Track Eastern Carolina (Track EC) is a not-for-profit track club for North Carolina high school athletes. Based in New Bern, North Carolina Track EC's athletes come from all over North Carolina and have won numerous awards making Track EC one of the top track clubs in the country. Athletes compete in regional, national, and international track meets throughout the track and field season. The club’s coaches include one of the most prominent North Carolina high school coaches David Simpson, Sr., best-selling novelist Nicholas Sparks and Track EC President Slade C. Trabucco, a former track and field All-American at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Track EC has been training and coaching quality athletes for more than 15 years.