Greenville Track Club-ELITE - a post-collegiate, Olympic-development program
established 2012
11 USA Olympic Trials Qualifiers
One Paris 2024 Olympian
established 2012
11 USA Olympic Trials Qualifiers
One Paris 2024 Olympian
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Greenville Track Club-ELITE's director and coach Mike Caldwell was inducted into the Greenville Track Club's Hall of Fame at the club's October meeting on October 7. He was one of five inductees in the 2024 class, which included Jack Gilmore, Lee Cook, Judy Melton and George Luke. He joins GTC founder and GTC-ELITE president Bill Keesling (class of 16), GTC-ELITE Board of Directors member Sam Inman (class of 2016) and former GTC-ELITE board members Adrian Craven (class of 2012) and Art Williams (class of 2016) in the GTC Hall of Fame, which now has 32 members. The Greenville Track Club, founded in 1972, is in its 52nd year, while the GTC-ELITE program was established in 2012 to provide opportunities for post-collegiate, Olympic-development middle and long distance athletes. The program developed and produced one participant for the 2024 Olympic Games marathon in Paris, four qualifiers for the 2016 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles, one qualifier/participant for the 2019 Pam American Games Marathon in. Lima, Peru, three qualifiers/two participants for the 2020 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta, GA, one qualifier and participant in the 2021 USATF Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase and three qualifiers for the 2024 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Orlando, FL. The program's runners set four South Carolina State road race records in 2020 (5K, 15K and Half Marathon--twice) and three (15K, 10-Mile and 20K) in 2021. GTC-ELITE also produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year.
The program is sponsored and supported by the 52-year-old Greenville Track Club, ASICS, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility) and LEVER Movement (treadmill body weight support). The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and USATF.
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Mastandrea and Weitzel Place 10th and 12th in USATF 10K Championships at Great Cow Harbor Run9/21/2024 Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jack Mastandrea ran 29:21 to place 10th in the 2024 USATF 10K Championship at the 47th edition of the Great Cow Harbor Run in Northport, NY. His teammate and training partner Jason Wetizel placed 12th with a time of 29:43 in a deep USA field. Jack's time was the fastest on this hilly and challenging course in GTC-ELITE history, while Weitzel now has three of the top five times in the program's history at Cow Harbor. Jack covered the final 5K in 14:38 after passing the first 5K mark in 14:43 for a "negative" split. Mastandrea's tenth place was worth $300 in award money. Weitzel's first and second 5K splits were 14:49 and 14:54. Jason's 12th place finish was familiar as he also finished in that position in 2022 and 2023 with times of 29:40 and 29:46, respectively. It was Mastandrea's second top ten finish at a USATF Championship in the past three months. He also placed 7th in the 8K Championships in July at Kingsport's Crazy 8s Road Race. And earlier this month he was 13th at the 20K Championships at the Faxon Law New Haven Road Race. Top 15 Men at USATF 10K ChampionshipsGreat Cow Harbor 10K Elevation ProfileHistorical GTC-ELITE Men's Top Performances at Great Cow Harbor 10K
Greenville Track Club-ELITE was established in 2012 and is in its second decade as a post-collegiate, Olympic-development program. The program developed and produced one participant for the 2024 Olympic Games marathon in Paris, four qualifiers for the 2016 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles, one qualifier/participant for the 2019 Pam American Games Marathon in. Lima, Peru, three qualifiers/two participants for the 2020 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Atlanta, GA, one qualifier and participant in the 2021 USATF Olympic Track & Field Trials in the 3000m Steeplechase and three qualifiers for the 2024 USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Orlando, FL. The program's runners set four South Carolina State road race records in 2020 (5K, 15K and Half Marathon--twice) and three (15K, 10-Mile and 20K) in 2021. GTC-ELITE also produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year.
