Our Coach

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Dereck “Tread” Treadwell has over 17 years of full-time coaching experience.  His experience ranges from college coaching at both NCAA Div I and Div III levels, Director of Mountain at Gould academy, and an Elite racing career that has spanned over two decades. He is above all, a student and teacher of the sport of cycling and running.

Tread graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the University Of Maine in 1998. At UMaine, he was a highly decorated student-athlete. He was a 2008 Inductee in the UMaine Athletics Hall of Fame. At UMaine, Tread was an NCAA Division I All-American, a holder of 8 school records, and a 1996 1500m Olympic Trials Finalist. A former Maine State 800m record holder, and Old Town High School Athletic Hall of Fame member, Tread also grew up racing and riding mountain bikes. Tread is a Cat 1 road cyclist and a UCI Elite MTB Racer. He was the 2019 NUE Marathon National Series runner-up, has several wins and podium finishes in top XC Marathon races, as well a two-time top finisher at Mt. Washington Newton’s Revenge Hill Climb.  He also competed in triathlon and and raced as an Elite for several years.  He continues to hold several run course records. Tread was a National Champion in Duathlon as well as represented the USA on three Elite Duathlon World Championship teams.