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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Jett-Reynolds Runs Personal Best to Win Tiger Paw Invitational 3000m & Drew Wins Mile at Liberty2/15/2025 Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Davonte Jett-Reynolds took the lead after 1600 meters and ran the final 1400 meters in front as he won the men's 3000-meters in a personal best of 7:57.9. It was his second consecutive victory at the Clemson Indoor Facility this month as he previously won the Bob Pollock Invitational with a time of 8:01.34 on February 1st. Davonte's kilometer splits were: 2:41.23, 2:42.55 and 2:34.12 with a 57.59 final 400m. He now has the top three 3000m performances and six of the top ten in GTC-ELITE's history. Also running a new personal best was Sergio Cuartas with a time of 8:22.19. Sergio trains frequently with Davonte and is coached by GTC-ELITE. Tiger Paw Invitational Men's 3,000-meter Lap SplitsAll-Time Top Ten GTC-ELITE Indoor 3,000-meter PerformancesDrew Wins Invitational Mile at Liberty University's Darius Dixon MemorialAlso on Saturday afternoon, GTC-ELITE's Ryan Drew returned to his alma mater at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA to compete in the Darius Dixon Memorial Indoor Meet. Ryan won the Invitational Mile with a time of 4:04.42. That time is the fastest in GTC-ELITE's Indoor Mile program history. Greenville Track Club-ELITE was established in 2012 and is well into 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 in Eugene, OR; 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 produced the South Carolina Men's 2020 Long Distance Runner of the Year and recently had the top two ranked South Carolina road racers for 2024.
The program is sponsored and supported by the 53-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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Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Jack Mastandrea and Jason Weitzel continue to be ranked first and second in the most recent (February) South Carolina Road Race Ranking as published by USATF South Carolina record keeper Bill Marable. It is the sixth consecutive month that Mastandrea has been ranked first and the 39th month that Weitzel has been ranked among the top three. Weitzel had been ranked first before his teammate Mastandrea earned the top spot. Two other GTC-ELITE athletes are ranked among the top ten with Davonte Jett-Reynolds sixth and Ryan Drew eighth. Jett-Reynolds recently won the GTC Run Downtown 5K, where Drew was third and Mastandrea fourth. Sergio Cuartas, who trains with GTC-ELITE and placed fifth in the GTC Run Downtown 5K is ninth. And two former GTC-ELITE athletes, Ricky Flynn and Roland Hakes are ranked with and tenth, respectively. Seven of the top ten currently train or have trained with GTC-ELITE. Eight of the top ten men reside in the Greenville area, including the top six. South Carolina Road Race Rankings |
1. Jack Mastandrea (26, Greenville) * 2. Jason Weitzel (28, Greenville) * 3. James Quattlebaum (29, Greenville) 4. Coen Roberts (22, Greenville) 5. Ricky Flynn (37, Greenville) ** 6. Davonte Jett-Reynolds (27, Greenville) * 7. Hunter Jarvis (27, Columbia) 8. Ryan Drew (27, Greenville) * 9. Sergio Cuartas (21, Greenville) *** 10. Roland Hakes (31, Irmo) ** * GTC-ELITE ** former GTC-ELITE *** trains with GTC-ELITE |
1/26/2025
1. Jack Mastandrea (26, Greenville) 2. Jason Weitzel (28, Greenville) 3. James Quattlebaum (29, Greenville) 4. Ricky Flynn (37, Greenville) 5. Hunter Jarvis (26, Columbia) 6. Ryan Drew (26, Greenville) 7. Sergio Cuartas (21, Greenville) 8. Roland Hakes (31, Irmo) 9. Caleb Christiansen (23, Cayce) 10. Michael Banks (38, Charleston) Note: current GTC-ELITE athletes in red |
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12/13/2024
DATE 1.20.2024 2.03.2024 4.06.2024 4.20.2024 4.26.2024 6.082024 7.04.2024 7.20.2024 8.17.2024 9.21.2024 11.09.2024 | EVENT GTC Run Downtown 5K USA Olympic Marathon Trials * Cooper River Bridge 10K United Community Reedy River Run 10K Charlotte Invitational 5,000m (track) Portland Track Festival 10,000m (track) AJC Peachtree Road Race 10K Crazy 8s 8K * Michelin Memorial 5K Great Cow Harbor 10K * Indianapolis Monumental Half Marathon | LOCATION Greenville, SC Orlando, FL Charleston, SC Greenville, SC Charlotte, NC Gresham, OR Atlanta, GA Kingsport, TN Greenville, SC Northport, NY Indianapolis, IN | JACK 14:27 - 2nd 2:18:46 - 46th 29:03 - 12th 30:08 - 3rd 13:58.52 - 5th 29:31.1 - 19th 29:50 - 19th 23:24 - 7th 14:13 - 1st 29:21 - 10th 1:03:49 - 2nd | JASON 14:12 - 1st 2:29:26 - 135th 29:24 - 14th 29:44 - 1st 13:54.88 - 3rd 29:13.12 - 16th 29:50 - 13th 23:39 - 9th 14:27 - 2nd 29:43 - 12th 1:04:00 - 3rd |
1 Jack Mastandrea (26, Greenville) 2 Jason Weitzel (28, Greenville) 3 James Quattlebaum (29, Greenville) 4 Ricky Flynn (37, Greenville) 5 Hunter Jarvis (26, Columbia) 6 Ryan Drew (26, Greenville) 7 Sergio Cuartas (21, Greenville) 8 Roland Hakes (31, Irmo) 9 Caleb Chistiansen (23, Cayce) 10 Alex Marchek (27, West Union) |