The program is sponsored and supported by the 52-year-old Greenville Track Club, ASICS, Joy Real Estate (Adopt an Athlete partner), generous individual contributors and partnerships with Performance Therapy, Roll Recovery products, FinalSurge (on-line training log), ElliptiGO, NormaTec Recovery Boots, Coach Bob Williams Pace Calculator, the DorsiFlex (stretching device), the MOBO board (balance & mobility) and LEVER Movement (treadmill body weight support). The club is a proud and active member of both the Road Runners Club of America and USATF. Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jack Mastandrea is now ranked first in the most recent South Carolina Road Race Rankings published by USATF State Record Keeper Bill Marable. Mastandrea recently set a course record (14:13) in winning the Michelin Memorial 5K on August 17, finishing ahead of his teammate Jason Weitzel. Jack was previously third in the past few rankings and moved past Jason, who maintained his runner-up position. The two training partners have frequently exchanged places during 2024 with Weitzel winning the Downtown Greenville 5K in January and Mastandrea placing second. Then Jack placed ahead of Jason at the 2024 USATF Olympic Marathon Trials in Orlando and was 12th (29:03) overall at Charleston's Cooper River Bridge Run, while Jason was 14th (29:24). Jason ran 29:13 and Jack 29:31 for 10,000 meters on the track at the Portland Track Festival in June. Then Jack placed 7th and Jason 9th in the USATF 8K Road Championships at the Crazy 8s road race in Kingsport, TN on July 20. Jack recently placed 13th in a deep field at the USATF 20K Championships in the Faxon Law New Haven Road Race on September 2. However, that race and some of the previous mentioned events were not within the confines of South Carolina and did not factor in the SC Road Race Rankings. One of their other teammates, Eduardo Garcia, dropped out of the rankings this month due to not racing in South Carolina since April as he prepared for the Paris 2024 Olympic marathon. And another teammate, Ryan Drew, earned his first top ten ranking in 7th with a win at the Red, White and Blue Shoes 5K on July 4th and a fourth place finish at the Michelin Memorial 5K in August. GTC-ELITE alums Ricky Flynn (Greenville) and Roland Hakes ( Columbia) are ranked 4th and 6th. Greenville runners occupy six of the top ten ranking positions. South Carolina Road Race Rankings |
1. Jack Mastandrea, GTC-ELITE - 14:13 (2024), 1st 2 Jason Weitzel, GTC-ELITE - 14:15 (2023), 1st 3. Eduardo Garcia, GTC-ELITE - 14:20 (2023), 2nd 4. Jason Weitzel, GTC-ELITE - 14:27 (2024), 2nd 5. Austin Steagall, GTC-ELITE - 14:42 (2016), 1st 6. Adam Freudenthal, GTC-ELITE - 14:43 (2014), 1st 7. Jason Weitzel, GTC-ELITE - 14:44 (2022), 1st 8. Austin Steagall, GTC-ELITE -14:44 (2018), 1st 9. Eduardo Garcia, GTC-ELITE - 14:48 (2018), 2nd 10. Mark Leininger, GTC-ELITE -14:54 (2015), 1st 11. Ryan Bugler, GTC-ELITE - 14:57 (2019), 1st | 12. Davonte Jett-Reynolds - 14:58 (2024), 3rd 13. Joe Niemiec, GTC-ELITE - 14:59 (2019), 2nd 14. Ryan Drew, GTC-ELITE, 15:00 (2024), 4th 15. Adam Freudenthal, GTC-ELITE - 15:01 (2013), T-1st 15. Chass Armstrong, GTC-ELITE - 15:01 (2013), T-1st 17. Austin Steagall, GTC-ELITE - 15:03 (2017), 1st 18. Victor Pataky, GTC-ELITE - 15:06 (2018), 2nd 19. Victor Pataky, GTC-ELITE - 15:07 (2019), 3rd 20. Sergio Cuartaz - 15:21 (2024), 5th 21. Tyler Morse, GTC-ELITE - 15:22 (2017), 2nd 22. Avery Martin, GTC-ELITE - 15:25 (2019), 4th |
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