. He created a top ten list of outdoor and indoor times/distances. He has had runners go D1 and D3 in his time as head coach. Coach Golota has been coaching for 8 years.


As an Athlete:

  • Former record holder for the freshman 55 high hurdles.
  • 7th in the indoor state meet for the 55 high hurdles.
  • Conference Champion in the 110m Hurdles.
  • Collegiate hurdler at North Central College, earning 6th at Conference during his freshman year.
  • 2nd on the all-time top ten list for the indoor 55 High hurdles.
  • 2nd on the all-time top ten list for the indoor 55 Intermediate hurdles.
Coach Kuli

Coach Kuli is currently a med school student at UIC. She was a varsity-level track athlete in high school and her highlights are outlined below.

As an Athlete

  • Record Holder for the 4 x 100m Relay.
  • Conference Champion in the hurdles and sprints.
  • Record Holder for the 50m dash.
  • 2nd on the all-time top 10 list for the 100m hurdles.
  • 4th on the all-time top 10 list for the indoor 400m.
  • 5th on the all-time top 10 list for the 100m.
  • 9th on the all-time top 10 list for the 200m.
  • 7th on the all-time top 10 list for the 400m.