Merrimack Valley Speed Clinic

MVSC is owned and operated by Peter Molloy, a USA Track & Field Level 1 Certified coach who has been coaching Track and Field, as well as Cross Country, in the Merrimack Valley for over 20 years. Prior to his 60 consecutive seasons as a High School Track/XC coach, Coach Molloy ran competitively at UMass Lowell and Lowell High School.

The idea for the creation of MVSC came while Coach Molloy watched his own children participate in various local youth sports and saw no one teaching kids how to sprint. From there multiple conversations were had with many parents, all of whom said the same thing: they wished something like MVSC existed for their kids.

Over his 20 year high school coaching career Coach Molloy led both boys and girls Cross Country & Track programs to unprecedented success. Helping them capture 29 top-2 finishes in MIAA & MSTCA Championship meets. In the process Coach Molloy garnered recognition as “Coach of the Year” a staggering 27 times.

Coach Molloy has been a High School History teacher for over 20 years. He resides in Chelmsford with his wife, two sons, and their two dogs.

PETER FORTUNATO

Coach Peter Fortunato has been involved in coaching since 2010. During that time he coached high school athletes, many of whom went on to qualify for nationals and earn scholarships to division 1 track programs. He has coached at Burlington High School, Dracut High School, Tewksbury High School, and is currently employed as a Math teacher and track/XC coach at Greater Lowell Technical High School.

Coach Fortunato is also the co-director of a cross country and track summer running camp called the XC-Project. Additionally, he has been coaching at Life Time in Burlington where he is a run lead and coach for their run club since 2019.

Coach Fortunato has been running competitively for over 20 years. He started running track freshman year of high school where he found success at the early age of 14. In high school he was coached by Peter Molloy, who helped train him to break multiple school records and qualify for the National High School Championship Meet.

In college, Coach Fortunato ran track and field at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst. There, he competed in every event from the 800m to the 5,000m. He was named two year captain of the Minutemen.

After college, he continued to run semi-professionally as a member of the Western Mass Distance Project. During that time, he competed in multiple triathlons, a half ironman as well as a full marathon. Coach Fortunato now runs recreationally in every distance from the 5k to the half-marathon.

TATUM PECCI

Coach Tatum Pecci is a recent graduate of UMass Lowell. During her time there, she was a sprinter on the Track and Field team and earned a bachelor's degree in education. Tatum is currently employed as an elementary teacher in the North Andover Public School system while also working towards her master's degree.

During the 2022-23 Indoor Track season, Tatum was a Senior leader and an integral part of UML's first ever Women's Indoor Track and Field America East Conference championship. Her favorite events across winter and spring track were the 200m, 4x100m, and 4x400m.

Prior to her collegiate track and field career, Tatum was an athlete at Tewksbury Memorial High School. She was on the varsity track squad for 8 seasons. It was during this time that Coach Peter Molloy coached her, and their very successful team. This is where Tatum's desire to coach had set in, and Coach Molloy could not have been a better model for her. The two are now great friends and are excited to work together.