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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GTC Newsletter editor Bill Blask interviewed GTC-ELITE's Jason Weitzel for the club's quarterly newsletter. It is a good read and provides more insight regarding Jason and his running career. It is included in Athlete's Interviews page on this website (under the News Blob heading at the top of the page) or just CLICK HERE.
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Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Ryan Drew took an early lead and ran from the front to win the men's 1500-meters at the 49er Classic conducted at Charlotte University on Friday afternoon. He finished with a time of 3:47.09. 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. Greenville Track Club ELITE's Ryan Drew placed second in the Oskar Blues Four Mile Road Race on Saturday morning. Drew, who placed third here in 2024, ran 18:58 to finish 2-seconds behind Eric Van Der Els of ZAP Endurance (18:56). Drew's teammate, Davonte Jett-Reynolds finished third with a time of 19:43. The race was produced by Oskar Blues Brewery in Brevard, NC. 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. Greenville Track Club-ELITE's Davonte Jett-Reynolds is now ranked second in the South Carolina Road Race Rankings published on March 6 by USATF SC Record Keeper Bill Marable. Jett-Reynolds moved up from his previous sixth place ranking last month. His teammate Jack Mastandrea, who had been ranked first over the past six months, dropped to third. Their teammates Ryan Drew is ranked fifth, while Jason Weitzel dropped from the rankings after 39 months of being ranked among the top three. Weitzel has not raced in South Carolina since August as he has focused on national events in Indianapolis, Houston and Atlanta. Former rankings leader James Quattlebaum, of Greenville, is currently ranked first, after winning the Greenville Half Marathon in late February. Sergio Cuartas, who is coached by GTC-ELITE, is ranked seventh. Five of the top ten are from Greenville (the Upstate), while three are from the Midlands (Columbia area) and two from the Low Country of South Carolina. South Carolina Road Race Rankings |
1. James Quattlebaum (29, Greenville) 2. Davonte Jett-Reynolds (27, Greenville) * 3. Jack Mastandrea (27, Greenville) * 4. Hunter Jarvis (27, Columbia) 5. Ryan Drew (27, Greenville) * 6. Roland Hakes (31, Irmo) ** 7. Sergo Cuartas (21, Greenville) *** 8. Caleb Christiansen (23, Cayce) 9. Michael Banks (38, Charleston) 10. Matthew DeMarco (30, North Charleston) * GTC-ELITE ** former GTC-ELITE *** trains with GTC-ELITE |
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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 |